The new project

I've always found the kitchen to be the heart of the home and parties so that is why mine had to be expanded many moons ago.
Old kitchen

knock down walls tear out old and old dining room and old living room. Rip up floors, rewire, and on and on.. this was just the start.

I lived with this for 5 months. Coming home from work and spackling, sweeping, gathering up debris and disposing of it. The above is the old living room which faces the side of the house. This became the dining room. The dining room was then swallowed up as part of the kitchen.

Now when we have a party, everyone fits in the kitchen, which is where it has traditionally convened

There's not much I would do different as pretty much knew where everything was going to be stored when I designed/planned the makeover.

Planning is everything!

 

So how old is the place Andy?

 

Yes, I couldn't tell if it is 1921 or 1927. I suspect 1927.

 

Have you managed to get any photos of the place 'back in the day' ?

I find it fascinating to look back at how places develop.

 

That's a shame. We were given the solicitors paperwork dating back over 100 years when we bought this place as solicitors no longer need to keep it. Reading where other bits of land were sold, agreements between the farmer and a previous owner to swap bits of land, prices that the house sold for and suchlike.
The one thing that did stand out was that most people didn't stay here for more than 5 years. Many died. Luckily we've bucked the trend.

 

A good name to hold on too.

 

Check out your library's local history section for Aerofilms oblique aerial images Aerofilms - Wikipedia which are now sometimes also available online.

Old postcards are another source of information, and we have one showing our house/street in 1901.