Hear, hear.
Even if our house in only 1950's, I would still love to see a section devoted to restoration.
Searching doesnt help very much.

Thanks for the pic.
I did understand what you were speaking about, I just couldnt picture it looking good!
It does look smart though.
We will definitely consider it, thanks.

We are not interested in replacing the skirting.
It doesn't fix the problem, which is only on 1 wall of the lounge room, and it would be a waste of money…

....because only rough neighbours catch the bus....of course

We moved in here about 3 weeks ago.
Bus stop with a seat in front of our house.
DIsadvantages are definitely rubbish (but with a decent wall/fence hopefully that will change -…

Colsy, would you mind posting a photo?
I'm interested in what it looks like as I've never seen this before.

The gaps are horozontal, i.e. the floor board are too short cos they were laid in the 50's for carpet.
We did the floors and we have moved in.... the…

wood filler, or cork.
flexible filler, sand & paint same as skirting
Ok thanks for the ideas.

thanks, will consider.

Hi,
Any ideas on ways to cover up the gaps running along the skirting board in the photo?
Obviously the floors were laid for carpet and they didnt care about gaps.
Most of…

I found these photos of asbestos products
Scroll down for tiles.
They look exactly like ours!
http://www.heimer.com/photographs/asbestos.html

The guy who is polishing the floor is my husband!
He is doing it all. It's ok now. He has ground off 1/3 of…

Thanks for the advice.
Have been grinding it off with a metal grinder, works really well!
How can you tell if glue or tiles have asbestos in them?

So our 1951 house has what must be the original lino kitchen tiles. DH has started chiselling the black adhesive used to stick them down (it is quite thick).
Has…

Thanks Albert,
Actually we are not looking at the conjoined house anymore. But thanks for the info, always good to store away for another time.
We have found our worst house…

Thanks for the welcomes everyone. Yes it will be very exciting if it goes ahead soon. IA.
Will check out insulation, thanks.…

Hi lofoten,
bad news about the trench.
All the best for reno.
Im new here too, i am mum to 3 kids under 4, we havent bought yet, but cant wait to let…

Hi everyone. We've been looking for a house which fits the description in the title and we may have found it. We have 3 young kids (under 4)…