The utility room and porch - before and after

So - the old kitchen disappeared, to be replaced by a small porch and more GARDEN. 

And a blocked-up window was re-opened to give some more light in the utility room.

The old kitchen goes

We're getting to mostly decorating and finishing touches in the house now, so finally the old kitchen extension has come down, to be replaced by a porch and a bigger garden.

Graham strips out the old kitchen 

It's half gone

And it's down

One week in

Work has started, and the builders seem to be in almost every room, destroying as they go. I know this is how it will seem for a while before things start to come together again, but see what I mean:

Grand Entrance

Storage  for various things, and the downstairs cloakroom excavations....

 

Dining Room

Study

Very much another storage room, but see, the shower enclosure has now gone...

Kitchen

And here the serious destruction is getting started:

while the new kitchen cabinets reside in the sitting room. 

The Old Kitchen

...is yet another storeroom...

...and upstairs work is starting on ceilings and floors.

Main bedroom

Guest Bedroom 1

Guest Bedroom 2

...and finally

Bathroom

So not much is going on in the utility and shower rooms, but nowhere else is left untouched.  I'm glad I'm not living there yet (thank-you Vicki).

The plumbers start this week, more excitement.  I'll keep on posting.....

The beginning - May 2014

Finally the proud owner of an old and slightly wrecked house, I'm going to post photos of the progress made turning it into somewhere I want to live, as I have promised friends & relations. Here goes:

Alexander House

For those who don't know, a joke between me & Chris was that we would buy a B&B when we retired, and call the house 'Alexander House'.  So, in my mind at least, this is Alexander House, though I'm not so sure about the B&B... 

Grand Entrance

Sitting Room

Dining Room

Study

This room was the bathroom, so there will be quite a bit of work needed here.

 Kitchen

And this was originally the dining room...

Utility Room

The Old Kitchen

...will disappear - I want more garden.

 Main Bedroom

Shower Room

Guest Bedroom 1

Guest Bedroom 2

Bathroom

Work is going to start on the 9th of June, I'll try and keep the progress posted.