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Introduction

We bought our house in November 2008 and as a repossession, unluckily for us, it was in an awful mess.  It had been stripped of any saleable item including the heating boiler, fireplace, staircase spindles and handrail.  Any remaining carpets were pee stained from dogs and the decor was absolutetly awful!
However, even in it's disgraced state we still fell in love with our new house and were excited as well as daunted by the prospect of the time, money and effort required to make this house our home.

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