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I bought my recent home in November 1984 , it was in a bad state of repair, and I knew that a lot of hard work had to be done, but I felt it would be all worth it in the end.

We started to work on the house as soon as I had the keys for the property, knocking down all the ceilings and taken all the mortar off every wall in the house, It was dirty job, and bearing in mind it was only myself my daughter and her fiancé doing all this work.  It took 7 large skips and a number of lorry loads to clear all the rubbish. (We were also working at full time jobs.)
It was only then that I started to employ tradesmen to rewire the house, plaster the walls and artex the ceilings, as we ourselves put up all the ceilings.

We moved in on February 1985, myself and my daughter, after completing the two bedrooms
so we could live in one room and sleep in the other, while the rest of the house was being
refurbished.  Most of my furniture I stored at my Parents home, and used only the basics, this was to save any damage done while we were restoring the house, It took several months before it began to take shape, but at last the day arrived.

The day my furniture came up from my parents home, was a day to be remembered, as the transformation began to take place, the new carpets had been fitted the previous day, so it was hanging the curtains, pictures, arranging the furniture etc, then it was my HOME.

In the following photographs, you will se the changes being made
I hope you enjoy.

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Before

After

Before

After

Before

After

Before

After

Living Room 1985

Living Room 2002

These are just a few of the alterations that was made to the property.
The before and afters are from the same areas of the house with a slightly different angle of the views.

A  few extras photographs, of the bare walls and ceilings.

Bedroom

Bedroom

I decided to modernise my Living room, taking the old grate out and putting a new inset fire, also redecorating, here are a few photographs .
 

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Old Fire place

The Black hole

The new Look

The New Fire

The Chimney Breast

New colour Scheme

My New Kitchen July 2004

Old Kitchen

New Kitchen doors and drawers fronts

Curtains which I made and  stencilled

New Ceramic tile floor which I laid myself

Hope you like the changes

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