The Project
15 yr old 4 bedroom house at rear – 4 units at front
2 x 4 bedders
2 x 1 bedders
The calibre of tenants wasn’t great!!
4 bed house………vacant
Front 4 br…….drug dealers
Front 1 br…….alkies doss house
Back 4 br…….vacant since 1998
Downstairs 1 br….. Steptoe’s son
Police needed to “help” the tenants leave so we could settle with VP on 11 November
Week 1
Start Monday 15 Nov
House – carpet was laid before settlement. Reline bathroom and shower room. Rented immediately and tenants move in 1st Saturday.
1 huge skip of rubbish removed form grounds and units first day
Started on big 4 br…..washed and washed walls, ceilings etc.
Undercoated bright green and yellow décor. Patched holes everywhere.. Pull out old sink unit
Ordered new sink unit……….not so easy ……….delivery Feb………sorry haven’t got that long. Found a place that could do it in a week.
Leaks everywhere!!!
No maintenance done for yrs.
Find 1st ‘secret room” ………a potential other garage but decide to leave it………going to council could open a can of worms.
Get electrician to check out wiring on 2nd 4 br……..vacant since 1998……..go figure. Expected several thousand to get it up and running……….cost $200.
Stuff going missing!! New locks on all doors…..security keyed
Week 2
By end of week 2 Front 4 br and 1 br ready for PM to show on Saturday. All painting done, – just flooring to happen and kitchen unit for 4 br
1 br rented. Tenant will move in once floors are polished
All old carpet and vinyl pulled up……..floors denailed.
Floor sander walks. Planned to get 1 br and 4 br totally finished by 2nd Saturday.
Revise plan – looks like we will have to go with carpet everywhere but find another floor sander to start on 3 Dec.
Find 2nd secret room…….Decide to turn laundry in 1 br downstairs into 2nd bedroom. Secret room will become new laundry and storage. New sink unit ordered for this unit
Week 3
Paint the purple and pink 4 br………2 coats of undercoat to start to cover
Get roofer in to patch leaks……..leak in this one has rotted the roof and the floorboards in kitchen.. Builder patches. Plumber here for 2 full days fixing bodgie repairs and leaks.
All painting finished and carpets lifted for floor sanders to start on Friday
Front 1 bedder sanded and 1st coat on………..most of 4 bedder sanded
Scaff goes up for painter to start on outside. Whole building water blasted.
Small hiccup –scaff declared unsafe ………need to have power turned off while painter is near cables……..and it is raining for first time
No lagging of cables happens here.
Week 4
Floor sanders here for the week. Front 4 br rented from Jan 3. Curtains, lights etc in 1 br. Vinyl and carpet layers start on Friday. 1 br finished and tenant moves in. Rain continues ….not much outside painting happening.
Scaff for painter gets rebuilt 5 times before it is declared safe……hmmm.
Week 5
Vinyl and carpet layers are slow. Finally finish on Wednesday. Last clean up of units. Landscape front, new letter boxes etc. Most of outside painting finished in between downpours.Plumbing installed for new laundry.
Only new rooms to be lined now in 1br becoming 2br.
ani flies home today……..woohoo
some pics in the Gallery
15 yr old 4 bedroom house at rear – 4 units at front
2 x 4 bedders
2 x 1 bedders
The calibre of tenants wasn’t great!!
4 bed house………vacant
Front 4 br…….drug dealers
Front 1 br…….alkies doss house
Back 4 br…….vacant since 1998
Downstairs 1 br….. Steptoe’s son
Police needed to “help” the tenants leave so we could settle with VP on 11 November
Week 1
Start Monday 15 Nov
House – carpet was laid before settlement. Reline bathroom and shower room. Rented immediately and tenants move in 1st Saturday.
1 huge skip of rubbish removed form grounds and units first day
Started on big 4 br…..washed and washed walls, ceilings etc.
Undercoated bright green and yellow décor. Patched holes everywhere.. Pull out old sink unit
Ordered new sink unit……….not so easy ……….delivery Feb………sorry haven’t got that long. Found a place that could do it in a week.
Leaks everywhere!!!
No maintenance done for yrs.
Find 1st ‘secret room” ………a potential other garage but decide to leave it………going to council could open a can of worms.
Get electrician to check out wiring on 2nd 4 br……..vacant since 1998……..go figure. Expected several thousand to get it up and running……….cost $200.
Stuff going missing!! New locks on all doors…..security keyed
Week 2
By end of week 2 Front 4 br and 1 br ready for PM to show on Saturday. All painting done, – just flooring to happen and kitchen unit for 4 br
1 br rented. Tenant will move in once floors are polished
All old carpet and vinyl pulled up……..floors denailed.
Floor sander walks. Planned to get 1 br and 4 br totally finished by 2nd Saturday.
Revise plan – looks like we will have to go with carpet everywhere but find another floor sander to start on 3 Dec.
Find 2nd secret room…….Decide to turn laundry in 1 br downstairs into 2nd bedroom. Secret room will become new laundry and storage. New sink unit ordered for this unit
Week 3
Paint the purple and pink 4 br………2 coats of undercoat to start to cover
Get roofer in to patch leaks……..leak in this one has rotted the roof and the floorboards in kitchen.. Builder patches. Plumber here for 2 full days fixing bodgie repairs and leaks.
All painting finished and carpets lifted for floor sanders to start on Friday
Front 1 bedder sanded and 1st coat on………..most of 4 bedder sanded
Scaff goes up for painter to start on outside. Whole building water blasted.
Small hiccup –scaff declared unsafe ………need to have power turned off while painter is near cables……..and it is raining for first time
No lagging of cables happens here.
Week 4
Floor sanders here for the week. Front 4 br rented from Jan 3. Curtains, lights etc in 1 br. Vinyl and carpet layers start on Friday. 1 br finished and tenant moves in. Rain continues ….not much outside painting happening.
Scaff for painter gets rebuilt 5 times before it is declared safe……hmmm.
Week 5
Vinyl and carpet layers are slow. Finally finish on Wednesday. Last clean up of units. Landscape front, new letter boxes etc. Most of outside painting finished in between downpours.Plumbing installed for new laundry.
Only new rooms to be lined now in 1br becoming 2br.
ani flies home today……..woohoo
some pics in the Gallery
