In my case it was a huge strain... luckily at the time I had an understanding employer that let me come in to work a bit later during the refurb so that i could sort out the daily (and in my case I mean daily!) issues that cropped up.

The whole thing was genuinely very stressful, but upon moving in we were very happy, the hard times were forgotten, and we enjoy the sense of accomplishment... even though it's quite a personal thing... what I mean is, for example, if someone visits us, they might just see a nicely made standard sort of room, whereas I see all the many decisions and work that went into it.

Personally I wouldn't want to do it again though, certainly not for a number of years...!

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