Demolition - Day 8

Well they had left an orange machine yesterday and today it gone on with its munching of the house. Now it looks really forlorn. A shock as you drive up and there's no house!

Some of the posts have been removed. A remaining walls just tumbled. A lot of mess to be cleaned up.

So one more day, maybe two, and its gone.


South side of house

Demolition - day 7

Not much difference to see today. A few walls missing and all the 6 inch pine floorboards were removed. You could only see that if you stood underneath.

Finally they took the old front door. It had been standing there, without windows, walls or roof around it, complete with its lace curtain. Long as no one got in !

Demolition - Day 6

The skeleton is slowly disappearing. The pile of timber to be taken away, in one form or another, grows steadily.




South side of house where bedrooms used to be.



The back verandah once had railings too.

Demolition - Day 5

Well as Megan and Dave's house gets a roof, the old house lost hers. The zincalume has been removed. It looks very forlorn now.

It was too dark by the time I got home to take pics, but I will do so in the morning.

Bit of panic stations when BCC trucks turned up at 7am and started drilling on the newly laid road surface (of course). I went and spoke to the Stop/Go Man to make sure it wasn't the water pipes being dug. It wasn't. Phew! That probably involves actually having the plumber lined up ready to connect new house to new meter and is supposed to happen on 30th October.

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.

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

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.