The Story of Gorstycroft

It’s September 2004, and we need to buy a new house!

Let’s have a look at a few brochures…

This one doesn’t look too bad – let’s go and have a look…

Uh oh, the front door doesn’t look very impressive…

The back of the house looks decidedly dodgy too…

Anyone need a fridge?

Mmm… nice windows…

Nice front patio…

Look, Hon, they’ve got stables!

Let’s have a look inside, maybe it will have a nice interior!

Well, maybe not…

Lovely carpet…

Will we have to pay extra for the mouse?

Still, We like animals…

Lets’ Buy it!

Yeahhhhhhhhh…!

The Architect draws up the renovation plans…

We’re going to need a lot of lights and switches!!

And we’re going to need to sort the garden out…

Work starts on 3rd May 2006…

We’d better move our stuff out…

The kitchen is being extended…

Harriet is looking for a brickie to shag…

The new kitchen roof goes on, and work starts on the new front extension…

What the…?

The old kitchen wasn’t up to much, was it?

Ahhh… I really liked that pink bath…!

The new garage starts to go up…

5th June 2006 – the view from our bedroom…

Oops, where’s the floor gone?

The new roof goes on…

This will soon be our new kitchen…

She’s still looking…

The scaffolding comes down…

It’s looking good on the outside…

The inside needs some work though!

The garage is nearly finished…

Who knows where all these wires go?

The plastering begins…

28th August 2006 - The front doors go on…

7th September 2006The Outbuildings are finally knocked down…

10th September 2006The building inspectors arrive…!

The bathroom is started…

The hall tiles go down…

12th October – The kitchen goes in…

What’s he doing with that digger?

The new patio is coming along nicely…

We might need some new turf for this area though…

22nd December 2006We’re finished! Well, sort of…

The kitchen - before

The Kitchen - after

The downstairs loo - before

The downstairs loo - after

My office - before

My office - after

The utility room - before

The utility room - after

The hall - before

The hall - after

The dining room table - before

The dining room table - after

The guest bathroom - before

The guest bathroom - after

The master bathroom - before

The Master bathroom - after

The Master bedroom - before

The Master bedroom - after

Spare bedroom - before

Spare bedroom - after

The entertainment room - before

The entertainment room - after

The front of the house - before

The front of the house - after

The back of the house - before

The back of the house - after

Livestock - before

Livestock – after!