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taniapdx.bsky.social
Feeling a bit chuffed about the Warm Homes:Social Housing Fund announcements today. My little bid managed to get awarded £7.1m in funding. We're gonna retrofit so many houses over the next three years! #SHF3 #UKHousing #ThatRetrofitLife #Lewisham
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Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund Wave 3 – successful Social Housing Landlords including local authorities and housing associations
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March 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
taniapdx.bsky.social
A slightly unexpected day in the garden, but we had much to get done before shifting our efforts back inside tomorrow! #ThatRetrofitLife #MidCenturyMoroccanRetrofit #BugHotels #BiodiversityNetGains

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Day 125 - The Garden Comes Alive!
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October 19, 2025 at 12:21 AM
taniapdx.bsky.social
Our retrofit adventure has finally begun!

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The "before" tour of our new house
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June 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
taniapdx.bsky.social
There was more than a little silliness today, but also some major successes. Just a fabulous day. Not pictured, me holding the ladder for @andyjennings314.bsky.social for at least an hour, haha!

#BugHotel #ThatRetrofitLife #GardenPartyImminent #MidCenturyMoroccanRetrofit

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Day 84 - The Penultimate Row
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September 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
taniapdx.bsky.social
Plans get derailed by the arrival of our lilac tree and my new earth rammer, so it's another day in the garden, though I'm not sure everyone gardens like this. Even @andyjennings314.bsky.social was bewildered.

#ThatRetrofitLife #ComedyGold

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Day 65 - Britain's Laziest Gardener
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August 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM
taniapdx.bsky.social
We pulled off a wee Thanksgiving meal for ourselves and had some more electrical work done (hopefully the last for a while that we can't sort ourselves).

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#ThatRetrofitLife #StillABitAmerican #MidCenturyMoroccan
Day 165 - A Very Building Site Thanksgiving
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November 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
taniapdx.bsky.social
The bug hotel is finally built! Unfortunately I overdid it this weekend and was super sick again today, but on antibiotics now and hoping to be all healed up before my 50th, so all of our party guests can help fill in the cubbies! #BugHotel #ThatRetrofitLife #BiodiversityNetGain
September 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
taniapdx.bsky.social
A wild couple of days and so much new stuff! You can't even believe all that's happening this month! New doors, new window, new chandelier...calm down, we're just getting started! #ThatRetrofitLife #DIY #MidCenturyMoroccan

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Days 225-226 - The Doorway to the Future!
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January 27, 2026 at 10:33 PM
taniapdx.bsky.social
This was a busy week, so didn't always feel like we were accomplishing much, but the planning days/weeks are also important. We've been working on garden designs and paint schemes while we didn't have the energy to do the physical work.
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Days 207-212 - Colour Theory, Bits, and Bobs
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January 13, 2026 at 10:48 PM
taniapdx.bsky.social
Some days, you're the bug. Today was a hard day of things not going right, but we had some great help, plenty of plasters on hand, and the camera wasn't rolling when a giant spider tried to kill me (you're welcome).

#ThatRetrofitLife #MidCenturyMoroccanRetrofit #RetrofitHurts
Day 63 - Bloodshed, Heat Stroke, and Other Calamities
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August 18, 2025 at 9:16 AM
taniapdx.bsky.social
A very busy week for @andyjennings314.bsky.social and I this week, taking a big step forward in having an actual bedroom (and not just a bed in the living room)!

#ThatRetrofitLife #MidCenturyMoroccanRetrofit #NerdsInLove

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Days 177-180 - Maneaters, Woodpeckers, and Half a Bedroom
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December 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
taniapdx.bsky.social
94 days ago we planned some over-sprouted potatoes... Yesterday we got a little harvest. We also finished the second skim coat in the corner bedroom, so we're getting there! #ThatRetrofitLife

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Day 154 - Almost enough for a plate of Mash
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November 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
taniapdx.bsky.social
In which we finally paint my office (for the second time) and there is at least a light at the end of the tunnel...a year after we got the keys to our house! #ThatRetrofitLife #OneYearInABuildingSite #MidCenturyMoroccan youtu.be/yqdN0w8E-3w
Days 362-366 - It took a YEAR to paint this office!
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June 16, 2026 at 10:30 PM
taniapdx.bsky.social
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A very long afternoon in the garden, and while I'm completely exhausted, feeling pretty darned accomplished!

#ThatRetrofitLife #DIY #Gardening
Day 265 - Felling Trees + Planting Trees = A long day!
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March 7, 2026 at 10:52 PM
taniapdx.bsky.social
The world is hard right now, so we decided to focus on bringing as much sun into our lives as possible. #MidCenturyMoroccan #ThatRetrofitLife #BrightenYourLife

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Day 224 - Here Comes the Sun
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January 25, 2026 at 9:59 PM
taniapdx.bsky.social
Bored on a Wednesday night? Crack open all of the paint cans in your house and see what happens!

#ThatRetrofitLife #WeDontDoWhite #MidCenturyMoroccanRetrofit

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Day 80 - A Riot of Colour!
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September 3, 2025 at 10:16 PM
taniapdx.bsky.social
We may not have started working until noon, but that was a whole dang day! The good news is that we made a lot of progress. The bad news is...harbingers of the apocalypse. #ThatRetrofitLife #UKRetrofit #LeadPaintRemoval #MidCenturyMoroccan

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Day 55 - At least it's not locusts!
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August 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
taniapdx.bsky.social
If there was a dumb ideas Olympics, Team Tandy would take the gold every time. Here's more on our ongoing series on how not to remove lead paint. @andyjennings314.bsky.social

#MidCenturyMoroccanRetrofit #ThatRetrofitLife #DoAsISayNotAsIDo #NothingCanBeSimple #LeadPaintBlues

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Mid-Century Moroccan Retrofit - Day 41 - You should not be doin' that!
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July 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
taniapdx.bsky.social
We're 3 weeks into our retrofit and running out of money (which always happens), so getting to the hard work stage where we'll be doing most things ourselves. This could get messy. #ThatRetrofitLife #UKRetrofit #WhoseBrightIdeaWasThis #LivingInABuildingSite

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Tracking the journey retrofitting our 1948 End of Terrace house in Greenwich
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July 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
taniapdx.bsky.social
The big day has come! Our solar PV is live and I fixed a mediocre fence panel. Follow me for more riveting days of #Retrofit!

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Mid-Century Moroccan Retrofit - Day 19 - Our Independence Day (from the Grid)
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July 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
taniapdx.bsky.social
On today's episode, @andyjennings314.bsky.social takes over filming while I'm in the office. #ThatRetrofitLife #MidCenturyMoroccan #TheCoupleThatRetrofitsTogether #UKRetrofit

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Mid-Century Moroccan Retrofit - Day 12 - Andy takes the wheel
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June 28, 2025 at 6:35 AM
taniapdx.bsky.social
It's been one week since @andyjennings314.bsky.social and I got the keys to our post-war terraced house and it's been full on activity. We've been documenting what we can and learning quite a lot about our new home. #MidCenturyMoroccan #ThatRetrofitLife #UKRetrofit
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Mid-Century Moroccan Retrofit - YouTube
Tracking the journey retrofitting our 1948 End of Terrace house in Greenwich
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June 24, 2025 at 7:03 AM