some handy pre-purchase renovation advice

renovation

Variant of renovate

transitive verb renovated, renovating

1. to make fresh or sound again, as though new; clean up, replace worn and broken parts in, repair, etc.
2. to refresh; revive

the 8 rules of refreshing and reviving a house with broken parts in the cold cold mountains

1. never ever buy said property !

2. bad luck if you did buy it now you have to pay

3. never buy a property with a large liquid amber tree in the front yard with roots that extend under the house and are heading rapidly towards the sewerage pipes

4. marry a professional tree lopper

5. if the tree lopper has bad breath go for the electrician

6. never buy a property that has a sloping and inaccessible driveway that has no drainage and becomes a muddy sodden river of mud in the rain

7. forget marriage get it on with a structural landscaper who can build accessible concrete driveways

8. before you sign the contract realise that the house is a giant wooden ice cube and you are never going to feel warm.......ever again

yours feeling a little bleak in renovation land

Katerina xx