We are still here folks, just a little tardy in bringing the blog up to date however that is also a function of the slow down in activity. This was driven by the sanding and staining of all the timber floors last Thursday and Friday.
This activity necessitated Chief, Deputy and all the little bloggers to leave the house for 2 days. Elder blogger decided to stay around the corner with friends while Chief, Deputy and smaller bloggers went and spent 2 days with good friends the Hinds who graciously opened their house up to us to stay. Just quietly, between you and me, it was a genuine sacrifice for the Hinds to put up with us lobbing into their hectic house so thank you thank you thank you. Shadlows, the same thank you thank you thank you for taking on elder blogger for a couple of days.
While we were absent, Shane the Sander got to work and did the hallway that used to be under slate tiles, the old floor boards in the dining room that used to be under cork floor and the new floor in the kitchen and family room.
Check out what you can do under slate!
And this is what it looked like just after the slate was ripped up ....
The dining room floor has come up nicely as well.
The kitchen and the new family room a completely different feel.
There has been scant other action in the meantime due to the off limits site. Peter and Phil have started the work on the extension to the alfresco area. We're building a retaining wall and concreting the area immediately off the alfresco area, new stairs and path to finish off the back. A big variation cost however it needs to be finished and by doing it now, we get to utilise the pump and concrete coming for the entrance way and rebuild of the drive up the side.
The stone man also returned and finished off the kitchen outside bench and the stone under the exhaust. All had been patched up so he was allowed back on site.
Rain for the first 2 days of this week has not helped the progress outside. At some stage this week we're expecting Sam to come and start painting upstairs and also on Friday the air conditioning installation is expected to be completed. All little jobs around the place now though rain is not going to help!
nah it was not a sacrifice at all - It was fun :)
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