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Hurricane Ophelia, predicted to be the worst storm to hit Ireland in more than 50 years [http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/met-eireann-warns-hurricane-ophelia-will-be-the-most-severe-weather-event-here-for-50-years-36228710.html] , will be with us tomorrow Monday. What a great time to have just bought a nearly derelict period property! Michelle is anxious that the house will fall

Today Mariusz (the architecture graduate we met earlier in the week [https://edwardianrestorationdublin.com/2017/10/10/day-15-the-date-that-wasnt-meant-to-be/]) and his assistant Darius started work to draw plans of the house. Having good plans will be very useful to start planning our future remodeling. We're not thinking of making a lot

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

With broadband installed and flying [https://edwardianrestorationdublin.com/2017/10/04/day-9-virgin/] 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 early in the morning after having dropped the boys at nursery and school

One of Joseph's key piece of advice [https://edwardianrestorationdublin.com/2017/09/29/day-4/] was to fix our drains and gutters as a matter of priority as they were most likely one of the main reason for our dampness problems. One of our drains at the back of the house

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 [https://www.virginmedia.ie/broadband/buy-a-broadband-package/]. Signed up for broadband yesterday. Our box was delivered first thing this morning. Coming from