House history

Some background on our new house, as I'm sure you can see it is an old Victorian single fronted Cottage. It dates back to the 1890's and there are actually some original features that we will be preserving such as locks and doors. There is also ALOT that goes! The house has been tenanted for quite a number of years with people coming and going in between. Needless to say it was certainly in a 'state'. There was a particular odour.... an inside dog... all day every day.... smokers who let the ashtray stack up by the bed... yep, you get the picture. Anyway, the first thing we did was rip up all the carpet & underlay. I've rather live on unpolished floorboards than that! Photos of that to come shortly.