Village house renovation

Main floor of village house after renovation

Main floor before renovation

Ground floor from front door after renovation

Ground floor before

Shower room after

Shower room before

Master bedroom after, 2 bedrooms joined to make one

One of the original bedrooms

The new kitchen

The balcony after being tiled

Re-tiled stairs

Stairs before

This was a fairly typical village house.  It had been 'bricolaged' extensively.  Partition walls had been added to both floors to make rooms.  The floors were shiny tile, the bathroom felt like it needed a good scrubbing, in general the house was chopped up and seemed dark.

The owner wanted a brighter, cleaner looking house, no shiny floor tiles, no ref plastic on the handrail, an efficient kitchen, in general a feeling of space and light.  We took out the partition walls on the ground floor and moved the kitchen to the other side of the new room and installed a dishwasher, washing machine, and clothes dryer.  All the floors were re tiled, including the stairs.

We took out the partition wall between two bedrooms and made one large bright bedroom.  In the shower room we took out the bidet, scrubbed and re grouted the walls tiles, and replaced all the taps, lights and mirror. The whole house was painted white to make the most of the light.