DIY Heavan

I have done a lot of flat refurbishment and refurbishment projects for friends and family and really enjoyed doing it. I started getting into flat refurbishment and other refurbishment projects after watching a home make over show on TV, I think it’s amazing what you can do with a bit of mortar and bricks. Even though I have previous experience in doing other people’s flat refurbishment jobs and other refurbishment projects, when it came to my own home I really wanted to let some custom home builders do the job. I was kind of worried that if I were to do it myself, that I wouldn’t be as bothered to get the job finished by a certain date, than if I were doing it for someone else, so I contacted some local custom home builders. I drew up some plans of the new layout of the house and together with the custom home builders we discussed our plan of action, as some of the walls needed to come down etc. It was nice to see how an established company worked on a project, as I had only ever done the plans on my own or with the people I was doing it for. When they were rebuilding one of the walls, I asked them if they could put a square of mortar on to the floor in the garden, near the back and me and my partner wrote our names and the date into it. It looks really cool, and I did start to get a bit carried away. I wanted the builders to put a few more mortar squares down so I could draw things in them like hearts etc, but my partner told them not to under any circumstances. I think they thought I was a bit crazy too! I was so pleased when the work had been finished, and it was nice to sit back and relax in a house that was to my exact specification. I really like doing refurbishment jobs, and am thinking about buying properties, doing them up and selling them on however, my thoughts have been but on a back burner for the while, whilst we are having this credit crunch and not many people are buying properties. It’s a good job really, that I hadn’t already started buying and selling, otherwise I may have found myself back at mummy’s house!