Abztower

01/10/2023

Terrace handrails completed

14/09/2023

Sun heading down at

12/09/2023

Tower windows at golden hour from street level, sun shining in and showing the thickness of the granite walls

10/09/2023

Tower room views there

07/08/2023

Kitchen progress! Huge island and down draft hob!

06/08/2023

The second spiral stair in the tower, leading down from the spire to the tower room

31/07/2023

A grey day in at least the granite is a nice contrast with the new downlights! The photos extremely deceptive, the window is 2.2m wide , similarly high, the ceiling is over 3.5m high!

26/06/2023

Sunset! Looking from union street on a summer night!

20/06/2023

Another Moodboard for the 3rd twin bedroom

20/05/2023

13/05/2023

All about the angles! !

Painting and joinery finishing going well in advance of the final push!

11/05/2023

The view down skene street Aberdeen

06/05/2023

Twin guest room time! doing us proud again!

04/05/2023

at taken from the Aberdeen Grammar School this week!

30/04/2023

Kitchen prep ongoing!

24/04/2023

The sun catching this evening, the tower itself is clearly the dominant feature but the arched window in what will be the dining area is spectacular!

07/04/2023

The kitchen area moodboard, kitchen design and original layout!
Due to arrive the first week of May it will make a huge difference to the property! The kitchen layout has completely changed, a utility room has been moved to allow the property to breath with a large island, ideal for entertaining! Another

07/04/2023

The kitchen area moodboard, kitchen design and original layout!
Due to arrive the first week of May it will make a huge difference to the property! The kitchen layout has completely changed, a utility room has been moved to allow the property to breath with a large island, ideal for entertaining! Another

21/03/2023

First option for the master bedroom. interior designs with
The master bedroom is a very large space so plenty scope to make it a statement space!

08/03/2023

Unexpected snow at the this week

06/03/2023

Alternative living area scheme by #💚

01/03/2023

More moodboards for the living area this time, the 70’s social club vibe needs bringing up to date!

19/02/2023

Another mood board for from the dining area this time, which will be one of the properties main feature areas!

15/02/2023

Getting time to start taking about interior design as we finish up the main work! Thanks to for the

12/02/2023

That’s the tower external pointing, cleaning and waterproofing complete and all work on the various roof sections complete, fingers crossed it’s been successful

08/02/2023

I am sure everyone’s sick of the windows but about 3 months and significant expense the circular ones are complete- yes the higher ones will be replaced but that’s gojng to be later this year!

29/12/2022

Lighting in the display cabinets, maybe space for some products!?

Colour is a tester and won’t be the final shade, is working on that..
Progress been slow but moving forward again as we edge closer to 2023. Going to be big year as well get closer to opening the doors on the

17/12/2022

Snowy

14/12/2022

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the snow

27/11/2022

Article from the 2nd November 1982 from the great to get more history on the tower!

23/11/2022

Lovely picture captured by at the weekend as we started discussing and planning the interior design schemes for the tower! Note the old sign, liberated by some former tenants!

17/11/2022

Let there be light!

02/11/2022

So there was a bell in the tower after all!
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28/10/2022

Painting

19/10/2022

More extracts from the warrant drawings directly opposite The top floor feature window is where the dining area is, giving access to the

15/10/2022

managed to dig out the archive drawings, got them scanned and they will be made into posters on the walls for visitors!
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09/09/2022

So whilst trying to find out how tall the actually is, led me to an interesting book covering the history of this and all the other local churches.
From a long struggle trying to find a permanent location the Melville United free church had moved many times over the years. Leaving the established church in 1756, it took til 1900 to confirm it’s location, Designed by architects Messrs Brown And Watt, interestingly one doing the exterior and one the interior! A foundation stone was laid on the 5th October 1901, the building opened for public worship on the 3rd January 1903.

More research is required for the interim history as we believe the church became a music venue before being converted to flats in 1983.

The image above is cropped fom a sketch within the book, compared to as it is today, interestingly some of the tower windows may have been later additions as they don’t appear in the sketch!

Need to go to the town house and review the records when we get a chance!
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03/09/2022

Blue skies and green trees!
Current plans to have the doors open this year!

30/08/2022

From one tower to another, looking west accross Aberdeen towards Queens Cross!

23/08/2022

The problem with renovations,