Today they removed the weatherboards and most of the windows. There are still some VJ walls inside and I can only assume they have left them for strength.
Southside of the house where the bedrooms used to be.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Demolition - Day 4
Changes weren't very noticeable from outside on Friday. More removal of VJ inside and all the ceilings and cornices were down and stacked ready to move. One of the demolition men said that he thought it would be another week before it's finished!
Today they removed the weatherboards and most of the windows. There are still some VJ walls inside and I can only assume they have left them for strength.
Southside of the house where the bedrooms used to be.
Today they removed the weatherboards and most of the windows. There are still some VJ walls inside and I can only assume they have left them for strength.
Southside of the house where the bedrooms used to be.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Demolition - Day 2
It doesn't look very different from outside today. Inside they have removed some of the VJ walls in the kitchen, bedroom and bathroom. They have also taken down most of the pressed metal ceilings. They hose in the roof to settle the dust, so the floors now have a coating of dust and/or sludge. It smells awful. I blame the possums for that!
The 'attic' - wonder if there were any flowers up there? It doesn't look as high as it really is. You can easily stand up; it's like a whole other storey.
Floor pic for Darryl
The 'attic' - wonder if there were any flowers up there? It doesn't look as high as it really is. You can easily stand up; it's like a whole other storey.
Floor pic for Darryl
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Going, going ....
Today is Demolition Day ... the demolition man looks nothing like Sly Stallone, which could be a good thing, and he is coherent.
Early this morning .....
End of the day .......
The old house is being demolished because it has to be either moved onto its own block (currently straddles two) or demolished before finalisation of sub division. We tried to sell it for removal but the company reneged at the last minute. I now have no choice but to get it demolished. At least the 'bits' will be used for fixing other old Queenslanders.
Early this morning .....
End of the day .......
The old house is being demolished because it has to be either moved onto its own block (currently straddles two) or demolished before finalisation of sub division. We tried to sell it for removal but the company reneged at the last minute. I now have no choice but to get it demolished. At least the 'bits' will be used for fixing other old Queenslanders.
Empire Zoysia
This was a year ago.
Not a spectacular picture. Bear had to be in on the act but there are no Bearmines in it.
Not a spectacular picture. Bear had to be in on the act but there are no Bearmines in it.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
As the wheel turns ...
Wow! It's been ages since I updated.
As it turned out, I wasn't sole turfer (thanks the gods for that). I had sprinkled lawn starter and raked it in. The Empire Zoysia came on two pallets - 40 metres on each. I had only laid a few rows, when Stephen dropped in after helping Richard lay his turf, complete with the lil machine. He did a quick run around with it and flattened it all out better than we had been able to do; course the lawn starter all ended up where my driveway is gonna go - and doesn't the nutgrass love it! It took a couple of hours to do the lot. I was extremely grateful for his help. I slept well that night!
So a month or so on, the lawn is settled in and had it's first mow awwwwwww. We could also take down the fence keeping Bear off and he can now happily crap on it.
The sub division crawls on. The sewer and storm water are finally done, and all blood money paid to the Qld Govt via Dept Housing. $10,000 bond for a year, $2,000 to step foot on their property and an insurance policy costing $1,250 for a day's work - and the tenants don't see a cent of it. The electrical work was completed last week and I now have 3 green boxes out the front. Water is scheduled for 30 October.
And tomorrow ... they start to demolish the old house.
Sometimes the Kanga couldn't cope ....
Oops!
As it turned out, I wasn't sole turfer (thanks the gods for that). I had sprinkled lawn starter and raked it in. The Empire Zoysia came on two pallets - 40 metres on each. I had only laid a few rows, when Stephen dropped in after helping Richard lay his turf, complete with the lil machine. He did a quick run around with it and flattened it all out better than we had been able to do; course the lawn starter all ended up where my driveway is gonna go - and doesn't the nutgrass love it! It took a couple of hours to do the lot. I was extremely grateful for his help. I slept well that night!
