Our 1920's Renovation Project - Let's get started! (Part 1)

[@GosforthHandyman]

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[@joannahampton3808]

Came here right after the unveiling of your '30s house which was interesting & showed great promise prior to the reno. I seriously question who would fall in love with this small, plain, uninspiring structure which won't be special no matter how much you spend, it has ZERO CHARACTER

[@ianrobson3713]

Tried to join gold membership twice, de nada, somethings not working

[@ianrobson3713]

@@joannahampton3808 perhaps the renovation is intended for somebody unlike yourself. I can think of many folk who would be over the moon to find themselves living in the house once renovated and readily want to make it their home.

[@firesurfer]

@@joannahampton3808 I say you have zero imagination. It has plenty of character. It just needs some makeup and new clothes.

[@misswittank9224]

If I had bought that house: 1) get skip 2) clean out house and garden 3) make plans 4) buy DIY supplies 5) buy kayak 6) ignore plans and supplies and paddle back and forth to pub

[@Bee-ly4gx]

Yes, sounds like fun.

[@alexnelson9512]

Why would you buy a kayak? It doesn't look that damp to me.

[@birdsaloud7590]

Hope you keep some of the unusual period features. It has been a well loved house. The garden is magical. Please leave its character and the woodpeckers’s home! You have a woodland garden which is so important for nature and is gorgeous! How many houses can boast that? Great for kids too. Everyone can have cheap wooden fence panels, decking, weedkillered lawns and concrete car parking, but hardly anyone can have a natural woodland garden like yours. You don’t need to ‘change’ this house, just enhance it and ‘work with it’.

[@mbak7801]

Pulling down internal walls. Euchhh!!!!!!. Just before lockdown I put a wall back into a victorian property to give it a front as well as back room. Both rooms are cosy, much quieter and warmer. Kitchen smells do not waft into the front living room. A huge success and the occupants/owners are super pleased. Large open spaces are colder, noiser and a kitchen disaster will stink out all the downstairs living space and in some monstrocity houses upstairs as well.

[@dadahmmya]

That's on the same street as my sister, just a few doors down! You're very lucky, as apparently those houses hardly ever come onto the market. Amazing gardens, especially backing onto the Ouse burn! They're also planning to extend over the garage and out the back, as have most people on the street I think. Best of luck!

[@catharineholton49]

We moved onto a similar house/ garden, a 1930s, empty for 3 years semi. We had to make good the walls and floors, central heating, and complete rewire. After we moved in, we had to have new window frames, huge long garden which we had to purge of rats and Hornets nests! Put in A large kitchen extension, and french windows instead of the back bay. We didnt knock through though we thought about it. When we had been there 30 years, my husband passed away, and I had to sell it. The garden was a major selling point by then! Well worth the time, money and effort.

[@becool365]

As an Architect, you would be surprised how many 1920's buildings have cavity walls. I am looking at the brickwork, and I can tell you whoever the builder of this house was - they cared. I would do my best to show off the brickwork. Also, look at those floors. Those are good, they don't need replacing. Excellent structure. The dampness is partly the emptiness but often times the roof needs complete replacement. I like making a feature of the fireplaces in old buildings like this. It is what it was built to be like that as well. The crack could be a problem, but these old buildings are meant to move. So I would use lime-based mortars and plasters, for finishes. The crack itself as you can see is in cement, which is rigid. Your biggest problem is the holes I see in the exterior walls. Those need to be fixed ASAP to have a dry envelope.

[@Keepingitrespectfulmostly.]

I had an old 1880s cottage I loved. A tree in the garden close by was threatening to crack the outhouse walls with it's roots. I cut the tree down one weekend with a chain saw. Had to leave the roots and a 3/4 high stump because if they go, all the moisture in the ground can go and make the building even more unstable. Structural engineer I am not but it is an interesting career. I am glad I asked around and researched it first otherwise I could have done more damage than good.

[@djondjon]

My home was built in 1910 and is in great need of help, but I am a senior on a fixed income. Where do I turn?

[@Adeleisha]

⬆️⬆️Best advice right here. I’m a lime fan too, it’s essential to keep it in historical properties to prevent damp, decay and damage later on.

