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Planning our loft conversion
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Planning our loft conversion

January 8, 2023

So, after 12 years of thinking about it, we are finally getting a loft conversion done. Yay! It might have taken covid and working from home to give us that final push (or maybe shove). But I am so glad we are taking the plunge.

Planning a loft conversion

Why a loft conversion?

To put it bluntly, it was far more cost effective for us to build up to create more space, than to move house. We live in an old, average, 3 bedroom Victorian house in London. You know, one of those long but fairly thin houses with a kitchen

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Planning our loft conversion
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#DreamTeam linky – 15th January 2023

January 15, 2023

A warm welcome to the #DreamTeam linky for bloggers- a fab place to share your writing, read what others have been up to, and share a bit of blog love! Happy New Year everyone!!!

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It’s never too late to shout Happy New Year, right? How is everyone doing? I’m afraid I have eaten way too many chocolates and I’m ready to burst out my jeans. *Must try not to do that next year – especially as I got a treadmill for Christmas. Ekk!!!

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This week I’m linking up with our news loft conversion

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Council takes next step toward major renovation of Springfield’s Historic City Hall
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Council takes next step toward major renovation of Springfield’s Historic City Hall

Council takes next step toward major renovation of Springfield’s Historic City Hall

Construction is anticipated to begin on renovations at the historic City Hall in summer 2024 and completed sometime in 2026, a city spokesperson told the News-Leader.

Springfield City Council took a step toward renovating Historic City Hall, with council members giving city staff the green light to start searching for a contractor.

Construction is anticipated to begin in summer 2024 and be completed some time in 2026, a city spokesperson told the News-Leader.

The Historic City Hall building was originally constructed in 1891 as the US Customhouse and Post Office. Since then, three additions have increased its size to nearly

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Canine Pleasant Journey to Virginia Metropolis
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Canine Pleasant Journey to Virginia Metropolis

Not each city we journey to is canine pleasant, not to mention canines welcoming however Virginia Metropolis Nevada loves canines and invitations you to deliver them if you go to. In any case, the canines had been round throughout Virginia Metropolis’s heyday. It simply is smart they’re now too!

From canine pleasant locations to remain to canine pleasant sights, we have all the data that you must plan your go to to Virginia Metropolis together with your finest furry pal!

The place to stick with your Canine in Virginia Metropolis

Virginia Metropolis has a few nice canine pleasant decisions of

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Renovations Are All About Clients’ Heritage & Culture on HGTV’s ‘Revealed’ | Entertainment News
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Renovations Are All About Clients’ Heritage & Culture on HGTV’s ‘Revealed’ | Entertainment News

A house isn’t just a house — it’s a piece of the people who live there. And in designer Veronica Valencia’s new HGTV series, revealedrenovations are based on clients’ heritage and culture.

“I learned early on the importance of honoring your past,” says Valencia, who is of Mexican and Native American descent and was raised amid heirlooms and objects linked to important memories. “We used my grandma’s tortilla maker and thumbed through family photo albums scattered everywhere. I don’t think homes are meant to be precious or perfect; they’re meant to be lived in.”

According to the Extreme Makeover:

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These 6 Renovations Are Worth the Yearly Cost
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These 6 Renovations Are Worth the Yearly Cost

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How much do you spend on yearly home maintenance? In GOBankingRates’ 2023 real estate survey, nearly 30% of existing homeowners surveyed said they spend between $500 and $2,000 per year. Of the age ranges who respondents, the highest percentage belongs to homeowners ages 65 and over, at 48%.

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It’s OK not to conduct certain types of home maintenance each year, but some types of maintenance and renovations should

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#DreamTeam linky – 11th June 2023
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#DreamTeam linky – 11th June 2023

June 11, 2023

Hello and welcome to a very sunny edit of the #DreamTeam linky! A fab place to share your writing, read what others have been up to, and share a bit of blog love! Come join us…

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Isn’t the weather BEAUTIFUL!!! We are currently basking in 29 degrees in London, and, with a lovely breeze it’s been all smiles and ice cream. I’m crossing my fingers that the blue skies keep coming now. What’s the weather like where you are?

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This week I’m linking up with a brilliant summer STEAM toy review. It’s

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Couple bond over ‘worst house in best street’ renovation
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Couple bond over ‘worst house in best street’ renovation

A full-on renovation – regarded as stressful by most – has been the perfect project over which to bond for young Wellington couple Tu Greenland and Natalie Hone.

Both painters, furniture upcycling enthusiasts and homeowners in their own right before they met, Greenland, 31, an IT manager, and Hone, 30, a police detective, turned out to be just the right fit for each other.

The pair met on Tinder – Greenland’s first ever online-derived date – and took each other off the market after that first meeting.

“I deleted Tinder after 24 hours and the rest is history,” Greenland says.

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