Mehdi El Gueddari - Edwardian restoration Dublin

old things

DIY stuff: paint brush stick

Not our DIY tool for DIY - but a found artefact. The boys love it.

Old stuff: BBQ tongs

Old Stuff: Big Scissors

stamp

Old things: Nollaig 1986 stamp

Found in the kitchen:

Day 22 -Hurricane Ophelia - the day after

Hurrican Ophelia turned out to be a non-event for us. A bit windy but nothing to write home about. The house stood strong. Our neighbours were not so lucky:

Day 21 - Hurricane Ophelia Live Updates

8:00am Hurricane Ophelia, the most powerful storm east of the US on record, will be upon us today. It will be a good test of how the house fares

Day 20 - bracing for Hurricane Ophelia

Hurricane Ophelia, predicted to be the worst storm to hit Ireland in more than 50 years, will be with us tomorrow Monday. What a great time to have just bought

Day 18 - Our first hands-on help

Today Mariusz (the architecture graduate we met earlier in the week) and his assistant Darius started work to draw plans of the house. Having good plans will be very useful

plumbing

Day 15 - The date that wasn't meant to be

We both took the day off work today. It's been 15 days since we got the keys and we haven't stopped for a minute. That's on top of our full-time

Day 11 - Plants

We have plants growing under the plaster in our kitchen. Surely this can't be good...

Day 10 - Morning light

With broadband installed and flying we can now work from our new house (we're both lucky to have jobs that allow us to work from home). Which means going there

Day 9 - Geeking out about drains

One of Joseph's key piece of advice was to fix our drains and gutters as a matter of priority as they were most likely one of the main reason for

Day 9 - Virgin Broadband

Day 9 was an unexpected whirlwind of activity on top of a full day's work at our day-time jobs. It all started with an incredible service by Virgin Media. Signed

Day 8 - paperwork

Registered with the electricity company. Registered with the gas company. Registered with the waste collection company. Signed up for broadband. Booked a gas engineer to service the boiler, check the gas installation, remove the dodgy-looking gas fireplace in the back room and advise on

Day 4 - expert advice

The boys and Michelle were pretty tired so they stayed in the apartment while I met with Emma Sides and Joseph Little, friends of Michelle and period property geeks, for some beers, pizza and expert advice. Joseph is an architect who's currently Assistant Head