House renovation begins
To be accurate the renovation started just over a week ago (completed the purchase 27/02/2006), but I only got the idea to start a blog about it a couple of days ago.
This is my first major project, really my first house like project since before this house the only stuff I’ve done is minor DIY projects like building the kids a bunk bed which they fall out of occassionally 
I also have a disability, couple of degraded disks in my lower back that gives me constant low back pain (take strong pain killers for that) and dodgy knees (recently started having steroid injections for those). The knees are are going to be the main problem since this is a 4 storey house, basement to atic filled with room upon room!!
Makes it sound like I’m in my sixties or something, when I’m 36!
We took a fair amount of digital images of the house during the buying stage, and yesterday I took digital images of what I’ve destroyed so far. As I blog about what I’ve done (working alone right now) I’ll add the relevant images in, taking more as needed. Since I didn’t come up with the idea to blog about the renovation until after the work started there’ll be a few gaps, but you’ll get the idea.
Forgot to take a picture of the front/back of the house yesterday, so all I have is a small images from the estate agent-
I’ll get a better image or two next time.
It’s an ugly house, located in Linconshire (Skegness to be precise) but meets our needs right now and was a good price. I suppose that brings me to who I am and stuff like that. I’m David or Dave as the wife calls me, obviously married or the wife couldn’t call me Dave We have three boys aged 14, 11 and 9 which we home educate (home school if you are US based). We went for a big house for the kids, with so many rooms (12 not including bathrooms and the kitchen) makes it much easier to give them a decent education without having to sacrifice normal living (that’s the theory anyway). My main work is as an SEO Consultant at SEO Gold so I basically work with websites all day so really looking forward to getting my hands dirty renovating this house.
Think that will do for a first post.
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April 20, 2006at 10:10 am
Nice to see you getting your head away from your monitor Dave and doing some real work for a change.
From what I’ve read it sounds like the renovation is going well but it does beg the question:
“What are you doing buying a 4 storey house with dodgy knees, you could have gone horizontal instead if you needed the space”. I believe the Millenium Dome is still up for sale!
All the best with your project.
Ray
April 20, 2006at 2:21 pm
Hi Ray,
It’s great to get stuck in on something real, especially when it benefits your family. Right now we are still ripping stuff out (took out two ceilings yesterday), so really looking forward to putting new things in.
My knees are not enjoying the stairs too much, fortunately I’m dragging my 14 year old son with me and he’s doing most of the fetching and carrying up and down stairs. So I get on a floor and try to stay there as long as possible avoiding the stairs
We considered the Millenium Dome, but couldn’t get a mortgage on a good rate, they said it wasn’t a good risk
David