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.
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
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| front yard |
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| the full front view |
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| the front the day we settled |
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| patio area |
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| backyard before very overgrown |
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| lounge room |
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| 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
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| study (now to be bed 3) |
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| study |
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| bath 2 (will be bath 3) |
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| bed 3 (now the open plan study) |
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| kitchen |
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| kitchen |
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| lounge |
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| lounge towards front door |
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| lounge |
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| view from front door |
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| old master bedroom |
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| even before I bought the dresser and side tables |
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| master wardrobe |
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| hallway near old master bedroom and kitchen |
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| dining room and old laundry |
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| old outdoor area before the garden was removed |
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| looking towards the old single garage |
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| how the yard was before we changed it |
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| The HUGE tree over the shed and the mango tree (smaller tree) |
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| back of house |
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| front of house |
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| front of house with bay window and single car garage |
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| the dining room (to be the reading nook) |
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| the new fence and no plants (remnants of the huge tree) |
RENOVATIONS
August 2010
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| back of the house |
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| skip |
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| archway over garage gone |
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| the BIG rock which was in the old raided bed gone! |
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| removal of the garage wall |
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| the wall gone! |
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| my father in law removing the bricks |
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| my sister-in-law getting the stubborn sublayer of bricks |
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| Me having a go at removing along the longest wall. |
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| The boys telling Dreamy how to do it right |
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| my mother-in law barrowing the many, many barrow loads of bricks |
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| New skip arrival |
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| Team work |
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| No more brick on the garage |
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| it looks so different |
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| no more arches |
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| Bricks and steel delivery |
September 2010
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| Concrete pour |
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| the new garage slab |
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| our bedroom and ensuite |
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| framing of the garage and laundry |
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| our bedroom |
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| back of the garage |
October 2010
November 2010
2011
May 2011
Appliances
May 2011
Brand - LG
The plans for cabinetry
June 2011
Tile and carpet 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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| you can still see half our old patio still up |
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| Trusses |
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| A different looking house with the trusses up |
November 2010
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| installation of the steel |
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| before the roof trusses goes on |
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| Dreamy doing the heavy lifting |
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| my father and father-in -law helping with the framing |
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| view from the back corner of the yard |
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| its taking shape |
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| new window installation and render |
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| where the old house and the new house merges |
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| servery and sliding doors |
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| New roof on and the garage is huge |
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| servery window |
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| ripping up the tiles (our master bedroom walls aren't finished yet) |
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| garage manhole |
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| Study |
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| Painted garage |
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| laundry door |
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| Reading nook |
May 2011
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| Greg and Sledge sheeting the ceiling with me |
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| masterbed ceiling |
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| my walk-in robe |
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| bed 2 |
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| dining room |
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| study |
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| Greg's walk-in and the hall |
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| lounge |
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| garage and sledge relaxing |
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| kitchen |
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| bed2 |
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| my walk-in robe |
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| the ensuite was the hardest room to do |
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| my walk-in robe all sheeted |
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| the Tv area of our bedroom |
Appliances
May 2011
Brand - LG
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| linen cupboard |
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| study and linen |
The plans for cabinetry
June 2011
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| Foam cladding finished |
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| ready for soffiting |
Tile and carpet choices
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| ensuite |
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| floors (main and wet areas) |
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| carpet |
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| cabinetry lining choices |
{19/6/2011}
{21/06/2011}
{23/06/2011}
{12/07/2011}
August 2011
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| The door to our masterbed from the ensuite |
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| Feature tile |
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| Kitchen |
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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| 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 |
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| The house is almost complete just a few more panels to paint. |
Robe fit out
Greg's Walk in robe with mirror fronts
MY walk in robe
(above is the reflection of my robe from Greg's Walk in robe )
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.
2 X 3 shelves and 4 draws for all my dainty stuff
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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) |
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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 |
