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Kitchen reno in stages

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3BSHKATS · 16/07/2023 10:21

Hello, I have a strange question I wondered if any of you have any experience of this please ?
I have a wall that I need knocking down in my kitchen to join together the outside loo and bring that into what will basically be an extension.

However, neither the funds nor the Builder are available until October, the plans and building rags and all that are in place.

However, this has come about because I had a major ceiling leak, rotted all my work surfaces and had to remove the wall units and some of the base units so currently in my kitchen I have a sink hanging by a thread balanced on a dishwasher in the middle of it a cooker and that is pretty much it.
The cooker on the wall that’s coming down is on the right.
On the left is all the wet stuff, so the washing machine, the dishwasher and the sink.
Strange, as I realise this is going to sound, do you think I could do the left side? That I could have some worktop not much but a bit. And the dishwasher out of the way from its current position literally sat in the middle of the room. I’ve got a beautiful boiling tap that I’m dying to put into my new sink. And the worktops have been on order for getting on a year now.
I know it probably does seem ridiculous written down that you think I could do it in stage is like this ?

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Ariela · 16/07/2023 11:03

Is any of the repair for the major leak covered by insurance?

3BSHKATS · 16/07/2023 11:11

Yeah that’s been paid out for and long gone

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3BSHKATS · 16/07/2023 11:11

It didn’t even touch the sides to be honest by the time the ceiling of been repaired

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3BSHKATS · 19/07/2023 19:00

Anyone at all ? 😬

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plasticwallet · 19/07/2023 19:05

It sounds very stressful to do it like that. Could you get a make shift worktop & sink put in to tide you over till Oct

3BSHKATS · 19/07/2023 19:11

Potentially and I do know what you mean it’s not ideal at all is it?

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plasticwallet · 19/07/2023 19:15

no, but I think it will easier (not ideal I know) to do the makeshift option.

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