Final wall removed!

So I’ve been away from home this past few days & it was such an amazing surprise to see that the boiler cupboard in the 2nd bedroom has now gone! We didn’t feel like the cupboard was a good use of space so we’ve decided to change from a conventional boiler with tank, to a

I hate wallpaper….

I’ve been so rubbish at blogging that there’s so much progress to report!! We ordered our flooring so that’s a good start! We have chosen an engineered oak flooring which looks gorgeous, it’s out of stock at the moment though so on back order… Hopefully it’s ready soon as it took us ages to choose

Floorplan

Just thought I’d share the floorplan so you can see what we’re working with! The second floor will be a much longer term project, we are hoping to extend the loft conversion further on one side & create a large master bedroom with en suite, but for now it will be a storage space. The

The list is complete!

So we have had a bit of time off from planning as I swanned off to Dubai for a week to celebrate my 30th birthday… one last splurge before my whole life savings is spent on the house!! 😱 We’ve recently completed the list of jobs we need to do…there are 66 things on there

The sweetest gift!

We currently rent with our close friend Owen, who gave us the sweetest notepad for us to “plan, think, sketch & finalise our dreams” So thoughtful!! I’ll share some pages with you once we get going…. To be honest, we haven’t made much progress in the 3 week we have owned our house with Christmas

Welcome to our Blog!

Hi Everyone! My name is Louise – my Fiancé, Michael & I purchased our first home on 18th December. Our house is located in Hampton, Middlesex, a village on the outskirts of London & it is a 4 bed mid-terrace, built in approx 1980. The house has had a tenant in there for around 15