Well, at the beginning obviously. You’ve already read about us finding and purchasing the cottage so I’ll begin with our first visit, which resulted in the video guided tour. (see the video here) The sale of the cottage completed on the 6th February. We decided to make a flying visit to Whitby to pick up […]

Yaaay! Finally picked up the keys, a good 18 months after viewing said cottage. It’s still as beautiful as when we first discovered it in August 2010. Now, please bear with me whilst I thank folk who have made our dream come true (our  experience may help you achieve your dream too) Many thanks to […]

We have another Sliding Sash window fitted! Now I’m sure there are other little nudges (more on those later) than my ramblings on my bit of the blog, but on Friday I was requested to start preparing for the insertion of another window. Well I wasn’t waiting to be asked twice, so, after finding masonry […]

Part of series on Techniques for Motivating Other People the way you want, without manipulating others or being devious…. Honest.  For more motivation tips and tricks see the “Stuff from the Other Half” category You’ll have seen from the DIY LOFT CONVERSION blog  that we had a slight sense of urgency due to not enough bedrooms […]

Sometimes we want to do our own stuff. For a Stuff Doer this is sometimes a hard situation to accept. It’s ok when it’s stuff that you’ve always done, like making sure food comes out of the unfinished kitchen or that Christmas happens. But when in come to a hobby like Making Stained Glass Windows it’s a different story!

 Part of series on Techniques for Motivating Other People the way you want, without manipulating others or being devious…. Honest.  For more motivation tips and tricks see the “Stuff from the Other Half” category Right, we’ve already established that patience is our key weapon, carrots are nearly always better than sticks and that nagging is counterproductive […]

Part of series on Techniques for Motivating Other People the way you want, without manipulating others or being devious…. Honest.  For more motivation tips and tricks see the “Stuff from the Other Half” category  So, your Stuff Doer is doing sums to work out the quantities of wood needed to make your long awaited wooden sliding […]

Or how to live with someone who does lots of stuff (rarely finishing much) and how to use it to your advantage.
Now I live with someone who does a lot of stuff. He does this stuff very well but he does so much of it that he is easily distracted by some other stuff that he is doing. This is how I push things in the direction I’m after…

Getting something off the GOALS list and in to realality. Taking the chance to tick something of the list when the opportunity comes up. Buying a Holiday home / property for a holiday letting business.

Or how we became initially accidental Landlords Nearly 17 years ago I moved in with my other half. We had another child and though we had three bedrooms the house was a little top heavy, so with two young children and a dog, living space was in short supply. My mum was living across the […]