This our Safestyle windows review who we chose to replace our front bay and office window. When we moved into our 1930s house back in 2016, one of the inconvenient truths flagged in our survey was that we would need to install new UPVC bay windows at some point fairly soon (in fact, most of the windows needed replacing). Read more…

If you’re undecided about whether hiring a project manager is right for you, read on for the 8 questions to ask yourself first…

Here we look at a bit of history of 1930’s houses and why we love them so much.

Come and take a look at our opinion on sanding pine floor boards

Sometime you have tricky problems to solve and may times it’s easier to do it yourself. Check out my DIY gas box cover planter.

Welcome to our house and ‘work-in-progress’ renovation project. We’re currently 90% the way through the mammoth task of dragging an extremely dated 1930s semi-detached house in Sussex kicking and screaming into the 21st century! Take a look at our best bits…

After our kitchen renovation in 2017 we still had one small job left to complete: the external window! Here we document the process of installing our new window.

Following a spate of renovation burglaries (a couple we’ve heard about in our very own community) We created this post to give you a heads up - read up and get yourself protected with these ideas.

When you’re living in a renovation it can feel like your whole world is falling down around you. We look at some of the downsides and perhaps surprising upsides to living in a renovation.

We decided to go the whole hog in our mission to create the most optimal waking up scenario. Check out what we came up with when we installed smart electrics in our bedroom

When we moved into our 1930s house back in 2016, one of the inconvenient truths flagged in our survey was that we would need to install new UPVC bay windows at some point fairly soon (in fact, most of the windows needed replacing).

Our surveyor quoted about £10K to replace the front windows 🤯

…but luckily we negotiated the price of the property before we exchanged and managed to get that knocked off the price 👍

Today we’re chatting with Jen & Michael, Reno Club members who have just got the keys to their Victorian renovation with insane levels of potential!

Check out our DIY tools list. If you’re on the look out for tools for your DIY project check out what we used.

If you’re planning on renovating then a survey is a an absolute must. We’ve seen members of our community pull out of their property purchases due to the issues found in surveys. Today we speak to chartered surveyor Leo Horsfield for his advice to a potential renovator on getting a house survey done.

Is home renovation insurance actually required? That’s what we take a look at in this blog post.

Hiring a contractor? By making sure you ask the right questions, you can go into your project fully equipped and aware.

Today we’re having a chat with Reno Club member and course student Sophie who is in the early stages of renovating a 2 bed flat in London with her other half Lyndon.

The other day Fi and I were discussing how for us, getting into a renovation was never the fulfilment of a long-standing aspiration, it was initially because the alternative just wasn’t palatable. Keep reading for our reno story and our thoughts on the ‘reluctant renovator’.

Whether you’re starting out from scratch or a confident DIYer we’re going to guess that you don’t want to spend the first part of your DIY job hunting around for a tool, screw or random widget. Well here are some ways that you can organise your bits more effectively and efficiently.

Getting frustrated that every DIY job turns into an episode of supermarket sweep? Let’s see if we can reduce your inner Dale Winton (rest in peace)