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It's a sweet little house with some lovely features - dinky little sash windows, window seats, beams, interesting wall recesses, cobbled courtyard, garden with a glimpse of the fells... The damp bit is the first floor gable end. Various possible causes not helped by it having been left empty...

Yes I am building up links to heritage restoration services and I have someone coming out tomorrow night who may well know followed by another on Thursday. Until then. to my untrained eye, it appears that certain areas with lovely old carved wooden cupboards set in 'wobbly' walls :mrgreen...

I got the cottage for a knock down (we hope not literally) price for cash from a semi retired vicar who used it as a holiday cottage for 25 years and had to sell due to family ill health. It's a couple of miles from Kirkby Stephen. The surveyor thinks it's a good buy but I'm proceeding with...

Oh I think I will! There are whole areas of woodchip upstairs which will most likely take off plaster when removed There is a damp area on the gable end which is being looked at and downstairs we have a tasteful combination of what looks like original plaster wall (sound) with areas of woodchip...

The cottage is circa 1750 and the lounge walls in particular have that undulating look as opposed to a modern flat finish so I'm guessing, at this point, that it might be original.

Yes I wondered Does this mean that any patch ups have to be in lime and can plasterers use lime these days anyway?

Ha ha yes my old cottage had swirly walls when I moved in. Someone's idea of 'cottagey'. Horrible.

The original plastering is smooth but slightly 'wobbly' (sorry but don't know how else to describe it). However no doubt will be repairing some areas (after removing some woodchip). Would a plasterer be able to get the same effect? I think a really flat, even finish such as you get on a modern...

There is a Mira electric shower (but no bath)!

That's what I wondered about. However the wall to the front of the house is the same thickness so there is no 'extra' on the stove wall - if that makes sense. Plus in the bedroom above there is no recess but it is possible any recess was boarded over at some point to give a flush wall -...

The stove is against an outside wall - ie not a party wall and the shower room has been built on to the outside of the original wall which still stands. Sorry I need to get some more pics. Viewed from outside there is no sign of there ever having been an external chimney running up the house -...

Restoring a 1750s cottage in Cumbria. The kitchen is one of my priorities. This is a photograph of it under previous ownership, Look where they had the cooker! The sink unit is at a slant - I think because there used to be a corner fireplace. I don't want a totally fitted kitchen. Possibly a...

I'm renovating a cottage. The old Parkray multifuel stove stands proud of the wall on a small 'hearth' with a horizontal rear pipe fitted into the chimney flue. There is a backsplash of horrible tiles behind the stove. Access for sweeping is via a removable plate on the other side of the...

I wondered about solar panels. The house next door has them. Will have a word with the neighbours.

Yes I'll post in the projects bit - before, during and after! Estate agent speak: Now requiring some refurbishment Reality check: Needs gutting!

Thanks. I do have storage heaters. It's such a small easy to heat cottage I don't want to install central heating. I'll be getting a plumber round but it helps to know about some of the options. Just wondering if there will be any grants available.