Thursday, November 13, 2014

Truly historic achievement!

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This may not be  anews to you,but,there's something to learn from these couple...
The se husband and wife  by name Ray and Michele Blundell (pictured together top right) built their Elizabethan-style home near Lichfield in Staffordshire ....how did they do it?...they did it by simlply building it up from  the scratch- teaching themselves plumbing, electrical wiring and medieval carpentry without hiring any professional builders giving us the true definition of marriage!
[a union between two individuals on a mission that involve synergy]
Grand design: Ray and Michele Blundell's Tudor home. Built for £110,000, plus £90,000 to buy the land, it is now worth £600,000 - and the couple are planning a new wing
 if you think i'm kidding,then Walk past the property and you might think you had stepped back 450 years. It is in the classic, half-timbered, Elizabethan style - built on an oak frame, with an ancient tiled roof, and the first floor teetering over the ground floor. But in fact, the cottage (pictured left as it neared completion in 2000) is only 14 years old.
To the manor born: Ray and Michele Blundell are pictured in their living room, whose low ceilings were dictated by the height of the oaks used for the building
 The couple even carved a majestic garden out of a dreary third-of-an-acre plot, which had only three plum trees and a lawn when they bought it. And all for only £200,000. Thanks to their efforts, it's worth more than £600,000 - but they're not selling. The cottage has been extensively fitted out with period furniture including a four-poster bed (bottom right).
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Tudor DIY: Builders put together the 20-ton frame on site but, after that, the Blundells were left with little more than a skeleton, open to the skies. Ray Blundell is pictured on the roof during construction in 1998

Four-poster splendour: The Elizabethan-style house, which took two-and-a-half years to complete, is packed with period furniture

Swish: The Blundells taught themselves how to plumb with great success. They also taught themselves electrical wiring and medieval carpentry

After the Blundells bought the land for £90,000, they spent the next two-and-a-half years in a static caravan on the site, as their dream took shape

The box-like shape of the rooms is typical of Elizabethan houses. The dimensions are still dictated by the height of the oak trees, as they were 450 years ago

The Blundells have more dreams that they want to turn into reality. The next scheme is a new greenhouse - oak-framed, of course
Ray and Michele Blundell's Tudor home. Built for £110,000, plus £90,000 to buy the land, it is now worth £600,000 - and the couple are planning a new wing


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