After the stresses and strains of last weekend, all has been calm and serene in the house this week with Mr and Miss P progressing along at pace. They were ably assisted on Monday and Tuesday by Dr Steven Bartlett who valiantly stepped in the job of sanding and was soon left a broken, dusty [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Project Money Pit Week 3: Moving in
June 28, 2009Project Money Pit Extra: Happy days!
June 25, 2009For those wondering about RTC, we thought we should post a picture of him to give you an idea of just who we’re going on about. Here is, with dad Fred, taking a break from his usual shenanigans to pose for a photo. Although we have been a bit cheeky about him on here, he [...]
Project Money Pit Week 2: Stripping isn’t always fun!
June 21, 2009The return to work has, inevitably, had an affect on productivity in Project Money Pit and as such the progress updates have slipped by the wayside a little bit I’m sorry to say. Therefore, I have made the executive decision to move my updates to weekly ones, instead of daily ones!
It’s been a real case [...]
Project Money Pit Day 9: A day off
June 17, 2009Alas, I had to return to work today and so left RTC and co hard at work in the house. On the plus side though, I was able to update the diary here at the Pipedream and even upload some photos of our week’s antics, enjoy!
Project Money Pit Day 8: Roller-ama
June 16, 2009With only one room now untouched by the demolition frenzy, it was time to start making the house look a bit more habitable and to break out the paint and rollers in earnest today. However first, there just a little bit more destruction and a dump trip to make as we decided to finally banish [...]
Project Money Pit Day 6: Dog’s Fanny
June 13, 2009No, don’t worry, the week of DIY frenzy hasn’t suddenly given me tourettes, this was what I found written on the wall of the kitchen today as I cleared off the wallpaper. At first, I assumed the wall’s would be cover in other, similar, animal based profanity. However it ended up being just a list [...]
Project Money Pit Day 5: Full house!
June 12, 2009What a day! After, what felt like a couple of unspectacular days, today was anything but that! We had the cast of thousands in the house today, to the point that Mr P and I had to spend the day in the garden as there were people in every room in the house at one [...]
Project Money Pit Day 4: Another smashing day
June 11, 2009After yesterday’s day of destruction, the novelty of hitting things with hammers is quickly beginning to wear off. Mostly because once you knock stuff down you then have to tidy it all away again, only to find more stuff you have to smash up and then clear away after that. The Trowbridge recycling centre is [...]
Project Money Pit Day 3: A Smashing time!
June 10, 2009The demolition continued today as we removed tiles, deconstructed wardrobes and even knocked down the odd wall!!
After the dramatic changes of yesterday, it was much more about fine-tuning things today and continuing the prep work for the kitchen installation. The last few floor tiles were removed, as were the remainder of the wall tiles. Outside, [...]
Project Money Pit Day 2: Happy Days!
June 9, 2009After the initial excitement of getting the keys yesterday, it was time to start taking the house apart properly today. This was helped by the arrival of our builder/damp proof expert, Ross the Cowboy (along with his catchphrase, ‘Happy Days’!) After talking to RTC for no more than 5 minutes, you will soon learn how [...]
