Brother in law moving in

April 15th, 2010

I have written before about my brother in law buying a house right next to mine, well that whole process started in November and it has only just completed.  I thought buying my house was complicated with a 3 week delay, but taking over 5 months is just ridiculous.  He has only now realised how [...]

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Building a hedgehog house

October 11th, 2009

I want to encourage wildlife in my garden and I have wanted a hedgehog house for some time to go under my elder tree.  I have had a look in pet shops like pets at home for a house but they cost around £40 and everyone I have seen has been damaged from sitting on [...]

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Inspection of our decorating

August 20th, 2009

My parents in law have been today to look around our house.  It was quite tense, as they own the majority of it, having forked out the amount we needed as a mortgage.  They haven’t been for months, thanks to my wife negotiating skills… and it’s a good job too because it’s looked like a [...]

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Finally finished the house

August 19th, 2009

Woo hoo I have finally finished my living room.  It has been a long time coming with lots of set backs but I think it was worth it.  It is only the second room in the house that we got to do ourselves.  Because my parents in laws helped us buy the house they were [...]

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Doing up the living room

August 12th, 2009

I cannot believe the weather has finally turned and I’m stuck inside doing DIY again… OK so that really is my own choice, now I’ve got started I just want to get it all finished and I’ve actually got the time for once with it being the school summer holidays.  B&Q has become our regular [...]

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