Anniversary!
Just over one year ago we walked through the door to find this: A year on we’re (more or less) happily living in the place So time for a photo shoot progress check. But before we get to the photos, a small list of lessons learnt we’ve learnt over the year! 1. Multiply key things by two. By that I mean budget and time. Thankfully we’d more or less doubled the former, but not the latter. And that doubling time thing extends to every little job you do yourself. Actually, triple it for safety. 2. Make your motto “paso doble" , i.e. 2 steps forwards, 1 step back”. However hard you plan, the unexpected will arise. 3. Demolition will be quick and painful. Reconstruction will be slow and painful . The former will go by quickly but you’ll wonder if the walls can still stand with such holes in them. Though you’ll forget about the carnage during reconstruction, you’ll remembe...
