Sunday, 14 June 2009

As I typed the date for this post I realised it is exactly 12 months since we viewed this property with our son Neil, who came along to give his opinion on some of the work that would need doing. I thought I'd do some "then" and "now" pictures.

Here's Neil checking out the then bathroom:















and this is the same view now:





As can be seen below, originally the alcove (where the toilet is now) had a false wall built so a cupboard could be created and the bath was fitted beneath the cupboard. To the right of the vanity unit the shower cubicle had been built around a window and what appears to be some kind of boxing in was actually only boxing in fresh air! We think it's fair to say the quality of the workmanship was probably second only to that of a 10 year old!















Here is the new shower cubicle to the right of the basin, built not around the window this time but formed from the rear half of a very large airing cupboard. The light is on in the cubicle which makes it look a different colour to the other tiles!



When the bath was removed and the cupboard and false wall demolished we discovered that the original wall was covered in black mould as can be seen here:


The builders drilled some air holes and left a gap to give a continuous air flow to dry the wall out and then studded and plasterboarded the wall.




This side of the bathroom originally looked like this and had another false wall to accommodate another cupboard:













and now looks like this with a new wall being built to create a storage cupboard accessed off the landing and the bath fitted against the new wall:











We now have a nice rectangular shaped room with no nooks, crannies or dodgy built-in cupboards and have gained a large shower and some very useful storage.

I'll come back tomorrow after I've taken some more photos to show what has happened during the last week.