[@sfan9022]

My gran who moved into a 30's semi when it was first built said that you paid a painter to come in to just woodgrain all the doors and paintwork.

[@tracymclaughlinholmes677]

I did a faux beadboard in our entry at our last house. When we sold it the couple that were looking at it thought it was real wood. I said no I painted that. The wife said but that's not painted that's wood I see the grain, I can feel it. I said nope it's paint and drywall compound I promise you, I did it like 2 years ago. She liked it so much she said it's there anyway you can add some in this one room on the lower half before we close I'll pay you to do it. And me being me I said sure I got all the stuff might as well, so I did lower half faux mahogany plank style to match the color of the built-ins in the study. They loved it.

[@recall2880]

"This house has never been maintained" Proceeds to walk around and comes across a modern fitted kitchen, new bathroom and double glazing. They really were ahead of their time in that area in the 1920s...

[@lordjammyjammy3781]

Right on bro defo full of shit

[@lordjammyjammy3781]

Just found a Emerson heater in my 19 20 house 🏡👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@swabs7004]

The wood effect is the result of a process called graining.it is painted on. The technique involves painting on a base layer and then building up layers of stained scumble glaze ,and using brushes such as floggers and Combes and Badger hair softeners. A true artform when done properly

[@petermacleod5710]

And there is a reason why it fell out of fashion !!

[@gwenowens6727]

It was a way of making cheap materials look expensive and it was a real art form. It’s not to everyone’s taste but it is original to the build. My thirties house had a kitchen and most of all the pine wooden picture rails, skirting, door jambs etc were “grained” to look like oak.

[@davidshipp623]

Yes was thinking the same, although in impressive shape if original. I have a neighbour that travels all over the UK doing restoration and matching of these types of paint work when not doing art. It’s quite an art in itself and definitely in period.

[@darrens3]

@@petermacleod5710 never did. It's in all the richest houses in England and Scotland including national trust houses. It's just to such a high standard you can't tell.

[@russellbaston974]

My uncle was a highly skilled specialist painter and decorator who did amazing graining work. He had a big set of ‘secret’ special tools, brushes, combs and feathers. He did an wide range of ‘woods’ oak, walnut, mahogany etc. It was really difficult to tell it wasn’t genuine wood.

[@KVBruce]

Amazing. What a beautiful, spacious home and garden. I really enjoyed watching the transformation

[@snrdomino8814]

It’s a product called ‘Lincrusta’, a thick type of wood effect wallpaper that was painted or stained and varnished when applied and looked like panelling. It is still available to buy.. There is a style ( popular in the 1940’s and 50’s) of stain finish called ( I think) ‘scumble’ that imitates the grain of various wood. There were some very talented people who could apply this finish.

[@andobreslin8735]

The Garden is amazing. Please don't destroy all the trees, simply to look at space in abundance. Keep it nature friendly and don't turn it into a generic decking for 'barbecues in summer' nonsense. Nature needs as much help as it can get 👍🏻🌳🌿

[@mangomosaics]

Totally agree with you Ando!

[@helengledhill4098]

The wood effect is called wood graining . It's a paint effect that I believe was popular in the 30,s and 40,s

[@Jaydaydesign]

The panelling bit looks like a heavily textured wallpaper from the 1970’s and 1980’s that could be painted over. Some very creative person spent a lot of hours ‘wood-effecting’ their home 😳😬 could almost guarantee there was a country floral bedspread/curtains or border at cornice level back then too

[@jimturner5884]

The strips on the staircase and hall walls is Lincrusta and than finished with Scumble and varnish, I put it on in the 70s and early 80s.

[@stephaniehenderson6631]

Some of the 1920s semis in my street have the same Lincrusta in the hall, can also come in art deco patterns, not just faux wood panelling.

[@aliceturpins4863]

Yes, Lincrusta. It was highly desirable and expensive. Posh folks had it. It’s some sort of plaster or gesso, mouldable.

[@pinkladycool100]

good luck getting that lincrusta off. I had to skim the stuff in my house It was awful stuff to get rid of

[@robert3302]

I like it. I would clean it up but keep the wood finish.

