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

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 [https://edwardianrestorationdublin.com/2017/09/26/day-1-we-have-the-keys/] and we haven't [https://edwardianrestorationdublin.com/2017/09/30/day-5/] stopped [https://edwardianrestorationdublin.com/2017/10/01/day-6/] for [https://edwardianrestorationdublin.com/

Day 13 - kitchen clearance

Day 13 - kitchen clearance

I well know we could hire two guys with a skip, and this house would be emptied of carpets and lino and cupboards and rubbish in a day. But there is something satisfying about excavating the layers of insulation and decoration that the previous owners chose for the house. I&

Day 12 - dust, dirt and chairs

Friday was a bit intense - the six year old lost his second tooth, Mehdi felt wretched and needed a trip to the doctor, the two year old wanted to stay HERE (here being on a particular chair in the apartment) and it being Friday, we both had heavy workloads.

Day 11 - Plants

Day 11 - Plants

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

Day 10 - Morning light

Day 10 - Morning light

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

Day 10 - A geek's DIY dream

Day 10 - A geek's DIY dream

Last night I dreamt that Rónán and Cillian had solved our crumbling plaster walls problem. In my dream they showed me how they simply cut the crumbling plaster from the wall and pasted it into a Word document, where they ran a kind of wallchecker that repaired the plaster. Once

Day 9 - uncovering our last fireplace

Day 9 - uncovering our last fireplace

We are still bouncing between our apartment and the house. So after a day's work we raced off to get the boys, then arrived at the house with some hot food to eat. We still don't have a table or chairs so we are picnicking on

Day 9 - Geeking out about drains

Day 9 - Geeking out about drains

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

Day 9 - Virgin Broadband

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

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 how we might be able to

Day 7 - we rested

Day 7 - we rested

After a day's work, we headed over to the house with some home-cooked food and at it in the front reception room, watching the light fail. This room gets lovely light on an Autumn evening. We had agreed not to do much and this time stuck to the

Day 6 - addicted to stripping

I woke after a bad night's sleep, aching from head to toe. Who knew that wallpaper stripping is a form of physical torture? I medicated my migraine, ate as much as possible, then packed the car with the boys and some stuff we needed to move over to

Day 5 - stripping walls

Day 5 - stripping walls

This weekend we got our first proper ‘work’ done to the house. All low-level DIY, as we are still very much finding our feet, getting to know the house, and figuring out what we need to do with our very limited budget. We let the boys tear around the still

Day 4 - expert advice

The boys and Michelle were pretty tired so they stayed in the apartment while I met with Emma Sides [https://www.humanism.ie/2014/01/emma-sides/] and Joseph Little [http://www.josephlittlearchitects.com], friends of Michelle and period property geeks, for some beers, pizza and expert advice. Joseph is an

Day 3 - we meet the neighbours

The six year old was in forest school today, so Mehdi collected him (smelling of smoke and leaves, with a collection of whittled wood) and then drove to get the two year old at the crèche. I raced down the quays on foot to grab some half decent side dishes

Day 1 - we have the keys!

Day 1 - we have the keys!

Our first evening in the house. It was a sunny day, and the light was failing by the time we arrived at the door, a steaming bag of takeaway in my hands. The six year old wanted to open the door - but tall as he is for his age,