So I finally sold my place in Prague and bought a Flat just outside Chesterfield, a developer (really nice honest sounding chap) has build an nice apartment block and due to the crash he has had problems selling the apartments (priced 300 to 500k).
He did not finish the internal construction on the penthouse so I bought the space at a knocked down rate.
Now unfortunately I can’t get a mortgage on it until it’s complete because it’s a new build apartment that is classed as non habitable at the moment. So I basically will have to sell everything I own to buy it, I have not quite worked out how I am going to pay for the renovation but we will cross that bridge when we get to it.
So this is the floor plan we plan to use.
http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab283/nastytooth/ph.jpg
Now to the interesting bit, the gadgets!
This is what I have planned:
Central air con (I will do the ducting now and buy the unit when we can afford it)
Central Vacuum cleaner
A Couple of runs of Cat6 to every room going from the server room
HDMI cables to each point where I plan to put a TV
6000sq ft under floor heating using a air source heat pump (flat comes with the pump)
CCTV in the hallway
lutron grafik eye lighting system for the living room.
So are there any other cool systems or anything else I should think about integrating? I have given myself 14 months to finish the project but chances are if I can get some funding sorted it will only take 4 months.
I am only going to do 1 bathroom now and the rest when we can afford it. This will be our family home and I don't think we will move for a VERY long time so I want to get it right.
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He did not finish the internal construction on the penthouse so I bought the space at a knocked down rate.
Now unfortunately I can’t get a mortgage on it until it’s complete because it’s a new build apartment that is classed as non habitable at the moment. So I basically will have to sell everything I own to buy it, I have not quite worked out how I am going to pay for the renovation but we will cross that bridge when we get to it.
So this is the floor plan we plan to use.
http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab283/nastytooth/ph.jpg
Now to the interesting bit, the gadgets!
This is what I have planned:
Central air con (I will do the ducting now and buy the unit when we can afford it)
Central Vacuum cleaner
A Couple of runs of Cat6 to every room going from the server room
HDMI cables to each point where I plan to put a TV
6000sq ft under floor heating using a air source heat pump (flat comes with the pump)
CCTV in the hallway
lutron grafik eye lighting system for the living room.
So are there any other cool systems or anything else I should think about integrating? I have given myself 14 months to finish the project but chances are if I can get some funding sorted it will only take 4 months.
I am only going to do 1 bathroom now and the rest when we can afford it. This will be our family home and I don't think we will move for a VERY long time so I want to get it right.
Pics on page 3
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