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, November 08, 2006

Now, that's professionalism for you


If it wasn't for our own trials and tribulations, this small off-topic story from a trade magazine would have passed me by. But imagine being paid to botch a job in such a way. The first time I read the piece, it sounded pretty much like our own project. And the more I think about it, it's pretty clear that you either need to be a great construction outfit to achieve such results or, alternatively, a complete nutcase who's professional abilities have just passed you by. Clearly, I wouldn't make any judgement on which camp our partners would fit into...