With a long weekend coming up, we are reminded that it is nearly October and therefore nearly Christmas and we have friends and family visiting in December - And are we ready- NO, no water, no bathroom, no kitchen, no laundry, no shelving, no lighting......
But - on the flip side a lot of work has already been done.
The
shed is up, the concrete is in and polished- and we have shelves and boys toys in the shed - no electricity or air flow - but they will come!
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| The old shed (part thereof) |
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| The old shed is down |
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| The new shed going up |
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| Concrete being laid |
The
shop - now has walls inside and a roof. Still needs TLC on the outside as does the outside of the house and the inside of the 3rd bedroom - which looks like a demolition site! Inside also needs painting, flooring, windows, and to be fit out - watch this space
COLLIVER’S PROVIDORE
of
MAITLAND
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| Veterinary clinic in it's original glory! |
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| And the renovation/demolition begins |
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| Old death notices on the wall |
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| Back room with floor (and holes in floor) |
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| Back room with no holes in floor (& no floor) |
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| Starting to remove lining on the wall (which did a poor job of hiding the salt damp!) |
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| The stonemasonry work commences |
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| Window reinforced (good work Darrell) |
The
house - now has a built in wardrobe, paint on some walls, power point wiring in the correct places, lead light windows are in and some floor is sanded and sealed, paving around the house and shop is complete, some plumbing is in place, the extended bathroom wall has the structure up (be kind - it took us 3 months to demolish in readiness to rebuild - out with the kitchen, bathroom, toilets, tiles, some walls, hooks out of walls, all doors off, all dado's and door jambs sanded, all rocks removed from the garden, all pencil pines dispensed of and side of shed cleared for water tanks to be delivered).
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| House & grounds in original condition |
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| Kitchen/dining wall coming down |
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| Kitchen in |
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| Kitchen out |
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| Second bedroom |
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| Laundry/bathroom wall coming down |
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| Bathroom coming out |
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| The linen press that was |
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| Bye bye bathroom |
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| The inside of the house - outside |
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| Lino coming up |
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| Now you see the pencil pines |
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| Our house guest that was |
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| Fence coming down |
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| Pathway being dug up |
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| Cobblestone pavers going down |
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| Pre pavers |
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| Driveway preparation for pavers |
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| Darrell laid the new plumbing - too clever |
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| Our lovely new driveway |
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| Footpath being dug up |
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| Path rubble - to be loaded by hand into the trailer and dumped- literally back breaking work! |
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| Our extended bathroom c/- Darrell's new stud wall |
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| Thirs bedroom - yes - more salt damp! |
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| Old laundry out |
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| Gardening - in the removal stage |
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| No more pencil pines (after I drove down the street with a rope tied to them- whatever works) |
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| No more fence |
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| Floor sanding begins |
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| Our beautiful natural boards |
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| Look what I caught! |
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| This stump was just too hard for us mere mortals - we needed heavy artillary- the stump grinder! |
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| Our bedroom - not quite finished |
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| Wallpaper coming down |
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| Patch it up |
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| More previous tenants |
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| Inside the fireplace |
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| Amazing what a difference a coat of paint makes |
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| Wardrobe ready for installation |
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| Living room floor partly sanded |
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| Hallway damaged Keystone down |
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| New Keystone up |
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| Hallway damaged Capital mould down |
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| And the cracks keep on giving |
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| Burning back the doorframes, daddos and window frames |
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| Our new doors and windows (all 19 of them!) |
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| To the left - non water balsted and to the right - water blasted & clean |
And Darrell continues to do an amazing job!
28 September 2011
Nice and early our 3 water tanks arrive and as I load photos and type Darrell is fitting our little rain catchers!! yeah - we will have rainwater on tap to drink - Nice..
