Hi, it's been well documented what I'm planning here, so i'll let the pictures tell the story.

Upon completing the move, pics from the front to the rear, externally.











The dreaded Fig Tree.





It was hard to take pictures of the 'whole' rear at first, due to the overgrown Fig Tree immediately outside the rear door.













There's more pictures but think you've got the idea by now.

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So, work commenced straight away on the external overgrown areas, need to feel an impact straight away, also couldn't get up the drive properly.











By now there was a considerable heap of trees!



The garden shed didn't take much to come down... only to reveal a dumped garage door behind it!



Now to start on the rear, Fig Tree the first to come down!







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Yes the garden can be a worse task than the house its self the doorbell looks good though

A gloriously sunny day for the third day, so we decided to press on outside. A grab lorry was arranged and came early.







Which soon made short work of the heap.



Next we roped in the niece and nephew to help pull the last bigger trees down.





Before long we had another big heap of cut down trees.



More to come.

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More 'grab' lorries I expect!

Good job in such a short time.

Yes it great to have a good tidy up and so quick too

PS is that a Spurs flag next door

Now for the inside.
We haven't done anything as yet, this is just the pre-work pictures.

Entrance hallway.





Bathroom.







Bed 2.









Bed 1.









Lounge.











Kitchen.





Kitchen leads to a 'conservatory'... this is going to be knocked down eventually.







Nice big loft anyway.



More as it comes along.

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You might note, on the first two pics of 'Bed 1', how the conifers shaded over half the bedroom window out

I bet your neighborer were glad to see the back of those trees as well. It must have been seriously effecting the amount of light they were getting

Yes Mrs DB says the neighbours must be thrilled to bits

Wow, what a difference already. Our famous council trees block the light to our dining room & conservatory, it is always so dark on that side of the house.

Wish they were ours & we could remove them.......those DAM trees have alot to answer for


Am loving this Mark, following with interest - great so far.

A great project mate to get you teeth into. Fabulous photo's to keep before, during after etc. Rep from me.

Yes it's like having our own homes under the hammer programme

Forgot to say, it is amazing how much light will come through the windows, of yours & your neighbours now those trees & conifers have been removed mate. :-bd:

Are you saying Mark that somebody was actually living in that bungalow before you bought it? Really?
Did you ever think of knocking the whole place down and submitting plans for permission to build a replacement bungalow from scratch?

Yes wirral, a lady was living on her own in that state

Unbelievable really. She just didn't get it. When she was showing us round it didn't even enter her head that we would be redecorating, from the way she was talking.

No, it didn't enter my head to demolish. It's not in that bad a state. Walls are sound, no damp. Just requires improvements and updating. Exactly what we was looking for.

Hayzer wrote:

I bet your neighborer were glad to see the back of those trees as well. It must have been seriously effecting the amount of light they were getting

They were actually outside clapping a round of applause

What a brilliant start Mark. I'm really looking forward to following your progress. Good luck.

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Thank you NJ... have a rep to get you started

Oooooh - thank you!

Mark wrote:

Thank you NJ... have a rep to get you started

You smoothie Mark.

Nothing wrong with smoothies Mick - especially banana & strawberry ones!

Great reply NJ, your second rep.

Work has continued to make headway on the rear garden. The saplings at the back were cleared, but left a whole host of clumped together roots, so a digger was hired to help clear this part.





Whilst the machine was on hire, the garden was given a scrape down the side to clear all of the offshoots springing up, and the tree roots that could be removed were hauled out.





With it all cleared, you can now get a view of the rear. There's a local footpath that runs behind all the houses, it's a shortcut through the church to the local shops.









In the meantime, a third grab load had cleared the next heap of trees, so I moved the digger to the front garden to try and get the conifer roots out.



Unfortunately, the fence couldn't be saved





Neither could next doors cable TV supply (and phone line)



But I made a temporary repair and reported it for them to come round and renew it.



With the rear cleared, we put up the rear fence, made it 7 foot high as an extra deterrent with the footpath to the rear being an obvious burglar access point.





Internally, some progress was made on the first bedroom that's going to be done. The wallpaper was stripped and the wardrobe was started to be dismantled. The walls were surprisingly good, and only two walls need replastering, due to having horrible polystyrene tiles stuck on the wall under the wallpaper.







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Great start mate. I love ripping places apart but dont seem to have the patience for scraping wall paper etc anymore.