..I have spent a lot of time painting in the house. Now almost all of the doors are white, rather than horrible scrubby brown wood, and it looks a lot better. I painted some of the woodwork in the bathroom, but the masking tape tore off some of the paint/wallpaper from the walls, so now I need to re-do that again.

Finances and situation depending, I might try to speed up this goal soon. I am thinking that I might not want to stay here much longer depending on what happens in the next 18 months. I might sell up (or rent it out) and move back to Yorkshire, in which case it needs to be in a reasonable condition. 11 months ago