[@johnv467]

Mine was so hard from the20s, I had to use a heat gun.

[@frankjackson8]

Andy. My wife and I bought a similar sized semi, of similar age and in a similar state of 'disrepair' in the early 1980s. Based on our experience my advice to you would be to start on the renovation work right at the 'top' of the house and work your way progressively downwards through each messy/dirty room. Because by the time you've finally got to the downstairs rooms, the garden and the drains etc., (after about three years !) you'll be getting well and truly 'brassed off'. But if you've started at the bottom first, you won't feel like then having to start working your way upstairs lugging & carrying bricks, cement, timber, loft insulation, buckets of dust etc., through your new, clean rooms and up the staircase into rooms that not many people will ever see. Especially as energy and enthusiasm starts to 'run dry'. And, whatever you think the cost of the renovation work might be, double it. Anyway, good luck. Look forward to seeing some excellent videos.

[@minecraft37718]

K9

[@harryl9yearsago788]

That garden I must say is the selling point! WOW

[@federicop74]

I admire the courage of this lad to buy this house, considering how much it costs a good builder nowadays. Rule number one of the property developers, never ever buy a house just for the garden, there you have it. 😃 but of course if you got this one for 150K top it’s a project worth to run and enjoy. 😊

[@nickthomas181]

We did the fake wood at college 30 years ago when I did my City and Guilds Craft Certificate in Painting and Decorating .It can be done with an egg shell base and a scumble on top .Using combs and floggers( brush with extra long bristles ) 30 years ago you could still buy the original tools on the flea market it's a skill like fake marbling using feathers..

[@armbadmin]

Ha nick same your teacher wasn’t mr savage was it.,, I commented before reading yours and same as I did

[@nickthomas181]

@@armbadmin My time was at Burnley College Tom Metcalf as I remember .Back in 1989 the old boys that have retired from decorating amongst other trades there original brilliant tools floggers combs and other tools were on the weekly flea market which just happened to be College day. As things stand I don't have my own home I'm looking after my old mum and dad so this house Id move straight in its perfect as is the graining is nostalgic a new garage roof and agent orange in the garden no problem! All the best.

[@grassabrutta]

It even looks a bit like tadelakt

[@mahlapropyzm9180]

Aah, you've finally seen the big problem with new builds: no land! Excellent garden, which your kids will appreciate as will you as you become crustier. Personally, I would hold off with the excavator and wood chipper - there may well be a lot of stuff worth saving. You will find out in the spring.

[@kellyanne7225]

I just found this-2 years after you bought this house! Now I have to see all of your work and accomplishments! Our first home was built in 1921. We had far less work than you, but we did gut some rooms. We had NO idea what we were doing as a young married couple, but we learned a lot. We now live in another fixer with only bathroom guts and the rest extensive cosmetic. It’s definitely better when you know what you’re doing. Now I’m excited to find your other videos! 😃

[@muffin535]

Andy, the crazy thing about the time this house was built,land was cheaper than carpet.

[@neilfranklin5644]

Really that is amazing,

[@suecox2308]

I've bought a garden with a house attached too and it was the best house I ever lived in! This looks like a wonderful project and a terrific house--looking forward to seeing more as you work your way through it.

[@awantamta]

I really missed you so it's great to see you back. Well, you've got a lot of material to be getting on with. I look forward to all your new videos.

[@GosforthHandyman]

Thank you Tahir! Yes, plenty to keep me busy now! 😀

[@jackiehodgson4501]

Oh wow, I love, love, LOVE this beautiful period house and magical garden with the river. I can't wait to see the transformation. 😊

[@firetopman]

Oh, the back yard is magical.

[@Beruthiel45]

When I was a little girl 65 years ago my step grandad had all his woodwork done up like that in their semi in Lemington. He had a tool he showed me that reproduced grain lines and you could get knot effects etc. just by manipulating the tool, and it was amazing. The colour was light though, not like black oak or walnut.

