We have had mostly wins so far, all the walls and ceilings are in fantastic condition, the mountains of lino lifted without too many problems and we haven't found any nasty surprises.
We did discover that the hardwood floor is in perfect condition throughout (except for a small area in the laundry which has rotted) and is actually blackwood! Unfortunately the boards are running the wrong way, ie. across the hallway and since we are going to extend the hallway quite a bit and don't want a join in the middle we are going to cover those beautiful blackwood boards with a new hardwood floor. All the other rooms in the existing house are going to be carpeted or tiled. It makes sense to cover the blackwood but just seems like such a waste.
David had a hell of a time pulling up all the masonite that was under the lino. It was stapled down and he ended up having to use the grinder to get rid of the staples, it would have taken him weeks to pull them all out with pliers. Lucky we decided to cover the blackwood floors because the grinder made a fair mess of them.
Tom has been waiting for weeks to be able to smash something with a hammer and his time finally came, he smashed the bathroom to pieces with glee! He did a wonderful job of cleaning up after himself too. He gets special credit for his efforts as he had spent the entire week in bed with the flu and still helped out even though he felt a bit under the weather.
Abbey also gets a special mention as she woke up Saturday night with a raging fever. She spent the whole of Sunday lying on a blanket watching DVDs and snoozing on and off while we all worked away. She did not complain once.
Oh, and if you are wondering why there are never any photos of Cassidy it is because she absolutely cannot tolerate being at the new house while we are working, it is far too loud and boring for her, she goes to her cousin's house instead.
On Friday we chose all the materials and colours for our kitchen, bathroom and laundry cabinetry. This was so much fun even though David and I had a slight moment when we were disagreeing on the ensuite cabinets but we worked it out fairly quickly (I got my way). Below is an example of the colours we are using, sorry about the bad photo.
The builder started today so hopefully it won't be too long until I will be able to post some photos of the extension.
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