Fixing the Dining Room

This is the largest room in the house, the first one you see when you walk in the house. The … More

Contempt

The kitchen was freezing all the time. This was because the previous owner had removed the door between the kitchen … More

The bathroom had the absolute worst plaster in the house. The listing photos cannot conceal the extent of the problems: … More

There was so much to contend with. The stairway had terrible plaster, and the intense turmeric yellow walls and ceiling … More

The building inspector burst out laughing when he saw the furnace. It was an octopus gravity fed furnace, and appeared … More

The closing date was three weeks after I signed the papers. Strangely this date coincided with a deeply traumatic calendar … More

I worked hard on the apartment to make it liveable. The fridge was dead and the stove wasn’t working so … More