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LESSONS LEARNED #3 Matt paint and batwing smoke s

LESSONS LEARNED #3

Matt paint and batwing smoke seals do not get on!

Seals were fitted and the HMO officer booked to carry out the final inspection.

When she arrived the doors would not close on their own, despite the day before all of them doing exactly that.

The seals had stuck to the doors and ripped off.

We ended up having to repaint all the doors in gloss at quite a considerable additional cost.

So, if you’re thinking of going matt on your doors, maybe reconsider!

Interested to know if anyone else has had this problem?

Our first family holiday to Italy was a big succes

Our first family holiday to Italy was a big success, as long as we’re not counting the 40 minute melt down by one of us on the flight home.

No, not Lee, Edie this time 😉

We REALLY needed this break. The first three quarters of 2022 were full on and definitely pushed us to our limits. But we’re feeling refreshed and ready to go again!

Great news that #ALPLea is fully let thanks to the legend that is Nathan @portuslets
Honestly this guy, I don’t know what we’d have done without him this year. The level of service he gives is off the chart, no one better in Liverpool full stop.

As we head into the final quarter of this year, there’s still a lot we want to achieve. We’d already started looking for our next investment a couple of months ago, so this is what we’ll be concentrating on again now we’re back.

➕Area research
This has been fun, especially as we’re hunting along the Norfolk coast. We’re off there this weekend for more research (disguised as a mini break!).

➕Viewings
Edie and I have been spending Mondays or Fridays out on viewings. Working PT in the agency makes a huge difference to the time I have, which makes viewings a lot easier. As does only a 90 min drive to our area, rather than a 3.5 hour one!

➕Offers
We’ve been offering. It’s still a hot market and properties are going over asking, but we’ve come close and we know we’ll get the right place soon.

The goal is to have a deal secured before the end of the year, and that IS going to happen.

What are you plans for the final run up to Christmas?

Home working space shouldn’t be an afterthought,

Home working space shouldn’t be an afterthought, it needs to be designed and planned from the start of your projects.

Still love this bespoke desk area at #ALPLea

I’m off to Norfolk tomorrow to check out a couple of properties for our next investment.

A holiday let that’s also set up for entrepreneurs business planning getaways.

Have you ever taken a break to work on your business? It’s such a great investment in yourself!

BEFORE v AFTER #ALPLea Before, an ugly duckling c

BEFORE v AFTER #ALPLea

Before, an ugly duckling complete with added dirty nappy bags 😂

After, absolute class.

I can never get enough of this design. No gimmicks, just effortless style @mardesignuk

Our valuation is back and it’s what we were expecting! A great win for the week and means we can push on with the next adventure.

#beforeandafter

+ LESSONS LEARNED #2 + Wow, it’s been a hot min

+ LESSONS LEARNED #2 +

Wow, it’s been a hot minute since our last grid post 😂 I blame Covid.

So, another lesson from our HMO adventure #ALPLea

Styling day is the longest day of the year.
Fact.

We drove up to Wirral on the Sunday, arriving at lunchtime. Our plan was to put all the furniture together and get everything into the right rooms, all ready for styling the next morning.

When we arrived, we realised that was going to be impossible with just the two of us. Well, three actually, but more on that later.

We’d had an issue with the flooring, but the large furniture was already booked to arrive, so it all ended up going into two rooms. We thought it had all been moved into the right places, we were wrong 🤦🏻‍♀️

It made Monday a seriously long day. We started at 7am, and left Wirral at 10pm.

Here’s a few tips for you:
➕Make sure you know exactly what still needs to be done before you arrive. We’d probably have waited another week to go up and style if we knew.

➕Take more styling items than you think you’ll need. Have multiple options for areas like the dining table or island.

➕Create checklists of styling items for each room so you know exactly what to pack, and on the day anyone can grab a list and start moving stuff into the right room.

➕Remember you’ll have a shit load of rubbish to get rid of. Cardboard from flat pack furniture etc will need to be got rid of (if your skip has already gone!).

➕Don’t take a 10 month old.
Seriously. Don’t do it.
It doesn’t matter how good a sleeper they are, they’ll wake up at 4am that day. And they’ll cling to you all day and scream if you put them down.
And throw up on the new rug.
Yeah.

You’ve been warned.

5 years ago today I headed into London with a frie

5 years ago today I headed into London with a friend to watch Phil Collins perform in Hyde Park. I was 17 weeks pregnant with twin girls.

By 4pm that afternoon I was in an ambulance being rushed to the Chelsea and Westminster hospital. One twin born sleeping too early, Lily.
The other holding on for her short life, Ava.
She hung on for 9 more precious days.

That day changed the course of our lives forever.

You don’t move on from something like that.
In fact I hate the phrase ‘move on’. It insinuates you should leave the experience in the past, maybe even forget it happened.

We don’t move on, we move forward.
With the experience, however painful, and with them.

Lily and Ava shape the people we are today, the life we lead, the values we hold dear. They left us with gifts of empathy, of supportiveness, of openness.

They are ever present.

And as I write this post this morning, watching our daughter sleeping, I know they are present in her life too despite her never knowing them. We are better parents to her because of them.

Happy birthday Lily, thank you for the gifts you gave.

#grief

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