Think I should also say, we're not like the people on grand designs or all the other house renovation programmes. We're really normal people, with normal jobs and normal salaries. We work hard all week, and then work hard on the house most evenings and weekends.
We call our house Toon Towers, bet your wondering why, is it because we are made Newcastle fans, nope, bit boring, my husband's surname is Toon (who will always be referred to as Mr Toon, that's what everyone knows him as, not in a Mr Big way for those who were fans on SITC, but in that is his name way!)
Now I know this raises another question, why didn't I become a Toon?? Simple, it's horrible to write. Don't believe me, try it, do a signature with Toon, seeeeee.
So anyway, back to the main reason for my blog.
When we bought Toon Tower's it was in the worst state, we bought it as a repossession, so we didn't have a clue what we were going to get as its sold as seen. The toilet was sealed up, all the electrics had red tape on, there were no carpets but there was a fair amount of the old owners belongs he hadn't managed to remove.
Now no disrespect meant to the previous owner, but by god the house was smelly, filthy and covered in dog hair from a dog that had died two years previous to the owner losing the house.
It was a massive shock to the system, but we rolled our sleeves up and got on with it. We've been in the house for over 3 years now and have made massive in roads.
I had a blog that I was working on but the platform closed down. So I'm trying to upload all the previous posts!
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