In that time it has been pulled to shreds. The only things left in it are the items that I wanted to keep. The property was a deceased estate, which means ALL the furniture, cutlery & crockery were left in it.
That's a LOT of stuff.
Major thanks have to go out to Mother Dearest, Padre, Big Little Brother & Miss Amanda for helping out as much as they did. I really couldn't have done it on my own. Although - I did manage to do a large chunk of the work by myself. A fact I will more than happily promote considering I'm not the most handy or "hard work" type people... I'm quite proud of my own efforts!
Here is photographic proof
The Before
My Room
My Room
Kitchen & living area
Living area
The Cleaning
Putting everything I didn't want into bags... there were about 10 x 72ltr bags
Attempting to pull up the lino
This part was so much fun!
The After
The living room
My room
The Spare room
This is my current storage room for everything I'm keeping or I've taken over in the cleaning process
The Kitchen
I was so scared I was going to have to use a heat gun over each tiny section & spend days pulling up the lino. Mum suggested we go to the hire place & check out their tools. They have a floor stripper, still not easy, but it was all up in a few hours.
Pulling the top unit down
This is important. I decided as soon as I walked in (before I'd bought it) that the top unit would HAVE to go. Now it has, I just need the boys to get the wall bit off the wall.
This is important. I decided as soon as I walked in (before I'd bought it) that the top unit would HAVE to go. Now it has, I just need the boys to get the wall bit off the wall.
Now that this massive job is over, I will be getting carpet in the bedrooms, sanding the concrete floors, before sealing & painting them. The kitchen unit that is left will be moved to run alongside the wall. It's such a rewarding effort.
Can't wait to move in! Thanks for listening to me ramble.
Bambola x
12 comments:
Woah, what a big job. manual labour. AHHHHHHH! I slightly mourn the loss of those wardrobes though, they were so big, did you check them for Narnia before you ripped them out?
whaooooo whaooooo whaoooooooooooooooo well i m always up for your ramble and p.s. well done!
wow thats a lot of work! be patient, surely it will turns out good :)
Bloody hell, that seems like a big project. Can't wait to see the end result :)
Wow, how exciting and intense! You can use my image if you give credit, of course :) Thanks for the support! xo
What an impressive project! I'm so excited to see how it turns out. Thanks for the link, babe, I love Azrouel, didn't realize I was channeling him :).
omigosh, house renovation is soooo much work, but so fun. your place is looking great!
Wow congratulations on your new property and good luck with all that work!
Thanks for stopping by!
you've done a LOT of hard work! be proud of yourself, i know i'm proud of you!!
Hurray for getting rid of top unit!!!
Now the fun bit starts...
WOW! I'm so impressed. Looks like your place is going to look AMAZING!
Very impressive...but I too mourn the loss of those wardrobes....they were massive. Did you donate the things you didn't want to charity or just discard?x
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