So a month or so on, the lawn is settled in and had it's first mow awwwwwww. We could also take down the fence keeping Bear off and he can now happily crap on it.
The sub division crawls on. The sewer and storm water are finally done, and all blood money paid to the Qld Govt via Dept Housing. $10,000 bond for a year, $2,000 to step foot on their property and an insurance policy costing $1,250 for a day's work - and the tenants don't see a cent of it. The electrical work was completed last week and I now have 3 green boxes out the front. Water is scheduled for 30 October.
And tomorrow ... they start to demolish the old house.
Sometimes the Kanga couldn't cope ....
Oops!
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
The internet can do that???
iinet, after saying it would take 5 -10 working days to hook me up, are not to be outdone by Telstra..... and on the 4th day, there was net! My comworld is complete :)
Troy, cos 'only boys can use the Kanga', had a ball moving stuff around .. until it became work. The lil machine was worth every cent of its hire money .. the pile of rocks became smaller piles in more appropriate places, the crusher dust got dispensed around the house perimeter and 8 cubic metres of top soil was spread around my lil back yard .. with a bit of help from me and Zoe and Megan, and a board and some rakes. Bear was supervising until we got sick of him barking orders and confined him to the laundry. We also put in a few sleepers for garden edges and naturally I had to go buy a few bushes and flowers :) Gotta have some of the fun part .. some pansies, and marigolds, and a mini lavender.
Tomorrow the zoysia arrives ... I am sole turfer .. I will be there forever except I have to go to work on Thursday to recuperate.
I will put up some piccies when I get the camera back .. especially the OOPS one.
Troy, cos 'only boys can use the Kanga', had a ball moving stuff around .. until it became work. The lil machine was worth every cent of its hire money .. the pile of rocks became smaller piles in more appropriate places, the crusher dust got dispensed around the house perimeter and 8 cubic metres of top soil was spread around my lil back yard .. with a bit of help from me and Zoe and Megan, and a board and some rakes. Bear was supervising until we got sick of him barking orders and confined him to the laundry. We also put in a few sleepers for garden edges and naturally I had to go buy a few bushes and flowers :) Gotta have some of the fun part .. some pansies, and marigolds, and a mini lavender.
Tomorrow the zoysia arrives ... I am sole turfer .. I will be there forever except I have to go to work on Thursday to recuperate.
I will put up some piccies when I get the camera back .. especially the OOPS one.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Why don't you give me a call?
Well .. full marks to Telstra!
They ported the phone from Optus on Monday 5 August (and sent me a letter last week telling when they were doing it!) .
I rang yesterday to sort out the 'lines on which house' problem and got an operator (they've all been Aussies for Telstra) who had a brain. He decided the best thing to do was cancel my 7407 number (the old house one) and then change the 2541 (new house, temp line) to 7407. Easy as. No physical unhookings and it would be completed by Friday 7th, he said. Gave me the Seibel reference number (just in case).
Well it was completed before midday today, a day ahead of schedule!
I already put my net application in as, of lunchtime. Let's see if iiNet can do as well.
Much fun to be had this weekend with a skip for all those things we thought we needed all these years but didn't really. And a Kanga! with attachments. The boys have baggsed it already. Looks like I'm in the hayfever brigade, throwing out rubbish.
They ported the phone from Optus on Monday 5 August (and sent me a letter last week telling when they were doing it!) .
I rang yesterday to sort out the 'lines on which house' problem and got an operator (they've all been Aussies for Telstra) who had a brain. He decided the best thing to do was cancel my 7407 number (the old house one) and then change the 2541 (new house, temp line) to 7407. Easy as. No physical unhookings and it would be completed by Friday 7th, he said. Gave me the Seibel reference number (just in case).
Well it was completed before midday today, a day ahead of schedule!
I already put my net application in as, of lunchtime. Let's see if iiNet can do as well.
Much fun to be had this weekend with a skip for all those things we thought we needed all these years but didn't really. And a Kanga! with attachments. The boys have baggsed it already. Looks like I'm in the hayfever brigade, throwing out rubbish.
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