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@jamesbuilds · Didsbury, Manchester
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James Okafor

Weekend DIYer with more ambition than tools. Victorian terrace, two kids, one very patient wife.

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jamesbuilds
StoryDidsbury, Manchester

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jamesbuildsLast bit of the extension project: a new patio so the bifolds open onto something other than mud. Porcelain slabs laid on a proper sub-base with a slight fall away from the house. Ready for next summer.

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jamesbuilds
StoryDidsbury, Manchester

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jamesbuildsThe other end of the extension. Bifold doors out to the garden and the dining table where the old back wall used to be. On sunny days the whole back of the house opens up. Worth every week of living with dust sheets.

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jamesbuilds
StoryDidsbury, Manchester

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jamesbuildsRear extension update: the kitchen is in. Dark timber island, handleless units along the back wall and a big rooflight over the dining end. Building control signed off last week. Biggest lesson: order the kitchen early, ours had a ten-week lead time.