This section of Cheshire Mum was added in July 2011 as we got ready to move from our old, fully removated, remodelled and finished, house to our next home and project. A 1960's place with 1980's updates - pure potential! Here's the timeline:
25th July 2011 - moved houseJanuary 2012 - started search for architectMay 2012 - appointed Innex Design as our architects- June 2012 – developed initial designs & measured up
- June 2012 – great feedback from blog readers & twitter community
- July 2012 – second revised & to scale plans developed
- December 2012 – plans finalised and agreed
- January 2013 – planning permission application submitted
- 3rd May 2013 – planning permission GRANTED!!
- December 2013 – downstairs WC makeover & new kitchen window blinds
Its week 67 for The Gallery over at Tara’s place, the theme is Vintage, which makes me think of clothes, which makes me think of charity shops and a certain wee-esque fragrance. We are house-move-minus-five-days, I don’t have anything vintage, I don’t have a post. No worries, I shall enjoy the posts of others with a cup of tea instead and dish out some comment love. Then it hit me – our new house is 100% vintage 1961 in origin with 1980’s highlights – get in! debug= No images found. By the way I realised my Vintage subject after I had been to the house to take photo’s of radiator locations etc so the shots aren’t great but you can see the potential – right? Since we accepted the offer on the house I’ve been getting ready to move by clearing out stuff. All the baby baby stuff has gone – bouncy chair, bumbo, baby walker, baby gym I donated to a local charity, other equipment I used Net Mums noticeboard, clothes, Grobags etc I sold through eBay. I’ve blogged “how to sell baby clothes on eBay” guide if you too need to get rid, I did just this but I didn’t have time to use Auctiva. The removals people have been confirmed and they are coming to pack us up this Saturday 23rd July *gulp*! I’ve been on a redirection mission, most seem to need five working days notice, which is lucky as I have five working days until I move. Here are some of the links that made my life a little bit easier today: Royal Mail for postal redirection Tomorrow is a big day – we are going back to our new house to measure up for blackout blinds, appliances etc. I will of course be taking my camera and taking some “before” photo’s. I’m excited but nervous – its the most expensive thing I have ever bought and we’re broker than a broke thing on broke street come Monday’s completion! Laters, Me x Its official we’re moving – this week contracts were exchanged on the sale of our current home Lancaster Towers and the purchase of … erm … what to call it … how about “Villa Lancaster”? It’s a mere 0.3 miles away from where we are now, so suffice to say not much changes in terms of friends, shops, schools etc. but its a new front door behind which is a whole heap of potential dressed up in 1980’s finest. We’ve lived at Lancaster Towers for 9 years and we have re-done it from top to bottom, inside and out all ourselves. Lancaster Towers is a tall town house and Villa Lancaster is a wide house, it’s on a great south facing plot, a great garden for my smalls and with a garage for bikes, scooters and the like! I wish I had taken the time to at least photograph the before and after transformations, now I blog so I am going to blog our journey to our new house and its transformation into our home. It will be a journey, the house purchase blows all our savings, so we’ll be taking our time but the planning, considering, choosing is all so much fun – I see a lot of mood boards in my future! We are leaving behind underfloor heating, stair lighting, a Quooker boiling water kettle tap, a Miele dishwasher *sobs*, a Whirlpool American Fridge Freezer, a Bosch washing machine and John Lewis tumble drier. I have all my laundry kit upstairs – carrying the washing downstairs is just ridiculous in my opinion – I will have to get used to that though but first I will need a washing machine to carry laundry to! You see Villa Lancaster has got a lot of “spaces” and I don’t just mean the rooms, the garden or the garage which it does have – I mean literally “spaces” for a washing machine, tumble dryer, dishwasher, fridge, freezer, microwave – having sold all my appliances with Lancaster Towers are they were all built in my first challenge is to get me some white goods. I’m off to measure up (and take photo’s!) at the new place on Tuesday 19th July and we move on Monday 25th July so time is of the essence, just a tad! I need to know what you are using, liking, disappointed by, lusting over when it comes to Fridges, Freezers, Washers, Dryers, Dishwashers and microwaves? Chest Freezers – yes or no? I’m watching some appliances on eBay – what do we think people, good or naff idea?
The Gallery: Vintage
Cheshire Claire : July 19, 2011 10:27 pm : Home Building, Interiors, Meme's & Tags
BT.com for telephone redirection, we get to keep our number!
MoveMe lots of useful check lists & reminders
Iammoving.com a quick way to tell lots of organisations you’re moving
Moo.com for stickers and stationery for your new address – I need stationery!
