Hello! My partner and I are looking at a flat in Greenwich which would need to have some work done to it. Mostly it's removing textured wallpaper (why oh why did anyone ever invent textured wallpaper) but there is also a very large brick fireplace and surround which we'd want to take out.
We'd like to do as much of the renovation ourselves, but this looks like it might be quite a task! Does anyone have any advice on how they'd tackle this? I'm not a huge fan of the fireplace either, I'd prefer to replace it but I know nothing about fireplaces whatsoever! I presume we'd need a professional to get involved here seeing as it's gas 
Any advice would be great!