Thank you everyone for your replies 
It is hard to believe how small my house is, but it is a tiny 1 up 1 down with 2 people living in it and already and barely any room
. It might me possible for me to hang them up in the porch using one of those wall hanging bike racks suggested, but I wouldn't be able to do that right now as we are waiting for the porch to be re-plastered and if we tried to attach anything to the wall right now it would just crumble and fall off!
We are planning to attach the bikes to a large metal fan/vent from the takeaway downstairs, however there is no way a d-lock would fit around it so that would probably have to be attached to the metal attaching the fan to the wall and the chain around the fan. I am thinking of following the advice on here and getting a abus granite d-lock and a big chain and padlock - is it better to have a lock padlock or a combination one?
I will also get something to cover them as suggested and I'm already waiting for a motion sensor light to be installed
We do get a fair few passers by, but I will be keeping the bikes on the flat roof of the extension downstairs, so they wouldn't be obviously visible walking past, you need to look up a little, or go up our steps. It isn't an ideal situation but I want to make the best of it.
Thanks again for all your replies, any more suggestions gratefully received
It is hard to believe how small my house is, but it is a tiny 1 up 1 down with 2 people living in it and already and barely any room
. It might me possible for me to hang them up in the porch using one of those wall hanging bike racks suggested, but I wouldn't be able to do that right now as we are waiting for the porch to be re-plastered and if we tried to attach anything to the wall right now it would just crumble and fall off! We are planning to attach the bikes to a large metal fan/vent from the takeaway downstairs, however there is no way a d-lock would fit around it so that would probably have to be attached to the metal attaching the fan to the wall and the chain around the fan. I am thinking of following the advice on here and getting a abus granite d-lock and a big chain and padlock - is it better to have a lock padlock or a combination one?
I will also get something to cover them as suggested and I'm already waiting for a motion sensor light to be installed
We do get a fair few passers by, but I will be keeping the bikes on the flat roof of the extension downstairs, so they wouldn't be obviously visible walking past, you need to look up a little, or go up our steps. It isn't an ideal situation but I want to make the best of it.
Thanks again for all your replies, any more suggestions gratefully received
