Before and after

so it's been a while. I though i'd do a before and after photos with details of what was done. I've excluded the rooms as they are really messy. Same story for all rooms - painted, curtain changed to blind, new doors, polished floor, LED lights, new power sockets.


Front of house: roof repainted and resealed, eaves and windows painted, external windows shutters removed

 

Updated 2015

Entrance walkway: carpet removed, floor polished, painted wall and ceiling, doors changed, lighting changed

Formal Living & Dining - Carpet removed, floor polished, wall&ceiling painted, curtain changed to blinds, lighting changed to LED downlight and 3 pendent light for dining

Bathroom: Combined by removing divider, vanity, removed tub, added rain shower, tiled to ceiling, new mirror, led lighting, new exhaust fan, plumbing work for additional toilet and etc

Family room: carpet removed, floor polished, painted wall and ceiling, new led lighting, curtains to blinds

 

Kitchen: Painted, floor vinyl removed and polished, new LED lighting, new cabinet&appliances, bar lowered, granite top, tiling (please excuse the mess)

 

More pictures

We finally manage to unpack most of our stuff and clean up the house. Here's more photos:

Entrance walkway

Living room

Living room

Dining room - will be having guest tonight

Wine cabinet

Updated second toilet

Girls room

Bathroom

Toilet

Kitchen pantry

Park - this is the main reason we bought the place

Direct access to the park

Family room

Decided to change to a smaller dining table for the family room

Backdoor access to the park and outdoor dining area

finally we're in

have not been updating lately. Been busy unpacking. We managed to move in at the end of June. Here's a few pictures taken since the move. Please excuse the mess

Front of house finally cleared

Unfortunately, the plumber is not able to fire up the old water heater. Since we are moving in an in need of hot water urgently with the cold winter, we opt for a new unit instead of repairing the old 

Kitchen

Shattered oven glass. Replacement on the way

Manage to organise the garage

Formal dining

Living area

Backyard

Kids room

Master bedroom

Vanity

shower and toilet

Family room

My home office taken over by kids

It's has been quite an experience renovating this old house. 

Few things I've learnt:

- do not self manage a renovation if you're a busy person

- stick to your plan or be prepared to pay for all the variations and delays

- don't renovate the house you're going to live in if you're a fussy person

Kitchen benchtop

We didn't manage to move last weekend since most of the work has not been completed. Manage to get one week extension from our landlord, so that means we'll need to move by this weekend.

Benchtop being installed by Maslate from Nunawading. Did a decent job in my opinion.

Benchtop was cut to size in factory

Substrate installed to accommodate 40mm edge 

Waterfall on edges to avoid kids running onto edges

Extra large sink for E 

Cavity for integrated dishwasher

Meanwhile the main contractor has been doing a really good job with the interior painting. Care has been taken to ensure the completed floor is not scratched

Completed hallway. Doors next

Painting living room

Doors prep for final coat

More doors.. 17 in total!