A while back Kathy decided she wanted electrics in our greenhouse. Shouldn't be a problem we thought. Did some research on the net to see what bits of kit we'd need as a prelude to getting an electrician in to connect them all up.
This is where it got a bit sticky. The electrician duly arrived, we told him what we wanted, then he asked how old the house was and when it was last re-wired.
Oh dear, the wiring needed bringing up to the latest EU Codes. Cost to have that done first, then all the electrics to the greenhouse, in the region of about £2,000 to £3,000.
Of course, being a very helpful type of guy he said that, although taking work away from himself, we could do it ourselves. That way we wouldn't have to have any re-wiring done in the house itself.
However, if we decided to move we'd have to put it back to how it was - removing all the greenhouse electrics that is.
Well, needless to say we temporarily shelved that idea.
More recently our personal circumstances changed dramatically. Kathy and I then had to re-assess ourselves and made the joint decision to move house down to the Norfolk area.
So we're now in the current position of having our house completely re-wired and decorated - hence my sparse interaction on the Forum. The decorator guy is a friend of someone Kathy worked with so he comes highly recommended. He's doing a great job without ripping us off. There's far too much to be done for Kathy and I to tackle the work, so we're doing bits and pieces of prep work, taking curtains and blinds down and moving bits of furniture around.
He's finished the Living Room/Dining Room, porch, hall, staircase and landing and small front bedroom. He's moving into our main bedroom next, rear bedroom then he'll move downstairs again to do the kitchen, our office and en-suite bathroom. The office is the tricky one as this has been our refuge up to now whilst he's been doing the rest of the house. Our computers will need to be disconnected temporarily, so we'll be 'off-the-air' for a while.
New carpets and vinyl flooring have been organised to be fitted later. The decorator's son is a plasterer/tiler so we've got him roped in to do some work too. A new sink unit, worktops and some tiling is part of the work required in the kitchen too.
GOSH!! When will it all end?
Anyway, at the end of all this we'll have a fantastically re-wired and modernised house for someone to buy. This is the main aim of the exercise - to get a quick sale at our asking price (as yet to be determined).
Our timeline for the house going on the property market is early into the New Year.
So, back to an electrified greenhouse (sorry for the brief digression there people
) who knows what our new home will have to offer. We're hoping to acquire a decent sized garden and any greenhouse, either present or to buy, will have electrics fitted at some point.
Phew! Glad I got all that off my chest.
Laurie.
