Tag Archives: Home Improvement

It’s been a busy couple of months in the mighty Bridge of Trow  with assorted holidays, get togethers and weekends away keeping me from keeping you all up to date with the latest goings on here at the Money Pit. … Continue reading →

We’ve been living in the house for just over a week and now and everything is beginning to settle down nicely. Even Tim has settled in to his new home, albeit there was nearly an escape attempt on Sunday, but … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

The 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 … Continue reading →

Alas, 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 … Continue reading →

With 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 … Continue reading →

What 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 … Continue reading →

After 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 … Continue reading →

The 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. … Continue reading →

After 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’!) … Continue reading →