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Mark Majorca Mad
| Subject: The Silk Purse Project Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:20 am | |
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Mark Majorca Mad
| Subject: Re: The Silk Purse Project Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:37 am | |
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delboy Mad Destination Expert
| Subject: Re: The Silk Purse Project Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:48 am | |
| Yes the garden can be a worse task than the house its self the doorbell looks good though |
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Mark Majorca Mad
| Subject: Re: The Silk Purse Project Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:07 am | |
| 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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Ddolfelin
| Subject: Re: The Silk Purse Project Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:19 am | |
| More 'grab' lorries I expect!
Good job in such a short time. |
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delboy Mad Destination Expert
| Subject: Re: The Silk Purse Project Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:22 am | |
| Yes it great to have a good tidy up and so quick too PS is that a Spurs flag next door |
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Mark Majorca Mad
| Subject: Re: The Silk Purse Project Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:25 am | |
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Mark Majorca Mad
| Subject: Re: The Silk Purse Project Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:28 am | |
| You might note, on the first two pics of 'Bed 1', how the conifers shaded over half the bedroom window out |
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Hayzer ALL ROUND DESTINATION EXPERT
| Subject: Re: The Silk Purse Project Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:48 am | |
| 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 _________________ |
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delboy Mad Destination Expert
| Subject: Re: The Silk Purse Project Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:50 am | |
| Yes Mrs DB says the neighbours must be thrilled to bits |
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debdon OFFICIAL VODKA TASTER
| Subject: Re: The Silk Purse Project Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:52 am | |
| 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. |
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Mick ALL ROUND GOOD GUY
| Subject: Re: The Silk Purse Project Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:53 am | |
| A great project mate to get you teeth into. Fabulous photo's to keep before, during after etc. Rep from me. _________________ Mick
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delboy Mad Destination Expert
| Subject: Re: The Silk Purse Project Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:54 am | |
| Yes it's like having our own homes under the hammer programme |
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Mick ALL ROUND GOOD GUY
| Subject: Re: The Silk Purse Project Mon Oct 31, 2011 10:02 am | |
| 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: _________________ Mick
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WirralScouse DE/Prophet of Doom
| Subject: Re: The Silk Purse Project Mon Oct 31, 2011 5:07 pm | |
| 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? |
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Mark Majorca Mad
| Subject: Re: The Silk Purse Project Mon Oct 31, 2011 6:08 pm | |
| 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. |
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Mark Majorca Mad
| Subject: Re: The Silk Purse Project Mon Oct 31, 2011 6:14 pm | |
| - 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 |
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NannyJen Girl Power Member
| Subject: Re: The Silk Purse Project Mon Oct 31, 2011 6:35 pm | |
| What a brilliant start Mark. I'm really looking forward to following your progress. Good luck.
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Mark Majorca Mad
| Subject: Re: The Silk Purse Project Mon Oct 31, 2011 7:12 pm | |
| Thank you NJ... have a rep to get you started |
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NannyJen Girl Power Member
| Subject: Re: The Silk Purse Project Mon Oct 31, 2011 11:15 pm | |
| Oooooh - thank you! |
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Mick ALL ROUND GOOD GUY
| Subject: Re: The Silk Purse Project Tue Nov 01, 2011 10:14 am | |
| - Mark wrote:
- Thank you NJ... have a rep to get you started
You smoothie Mark. _________________ Mick
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NannyJen Girl Power Member
| Subject: Re: The Silk Purse Project Tue Nov 01, 2011 10:41 am | |
| Nothing wrong with smoothies Mick - especially banana & strawberry ones! |
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Mick ALL ROUND GOOD GUY
| Subject: Re: The Silk Purse Project Tue Nov 01, 2011 10:43 am | |
| Great reply NJ, your second rep. _________________ Mick
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Mark Majorca Mad
| Subject: Re: The Silk Purse Project Thu Nov 03, 2011 10:54 pm | |
| 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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Daryn Admin
| Subject: Re: The Silk Purse Project Thu Nov 03, 2011 11:35 pm | |
| Great start mate. I love ripping places apart but dont seem to have the patience for scraping wall paper etc anymore. _________________ |
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