"Celeste runs her own public relations firm Salt, which specializes in architecture and design (and happens to represent Loader Monteith) and Pete is a mechanical engineer-they're both Australian and moved to London together from Melbourne. After spending six months getting to know their place, they took on the majority of the labor on their one-bedroom apartment remodel themselves, working on weekends for a year-without moving out."
"The couple's place is just under 500 square feet and situated on the ground floor of a low-rise structure in the Haddo House Estate, a complex built in the 1960s and '70s as public housing in London's Kentish Town in Camden. And though their budget was modest, they envisioned a "full gut refurb": overhauled floor plan, new kitchen and bath, streamlined bedroom and an added work from home space, among other things."
"Above: "Must get permissions from Camden to do anything (even replace floors), so want to go in all at once to get quick approval," continued the couple's proposal to Loader Monteith. After permissions were secured, the couple tackled a lot of demolition. One of the things Pete installed himself during a two-month break from his day job was an under-floor heating system in place of radiators and new oak flooring,"
Celeste Bolte and Peter Fisher, Australians who moved from Melbourne, purchased a one-bedroom investment flat under 500 square feet on the ground floor of the Haddo House Estate in Camden. They set a top renovation budget of £30,000 and planned a full gut refurbishment including a reconfigured floor plan, new kitchen and bathroom, a streamlined bedroom, and a work-from-home space. After securing permissions from Camden, the couple carried out most demolition and weekend DIY labor over a year without moving out. Pete installed an underfloor heating system and new oak flooring during a two-month break from his job. The project emphasized cost-conscious, hands-on renovation.
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