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Thanks everyone. It has been a week, that stretched to nearly three weeks and really, really busy trying to run my household as well, but a nice feeling to see it looking great again. These new tenants better look after it.

New tenants moved in yesterday at $460 per week including mowing. We had three agents through to give us appraisals and two gave us similar prices with the third a little higher. I am just happy to have some money flowing in again and will be putting it up after twelve months, to at least $500pw...

Thanks for the comments. I hadn't thought about claiming for takeaway lunches or laundry. I will make a note of these things and put it in my tax file for the accountant. I am pretty over painting tonight. I hit a "wall" about 2.30pm today and picked up youngest son, and sat down for half an...

I also HATE some trims, especially multi-pane windows and doors. We have 45 six-light windows in our house and six ten-light french door double sets, but I got a painter to do them :) What I HATE more than painting trim is preparation. I just want to get in and make something better, and having...

Another photo of one end of the main living room looking out to the deck. I will try to post a "before" and "after" photo of how we changed the front entry from how it was from a new build, through what would have been lattice verandah doors, changed in the 50's to glass and solid french doors -...

Lizzie, you make me laugh. We actually covered a pale/mid green with a soothing white. I wouldn't call the green "lurid" but pale-ish green, but the white makes the whole house so much lighter. At least it was not "toilet green" - that shade that 1930's houses ALWAYS seemed to paint the...

We could have got a painter, but it is something we are more than capable of doing and we have probably saved ourselves at least $5K over both houses for a bit of effort. It has been a busy week (forgot the trip to the local private hospital emergency department with youngest son mid week with...

Just read the starting school thread and was comparing my week. I have one at uni, one at private high school with 8 weeks leave, and one who had six weeks, so was really looking forward to putting my feet up for a well earned break.... However, my week went like this - My mother's IP and our...