Today marks one month since we picked up the keys to Braeside Road, our 8th renovation project. It’s really looking like a home now, and we’re on track to complete the entire house within the 8 week timescale we set ourselves. After a fresh coat of paint, the house is…
A week after picking up the keys to our 8th renovation project, there has been a lot of progress to report! Here’s the video I made of the progress. In the last week it seems the garden has doubled in size, the plasterer make an appearance and a lot of……
Renovation 8 has begun! We may still be in in the middle of Project Pego, our 6th renovation, and Project 7, our 1950’s Cheltenham Caravan renovation, but all hands are now on deck. We have an 8 week timeframe to turn this run down semi into a beautiful family home.……
The same day we arrived in Pego last month I had to book the next available flight back to Southampton. Although I went back to Pego to help (read: choose fixtures via Project Pego Update: Month 4 — The Metcalfe Memoir
Our 7th renovation project has begun – we’ve just bought an iconic 1958 Cheltenham Puku caravan to restore. Darren and I hadn’t even heard of Cheltenham caravans up until a week ago, but a friend suggested we get one. And in true Metcalfe fashion, we did just that. On Thursday, we…
Month three of Project Pego. Wow! Our Spanish townhouse renovation has been hard going this trip. When we arrived just over four weeks ago I though I was going to have a full on melt down. We’d just come back to Spain after spending the summer in our clean, warm……
