Cottage Renovation in Sligo

[@nawniep8471]

love this! and I like that you kept the exposed stone walls and didn't just plaster over them. beautiful

[@derrickmurphy9874]

Like it and it keeps alive somewhat our old cottages.well done.

[@biomanization]

Eco-friendly up to date, but I miss the old ramshackle stone cottage feel on the exterior

[@PLS.54]

Lovely, glad you kept the old charm!

[@israelphoenix]

Very pretty. I love rock cabins and had one. The problem is trying to clean the stones on the interior of the house.

[@johngreene3376]

Fabulous

[@cristianovmedeiros]

This is beautiful

[@magnumpratchett123]

Just gorgeous, I’m available to move in, hahahaha.

[@TerryTerryTerry]

Like the open roof

[@justsayin397]

Didn’t get to see the Orchard, I just saw one little berry on a branch peeping into shot.

[@hopefulwarrior2403]

I’m ready to move in.

[@AG-io5wr]

Great reno.

[@johnmulvey5121]

I have to say that I don't like the bare stone on the inside walls. It would be much authentic historically to lime plaster the walls as they would have been originally. And much more pleasing to the eye.

[@helenaville5939]

They look authentic to this house. Also, stone walls can be softened/reduced with tapestries, etc.

[@bookcadenb4584]

More pleasing to YOUR eye. I on the other hand L-O-V-E the natural stone look.

[@greenknitter]

Agreed, I think it's overwhelming and makes it too dark inside. I have an old stone cottage like that from the 1870s and they're dark inside if you don't have Velux windows. One wall exposed stone is nice but all...no. And in the West of Ireland the wind and rain are going to get through those exposed stone walls now. Also they stripped the concrete render off all the inside but left it on the outside??

[@greenknitter]

@@bookcadenb4584 That's fine in a dry climate. Ireland is a rainforest temperate zone and Sligo is in the wettest part of the country. Without some form of insulation on those walls water and cold air will come in.

[@bookcadenb4584]

@@greenknitter Not certain if you understand how water and air move through materials. The Lime render on the outside is what "seals" the building from Wind/Water (coming in) yet allows moisture built up in the walls to escape. Cold temperature via conduction is actually sucking the heat out of the interior through the walls themselves (the walls feel cold to the touch). You can insulate half way between the interior and exterior of the wall to great effect, making your interior more energy efficient but it needs to be done in a way that moisture (vapor) can still pass through the medium and escape to the outside otherwise you have a dangerous build up of moisture inside the wall compromising it.

[@garychynne1377]

it's the people missing. the smell of granma cooking in the pantry. it's not the same. thank you

[@midgie4410]

I like it!

[@mmmmikkimac]

camera not spent enough time on each photo to really get a good look at it

[@Chris-top-her]

Pause it?

[@mandofan2616]

Any house with one sided steps should never get insurance or even be sold.

[@oooofmadonne5131]

Please cop on to yourself……..

[@jebushcrist]

how much did that cost?

[@boogeymanXYZ]

buy DIY not much, if you take company probably 50k, 70% of costs are usual costs of labour

[@jamesrivis620]

Very functional but void of visual warmth and what’s with the British thing with gravel ? Mistake from a heat retention viewpoint not to plaster the walls flat and fill all those air leaks. Alright for a couple of days but certainly does not rise to the claimed ‘home’ standard.

[@086DEN]

Very damp in the wet weather

[@vastworld-mp8oc]

How much did spend

[@CORRIGEEN71]

what about water ingress through bare stone

[@antojfinn]

CORRIGEEN71 water ingress and heat loss???

[@zahariaee]

1.46

[@thegreenman4898]

well done, mullaghmore?

[@colinsmith7576]

Looked better before they over renovated the exterior.

[@helenaville5939]

Hardly. I love how they preserved as much as possible. Wish more renovations were like this.

[@hampton769]

It’s a shame that all of the interior was lost, it looks like a shed

[@johnmulvey5121]

The bare stone is awful, like a cow shed. It should be lime plastered.