Victorian Renovation in London Part 3 - Finish line?
Resh
3 years ago
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Hi all, someone suggested starting this yet again, as we got to 200 comments and the thread was crashing. See link below for the original threads.
We are supposedly a week from finishing the interior...which seems a bit ambitious. The kitchen is not even installed yet!
[https://www.houzz.co.uk/discussions/victorian-house-inspiration-please-dsvw-vd~4802325[(https://www.houzz.co.uk/discussions/victorian-house-inspiration-please-dsvw-vd~4802325)
[https://www.houzz.co.uk/discussions/victorian-renovation-in-london-part-2-dsvw-vd~4911251[(https://www.houzz.co.uk/discussions/victorian-renovation-in-london-part-2-dsvw-vd~4911251)
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Victorian House inspiration please!
Comments (229)Also, top tip, folks! If installing an island with plumbing/electrics in it, make sure you have an access panel somewhere to get to them - especially for the plumbing. I speak from bitter experience in the last house. This is a particular problem with Belfast sinks mounted, you guessed it, under a stone worktop, meaning you can't easily take the sink out. I had this in my old house - learned my lesson the hard way, A bad situation when your dishwasher or waste disposal unit are leaking or need replacing, and you find out that there are a load of connections you need to get to that are hidden behind the sink. Even worse if that Belfast sink has an Insinkerator waste disposal plumbed into it and the dishwasher is plumbed into that - the bits you need to get to are directly behind the unit, and not easily reachable from the space in the cabinet under that sink, even if you cut out the back panel. Very awkward. So that stone worktop has to come off (not realistic) or you have to cut through a cabinet back or two with a jigsaw (better option by far - but you do it very carefully). Which is what I did - replacing the hacked up back panel with an access panel held in place by magnets, for the next time. Trust me, it's easier to do this at installation stage! This island is 90cm wide, and one side is the seating area, which is behind the row of front cabinets, which include sink, fridge, dishwasher etc. The whole kickpanel in the seating area will be mounted on a stud frame which has six metal threads installed, so that the panel (plywood, as we determined above) bolts to these six screws. Need access to the plumbing and drain? Drop the panel in minutes, and everything is in front of you and easily accessed......See MoreVictorian Renovation in London - Part 2
Comments (201)Thanks guys - we did a lot of experimenting and testing on some old floorboards before deciding on this stuff. The Osmo oil gives a deep and rich finish on old pitch pine that looks very different to varnish - deeper and with more of the grain being brought out. It's more like a beeswax finish from olden times, without the backbreaking labour and maintenance. Interestingly on the new boards (in the top bedroom), it makes far less difference: the new pine just looks yellow and shiny, much as it would if varnished. But the oil should be tougher and lower maintenance. We decided to restore these floors rather than replace as they were actually in remarkably good condition: this house has never had fitted carpets fitted, nor central heating fitted until 2014, and when it was installed it was installed with regard to keeping the floors intact (many systems installed in past decades saw the boards sawn up and hacked about). I wanted look that is obviously original, and can't be mistaken for engineered wood. I did think about a limewashed finish, but bottled it at the last minute and went totally traditional, as I thought less risk of a finish done to a trend that would be hard to reverse....See MoreVictorian Renovation in London Part 4 - snagging and garden
Comments (213)Belated thanks, Nisha. So I have compiled some albums of photos so you don't have to trawl through all the threads. Hopefully this works: someone let me know by posting, please? Completed house: https://www.flickr.com/photos/organize/?start_tab=one_set72157700454483311 The whole, messy, process: https://www.flickr.com/photos/reshington/albums/72157684375457971...See MoreRenovation of London Victorian terrace - need creative layout advice:)
Comments (36)Hi there! I’d love to hear what you are using the under the stair spaces for. It looks like the bike could fit under the stairs near main entrance comfortably. You then could use the current bike area for the utility i.e. muddy stuff mops and sports equipment. As such you would need to install shelves to add on the storage space. I’d like to agree with Minipie that, if you really love for the bike area to remain as is, as I feel you might, the next best position for the utility is in the basement. The basement offers several advantages as compared to hiving off a space on G.F, especially when you consider the available space which you’d require to store all the stuff you said. I imagine sports equipment for example would need quite a generous area. I like the idea of a cosier retiring area for the library and I would really recommend an alterations for that. As for a pantry usable from the kitchen, options look really limited but I’d know what you think about moving the toilet across to the opposite void area, and then converting the new space to a pantry. It’s both proximal to the kitchen island, and will also not complicate the plumbing process, since you also want to introduce a sink in there. Hope this is useful! If you need more guidance, feel free to drop me a line or check out our site: www.betterspace.co...See MoreAMB
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3 years agoGarden looks a lot more sorted out with snow on it! Nature does the best landscaping, it seems...
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3 years agoIt's in its third year of treatment under a proper plan, so I'm not too worried. No sign of it returning when we bought the house - and we checked thoroughly as did the mortgage surveyor!
Took a couple of pics from the bottom of the garden. Will be great when the weatherproofing is finished and I can take the tarpaulin off the glass doors to the study, just below the glass wall on the master bathroom. Relax folk - we are secluded, so taking a shower is not an exercise in exhibitionism!
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3 years agoHi RV - just a small update. We decided to paint the wood doors, as unpainted ones look a bit weird against a wood floor. A before pic and some afters...we went with dark green to complement the kitchen, as well as the wallpaper design. Didn't fancy more grey wood!
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3 years agoIt's F&B Ammonite, but mixed in Leyland oil paint.
The glass in the study has been put above the doors and the tarp is finally off! Still a mess but the big stuff is done...
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3 years agoMrs Resh's study was painted today. It's a new room, in the bottom of what was the former lift shaft. Long and narrow - 3.5m x 2m. The idea was that she could work whilst looking out at the garden; with the glass doors open in the summer. By the end of May there should be a patio outside that she can step out onto - but with a baby rather than a laptop given that Jr is due in August. Hopefully this room will serve as well for relaxation as for work...right now it needs quite a lot of finishing...
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I saw this on Instagram and had to do a double take as my first thought was x-wing fighters and a Death Star! I hope it’s all coming together
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