Looking worse...

image from Clipart Library

...before it ~ hopefully 😳 ~ starts to look better!

Apart from the inevitable unrealistic stair situation, I suppose there was nothing particularly wrong with the house but mock-Tudor just isn't a style I'm fond of ~ nor are Ephemy and Susannah, and it is their house, after all 😉 

The rooms on the left, because they are all different depths, have separate opening front panels.  Over time, all the panels have "dropped" a little.  9mm MDF, which is what the house is made from, is quite heavy so I think that the hinges just weren't quite man enough for the task.

Ephemy and Susannah really didn't like the Tudor "stepped" design...

but the question was should the rooms all be trimmed back to the same depth as that on the ground floor, or built out to line up with the top floor 😕

It was extremely difficult to take photos of the ceiling area of the top room on the left-hand side!  However, I did manage it in the end 😏  

I'm not sure what the original plan had been but as a piece of wood had been attached to both the front and back walls (see also top photo), I assume that it had been planned to add a false ceiling.

As you have probably guessed, we had other ideas...

not least, a completely different roof-line!  Luckily the section on the right hadn't actually been fixed in position and just lifted off.

However, I had to cut away the section on the left...

and whilst I was doing that, it was decided that the rooms on the left would all be cut back to the same depth as the one on the ground floor.

Before I started work, I had noticed that the right-hand back wall had pulled apart from the left somewhat.

Luckily my demolition exploits haven't made this any worse, but realigning the wall into its proper position will have to be the first task carried out before any other alterations can be done.

It was decided to stop work at this point so that Sir Peter and I could have a series of discussions with Ephemy and Susannah about what they want done with their new home.  I'm pleased to report that the planning stage is very nearly complete now, so hopefully work can commence shortly!