Hi, thanks for the comments. We do most ourselves. Paid BIL ( builder) 8 days. Friends did plumbing and electrical ( they are qualified) and we swap labour to save money.
Resheeting- ripped out all the Gyprock ( and that blooming horse hair stuff) in hall, bathroom, bed 1 & 2, lounge ceiling and one wall. That was all out first day.
Resheeted ( new gyprock) over the top in kitchen.
Friends came and all new walls up in one day. I was getting a bit frustrated as I was keen to paint ( had to get to BLi):
it takes a while- set, sand, set, sand then paint primer. Hubby and I did all the cornice. In hindsight I wish I had got a by rocker for a few days to do the finishing and cornice ( hate that job) .
We paid a painter to do the outside and a filer to waterproof and tile the bathroom.
Not sure of times on each bit. Hubby did some things while I did others. I always tend to get the scrubbing bits.
Blinds are from Fast Blinds.
I scrubbed all the rest of the walls. Blooming had work. We bought a spray
painter which saved us a few days at least. Sprayed whole inside ( except
kitchen) with primer in about 20 minutes. Then 2 coats on the ceilings. 8
minutes to spray each coat in 3 bedrooms, hall, lounge, dining. Amazing!
You definitely learn new things with each Reno. Each one has it's problems and bits you hate. One thing I know is I'd rather have smoke walls and ceilings than nicotine ones. We are happy with our results but think we are getting too old to do so much ourselves. We will contract more out next time I think.
Sorry this is a bit disjointed. I'm on Wifi on my IPad in Bali. Raining as I sit
here having breakfast. Might go and have a massage now.
It's in Lethbridge Park for rent now.
Figures. Bought $165,000. Reno under $22-24,000 Value $245-255k
Don't need to revaluation yet.
