Sorry - been a busy jock

[JudgeDredd]

Glad to see you back JD!

No doubt there must have been times during this herculean endeavor when you'd feared you'd lost the plot.

lol - thanks. Found it eventually

[jamus34]

Good to see ya JD.

I concur that redoing a kitchen sucks.

Ours was in similar condition - House was built in 1950's...Kitchen was mostly original from 1950's.

BTW, is that your beer fridge?  Ya'll got some skinny arse reefers across the pond. Can barely fit a case of JC in there.

[Barthheart]

Hey JD! Lots of work but that counter and sink look great. Well done.  :bd:

[MetalDog]

Nice to see you back, JD!  Place wasn't the same without you :)  Nice work in the kitchen  O0

[MikeGER]

HURRA JD  :D   :hug:
(we all were a little bit worried about either your health status or being droven off by some politics curfews somewhere in threads i didn't read) 

your Revell 1:1 miniature of a contemporary British kitchen is outstanding   ^-^
and you got the model fully functional too :)

you did not clip the counter (workplace) compleatly so  ....i see a furious discussion starting here  ;)


left is clipped right is not  ^-^

[JudgeDredd]

Thanks MG - just soooooooooooo busy.

That corner was "clipped" (just for Barth) because of it's position (there's a door to the conservatory on the left and so people walk in towards that corner). However, I did say to the missus we should have them all done (this was mentioned by me before he came round to do the tops). She said no - fine with square corners everywhere else.

However - having seen it, she's of the mind that we'll have the other corners clipped - just like corners should be - and so he's coming round today to clip them

So never fear my friend - I knew what needed to happen, was over-ruled then sat back like a good wee husband and allowed her to make the right decision in the end :DD (well played JD I think  :bd: )

[JudgeDredd]

Nice to see you back, JD!  Place wasn't the same without you :)  Nice work in the kitchen  O0

Thanks MD

[JudgeDredd]

Hey JD! Lots of work but that counter and sink look great. Well done.  :bd:

Thank you. Chippy done a great job of the worktop. We're pleased.

Although I've not fully finished oiling - apparently with real wood it's something you have to do fairly regularly (every 3 months?)

[JudgeDredd]

Good to see ya JD.

I concur that redoing a kitchen sucks.

Ours was in similar condition - House was built in 1950's...Kitchen was mostly original from 1950's.

BTW, is that your beer fridge?  Ya'll got some skinny arse reefers across the pond. Can barely fit a case of JC in there.

lol - thanks Jamus

That's just a British fridge. Actually, that is a big fridge. Normally those size units in the UK are half fridge and half freezer - that's all fridge.

[bayonetbrant]

I'm stunned none of the Americans even noticed with washing machine in the kitchen...


Looks great, JD :)

[OJsDad]

Welcome back JD.  We had our kitchen redone a few years ago.  The wife did the demo and tiled the back splash, but we had everything else done by a contractor.

I noticed the washer in the kitchen also.  Is that a European thing to keep you wives in the kitchen more and the TV for yourselves.  :P

[bbmike]

I'm stunned none of the Americans even noticed with washing machine in the kitchen...


Looks great, JD :)

This American had one of those in his kitchen in his first place in DC.  ;)

[undercovergeek]

My favourite Scottish person except maybe rab c Nesbit!!

So is this new kitchen payback for all the games and models or is your way now paved to 4000 pounds worth of new pic and steam library

[JudgeDredd]

Thanks all.

Bigger houses have "utility" rooms. But I honestly don't think you 'Muricans understand the cost of property in the UK. You get VERY little for your cash here - through years of mismanagement by the government and artificially inflated market and prices.

Big fridges and utility rooms are reserved for properties in the region of (and I'm not joking) between 1/4 and a 1/2 a million £. Our house is worth about £250,000 and we bought it for £80,000 17 years ago - an increase of about £10,000pa. As an idea, if I was to sell, I'd be lucky if I probably couldn't even get a single room flat in London for that money.

Have a look at this property costing £350,000 - it's a new build, so not particularly big (in terms of square metres)
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/new-homes-for-sale/property-63949316.html?premiumA=true

[JudgeDredd]

My favourite Scottish person except maybe rab c Nesbit!!

So is this new kitchen payback for all the games and models or is your way now paved to 4000 pounds worth of new pic and steam library

lol - not payback. She's wanted a new kitchen for the past 5 years. We're just in a position to be able to afford to do it. A new PC is on the cards for next year - no worries there. As for my Steam Library, I'm very saddened to see I couldn't buy much (if anything) in the sale because I had so many