[@paulrowley71]

Plenty to keep you busy there! The stretcher bond on the brickwork would usually indicate a cavity wall. Header courses (English bond or English garden wall bond) would usually indicate a solid wall. 👍🏼

[@hannahahle]

I just found your video. Thank you thank you thank you! I’ve been renovating my neglected 1920s semi for so long now. It often feels like a lonely path and I feel crazy for doing it so seeing this is a small comfort

[@colinboss5252]

What a lovely house. The original fireplaces are nice, I'd keep those, and downstairs peel off the hardboard to expose the original doors which probably hide underneath. Covering panelled doors was the fashion in the 1950s and 60s. Nice looking home

[@Bobrogers99]

I can see why you fell in love with that place. It appears to have been a quality build a century ago, and money was spent on updates in more recent years. You have some nice old features worth keeping (but not the faux paneling). That huge back garden (yard)!! I foresee an addition with a large kitchen downstairs and a large master suite upstairs. You have so much space to work with that you can let your imagination run wild! I look forward to your actual plans.

[@mazzer37]

The wood paint effect is called graining. My uncle used to do it, it was popular in the 1930's as it didn't show the dirt as much.

[@darrenbrewster3345]

Andy Be careful what you do at the bottom of the garden bud there’s a lot of issues atm regarding the removal of bank side ( riverside) vegetation on rivers all over the uk Look in to if your in a conservative area for the river as you never know what may be living in the banks/under the banks bud Ps as a freshwater fisherman your about to start working on my ideal project 👍👍 ( if only it was on the tees 😉😉) Gud luck and looking forward to the forthcoming update Andy 👍👍👍

[@RockerMadness]

I’m already hooked 😍😍 I would love to get something like that but praying for my builder husband to come into my life 🙏🏾❤️

[@johnmulligan7609]

I love the hall. The house I grew up 20s semi cavity walls.

[@Michelle-qd9gm]

You can’t beat a old house better than these new box houses they build

[@Michelle-qd9gm]

@Al Gorithm grow up

[@Michelle-qd9gm]

@Al Gorithm so your telling me you would have a hen hut newly built then a lovely Victorian house with the walls are so thick and high ceilings not like these shitty plaster board new build built like a hen hut no room in them the walls are so thin and these always something wrong with them

[@annielark6650]

@@Michelle-qd9gm I agree with you. I love the character features and charm of old houses...they feel homely. I hate, hate the new modern square houses that either look like a mall with all the huge glass windows or they look like white boxes ....even the decor all looks the same. People spend so much money copying everyone else...those house interiors will become dated fast.

[@yvonnelygo681]

Old houses = money pits

[@Michelle-qd9gm]

@@yvonnelygo681 not necessarily depends how the owner has looked after it

[@GARDENER42]

That's 100% woodpecker activity. I've a 15'x70' garden.The size of this one is making me drool...

[@russellwade7810]

Wow what a project i would love to roll up my sleeves on that place good luck.

[@bethknight4436]

Improving the world one property at a time 🤗

[@njuham]

Woodpeckers, a possible beer and wine cellar and onduline roofing - can't go wrong!

[@GosforthHandyman]

Too right! 👍😂

[@brandonlee7382]

Super exciting, special house with lots of potential

[@htimsid]

Lovely! And the faux wood has a particular, period charm.

[@oldmanwith]

Myself and my father in law used to work in a college where they taught traditional specialist painting techniques, father in law had his up & over steel garage door done in the same kind of wood grain effect

[@highpath4776]

would be nicer if it were a lighter oak shade

[@geoffair6461]

Great video. Best of luck with your new home and garden plans. 😀

[@markflajsner9944]

What a great park you've got yourselves, you hardly even have to move to go fishing, what an absolute joy ! Yes, for me, a kitchen and/or donc extension, and if you're going to use the garage space as a workshop, raising the roof area, provided more storage space, freeing up some room down below. Anyways, all best for this build.

[@GosforthHandyman]

Cheers - watch this space! 😀

[@cunnyfred9562]

I would use that garden as Agricultural land - to plant organic crops and vegetables

[@juliebrooke6099]

Looking forward to the house and garden transformation. So much potential.

