Home Renovation

A few dollars and a few months of rubble later.......

The designer and contractor I worked with came in to take a few photos last month.

These are the first batch and I shall be adding some of my own later.

A complete transformation from what I purchased. It was a long hard slog, full of nasty surprises, extra costs (as ever), and living under a pile of rubble with no kitchen and only the bathrooms upstairs on the top floor for 3 months.

A Bathroom - at last!

A bathroom that beats any hotel, any time!

The Master Bedroom

A bedroom, with no nasty pipes showing

A snappy Kitchen and Dining Room

Outdoor Living

And an outdoor Kitchen and Breakfast area

A Basement transformed - light and airy

A basement full of light and laughter - well, when there's a game on.

Then some living room and outdoor tranquility

A Boy's Bedroom and Slug (when I sort out the other pictures)

A few brochure collages

Well, it all started back in 2011, with a hammer, some incense and a bag of sugar.

Then it was three days of rather noisy hacking, a few more ripping out wardrobes, kitchens and not to mention the bathrooms.

Did I mention BATHROOMS?

The Master Bathroom

There was the wall, or what was supposed to be a wall, behind the sink area, with patchy plaster and no waterproofing. Lovely build quality.

So - add a few more dollars onto the reno costs - and I had a wall, waterproofed.

Then I decided to move the loo, and the shower, and a few other things. Extra plumbing costs.

Still, I got a rather funky bathroom.

The Master Bedroom

I mentioned wardrobes as well, I think? What a novel idea, an aircon intake vent and piping and a drain pipe running through the top cupboards of the wardrobe. Had to just cover these up - too much expense to rework them. Having done that before, it eats the budget.

Not the perfect bedroom wardrobe, but better than what was there before.