The basement has been our first project as we've had a lodger waiting in the wings to move in there.
Below are a few 'before and after' pictures of the flat.
The biggest problem faced with renovating the flat was the poor condition of the floor. The house has, at some point, suffered from subsidence and this has cracked the concrete floor and left it very uneven. After consulting several concreting specialists and being told we would need to dig out the concrete and re-lay it with numerous tons of the stuff with no guarantee it wouldn't crack again, I came up with the idea of installing a floating floor. The frame for the sub-floor is shown in the picture above. The floor levelling and tiling took about six weeks in total but the results have been well worth it.
The picture opposite shows the previous kitchen, which consisted of a sink and a cupboard. The picture on the right is the new kitchen that has been installed.
This is the kitchen and dining area.
Below is the bedroom area of the flat with the bathroom and shower room doors just visible on the left. The whole flat was originally painted in blue although I didn't take pictures until after I had painted the walls. The floor has been laid with wooden parquetry tiling and this was surprisingly easy to lay.
This is the shower room. I have no 'before' pictures. The shower was untiled and was just painted concrete walls and floor.
The above picture is the bathroom. Again, I have no 'before' pictures of this room. Originally this was the laundry room for the house and it had a laundry sink and toilet and presumably a washing machine also lived in here. Where the current window is was originally a door leading to the outside of the flat. We sealed this off and made it into an enclosed bathroom with access from the bedroom only.
This is the lounge area.
The flat was a huge project and now that it's finished I'm looking forward to a week off for Christmas before starting on the next project.