[@GosforthHandyman]

Cheers - can't wait! 👍😀

[@zolalloyd46]

Found your channel through a random Google search. I do like house renovations (not the jazzed up ones you see on TV), and your vids look like the real deal. Wil look forward to zipping through your other playlists over the next few weeks. x

[@katesnow8654]

Its Scumbling 🤩 Thats been done by a real master to the skill

[@andrewmiller2868]

Hi Andy, thanks for all your videos, they've helped me out so much. As a small way of thanking you I've just signed up for the members zone on your website 👍👍👍.

[@jemimabrown5041]

I am so looking forward to seeing what you will be doing in the future.

[@KianneofTroi]

Loved the oak panneling look ... thats what i really wanted in my home the oldy tudor feel..

[@GosforthHandyman]

Yeah, it's not real though. 👍

[@whitevanman8703]

15:54 If you build on top of the garage your semi becomes a terraced house which impacts the value, your neighbour on the other side of the garage also becomes a terraced house which may not please him.

[@highpath4776]

tough.

[@philiphurdwell3443]

In my area planning simply wont allow it.....min 1 m from boundary at 1st floor

[@Bee-ly4gx]

Love love love it especially the entrance hall. The garden is a bonus but I love the hallway.

[@GosforthHandyman]

I've got bad news about the hallway 😂

[@AbdulNusrat]

You do have cavity walls you can tell by the brick pattern on the outside of the property :)

[@Parmesana]

Just happened upon your channel. I can't wait to watch your journey. How exciting. That IS a huge back garden. Merry Christmas!

[@petranilla14]

The garden and river reminds me of "The Wind in the Willows" !!!

[@borikkiv]

Looks like the house is a few feet above the river level. I hope it is, and that you keep flooding in mind when you attack the garden. With increasing flooding it is a good thing that the garden is so long, it may be enough to escape the worst.

[@GosforthHandyman]

It's a couple of metres above the river level. 👍

[@sky33liner]

As others have said, the wood effect us called scumble. I used to have a house that was built in the 1930s and all the doors were painted like that. These days you're more likely to see it on canal narrow boats.

[@Etheldreda-]

The garden is beautiful

[@mallerywallinger1096]

I love the garden. I could do so much with that.

[@morganskinner3863]

Delighted you’ve finally bought a place, and I can understand the draw of that garden. We’re in the process of buying a big restoration project too (1970 end terrace, also with a big garden, no river though!) so it will be interesting to watch what you get up to - although I don’t think I will have much free time!

[@Meadie69]

Great potential. I’d have fallen in love with it too. Love the stairs.

[@michaelnichol3089]

CAPITALS DUE TO LOSING SIGHT AND REDUCED COGNITIVE ABILITIES. A GOOD CHALLENGE. THE ROOM SIZES ARE TYPICAL THE PEIOD IT WAS BULT. CAVITY WALLS WERE DEVELOPED IN THE 1800S .I LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. CHEERS MICHAEL

[@nancyc9543]

Why are you yelling

[@135Ops]

@@nancyc9543 If you actualy read the comment you wouldn't have asked that question.

[@Etianen7]

@@135Ops There are other ways to see the letters instead of typing all caps. E.g looking at the keyboard instead of the screen, or use assistive software to type.

[@FearsomeWarrior]

External door with muttons was really nice looking. Cutting back all that old growth will transform the backyard. Any worries will turn to excitement. I don’t think it’ll take that long once you’re able to get to it. Cheers

[@nikkirose1719]

We too bought a huge garden with a river at the bottom, the garden came with a very deceptive 2 bed 1923 bungalow 😁. We have cavity walls, so you may well do too!

[@flynnjp19]

What a great great project, beautiful property, WOW garden!

[@rachaelb9331]

I'm so jealous! You're living my life's dream. Now all you need is a little boat to sail down when you and the missus go the toon, save yasel a taxi cost back when you're battered after a good night 😂

[@alexnelson9512]

Is English your native tongue? Could you please use an interpreter.

[@alexnelson9512]

@Bercilak de hautdesert Now, that is much better. It was an immaculate interpretation of the aforementioned. Congratulatory felicitations to you indeed.

