It's what dreams are made of and nightmares kindled: Most home owners aspire to it; some take a few tentative steps and fewer still are crazy enough to go the full hog! This blog shares some of the trials and tribulations of a major redevelopment of a 1950s home through a cataclysmic transformation which retains the best of the last Century while metamorposing the property into a design classic fit for today's living.

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Bathroom


We're making some progress with the main bathroom and the walls are currently being strapped. This will enable the new pipe work and electrical cabling to be fitted inside the new voids. However, the brief of keeping this strapping to the absolute minimum – to maximise the floor space - was subtly ignored by the construction crew. Hard hatter’s once-daily unannounced site visit put a prompt stop to this and the new strapping is now being redesigned and cut down to a more sensible size. The good news is that things are moving forward. Disappointingly, everything is taking sooooo long and it's unlikely we'll have a bathroom within the next four weeks.