As I’m finding it hard to describe exactly what Jon has been up to at the house at the moment, much less get any photos, I have decided...

Me not writing for 3 months doesn't mean we haven't been taking on the terrace. Actually the opposite. It's hard as we have done a lot,...

So after a few weeks ‘off’ (me being away on a shoot and Jon moving officially into the barn, as his house sale finally went through), we...

I am contemplating writing a new blog dedicated entirely to 'the beasts of the barn', as there seems to be no end to the horrifying...

I haven’t actually said how the house came to be ours, because since buying it we have realised we got pretty lucky. So here’s a bit of...

It’s Monday and I am seriously aching from working on the house this weekend and need another weekend to recover! It didn't help that I...

Managed to get a fair amount done at the house this weekend and am feeling satisfactorily achy today as a result. Biggest change was that...

Long delay in posting as we have actually been away! We took a cheeky little long weekend in Biarritz (super cheap flights from Bristol)...

It was my birthday weekend, but that didn’t stop Jon whipping me into action (just on the house unfortunately). I was allowed a moderate...

6.30am. Alarm goes off. This would be fine on a week day. But it’s the weekend! Jon was eager to make an early start on the house to...

We have only had the house for a couple of weeks, but I really needed the bank holiday weekend! Jon, unsurprisingly, was reluctant to be...

With the extent of work that we are doing at Number 13, there’s just no way we can live there while it’s taking place. I am in the...

Finally got the email from the solicitor saying completion had taken place and I literally couldn’t work for the rest of the day - too...

Pretty much the first thing Jon and I would check when viewing properties to buy on Right Move, was the floor plan. We had a rough...