Our house reno... (pic heavy)

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Wont hurt to have another house reno thread will it? We started this build in February and still has a way to go. The original house was built as a miner's shack somewhere in the very early 1900s. A good solid construction from old hardwood, preformed concrete piers, timber boards and iron roof. It only had 3 rooms, kitchen, bathroom, and living/sleeping room. In the 80s the owners extended the rear of the shack, turning the original part to bedrooms, with a big lounge, kitchen, bathroom and laundry. The addition had a skillion roof (which I hated) and was recladded in Weathertex boards and new iron. Here is the old shack after we had owned it for a few years and tidied it up. This is how she looked just before the building started.




Removed front veranda...




Garage slab poured and framework started...




Progress...

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Inside pre Gyprock...







Post Gyprock.

Hall...



Main Bedroom...




Ensuite...

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Other bedrooms...




Demolishing rear deck...




Truss delivery...



Starting rear extension...




The guy in the blue shirt doing nothing and has a head like a penis was the guy that owned the building company. He ripped us off thousands by leaving things out of the contract that we discussed before signing. Ended up we had to pay him and for all the other things left out. The guys that worked for him however were great, couldn't fault them.

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Cladded...






Raising the ceiling and insulating walls in the living and kitchen area...

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Myself and a mate installed the kitchen that arrived flat packed...





Granite benches installed by some other mates...

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Back outside.

Digging holes for stupidarsed soak away pits, destroying my lovely flat buffalo lawn...




Filling in stupidarsed pits...



Starting driveway extension...

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Time for hardwood floors. Did all the prep myself and got a pro in to sand/polish/coat...

Leveling...



Laying...





Coated...

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Finished the kitchen cupboards...





Painted and furniture back in...




Starting to prime/undercoat outside. Pretty much how it looks today...

[3xZ]

Congratulations & job well done!!!

be intersted to see if you had the place evaluated before and now after reno?

I'm looking at a smaller scale project, you can PM your findings if you like.

Murray

[06EMY]

The hard work has payed off. Very nice looking home.

[F3ARED]

f*#k me dead dude, mammoth effort well done! Must be rapt that theres light at the end of the tunnel now.

In response to your question in my thread [ie, acrylic splashback] DOOO ITTT. Easy as to keep clean, looks farking killer. Can understand your concerns about it possibly being too red etc, but i reckon it should tie it in with your lounge/feature wall pretty well. If your concerned about how itll look, buy yourself a roll of contact paper in the colour you want and just stick it on the wall temporarily to give yourself an idea of what itd look like.

[spoonchops]

Very nice. I like the windowed doors in that kitchen, breaks up the monotony of identical cupboards really well.

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Thanks for the positive comments guys. Starting to oil the rear deck today. Tip: If you are going to pressure wash a horisontal surface that you have to stand on and plan on wearing thongs while doing so, refrain from running over your toes with said pressure washer. That f*cker will leave you with a sore red foot that stings for about an hour afterwards...

We are planning to put in glass splashbacks in the kitchen, probably in silver. Gemcoupe, what was the name of the product you used??

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Thanks for the positive comments guys. Starting to oil the rear deck today. Tip: If you are going to pressure wash a horisontal surface that you have to stand on and plan on wearing thongs while doing so, refrain from running over your toes with said pressure washer. That f*cker will leave you with a sore red foot that stings for about an hour afterwards...

We are planning to put in glass splashbacks in the kitchen, probably in silver. Gemcoupe, what was the name of the product you used??

Consider you warned!

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Update:

House is painted now inside and out, with only a small part of a hallway and the inside of the garage left to paint. Ended up with the red splash back after all. The people left us some glass colour samples and the red was a winner by a long shot...

Before:



After:



Another red wall went into the entrance way as a bit of a feature...



Front yard landscaped leveled and re-turfed. Front door is still in primer but will also be red in the not too distant future. Outside colours all just happen to be from the Colorbond range, as they are neutral and easy to match. Nice new letterbox and hardwood surround finishes it all off...