[@rachaelb9331]

@Bercilak de hautdesert tbf that was pretty much bang on aye 👌

[@Jaydaydesign]

I’d either put a garage door at the front and back of the garage or completely get rid of it so you can have drive through access to the rear of the property. That way you can have a large garage/workshop with patio area at the rear of the property to store a tinny(boat) and have barbecues etc by the river. Veggie patch where the apple tree is with a couple of chooks for fresh eggs. Amazing potential

[@zyspan]

I guessed correctly - big garden and river. A gem!

[@crochet_kat]

Congratulations on the new house! I bought my first house this year (also in the north east) so I sympathise with the stresses. My house is a 1907 terraced ex-colliery house and when I ripped some wallpaper off the chimney breast in the living room, I found the original massive fire surround where the cast iron stove originally would have been (sadly that had been replaced by a back boiler!). Anyway, the fire surround appeared to be wood, but turned out to be a paint effect on concrete. Exquisitely done, just not to my taste. It was lead paint, but I'm nearly there with removing it... Just signed up to the member zone. Thanks for all the great content. Looking forward to watching your renovation as I plod on with mine.

[@highpath4776]

back boliers can be useful.

[@crochet_kat]

@@highpath4776 Not when they aren't working! But I used to rent a house with one and it was great. Gone all electric now and that is working out well so far (hopefully no massive power cuts...).

[@clarkeysam]

Wow! Who would have an incredible garden like that, and then let it go to ruin?!

[@janicedelp2775]

Gosforth Handyman.....looking forward to following your progress. Looks like there is a lot of potential. Janice from Arkansas USA

[@Keepingitrespectfulmostly.]

These days I find it next to impossible to find anyone who would want to do projects like this. I did one many years ago and it made me eager to do it again. Plus I have never used an E A to sell a property. Best of luck with it. I hope it is all going well? If properties could speak? The history they may have had occur in them is beyond mind boggling.

[@ishbelcumming8581]

The cupboard by the garage is a coal bunker the cavity is for wood to slid up and down I'm 75 and had this at our house!

[@TomTomTomTom538]

This is so exciting! Enjoy buddy. You must have a very resilient wife, mine is at the end of her tether with our project and we're only 4 months in

[@tlangdon12]

Tom Tom: do you have a project plan, and are you finishing jobs fully before moving onto the next job? With a renovation you are living in, it can be dispiriting to see things that need doing everywhere, but if you have a project plan and can cross jobs of the plan because they are completely done, AND the plan is somewhere where you can both see it will remind her that progress is being made. Good luck.

[@TomTomTomTom538]

@@tlangdon12 that's really good advice thankyou, we tried to focus on one room/area at a time but found it was cheaper to get multiple rooms done at same time, eg wiring, plumbing, plastering. Its been a case of, "while the ceiling is down we'll just do this..." And has snowballed far beyond what we originally intended! House has just started to all go back together now so there is light at the end of the tunnel. But funds are getting low too lol. We will definitely make a list like you suggested thanks

[@tlangdon12]

Great project Andy. Looking forwards to seeking how you tackle all the different jobs.

[@FiscalWoofer]

What a garden and home with super bone structure and proportions! Looking forward to seeing it develop!

[@JL-hn6hi]

Yay- so nice to see a video from you! Lovely faux wood finish. And oh my gosh, that yard!

[@maxwellmc9734]

Brilliant so glad you got that amazing garden. House 🏡

[@zL0ki]

That house looks in decent shape. They don't make them like they use to. I live in a house that survived a bomb blast in WW2 a stones through away. Looking forward to seeing it restored.

[@acidlumin]

I would love a big apple tree like that! It might prune up nicely. Cider making opportunity...

[@GosforthHandyman]

I think it's all rotten unfortunately - we shall see! 👍

[@hifi.david.]

I actually have learnt how to paint wood onto a wall at college 😂🙏

[@helenlawson8426]

Boathouse for canoes and a few drinks on a veranda over looking the river. As you say a garden with a house thrown in. :)

[@King88Martyn]

Look forward to seeing how this develops. We bought our first home last year, also a 1920's semi which I'm going to start the work of bringing all the rooms up to a more modern standard in January and as a complete beginner to any kind of DIY it's going to be quite a learning curve so I thoroughly look forward to seeing how you tackle things! We also find that every single light switch is behind the door because they've all been turned around lol

[@GosforthHandyman]

Lol yeah the light switch thing is an interesting 'feature'. Good luck with your project!

