Diary - Killing time until the 17th - when permission may be granted

Submitting our plans to the council seems along time ago. I phoned to see how things were progressing to be told sign off will come around the 17th of Jan. So to kill time I've taken more photos, this time close up to show the horror of the house at the moment. The hanging wires, the mould, the chewed skirting boards and the ladder that is the stairs. So enjoy the photos and keep your fingers crossed for Wednesday.

House so far

Diary - Our plans

These are the plans that were submitted on 1/12/07. The dotted lines are the existing walls and roof line. The Dormers are new as is the barn end style roof. One of the back doors will be converted into a window. All this is within the allowed 10% extension, but the dormers and roof alteration could cause concern at the planning office.


We've been told the a decision will be made on the 17th of this month.

Fingers Crossed

Diary - The Grand Plan - Our renovation ideas

Quick background. We bought a house last June. It's a 1930's detached Bungalow - 2 beds, large lounge and a big kitchen and dinning room. What grabbed our attention was it's potential. It was run down. huge roof space and big garden. The walls are made of what can only be described as cardboard, the heating is on it's way out and the wiring needs sorting.

The plan is to install some stairs, add 3 bedrooms and a bathroom on the new first floor. Knock through from kitchen to dinning room to make a huge kitchen dinner. We also want to create a hall way and move the lounge away from the front door. A study and kids room will also be created by adding a wall and moving the kids upstairs.

We've found a Polish builder that will undercut all others by 60% and the plans have been submitted to planning.

We plan to start work in February.

If this isn't going to be stressful enough I thought I'd write to Channel4 to see if they would be interested in documenting the project.

I'll keep you posted.