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| The exterior |
Beloved Wife and her Goat have now got into the minefield known
as ‘real estate’.
Having looked at numerous properties in Budapest, the Goat
agreed that ‘The FixerUpper’ was the one that they’d want if only it were
possible. And then the Goat suddenly reached the end of his contract in Doha
and thus a construction industry project manager became available to oversee
renovation of a fin de siècle apartment.
There’s a lot of work to do. The place needs a total rewire,
replumbing, new heating system, and gutting the gas system. The heating system
consists of three horrible and ancient gas heaters that will have to go before
they kill all the occupants by vomiting carbon monoxide… A combination boiler
that will deliver hot water at the taps and for the heating is a major part of
the refurbishment.
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| The master bedroom |
A wall needs to be moved, or more accurately demolished and
a new one built a couple of metres away. Glorious parquet flooring will be
retained where possible, a new kitchenette will be built, and the old and
rather barren kitchen will become a master bedroom.
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| The kitchen |
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| The kitchen and sitting room |
The bathroom and toilet are both completely horrible, a
situation made worse by the existence of the toilet in the ghastly German
style.
Current advice includes that refurbishing the windows is
probably more effort and cost than simply replacing them, and the old wooden
units would still be draughty.
The Goat is currently preparing layouts in AutoCAD. He
discovered that this building is far from square, which will be interesting. He’s
staying in Budapest, seeing quotes from builders to do the work. Of course, all
the really good English speakers are in the UK doing the ‘Polish plumber’
thing, so language may be an issue. Fun, innit?
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