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Kitchen plans are coming along for #ALPMillgate I

Kitchen plans are coming along for #ALPMillgate

It’s a compact space which we need to fit a small kitchen table and chairs into, so we’re keeping it light in colour and swapping the top cupboards for open shelving.

Sage greens, terracotta tiles and lots of natural wood and brass tones is the vibe.

Inspired by deVOL Kitchens and their beautiful open shelving style, I’ve been slowly collecting antique pieces to display. Swipe along for the inspo.

Are you team shelves or team cupboards?

I know what you’re thinking, dust magnets. But I can’t help myself! It’s going to look amazing and I can’t wait to see it come all together.

Off to Magnet for quotes next week.

Day 5 of @postingproperty #postingpropertychalleng

Day 5 of @postingproperty #postingpropertychallenge

One of the things that felt different for us when we started in property, was that neither of us were trying to ‘escape the rat race’. In fact, Lee and I already ran our own businesses. He’s a London and destination wedding photographer, I’m the founder of a digital agency.

You won’t get hustle culture here. When it comes to property we firmly believe in working steadily within the time you have.

And for us, that means working on one project at a time while we also run the other businesses, care for Edie, run a home and maybe find time for running, gym, friends and family.

So what’s in our pipeline?

Erm, nada.

Nothing right now because we’re starting work on this beauty. #ALPMillgate our Norfolk Holiday let.

Day 4 of @postingproperty #postingpropertychalleng

Day 4 of @postingproperty #postingpropertychallenge

A day late. I kinda lost my insta mojo a while back, and stopped posting on the grid. With no projects on the go, I questioned what I had to offer.

But then Milly reminded me that we have so much learnt experience to share, so I’m back baby!

What you get here?

I love old shit.
Vintage is my thing. Never happier than in a charity shop. I love to show you my bargain finds on our stories.

Holiday let spam.
With a new renovation starting you’ll be the first to hear all about it! Imagine what we’re going to find once we start tearing a kitchen and bathroom out of an old grade 2 listed cottage 😱🤦🏻‍♀️

Mid Century furniture.
A big love. Browner the better. I like sharing interior inspo.

Toddler life.
Keeping it real. She’s a gorgeous tiny idiot and keeping up with her around agency life and property is knackering my 45year old arse. And back, and knees…

In fact real talk always.
I’m not afraid to tell you when everything hits the fan.

Hopefully you’ll stick around 😂

Day 3 of @postingproperty #postingpropertychalleng

Day 3 of @postingproperty #postingpropertychallenge

Ok, I’m kinda cheating here as I’ve shared this before, but it’s a really good process and not just for property!

I gave a talk at the brilliant Marketing Meetup a couple of years ago about how to meet anyone.⁣
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I’ve used this strategy over the past few years to speak to people that might not have otherwise taken a call from me, or responded to an email.⁣
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It’s really simple, and it works 95% of the time.⁣
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I used it for my agency and managed to get the ex VP of Disney World to come and chat to me on our podcast, Skip the Queue. So yep, it definitely works!⁣
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Tap through the carousel to find out how to do it, or you can listen to my talk on the Marketing Meetup Podcast - link in bio ⁣👆🏻

Day 2 of @postingproperty #postingpropertychalleng

Day 2 of @postingproperty #postingpropertychallenge

Our first 4 bed HMO #ALPLea
Probably the toughest project so far.
It was nearly 4 hours away from home, the biggest renovation we’ve experienced and throw in a little pandemic and pregnancy in the mix too!

We learnt so much on this one, despite not being able to get on site as much as we wanted to.

Big kudos to @dsobuildingservices for all the hard work and @mardesignuk for the gorgeous design work.

Fully let and managed by @portuslets
He’s been an absolute legend helping us with ongoing gas and electric issues with Scottish Power.

Will we do another HMO? Who knows, but another goal ticked off and a lot more knowledge under our hats!

Hello 👋 Day 1 of the @postingproperty #postin

Hello 👋

Day 1 of the @postingproperty #postingpropertychallenge

I’m Kelly, one half of Ava Lily Property. I’m lucky I get to do this with my husband Lee, but it’s me with all the chat on the socials.

In Nov 2019 after many years of infertility, IVF and devastating losses, we made a plan to change our lives. We wanted more time together, less dependency on our two other businesses - Lee runs a wedding photography business and I ran a fast paced digital agency.

We started listening to podcasts and reading all we could on different strategies.

March 2020
Lee booked us into one of those dreadful 2 day training courses in London. You know the ones, lots of shouting and willy wangling. We left sharpish and looked at other options!

Then 2 weeks later we got put into lockdown!

So, we did the @insidepropertyinvesting online HMO training course and then found ourselves some great mentors in Rob and Sarah at @maygreeninvestments

April 2020 Ava Lily was founded. Named in honour of our twin girls who we lost in 2017.

Fast forward to today we have two BTLs, a HMO and we’ve just completed on our first holiday let. But best of all, our daughter Edie was born in July 2021, ending 8.5 years of heartbreak. This is us on one of our viewing days over in Norfolk.

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