A year on... and the stones are gone!

Well, its taken me over a year, but I have finally removed all the stones, and black plastic, from the front courtyard.

Now we have a big area of dirt, otherwise known as a "blank canvas" to fill in with something.

Before and after photos are below:

 It doesn't look like much, but I am very glad to be rid of those stones!

Look at the leaves on the cabbage tree!

Oh dear, a big pile of stones to be rid of...

Now comes the fun part - designing and planting the new garden :)

Bathroom #2....

I'm getting there slowly with the before and after shots.... have to take a photo in that tiny time between me cleaning the room to be photo-worthy, and the kids getting in there and messing it all up again  :P


Anyway, here is the kids bathroom - I really love this room, especially the red tiles... its so light and airy, modern but fun...

and a huge improvement on what it was like before!

Bathroom before: this bathroom had a leak (behind the bin in this photo) - the previous owners didn't bother to fix it, just kept piling in more plaster to fill in the ever-widening gap, so gross! I didn't even get a proper photo of it, couldn't bear going into the room if I didn't have to.

Bathroom after.... ah, nice crisp and bright white... much better :)

Will post photo of bathtub shortly, once my camera is charged up (don't you hate that!).

Details in the ensuite

The first of the "before and afters"

Well, so much for 2 months to do the renovation. We moved in with no running water in the house, one toilet that worked, a huge huge mess of boxes and building materials, and a broken piano... but no matter, we have finally, several months later, started to 'see the light'. Here is the first room that is "finished".... drum roll...

The ensuite before the renovation (taken at the settlement
inspection, and they *did not* bother to clean it before we
took possession.... ewwwww)

The ensuite after the renovation (shiny and clean :) :)

More pics of the fittings will follow soon !

Progress - and fast !

Below is a link to photos of the bathrooms once the fittings had been removed - the floors are very gross ! However, notice the niceness of the new floorboards, and then waterproofing.... and finally tiles in the bathroom !! Looks great, and we are told the whole thing will be finished by thursday, amazing....

House - progress, dec 7 09

The bathrooms are gone !!

Yay, the demolisher guy came yesterday, and took out everything from the bathrooms... he also partly fell through the ensuite floor it was so rotten (thats what happens when you don't waterproof a bathroom, sheesh, what were the former owners thinking!).
Luckily the supporting beams were ok...

The floors and parts of the walls need to be replaced in both bathrooms before work can continue, so its all stopped today.

Will post photos later . . .

We did it

In 2 days we managed to purchase:

-2 Vanity units (despite the fact that apparently you are meant to order these in advance !! who knew there aren't just piles of these things ... the nice ones anyway ... in stock !! But lucky for us the one we wanted just happened to be in stock in Ballarat - so thanks Dad for picking it up  :)

-5 sets of taps
-1 bath
-4 towel rails
-2 handtowel thingys
-2 toilet paper holders
-2 soap dishes
-1 shelf
-floor + wall tiles for the 2 bathrooms (they are soooooo pretty)
-shower base
paint
3 toilets (well, we already had bought these at bargain basement price, but we added them to be delivered).

so cool!

The bathroom demolition starts tomorrow, woo hoo !!