Tiles and main bedroom 90% done

Been a while, it is difficult doing a full days work, coming in and doing 4 hours on the house before crashing! You tend to not have the time to update blogs...

Anyway, Kitchen tiling done apart from the grouting which will happen tonight. This will mean the kitchen can then be used (Yay! No more Tesco Sarnies for dinner!) with only the floor tiles to be done. They are scheduled in for a few weeks from now.

The main bedroom has been painted/glossed too. All that needs to be done is the flooring and moving in of the furniture which I will tackle for the remainder of this week and the weekend.

Getting there and I can now see a Plan on how to tackle this job.

Update

Sorry for the lack of updates.

Lots going on this week, no real visual progress as we have been dust busting all week!
We should be tackling two rooms this weekend so will have more pictures up on early next week.

Thanks for following ;)

Building Finished... Clean up/Decorating begins

So Kitchen is now plumbed in and wired up. The clean up and decorating begins...

Almost there!

A couple of days worth of work left before a good clean up and decorating begins!
Kitchen starting to take shape. Worktops have been routed, just the Sink to install, dishwasher to plumb in and some other small finishing tasks.
Plasterer is coming around to tidy up his work too.

Feeling a lot happier with it now it is taking shape batter.

Main update from Monday is that day one of the plastering got done. Downstairs plastering 95% complete on the new wall, doorway and patching up various other areas.
A Cupboard under the window in the main bedroom is been constructed as storage space and access to the water mains.

Kitchen is now in place fully, just the worktop and dishwasher/sink to be installed now.

Decided to rip up the old floor in the hallway, we are having the same floor throughout the house now.

Plasterers back in Tuesday and hopefully kitchen worktop done later this week.... The decorating/tiling/flooring etc... will come next!

Not too much to see on this update again. Lots of electrical work/plumbing and some boxing off of pipes etc... Both new bedrooms are a god size, especially the main one! Could have snuck 3 bedrooms in I think!
Plasterers turn up Monday, then the finishing off/repairing of the main building work will be done. Waiting for kitchen sink to arrive so that the kitchen can be fitted properly....
Having a tidy up today and a break from it all. Hopefully the local will have the England Game on (Euro Sat ;))

Day 5

Not much in the cosmetic way today. The plumber has sorted the new kitchen etc. The wall in the new bedroom, albeit small, is out and the doorway the new bedroom is cleaner. Not really work for photos... I will update tomorrow.

*Edit*

So, photo's put on just so you can see :)

Day 4 part 2

The new stud wall and doorway in place now. The shape of the place is coming together nicely. I am amazed at how big everything is, I might not need to knock a wall down partly in one of the rooms now.

Day 4 part 1

The kitchen is now juiced up, I now need to get a *spit*dishwasher*spit* ordered...... Just plumbing to go here.

The Plan....

This is an image of the 'Google Sketchup' of what is should look like (with a few tweaks along the way).

Day 3

So today a bit more productive. The Stud wall to separate the two new bedrooms is in place and ready to be boarded, the second doorway prep is done and sockets etc... are all marked out for the kitchen. Oh and as a bonus, you can see my 'Bubble' that I am living in.... In addition the boards are been put in place where the wall upstairs was ripped out to 'make good' as well as the kitchen completely taken apart now. The next step is to wire up the kitchen and take out the doorway for the new 2nd bedroom!

Let the mess begin

Onto Day two and the start of the major work.
Today it was ripping the wall out for the new open plan living area and starting to take the kitchen apart. A slow start but it is amazing how much there is to be done once it gets started.

The knock down!

Day 1, the prep work!

I had to take up the wooden flooring I laid 3 months ago in order to make life easier when putting up the stud wall downstairs. In addition the kitchen needs to be ripped out, however it will be recycled and used upstairs (but with new worktops).
I did miss some rooms out from the original photo's. There is a WC downstairs that will become the main bedrooms en-suite, there is a 'family' bathroom upstairs and a second bedroom which will become the new kitchen.

Above is the front room with the flooring up. I have laid the carpet and the book case with my 'entertainment' up as I will be living in this part whilst the work is done!! You will see in later photo's that I have sealed it with plastic sheets to try and make it dust free...... Try been the main word....
All the furniture is upstairs in the old main bedroom and covered, that was fun! Thanks to Andy for giving me a hand there!

Before......

Ok, starting from the top... The first images are of the living/kitchen area downstairs. You can see with the lights off in the next couple of images that it is dark (looks more dark with the photo's on the iPhone), hence why we want to move the living area upstairs and make two bedrooms downstairs. The next two are of the hallway, again with the lights on/off. An extra doorway will be put in to accommodate the two rooms.

Ok, moving upstairs. The first image is the view from the top of the stairs, this is the landing area and you can see the main bedroom ahead. The wall with the bookcase is coming down to create an open plan living area. The photo's were taken on the same day and you can see how much brighter it is, hence why it makes sense to have the living area upstairs.

The remainder of the photo's are of the main bedroom (excuse the rubbish on the radiators etc....) which is large and once the wall comes out will be an immense space for a property in London!