We went shopping for some of the light fittings and shades that we will be needing for our new home on Saturday. It was nice looking around B&Q and choosing a few new things. They were all things that we needed as well as wanted, so I wasn't too unhappy about the splurging of cash.
We were going to try and reuse the old white plastic ceiling fittings for the main room lights, but when we called to the bungalow on the way home from Blackpool we realised that they are all different designs and sadly very yellowed. So that is something else that we will have to pick up along with the light switches and plug sockets.
We are not doing brilliantly at reusing things that were already in the bungalow, but the whole place was in a very bad condition when we bought it. Sadly the toilet that I was going to keep is now cracked, Alan was a bit miffed as he discovered this after giving it a really good clean before it was removed from the bathroom.
I have told him to warn the builders to really look after my sink. Once the garage is rebuilt it can go and live in there while the rest of the building work goes on, as I doubt it would survive the removal of the floors once that starts.
But the garage is still a couple of weeks away, so I have my fingers firmly crossed that it survives.
Sue xx
We changed the bathroom sink, it was really small "downstairs loo in a cupboard " size (we suspect the previous owners got it 2nd hand when they did the new bathroom) But we removed it really carefully, i took it intact to the tip, hoping it could go into their sale area. The guy in the high viz jacket didn't care. He casually dropped it and it broke. I was very frustrated
ReplyDeleteThat is just so disappointing isn't it. If only more care was taken with things already in circulation, imagine how much better our planet would be for future generations. This is why I put so many of the things from the bungalow onto Facebook Marketplace for really low prices. Weirdly things sell better than if you offer them for free. So all the doors went for £5 each, the cooker went for £10 etc, so much better than filling up the skip with them.
DeleteOur bungalow was in a state when we purchased it, we ripped everything out, there was nothing worth keeping, the bonus is after 17 years everywhere is still looking good, so very little maintenance.
ReplyDeleteIt's good to do a jab well, knowing that it will last for years isn't it. We have never needed to do any maintenance on the interiors of our current place. The only work we have had to do is guttering damage due to weather problems. We are hoping to replicate this with our new home.
DeleteWe bought our bungalow in 1988 and it needed everything done starting with a retire as the electrics were not fit for purpose. Over the years we have gradually replaced every wall, ceiling and floor as we renovated. 20 years ago we built on a large kitchen at the back of the house as the original kitchen was very small. This finally gave us a second bathroom from the old kitchen. Now we are older we find it quite trying to have tradesmen in the house as Norrie usually has to then adjust things to his standard. The plumbers who put in a new bathroom and boiler last year were the best we have ever had whereas the double glazing the year before were truly awful. Norrie had partially accepted that he really can’t do everything now as he has done in the past so we just tend to talk a lot and do nowt about it. Catriona
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like over the years you have done everything to your bungalow that we are hoping to do before we actually have to move into ours. The only things that are staying the same are the exterior walls and the ceilings. Well, as long as Alan or the guys that will be fitting the solar panel controls don't put a foot through the ceiling while they are working in the loft!
ReplyDeleteShould also have said that the mortgage rate went to 15% within the year so we were stuck in a building site for quite a while. Thank goodness we had the caravan!
DeleteThere is nothing worse than living in a building site is there, it must have been awful for you. ☹️
DeleteWe hate having to replace anything, I feel your pain.
ReplyDeleteMost of the contents of our house from when we bought it off from my Grandma in 2005 have been repurposed in some way, even the old wardrobes and kitchen cupboards got made into shelves or cupboard doors elsewhere.
We've just replaced the settee after 20 years of service and managed to salvage the fabric, the foam lining and the legs for future projects.
I do love a look around B&Q and rarely leave without rescuing a houseplant from their clearance shelf! xxx
Your new settee is glorious, what a wonderful choice for your 'blue room'. I daren't look at the 'dead plant shelf' as my aunty used to call it, I would have to rescue them all.
DeleteSounds like you'll have a brand new house to move into! :)
ReplyDeleteWhich is why I was desperately trying to keep the toilet and sink, and trying to persuade Alan to keep the bath ... he put it at the bottom of the skip and then filled it with rubble. I was not happy, it's going to take me a long time to make the place look suitably lived in. But I have won the battle of keeping lots of our furniture, he wanted all new but we wouldn't be able to afford it, thank goodness.
DeleteFingers tightly crossed for the sink and for the workmen, I sense they could feel your wrath if things go awry.
ReplyDeleteIf they break my sink there will be trouble I just really want it for the size, the two taps and the proper plug hole which for some reason is ridiculously difficult to get hold of these days!
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