The Result

Two months after completion, it doesn't normally look quite this tidy

Before

How everything looked before we started preparing for the new kitchen

The Day Before

How everything look the day before the start of the project

Day 1 (Monday 1st March)

Kitchen cabinets, ceiling and partition wall removed

Day 2 (Tuesday 2nd March)

Back door removed, heating pipes rerouted, RSJ padstone bricks installed, living room radiators removed and new channel cut into wall

Day 3 (Wednesday 3rd March)

Not enough visual changes to warrant photos

Back door half-bricked up, radiator from dining room fitted into living room, lots of electrical work in ceiling

Day 4 (Thursday 4th March)

Back door brick work finished, partition wall started, dining room plasterboard started, new gas pipe routed on outside of house

Day 5 (Friday 5th March)

RSJ installed (acrow-props out on Monday), wiring completed, plastering started

Day 6 (Monday 8th March)

Acrow-props removed (building inspector approval), water pipe rerouting started, bathroom waste pipes improved

Day 7 (Tuesday 9th March)

Vertical post installed, RSJ boxed, kitchen ceiling started

Day 8 (Wednesday 10th March)

Cabinets arrive, plastering continued, lounge becomes box room

Day 9 (Thursday 11th March)

New lintel above patio doors (including ingenius rain protector), start of floor insulation layer

Day 10 (Friday 12th March)

Plastering, pipe-work and floor insulation continued

Day 11 (Monday 15th March)

Plastering and pipe-work continued

Day 12 (Tuesday 16th March)

Heating element installed, self-leveling concrete started, new hot-and-cold outside taps, new sink drain and brick-work

Day 13 (Wednesday 17th March)

Tiles start going down, plastering is almost completed

Day 14 (Thursday 18th March)

Tiles continued (taking longer than expected as extra padding required to get correct height), pipe-work continued

Day 15 (Friday 19th March)

Tiles completed (no grout, and covered for the weekend), ceiling lights installed, cabinets continued (with blue protectors), washing machine and dishwasher installed

Weekend (Saturday 20th/Sunday 21th March)

Painting, lots of painting (1 primer coat and 4 actual coats, by us)

Day 16 (Monday 22nd March)

Cabinets continued, kitchen radiator brackets fitted (not plumbed in), new living room radiators (plumbed in), painting continued (by us)

Day 17 (Tuesday 23rd March)

Cabinets continued, worktops cut to size, larder construction started

Day 18 (Wednesday 24th March)

Worktops continued, larder continued, wiring continued, skirting boards (kitchen and living room) painted

Day 19 (Thursday 25th March)

Worktops finished, sink/tap installed, wall cabinets started, larder continued (light installed), fridge/freezer installed

Day 20 (Friday 26th March)

Radiators installed, larder plastering completed, wall cabinets continued, LED lighting started, oven installed, hood extractor fan installed, floor tiles grouted

Day 21 (Monday 29th March)

Larder painted (by Kat), backboards started, wall cabinets continued, plinths started, skirting boards started

Day 22 (Tuesday 30th March)

Backboards continued, hob installed, larder doors installed, pendant light installed, sockets installed, skirting boards continued (forgot to take photos, sorry!)

Day 23 (Wednesday 31st March)

Backboards continued, larder shelves installed, cabinets continued, skirting boards continued

Day 24 (Thursday 1st April)

FINISHED (no, not a joke), although we still have painting to finish off