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I knew back in the springtime that my motorcycling year would come to an abrupt end on 1st October when stepson Kevin and his girlfriend Fiona finally got the keys to their first flat together, in the Meadowbank area of Edinburgh, with great views over the Royal Park & Arthur’s Seat.

Their particular flat in a Victorian tenement building had previously been occupied by an elderly lady for the past 40 years or so and apart from the addition of central heating a decade ago and a complete electrical re-wire at about the same time, very little had been done during her tenure to modernise anything else or indeed take care of any essential works required to the fabric of the building.

At some stage during an early viewing of the property I vaguely remember ‘volunteering’ to renovate it for them prior to them moving in, really hoping that they changed their minds and bought something a little more modern!

Now about halfway through the project, progress is slow but I have every confidence that they’ll be able to move in on 5th December as planned even if that means me working there 12 hours a day, seven days a week….!

Although I’m undertaking the vast majority of the work myself, sincere thanks are due to Steve the plasterer, Davey the electrician and Andy & Mark the plumbers for refinishing the worst of the walls, installing a new consumer unit, moving a gas pipe and making a new connection to the cast-iron soil pipe.

They say every picture tells a story and the growing image collection for this project may be found here.