Clomendy Wood

Clomendy Wood Stunning country estate in beautiful rural Wales, between Usk and Caerleon. The perfect location for events, weddings and glorious weekends away.

Only 25 minutes from Cardiff and 35 minutes from central Bristol.

Sooooo we can’t find anyone who wants to take on these windows. Come spring, I’m going to have a go at one. We have some...
17/11/2022

Sooooo we can’t find anyone who wants to take on these windows.

Come spring, I’m going to have a go at one.

We have some spare frames and glass.

In some cases the frame for each window needs to be replaced completely, this is because we have cluster flies making their home in the top floor 🤢 grim!

Anyone taken in a project like this? Anyone have any advice for us?

I’m sure I’ve seen someone have a bash somewhere on the grid, I’m looking at you 💚

Looks massive from above 💚 the electrics are still ongoing … I really can’t wait to start sharing mood boards and fun st...
14/11/2022

Looks massive from above 💚 the electrics are still ongoing … I really can’t wait to start sharing mood boards and fun stuff with you x ❤

Nothing more beautiful than a bit of nature to decorate a table. If it was a couple of weeks ago I would have just gone ...
12/11/2022

Nothing more beautiful than a bit of nature to decorate a table.

If it was a couple of weeks ago I would have just gone with an entirely autumnal vibe, but because the colour is pretty much gone from everything I decided to spray paint the things we found gold.

I don’t believe in waste, I will put these in a box and I will keep them literally forever.

My gawd how will we cope with this endless rain? It’s painful beyond belief. I mean I know we’ve been on holiday but whe...
08/11/2022

My gawd how will we cope with this endless rain? It’s painful beyond belief. I mean I know we’ve been on holiday but when did the winters just mean fully blown endless rain 😩

In other news found some bloody old cables!

Our beautiful holiday in Egypt has come to an end. Normal house spam will resume this week, and in all honesty we all fe...
06/11/2022

Our beautiful holiday in Egypt has come to an end.

Normal house spam will resume this week, and in all honesty we all feel incredibly refreshed and ready to crack back on with it!

Until then, I have a million loads of laundry to do, The house needs a hoover and we need to get ready to get back to school tomorrow.

in the meantime, look at this beautiful doorknocker. Every room in the family side of the house has a different and entirely bonkers doorknocker, this is the door for the babies room/oriel window room.

Literally proof that if I leave something alone it grows!
01/11/2022

Literally proof that if I leave something alone it grows!

Peeping beneath there is the biggest diesel tank I’ve ever seen. One of the incredible side-effects of sorting out the h...
30/10/2022

Peeping beneath there is the biggest diesel tank I’ve ever seen. One of the incredible side-effects of sorting out the heating means that we can decommission and get rid of this…

Who wants a giant tank?

We are still away, so sadly we’ve missed the end of . We’ll catch up on when we return. Between working so hard and doing up the house this is the first holiday we’ve been on in forever and we are loving every minute 💚💚💚

Waaaaaaah. We’re missing    because we’re doing a lot of this whilst  does the electrics. Thank god for    so we can cat...
25/10/2022

Waaaaaaah. We’re missing because we’re doing a lot of this whilst does the electrics.

Thank god for so we can catch up when we get home. The WiFi is dreadful here apart from one tiny slither in reception.

The paddock is absolutely covered in these. When I mean covered it’s one specific spot but there are thousands. can anyb...
22/10/2022

The paddock is absolutely covered in these. When I mean covered it’s one specific spot but there are thousands.

can anybody identify them? Can we eat them?

I’ve been a little quiet this week. We are going through a massive warehouse relocation with our business. It’s taking s...
21/10/2022

I’ve been a little quiet this week.

We are going through a massive warehouse relocation with our business. It’s taking such a long time, but it will all be worth it in the end.

Not only that but it’s been three years since my dad died and no matter how long passes it doesn’t stop hurting, somehow it’s just easier to get through most days without thinking about it, which in itself is really sad.

before we restart the house Spam, just let’s take a moment to appreciate how bloody incredible autumn is.

Autumn in Wales is stunning beyond belief!

we’re going to get on a marathon catch up with this weekend. We’re 2 days late!

These windows are amazing! So beautiful and so bloody big! it’s our dream to replace the secondary glazing with somethin...
19/10/2022

These windows are amazing! So beautiful and so bloody big!

it’s our dream to replace the secondary glazing with something frameless and super high spec. Something that shows off the original windows to their full potential, rather than detracting from them.

It’s something that’s going to cost a bloody fortune and we’re definitely not going to get round to it yet. I just wondered if anybody had any recommendations for people/products they’ve used?

in case you’re wondering this was the beginning of a set up before a party… That’s where the decks went 🎶

Morning everyone, just a quick update for lots of new people who have joined us on this journey over the last week. This...
14/10/2022

Morning everyone, just a quick update for lots of new people who have joined us on this journey over the last week.

This is us, Team Penfold, consisting of Faye, Dave and Winston.

We are accidental renovators, having bought the only house we could afford and didn’t hate in Frome 10 years ago, and being totally naive about the huge amount of work it needed to get it to habitable place. We literally had zero skills, I think the most any of us had done, was put up a shelf.

Somehow we managed to entirely renovate that first house. And we absolutely loved it. Most of the success was down to the help and mentorship of our bonus Dad, Barrie.

Much as we loved the house, it had no parking, and as Winston joined the family that became tricky to manage.

We sold the house and moved to another project, in fact i (Faye) put in an offer on that house without Dave ever having seen it. He’s a trusting man!

The second house was an even bigger renovation, with so much more work, and so much potential.

During the pandemic we lost absolutely everything. We work in events, specifically catering at large-scale events. All work was cancelled.

We had to hustle endlessly to survive, part of that journey involved selling our house in Frome and renting in Bristol whilst doing some charity work for the NHS.

We were left without a home, we started looking much further afield, we were priced out of Frome. We had been casually looking at Wales, specifically this area for five years, in a “one day we’ll move there way”.

We had no idea that our journey during the pandemic would lead us here.

We can’t believe we own this house.

Obviously it needs a lot of work, most of which we will do ourselves, but we are up for the challenge. We can’t wait to share our journey with you 💚💚💚

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Usk Road
Newport
NP181

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+447968587351

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