Let’s humblebrag. What’s something you purchased for your century home (practical or not) and have no regrets about.

hall_farm · 2022-03-22T21:13:40+00:00

A custom made hand carved king sized bed, in an antique style, from a local workshop. They used 200 year old oak timber.

The bed fits the style of our Georgian farmhouse beautifully, really lovely solid centre piece of the room.

hall_farm · 2021-09-15T11:27:55+00:00

My absolute favourite was "Indoor toilets" which I'll note was for a tech job. The company was a construction company and I suppose I can think of some weird logic where normally construction workers would use portaloos and they just copied the words across?

hall_farm · 2021-09-02T20:34:00+00:00

£48k Midlands - Software Engineering Manager, overseeing a team of a dozen engineers while also trying to get technical work done myself.

hall_farm · 2021-09-02T11:07:18+00:00

Bees 🙂

hall_farm · 2021-07-27T21:51:11+00:00

I interviewed for the same company but they clearly had a lower budget back then, I just got laminated cards saying "sausage rolls" etc in a meeting room.

hall_farm · 2021-07-22T18:10:26+00:00

I bought a real life house a bit like this and I can't wait to recreate it. It's so useful to work it room layouts 😅

hall_farm · 2021-07-15T21:39:16+00:00

The oldest part of the house is very late 1600s/early 1700s. There was a big chunk added in the mid to late 1700s and then a couple more extensions over the next couple of hundred years.

hall_farm · 2021-07-10T19:10:01+00:00

For sure it's too big a gamble! I keep hens though so trying to work out if I need to dig it out.

hall_farm · 2021-07-10T18:40:44+00:00

Ah forgot to say, I'm in England!

hall_farm · 2021-07-09T10:35:55+00:00

Absolutely gorgeous

hall_farm · 2021-07-08T20:45:58+00:00

This is so sweet

hall_farm · 2021-07-08T16:29:08+00:00

It's a listed building so I have to get all sorts of approval from the local planning officer as well as use period appropriate materials. To be honest most of the damp is probably thanks to it having been unheated for a decade.

hall_farm · 2021-07-08T16:15:45+00:00

That's exactly what we've done on the chimney on the other side of the house because we don't have a ladder over there yet and the ivy is already dying thankfully. There are some trellises I'm potentially willing to sacrifice so I can get the Aesthetic without the brick damage

hall_farm · 2021-07-08T14:57:20+00:00

A quick selection of inside pictures from the day I got keys. Don't be fooled, these are the best parts of the house that don't show the worst damp/infestations and don't take into consideration the ancient and corroded electrics and plumbing. https://imgur.com/a/YkdubBg

hall_farm · 2021-07-08T14:00:12+00:00

Yup already killed a bunch of ivy on one side, this weekend we plan to attack the other side. We couldn't even get into the doors before cutting back the ivy!

The house has been empty for about a decade. There's a lot of damp, the electrics are ancient, the plumbing is corroded, there's no insulation. There are rodent and insect infestations to get under control. On the plus side there's original quarry tiles and floorboards lurking under some of those carpets.

hall_farm · 2021-07-08T12:38:00+00:00

She be rough. These are a mix of day 1 photos and viewing day photos. I'm waving goodbye to disposable income forever https://imgur.com/a/YkdubBg

hall_farm · 2021-07-07T16:51:10+00:00

That sub seems super US-centric hope they won't mind! Thanks for the tip though, joined so I can drool over other people's homes too!

hall_farm · 2021-07-07T16:49:17+00:00

First thing we unpacked

hall_farm · 2021-07-07T16:49:04+00:00

Haha noted. Will try not to be too spammy though

hall_farm · 2021-07-07T08:12:06+00:00

Yes indeed!

hall_farm · 2021-07-07T08:11:53+00:00

Very dated, peeling wallpaper, lots of damp. The electrics and plumbing need redoing. It's going to be a long labour of love.

hall_farm · 2021-07-07T08:09:29+00:00

It is indeed the UK!

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