As you will have noticed I've not been around much recently. But there is a reason.
Richard was getting bored so we looked at the local auctions to see if there was a cheap place he could do up as a project through the winter. We started to look last August and anything that we liked went way above our price range. But he was talking to a friend at the High Beech Chalet park in St Leonards and he said there were several chalets for sale. So we had a look and the wooden chalets were too expensive. Then we found this little tin chalet. There are 10 in the middle of the site, a total of 100 chalets in all, and they have a nice outlook, and to our surprise we got it very cheaply.
But when we started to work on it we found it had a lot more work than anticipated. We had to basically gut it. We put in a new double glazed frontage, took down the ceilings and put insulation in the roof space. There were 2 tinmy bedrooms so we took half the space of one bedroom and made the other bigger and the other half of the bedroom became a decent sized bathroom. We did away with the wall into the kitchen area and made it all open plan with a breakfast bar, to make the room look more light and airy. A new cooker, fridge and washing machine and this is the finished reult.
Here are some before and after pictures.
Richard was getting bored so we looked at the local auctions to see if there was a cheap place he could do up as a project through the winter. We started to look last August and anything that we liked went way above our price range. But he was talking to a friend at the High Beech Chalet park in St Leonards and he said there were several chalets for sale. So we had a look and the wooden chalets were too expensive. Then we found this little tin chalet. There are 10 in the middle of the site, a total of 100 chalets in all, and they have a nice outlook, and to our surprise we got it very cheaply.
But when we started to work on it we found it had a lot more work than anticipated. We had to basically gut it. We put in a new double glazed frontage, took down the ceilings and put insulation in the roof space. There were 2 tinmy bedrooms so we took half the space of one bedroom and made the other bigger and the other half of the bedroom became a decent sized bathroom. We did away with the wall into the kitchen area and made it all open plan with a breakfast bar, to make the room look more light and airy. A new cooker, fridge and washing machine and this is the finished reult.
Here are some before and after pictures.
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Wow, it looks great Jill. Well done you and Richard x
You have worked hard to achieve all this in such a short time. It looks great Jill.
It is looking great Jill - a wonderful transformation!
Oh wow, that is stunning, it's like watching homes under the hammer!!
Steph x
Fanflippingtastic! Will you makeover my house please?..xxx
WOWOW......that is stunning...a very regal biscuit tin :) What a makeover :)
Brilliant Jill - I can understand why you weren't out and about. This must have taken for ever. You and Richard have a real talent. I hope you manage to get a buyer for it. xx