We are now at the back end of August and we have the first two bedrooms ready for the plasterer, he has completed his prep work which involved final finish of the fireplace boarding work and filling in the areas which required more than just a skim ie new cable runs and loose old plaster. He has also prepared the two ceilings by taping over the cracks we exposed when we removed the old wallpaper.
Over the Bank holiday weekend he has managed to re plaster bedroom 2 walls just leaving the ceiling to complete, this will be a two man job so we wait while he gets his mate to help him.
So, things are moving faster now and it is pleasantly surprising how the project suddenly starts to look like a new build area as opposed to a demolition site! We now need to keep this momentum going and get other rooms ready.
This wonderful house named Albert House was designed and built by local architect John Moxon in 1871. The 13 rooms and cellar are large by todays standards and most have the traditional high ceilings with beautiful mouldings in the main rooms. We have been fortunate to find located at the town library the original house plans, we were allowed to photograph these and they will provide the base to start the modernisation of this splendid property and return it to a lovingly family home.
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