Build Day 71-80

The square set ceiling is in and now we are waiting for the kitchen carcass, bathroom fitout, linen cupboard fitout and last but not least, the media cabinet.

Build Day 61-70- The kitchen, the lounge and the bathroom that changed

New fresh plaster over most of the house and the space is really coming together. These sequence of photos show how well the space now flows. The 2nd 3rd and 4th shots are all of the kitchen and lounge room. The 1st photo is of the bathroom and as far as renovation stories go this is the worst we've had, that is to say not really bad at all. The bathroom/laundry was designed and certified with timber floors. A week or so ago news filtered back that we can't have a single basin and timber floors in this space- some breech of council code. Needless to say I was a little annoyed considering it had been certified. My little architectural input of timber floors and combined space seemed to be slipping away. However if my lovely tallow wood would have to be tiled over, we were not going to pay.

So fast-forward a week and we get to keep our floor and one of the changes is the shower screen changes from a semi-frameless to a fully framed one. One other interesting feature is that due to the increase in size of the lourved window from 300mm to 400mm, it is now INSIDE the shower. We also moved the toilet to the corner to provide more room. So in the photo below you just capture a slither of the window.

Build Day 61-70

The Ensuite is commisioned! We now have a fantastic new ensuite with all the bells and whistles.
The other internals are really starting to take shape. The old bathrom was removed and a new floor, wall and ceiling framing, was install in 2.5 days. Just amazing.

16 November:
1. Cabinet maker is coming to measure for the kitchen and media cabinet
2. Electrician to wire for kitchen, bathrooms and laundry
3. Plumber for kitchen, laundry , bathroom

17 November
1. Gyprock sheeting for all new areas

6-9 December
1. Floor boards to be polished with semi-gloss

Build Day 50-60

Well ,that was the kitchen (new lounge room)! The photo is taken from the spare bedroom ( new kitchen), and as you can see the dividing wall has been removed. The space is massive! And the best part is that all the walls are going to be gyprocked! Woo Hoo! The floor boards in the kitchen that have been under lino since the late 1950's are in great nick. I can't wait for them to be polished up. you can see the bath tub through the wall into our current bathroom. This will be completely ripped out and rebuilt as a bathroom/laundry.

Dinah, the site dog gives her approval

Renovation Phase 2.1

Ahh yes. Everything will be in the one room for a while now. The other room we'll have access to will be used as the kitchen. Nice and cosy.

The old bathroom. In a few baths will be ripped apart to be completely remodeled

This is the vestibule. A solar tube will be placed into the ceiling. The wall in the foreground will be removed and made the entry to the lounge/kitchen. The doors form part of the new linen press and the facing door is where the fridge will be! Confusing, maybe but, its all in the plan.

From the vestibule looking into our bedrooms.

Renovation Phase 2

This dear house that has survived Qld Department of Housing tenants, 180km/h winds in the 2008 storm and can now look forward to a internal (and partial external) make over.

Here are some Stats;

19824 days ago our house was built

1990 days ago we bought the house

76 days ago we started our renovation...

In another 40, she'll be brand new. And it starts in earnest on Monday 8th November 2010, with the asbestos removal These shots are of the rooms as they were...

This is where the new kitchen will be. in particular this is the view from the sink towards the garden. The kitchen appliances have been purchased since June. They are Baumatic gas cooktop, electric oven and rangehood. Smeg fully integrated dishwasher

This shot shows were the fridge, pullout pantry, oven cooktop and rangehood will be placed. Black and grey Laminated benches and mirrored splashback

The old kitchen. This will now be the lounge room. The casements will be replaced with lourves

The area where the stove is will remain until stage 2, it'll be polished floorboards and painted. Where the knife magnate on the wall currently is there will be hanging a TV with a media cabinet underneath.

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Build Day -Almost the End of First Phase...Part 2

Here are the external paint colours. Triple Hillary on the outside of the house and Diesel for the Ensuite.

Build Day -Almost the End of First Phase

Painted glass wardrobes in all rooms! light fittings installed and water and toilet connected . Its fabulous! We've overcome some initial issues with the tiler, by getting a new one.