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A guide on how to survive house renovations. In the Hallway, we decided the existing floor tiles (bile colored) and bright green painted wall just had to go! We researched online and to our delight discovered antique tiles dating from 1920 that were extracted from an old hall and were no longer needed. Delighted with the opportunity we chased 40 minutes out of Antwerp to secure them. Colourful and beautiful they were just what we wanted. Look at pics below:. New antique tiles placed. View of entry door.

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Bedroom 3 | gem of antwerp

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A guide on how to survive house renovations. We lived in bedroom 3 over winter 2013-2014 while we were renovating the master bedroom below. Fortunately Kristof had already put the radiators in so we had some warmth over winter as the roof was not yet insulated. Below you can see our temporary bedroom. It was actually incredibly cosy! Scraped off old wallpaper. Removed all existing wiring and electrics. Placed double glazing in windows. Repaired existing window frames. Sanded old timber floors and oiled.

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July | 2015 | gem of antwerp

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A guide on how to survive house renovations. Monthly Archives: July 2015. Kristof (Belgian) and I (Kiwi/Irish) always had a strong interest in house renovation. Our dream was to buy a derelict old house, renovate it and resell it hopefully making some profit. We developed this site to show friends, family and anybody interested in house renovation our progress over the last 2 years. Existing front of house. Existing back of house. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Get every new post delive...

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A guide on how to survive house renovations. The property we purchased was built in 1907. After delving into the Antwerp archives it became evident that there had only been one addition to the house in 1959. This consisted of a small kitchen and dining area at the rear of the house and a toilet in the back garden. It was clear from the present state of the house that no further improvements had been done. 8211; Redo sewage and plumbing. 8211; Replace all rewiring and electrics. 8211; Replace kitchen.

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Bedroom 2 | gem of antwerp

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A guide on how to survive house renovations. What was appealing about bedroom 2, is that it has direct access to a roof terrace (above the dining room). We decided that this bedroom and the bedroom above (BR 4) would be a lot more spacious if we removed the existing chimney. To do this, we had to remove the bricks from both bedrooms and remove the remaining chimney from the roof. Removed all re wiring and electrics. Placed new double glazed timber doors. Placed new wiring and plumbing for new radiator.

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Existing | gem of antwerp

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A guide on how to survive house renovations. The existing house hadn’t been altered for over a century. The previous tenants had left a lot of junk that was dumped in the basement. This including old shelving, piping, carpets, wooden boards and electric appliances (deep fryer with oil still in it). Yuk! It took us 2 days to clear the junk and we needed 10 showers to clean up! Below are pictures of the existing state of the house. Existing roof above bathroom. Roof above outside toilet. You are commenting...

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Staircase | gem of antwerp

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A guide on how to survive house renovations. It took us six weeks to restore the 100 year old American oak staircase back to its original state. Previous tenants had painted the stairs four times with outdoor garage-like paint, white, red, blue and green. Initially we attempted to scrape the layers of paint off with sharp scrapers. Progress was very slow by the time we got to the red, we’d had enough. We had to consider alternative options. Option 1 – Burn the paint off with a gas torch and scrape. Still...

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A guide on how to survive house renovations. Kristof (Belgian) and I (Kiwi/Irish) always had a strong interest in house renovation. Our dream was to buy a derelict old house, renovate it and resell it hopefully making some profit. We developed this site to show friends, family and anybody interested in house renovation our progress over the last 2 years. Existing front of house. Existing back of house. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Date: Fri, 10...

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Living | gem of antwerp

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A guide on how to survive house renovations. The living room was the initial target for our renovations which afforded us a space to chill out when the going got tough. We created one large room from two small spaces by inserting a large beam within the ceiling. We restored the old fireplace by carefully removing the marble stone and rebuilt its structure. When we replaced the marble stone it turned out pretty damn good! Placed beam within ceiling. Plumbing and electrics replaced. Sanded and oiled floors.

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Bathroom | gem of antwerp

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A guide on how to survive house renovations. The existing state of the bathroom was filthy. The previous tenants had flushed the toilet with buckets of water! Initially we had to clean the walls and ceiling which were covered in a thick green mould. Buckets of bleach, gif and every sort of chemical we could find were used on the walls. The old plaster board on the walls were thrown out including all bathroom furniture. It was just awful! New concrete floor placed. Plumbing and electrics fixed. Build a we...