How do I bathroom / kitchen / extension? etc.

Just did it ourselves. Pain in the ass job but not difficult. I'd say that's a decent quote as our quotes were around 4,000 for a Victorian ground floor minus the kitchen rear extension (NE London)

That’s exactly what I thought. I’m sure there were even photos!

Didn’t you already do that…?

Yup, it's the last jigsaw which is the hallway, which is very narrow.

It's either inaccessible hallway for several weeks, or get it done in a couple of days.

I reckon you can manage if you plan properly with your calendar then pick a few of the longest boards to lay down the middle and walk over them and the joists while you're doing the work.

Unfortunately it's the sort of job where I expect you'll struggle to get a reasonable quote as it's a small job and not very nice job. It's peak season, so you're going to need to find someone who can fit it in between other bigger jobs, or can do it while skiving off their main project.

😮 wow- great stuff. Could you let me know the spec of the tiles / where you got them from please? Just what I’m looking for.
Many thanks

Very Spanish - very nice!

Cheers! They are nothing fancy, just topps tiles matrix!

Decided to go for a single stereo in ceiling speaker for the kitchen refresh for the ultimate party vibes. It's the all weather dual tweeter version in case humidity is an issue. Will cable it back to a cupboard under the stairs and connect to a amp / some sort of Google stick combo. Just need to get some 4 core speaker cable.

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Finally had our new windowsills fitted by Imperial marble and granite in Beckenham, they did a really good job and didn’t flinch when i made them them rejig the 5m long lounge windowsill so the packers were not resting on my insulated plasterboard.

Found them ages ago and had a very good quote for picking out some offcuts but when we finally visited we ended up buying a whole slab of granite. still only just over the half the price of a national ‘worktop express’ online quote we had for plain corian.
We wanted something that was similar to the terrazzo in the common areas and the sills we took out.

Shame we are going to ruin it by fitting secondary glazing but that will be anthracite to match windows and rads so shouldn’t look too bad.

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Pretty!

Love it.

Kinda like the purple tape as well tbh

I haven't been following this thread for a while now so sorry if it's been discussed recently.

We've left it late to order some heritage/crittall style french doors. We've gone big (by mistake) though and are looking at 3600x2100 so not a stock size. Any reason not to go with these guys or know of a better alternative?

https://www.climadoor.co.uk/french-doors/external-french-doors/climadoor-black-heritage-style-aluminium-french-doors/3000mm-black-heritage-aluminium-french-doors

Have a look at the aluminium trade supply website. Gives you an idea of who makes the extrusions/profiles and the pro’s and cons of various systems.

Thanks, that website is a proper information overload, link fest but hopefully I can get some decent info from it.

Currently in discussion with a roofer and trying to decide between natural and synthetic slate. He says that there's not much difference in terms of fitting complexity but that the difference is "the cost to yourself as for natural slate the good ones that don’t twist are 3 times more expensive."

Does that ring any bells with anyone? I'd assumed that the difference in slates from different origins was in terms of durability and colour, not in the flatness of the slates as supplied.

To me that sounds like it could be a good roofer who would rather use synthetic for its reliable uniformity than a poor grade-but equivalent price point - natural product. I've never seen a sample of synthetic but I had a contractor use spanish slate instead of welsh. It was darker and pretty uniform but worked fine. Any decent supplier will do samples so worth getting some and having a look before committing to anything.

edit.
https://www.lbsproducts.com/news/2018/march/avoid-poor-quality-spanish-slate#:~:text=A%20common%20characteristic%20of%20lesser,bows%20down%20into%20the%20roof.

Cheap slates can twist as per the picture I saw on a surveyors group this week - but if they are properly installed the cheap option should be ok.

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Just had a dormer loft extension done, the upgrade cost from plastic to actual real slate (Spanish) was 1500 quid, the roofers said it was their preferred option as plastic is crap that ages badly and looks like shit.

Thats plastic not real.

Getting everything ready for the kitchen to start is kind of like getting all the bits together for a bike build. A never ending stream of boxes etc. My one extravagance for the space - a KV1 tap.

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And at the opposite end of the spectrum, my Vema taps were installed today, the penultimate day of build (I'm having to do all the decorating).

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Looks really well thought through.

What's the colour of the paint?

One has to wonder what the difference is between a Vola and a Vema?
apart from the £750 obviously.

Thanks. It was a lot of thinking, often on the fly. I wanted the window and sink to be centred in the doorway but the position of our waste and outrigger guttering restricted its width. 😭

Oh and paint is valspar, will check what colour exactly.