Home Renovations
This is probably a little belated, but as they say; “Better late than never!”. Kirsty & I are doing some extensions and renovation of our humble abode. How much? Well, everyone who’s seen the plans have asked why not just pull the whole place down! The job is certainly big enough for us not to tackle ourselves, and also to force us to move out for about six months while its being done.
Work started about 10 weeks ago, and after a small delay with some badly time downpours flooding the backyard and turning it into a mudpit, the Mark from M.K. Millar Constructions and his team finally managed to get the footings in and could start working on a solid timber base instead of squelching around in the mud.
Here are some of the latest photos of where its all at. We thought that once the plans were finalised and approved the hard part was over. But that was the easy bit! It’s all the little things that are a real pain. Plumbing and light fittings, tiles, kitchen layout and cupboards, window types. The list just keeps getting longer!
The framing starting to take shape. Below is the view from the new (downsized) backyard into the kitchen window.
The last photo below is from the master bedroom upstairs, looking past where the balcony will be, and into the bricked garage and workshop area. As you can see, one of the builders has a permanent marker and a sense of humour!
