In our previous house we had our bathroom renovated a couple of years after moving in, as it just wasn’t practical due to the size, by remodelling it, it gave us what felt like more space, yet it was the same size. We used recommended companies that our family knew were reputable and have used […]
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Our Experience Of Buying And Selling A House In A Pandemic Lockdown
I know a lot of people that are doing this, yes were one of them, we were planning to do it this year anyways but started the process early with the exemption of the stamp duty to save us a few thousand pounds. My husband is an assistant manager of an Estate Agents in Solihull, […]
How to Refresh the Look of Your Home
You have probably experienced the feeling of being unsatisfied or uninspired when you look around your home. It may no longer feel as appealing as it did before, or you may be tired of some of its designs and décor. The wall color you previously loved may feel outdated or drab. Whichever your reason, you […]
Costs To Consider Once You’ve Bought A Home
Buying a house is a huge financial investment. After finally getting the keys, it can feel as though a big weight has lifted no longer having to save towards your deposit! But unfortunately, getting the keys doesn’t mean the end of your spending! In addition to any work that needs doing to the house, or […]
Creating The Perfect Home
We all dream of creating the perfect home for ourselves and our families, sometimes we might get lost in daily routines and forget to care for the home we have created. We have come up with some ways you can bring life back into your home. Redecorate The most obvious way to bring back life […]
Our DIY Plans for 2020
Bit late in posting this but here are our plans for what we would like to do to our house this year. I found this post from Life As Kim’s Blog so thought I would do one too. We have lived in our house for 6 years this year and other than decorating it before […]
DIY Skills You Should Know If You Love Interior Design
If you’re the kind of person who finds it hard to stop tinkering with your interiors, then you might as well learn how to do the job right. There’s no point in committing your weekends and evenings to make your rooms look great, only to find yourself making basic mistakes and having to start over. […]
Do you know how secure your house actually is?
Last year, back in June we experienced an attempted break in at our property in the middle of the night at around 2.45am. It was a very scary experience and one I wish to never experience again, I woke up hearing banging and at first I thought it was the dog, but then I heard […]
Our Windows – The Finished Product
Our windows were started on Monday 6th January 2020. The company, Armaglaze arrived promptly at 8.30am. Paul Knight, the owner had given me an itinerary of the works that were been done a few weeks before and the arrangements were as below: Monday 6th January 2020 Today, they are starting upstairs in the bedrooms. They […]
Starting The New Year With New Windows
Mainly, the coldest part of our house by far is the downstairs especially the lounge , it is always freezing no matter how high we turn the thermostat up. This is partly due to our windows been 30 plus years old, broken seals & hinges and also partly due to the wooden laminate flooring and the […]