Our offer for a house build in 1980's has been accepted finally,hey!!!
We have been searching for the last 3 years in the area and could find a house which we both liked finally. The only way we could afford was to buy in the area was to buy a house which needs work doing. We are planning to do this slowly.
The builder has seen the property and we can afford to do the structural work straight away before moving in.This includes damp proof couse, replacing lead work in the roof etc.,
I am planning to remove the horrible wall paper and decorate the house before we move.
We are not in the position to do any work ourselves before we move in for various reasons.
Kitchen has to wait as I want to live in the house before we decide what works and what does not, no budget for it for the next couple of years.
The new house has gas fire -I am really struggling with what to do with this.It has got marble surround but wood mantelpiece.
We will have to change the heating system so it makes sense to do this especially with the building work.
Wood fire? How safe it is with children, can it be left unattended. This seems to be popular in MN. Can it be installed in new house.
how about modern fireplace, not sure how it will look in this house, looks nice in magazines.
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goingtobefree · 26/08/2013 08:06
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