[@djondjon]

Knowledge and tubing replaced with Romex, replaced the roof, had drainage work done, and a 1950s boiler replaced with high efficiency. But beyond that, I don't know where to start and can't really hire it done. The plaster walls need redone. The house was constructed with blocks, and I am pretty sure blocks weren't insulated. The floors need refinishing. Plumbing should be updated. There is only one bathroom (& that's on the 2nd floor). The back enclosed porch foundation is in bad shape, needs to be torn down and rebuilt. It should also be enlarged to include a 1st or bathroom, laundry, and a room that could be used as the enclosed porch it was meant to be, sunroom, bedroom, or whatever. The basement needs to be finished. And all that doesn't include updating the kitchen, existing bathroom, etc, enlarging closets, etc., etc. But the bones of the house and the location are good.

[@djondjon]

I am in the same. Oat, except my home was built in 1910, and I am a senior on a fixed income. I have had the no clue where to start.

[@darrens3]

Woodgraining or Faux Bois. It's a specialist painting technique that dates back to the Georgian times where they used graining tools to brush it in with a metal comb. Used to be in every house in the 1800s.

[@mrdando]

Just started watching you, and nice to see someone useing the playlists correctly

[@paddymckenna5629]

Congratulations on the new purchase Andy. Plenty of room for a new workshop in that garden! Looking forward to watching your progress. Best of luck.

[@thesmallshed]

A great project, looking forward to seeing it develop. I wouldn't worry about the damp patches, it's usually because you cant get any insulation into the sloping bit of room at the outer edges, so it's likely to be condensation, particularly as it has been standing unventlated for a year. A bit of insulation backed plasterboard on the sloping ceilings and it should be fine.

[@seandempsey9396]

I like that wood effect on the walls you should keep it as

[@jimmcdonald6465]

Oh Andy, we'd kill for that property. Super choice!

[@davidm3225]

Great property, Andy. I'm really looking forward to the videos to come

[@EmmaMG21]

Congratulations! That garden.... Amazing! I’m excited to see more!

[@idlersdream826]

Congratulations Andy, now you can get cracking! This looks similar to your previous 1920’s property, but wow! that garden is amazing, you should definitely leave part of it for all the wonderful wildlife it would attract 🦔 😃.

[@karengodfrey6183]

Wow We bought a 1950s house and our garden is sooo very long too. It was also very overgrown and took us ages to get cleared. All very much worth it when done.

[@catherineharrison9441]

My father was a master decorator and he used to do would graining. He used special combs to get the effect into the scumble.

[@tomowens2720]

I might be as eager as yourself to watch you crack on with this new epic undertaking! I agree with an earlier comment. Make the existing garage a drive through for tandem parking? Can't picture a second story above the garage....too cramped and near the neighbors home. I can definitely picture a garden/retreat right behind the house then shrubs(?) then another workshop garden followed by a serene rivers edge garden. Bring it on!

[@r1273m]

That border material with the grain effect in the middle, I well remember from the 1950's. It was glued on and then stained and varnished to match the finish below it. It was common in those days in industrial/mining areas to do a patch about 6' square as you came in the back door so your dirty clothes didn't rub up on the wallpaper. As regards the cavity wall, my current house was built in 1913 and has cavity walls. looking forward to watching your video series. I came here from Yorkshire Workshop!

[@Pete.Ty1]

Oh the joys of buying a house in 2020. Looking forward to the rest of the series. Going to need a new playlist for this one.😊👍

[@GosforthHandyman]

Defo Pete! Will set one up once I have a few vids for this new series. 👍😀

[@sharpgage6512]

all houses in uk are a total day light robbery con jobs these days, when u look what u got to pay for what u get back its dispicable. i find searching for house the most depressing thing to do these days. all there going do is sky rocket again from now on in cause of this lockdown. its made property now the only thing left thats a safe place to hold money in.

[@valeriebeckett1750]

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[@clovermark39]

@@sharpgage6512 Yes I want to down size and there is no way I can afford to do even that. I have a good size house but not what people want these days. Not much garden and no garage or on road parking.