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Glasgow based new business owners and newlyweds trying our hand at property development.
January 17, 2021January 17, 2021beckymcdnld

My Paint Stripping Experience: KlingStrip V Heat Gun

‘m going to start this by saying stripping wood is not for the faint hearted. Be warned, it may break you! It almost ended me.

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September 5, 2020beckymcdnld

Ikea Hack – Turning Metod Wall Cabinets into Build in Seating

How we created a built in seating area from Ikea kitchen cabinets.

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August 22, 2020January 18, 2021beckymcdnld

Our Open Plan Kitchen Renovation – IKEA Bodarp

How we designed and built an open plan kitchen living room.

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August 1, 2020August 1, 2020beckymcdnld

Project Two: Before and After Photos

Before and after pictures from our 10 week renovation of a one bed tenement flat.

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June 27, 2020June 27, 2020beckymcdnld

Bold or Basic? How to Style a Property When Selling.

How to make your property stand out and attract more customers. Why neutral isn’t always the way to go.

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May 25, 2020beckymcdnld

Buying and Selling Property During The Coronavirus Pandemic – Our Experiences

We are in the rare position to have experienced buying and selling property during the Coronavirus Lockdown in Scotland.

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April 24, 2020April 24, 2020beckymcdnld

Making the Most of a Tiny Bathroom

Having such a small bathroom was always going to be a challenge, this meant that we would have to get creative. Originally, tenement flats had no internal bathrooms, the people who lived there would share an outhouse in the garden. When indoor plumbing became possible they had to try fit bathrooms within the existing space. […]

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April 23, 2020beckymcdnld

Our Self-Build Kitchen Experience

Our experience designing and building a kitchen in a tenement flat.

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December 4, 2019December 5, 2019beckymcdnld

First Week Recap and Our Plans for This Renovation Project.

It feels like so much has happened this week that I’m not really sure where to begin but I guess I’ll start with when we finally got the keys. After another weeks delay we eventually got the phone call that the keys were ready to collect. I was at work so Stuart picked up the […]

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November 20, 2019November 20, 2019beckymcdnld

What’s The Holdup? Why We Had a Three Week Delay Exchanging Keys.

What caused the delays when buying our property. Three week delay in exchanging keys.

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