And here we are 4 months after starting our project it’s FINISHED!!!
Back at the end of June Mike decided I should start marketing without any photos with availability from 1st August…not shying from a challenge I went for it using our other properties as a touch stone and a follow up telephone call to reassure folk we were not talking nonsense! Our 1st guests arrived on the 2nd for 1 week…apart from sewing curtains until 11.30 pm the night before we were pretty well on track.
Our date to be able to say finished for fixtures and fittings was agreed as 30th July for us to stay and try the house out…thus the reason for late night curtain making – street light actually attached to our house between the bedroom windows…we never noticed it until we went to bed (the bed a super kingsize & possibly the most comfortable bed I’ve ever slept on),turned out the light and then asked Mike to turn his light out as it was light enough still to read…a dash up to Cherbourg the next morning to buy blackout material…but for one reason or another I bought 5 meters forgetting there were 2 windows – I needed 10 meters – so a 2nd trip was needed!!!!!!
So here we go – I’ll try to line up the before’s & afters!! The main bedroom started as 2 rooms.
The bedroom at the back was in a dreadful state, broken windows, holes in ceiling and water penetration destroying all the plaster
The bathroom was a kitchen…holes in ceiling.
Downstairs
Kitchen – oh dear, basically falling down! New roof, walls etc.
Lounge
unveiling BoB House More pictures here
I’ve embroidered all the towels, put in as many little thoughtful things folk would enjoy – I just hope everyone that comes to stay with us enjoys the house as much as we really did renovating it!