My apartment Project log
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Yah he is doing most of the work. It was the architect that spotted the mistakes in the constructions. This fireproofing has put us almost 10 month behind
I know that feeling im 14 months behind on a 10 month project, is that even possible.
I keep in eye on Right move and auction websites, I often search for land there as sometimes agents list dilapidated properties under the land section.
It is sometimes worth checking for unsold lots at auctions
http://www.barnardmarcusauctions.co.uk/Unsold_Lots.html
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Tell me about it, the whole project should have been 6 months long, 3 months planning and 3 months building. One year later and we still have not done a thing.
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I hope I'm wrong but this sounds like a train wreck.
if I were you I'd stop wasting money on hobs and finishings and get the shell into a sellable state, that way if you don't get extra funding or the bottom drops out of your investments you have something to fall back on, odds on a developer wont give you tuppance for a motorised mielle hob.
hope I'm wrong but it doesnt read at all well, unless your combined families have deep bailout pockets, in which case you are sorted.
if I were you I'd stop wasting money on hobs and finishings and get the shell into a sellable state, that way if you don't get extra funding or the bottom drops out of your investments you have something to fall back on, odds on a developer wont give you tuppance for a motorised mielle hob.
hope I'm wrong but it doesnt read at all well, unless your combined families have deep bailout pockets, in which case you are sorted.
Yah it was a fantastic buy, if you remember I asked if you where interested in the one next door but you snobbed the CR post code
. The developer built 2 of them one for him self and one for his dad, so he has done everything to a very high spec with under floor heating, Rako mood lighting, solid wood/glass stairs, Miele kitchen and WestOne bathrooms. The poor guy spent 5 years on the project and lost a lot of money in the end
Thats it here
http://s872.photobucket.com/albums/ab283/nastytooth/house/
I would not go as far as calling it a train wreck but we have hit some bumps in the road, the problem is that my wife does not want to sell it and until she finishes her specialisation in 2.5 years we will definitely not be moving so I still want to do it to a high standard and not just look at it from an investment point of view.
I am lucky in that both of our parents have quite deep pockets and are both willing to help us its just that I am too proud to accept it however if the brown stuff hits the fan I will have to accept my parents money and just refinance it at a later date to pay them back.
ahh in that case I applaud your tactics 
a) stock up on the greatest gadgets money can buy
b) hide them,
c) feign financial hardhsip
d) accept the bail out,
e) complete project
f) sleep badly worrying about your white lies
g) install hidden gadgets
h) sleep soundly
i) profit!
a) stock up on the greatest gadgets money can buy
b) hide them,
c) feign financial hardhsip
d) accept the bail out,
e) complete project
f) sleep badly worrying about your white lies
g) install hidden gadgets
h) sleep soundly
i) profit!
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Isn't that hood a bit hmmmm 'gash' ???
It only moves 30cm, might as well just leave it in the up position and not be banging your head on it all the time right? Steam/heat rises anyway so whats the benefit?
$5 says after one month the novelty wears off and you just leave it up anyway, for it to be worth anything it'd have to be automatic...
Not hating on anything, I love gadgets, useful ones
It only moves 30cm, might as well just leave it in the up position and not be banging your head on it all the time right? Steam/heat rises anyway so whats the benefit?
$5 says after one month the novelty wears off and you just leave it up anyway, for it to be worth anything it'd have to be automatic...
Not hating on anything, I love gadgets, useful ones
ahh in that case I applaud your tactics
a) stock up on the greatest gadgets money can buy
b) hide them,
c) feign financial hardhsip
d) accept the bail out,
e) complete project
f) sleep badly worrying about your white lies
g) install hidden gadgets
h) sleep soundly
i) profit!
lol Im trying my best to do it on my own or as close to as possible, my dad is a gadget feend and keeps trying to persuade me to incorporate all sorts of weird and wonderful toys.
Isn't that hood a bit hmmmm 'gash' ???
It only moves 30cm, might as well just leave it in the up position and not be banging your head on it all the time right? Steam/heat rises anyway so whats the benefit?
$5 says after one month the novelty wears off and you just leave it up anyway, for it to be worth anything it'd have to be automatic...
Not hating on anything, I love gadgets, useful ones
Well the hood will be in the middle of the island so the idea is that it will be stored 30cm above the hight of a normal hood and will only move down when cooking thus not obstructing the view when you are not cooking.
We also have a miele induction hob, the hob automatically controls the hight and fan speed of the hood so theoretically we should never have to even press a button on the hood.
Very small update.
We finally sorted out many of the building regulation problems which has shaved another 25k off the build cost. I also have managed to come to an out of court settlement with the developer on some issues so things have started moving nicely.
We should start the build work on 18.07.11, I dont know how long its going to take but we should have a time line soon. I estimate 6 months.
We have finalised 2 of the bathroom arraignments, the pictures are just to give you an idea of the arrangement not the tiles or Sanitaryware.
Bedroom 3
Bedroom 2, except we will loose the bidet and have a double bath.
Kitchen we are a bit closer to a final arrangement. The back run of units are solid basalt faced (it’s a volcanic rock), the island run of kitchen cabinets will be in frosted white glass. I don’t know what color the floor will be yet but probably white also.
WC
We finally sorted out many of the building regulation problems which has shaved another 25k off the build cost. I also have managed to come to an out of court settlement with the developer on some issues so things have started moving nicely.
We should start the build work on 18.07.11, I dont know how long its going to take but we should have a time line soon. I estimate 6 months.
We have finalised 2 of the bathroom arraignments, the pictures are just to give you an idea of the arrangement not the tiles or Sanitaryware.
Bedroom 3
Bedroom 2, except we will loose the bidet and have a double bath.
Kitchen we are a bit closer to a final arrangement. The back run of units are solid basalt faced (it’s a volcanic rock), the island run of kitchen cabinets will be in frosted white glass. I don’t know what color the floor will be yet but probably white also.
WC
Ok so we have finally started work on this thing, 2 years late but its going.
This is picture of the back of the flat (the 2 dormer windows)
Both removed to be replaced by a 5m wide folding sliding doors.
we are also doing the same at the other end of the living room
This is picture of the back of the flat (the 2 dormer windows)
Both removed to be replaced by a 5m wide folding sliding doors.
we are also doing the same at the other end of the living room
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This is what it looks like inside at the moment.
one end of the living room
other end of the living room
This is what it will look like when done
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ki1rnW_uU5qxRN5vnTABQD3JkPHcnxOZcDnldY_-0GE?feat=directlink
one end of the living room
other end of the living room
This is what it will look like when done
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ki1rnW_uU5qxRN5vnTABQD3JkPHcnxOZcDnldY_-0GE?feat=directlink
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Sorry, but if you are impressed by a moving cooker hood, you probably need to get a real life.
There should be quite a lot of work done over the next 3 months and then it will slow down again until I manage to sort out some more liquid cash.
No idea about the renders sorry.
Thanks,
Lots of work has gone into the planning stage so hopefully everything should go well from here.