Renovations

 Renovations
My partner and I are renovating our house mostly ourselves with few other trades. We have done everything ourselves but for the electricity, tiling, roof, render and concrete pour.

Aerial Shots
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2009
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Jan 2010
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Jan 2011

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July 2011












Before Photos

These photos were taken the day we settled 2nd August 2006
front yard

the full front view

the front the day we settled

patio area

backyard before very overgrown

lounge room

Arch from the family room and kitchen to the bath 2 and bed 2 and 3 (or study)

 After we moved in 4th August and onwards

study (now to be bed 3)

study

bath 2 (will be bath 3)


bed 3 (now the open plan study)

kitchen

kitchen

lounge

lounge towards front door

lounge

view from front door

old master bedroom

even before I bought the dresser and side tables

master wardrobe

hallway near old master bedroom and kitchen

dining room and old laundry

old outdoor area before the garden was removed

looking towards the old single garage

how the yard was before we changed it

The HUGE tree over the shed and the mango tree (smaller tree)

back of house

front of house

front of house with bay window and single car garage

the dining room (to be the reading nook)

the new fence and no plants (remnants of the huge tree)
 RENOVATIONS
August 2010


back of the house



skip

archway over garage gone


the BIG rock which was in the old raided bed gone!


removal of the garage wall
the wall gone!




my father in law removing the bricks

my sister-in-law getting the stubborn sublayer of bricks

Me having a go at removing along the longest wall.

The boys telling Dreamy how to do it right

my mother-in law barrowing the many, many barrow loads of bricks

New skip arrival

Team work

No more brick on the garage

it looks so different

no more arches

Bricks and steel delivery


September 2010

Concrete pour

the new garage slab

our bedroom and ensuite


framing of the garage and laundry

our bedroom


back of the garage

October 2010

you can still see half our old patio still up




Trusses


A different looking house with the trusses up

November 2010
installation of the steel


before the roof trusses goes on



Dreamy doing the heavy lifting
my father and father-in -law helping with the framing

view from the back corner of the yard


its taking shape
2011
new window installation and render
where the old house and the new house merges
servery and sliding doors
New roof on and the garage is huge
servery window
ripping up the tiles (our master bedroom walls aren't finished yet)

garage manhole

Study

Painted garage




laundry door
 



Reading nook







 May 2011

Greg and Sledge sheeting the ceiling with me

masterbed ceiling

my walk-in robe

bed 2

dining room

study

Greg's walk-in and the hall

lounge

garage and sledge relaxing

kitchen

bed2

my walk-in robe

the ensuite was the hardest room to do


my walk-in robe all sheeted

the Tv area of our bedroom


Appliances
May 2011

Brand - LG






linen cupboard
study and linen







 The plans for cabinetry
June 2011









Foam cladding finished

ready for soffiting





 Tile and carpet choices
ensuite

floors (main and wet areas)



carpet

cabinetry lining choices
 Beams for patio
{19/6/2011}



Bedding for tiling
{21/06/2011}
Cornice and setting completed




 Appliances have arrived
{23/06/2011}


Cabinetry 
{12/07/2011}























 
 Laundry



 
Vanity

Dresser





















Study




















 
Kitchen








 
Vanity sinks
 
kitchen Sink
 
Tiles




Black Galaxy Granite Bench tops
{14/07/2011}





















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August 2011 

Tiling
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The door to our masterbed from the ensuite

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Feature tile

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Kitchen
Lifting the solar span patio roof
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The fittings go in
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Patio Roof
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September 2011

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Father's Day weekend the patio area flooded
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Cutting in and pre-paint



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Exterior paint

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main colour DULUX self destruct
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Feature colour  DULUX stone corp




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Soffit colour Surfmist, Roof, gutter and facsure colour Colourbond Jasper
The skirting, arcs and pre-paint stage

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Outside painting 17 and 18 September


The house is almost complete just a few more panels to paint.

Late September and October

 Robe fit out
Greg's Walk in robe with mirror fronts

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MY walk in robe
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 (above is the reflection of my robe from Greg's Walk in robe )
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A spot for my hand bags above on the 3/4 hang for my shorty dresses (I'm not even sure if I can reach any of those shelves) I might need a step.
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2 X 3 shelves and 4 draws for all my dainty stuff



 Linen cupboard (doors to come)



 bed 2 robe

The security screens





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New paint down the side of the house. Colours used Dulux Stonecorp and Self Destruct
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Superscreen (like crimsafe)



 
Carpet
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Greg and Sledge playing on the newly laid and painstakingly vacuumed carpet
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New carpet - Godfrey Hurst -  Pale Stone