And so it begins… 28 February, 2009
Posted by Kt in Bathroom, Extensions, Kids' rooms, Kitchen, Lounge.3 comments
We had a draftsman over this morning to talk about our plans to extend the house and build a granny flat (or, in this case, a grandpa flat). He’ll get back to us on Monday, and then it’s all systems go.
The draftsman (Phil) thinks we might be able to get approval in 10 days once the plans are done, using some new guidelines/regulations that come into force today.
Our plans are to add another bedroom, study and dining room to the back of the house; rearrange the front of the house to give us a bigger master bedroom and family room; change Polendino’s current bedroom into a bathroom (with bath!) and build a one-bedroom cottage at the end of the yard for Wing’s Dad.
We’ll all move into the front of the house while the back bit’s done, and then move into that while the front bit’s done. Then we can fitout the new bathroom and re-do the kitchen.
Phew… I’m exhausted just writing about it.
So take this as a heads-up that the next 9 – 12 months will see lots of activity on this blog as we get stuck into this major project!
Before 14 August, 2007
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The first of the before shots. This is the lounge room at the front of the house – taken from the dining room. You can see the worn (and smelly) carpet, and the painted-over wallpaper.
The fireplace is solid and intact. The gas heater (yes – we’re connected to mains gas) is just propped in front of it on a couple of bricks.
You’ll get to see the rest of the shots from today when we have some nice cheery after shots to compare and contrast.
