May 2007

4 Jonas Cottages goes on the market.

Front door

Conservatory Lounge room

Check out some "Before and After" views (remember to hover your mouse over a photo to read its caption)...

Big bedroom before became Big bedroom after

Kitchen before became Kitchen after

Lounge room before became Lounge room after

...and here's some of the actual process:

Front Bedroom

 

 

 

Original gap from front bedroom looking into back bedroom



Wall repapered and door fitted

Stripping the window frames Window done, wall still to be re-papered
Finshed

Living Room - top end first:
The top end of the living room, before we start Wallpaper stripped, walls patched and ceiling done, with new lights
Lots of patching and sanding Paint, hang curtain and move everything from the bottom of the living room up to here
then bottom end:
Bottom half before clearing Wallpaper stripped, fireplace patched and ceiling done
Original doorway into kitchen - more patching and sanding! Bottom painted
Carpet laid - must do that 2nd light fitting! Oh - and modified decking doors, both opening outwards.
Bathroom:
Bathroom before Replace sink, remove shelves and mirror, strip wallpaper New wallpaper, toilet seat, storage boxes and (not in picture) wall-mounted mirror-faced cabinet and shower.
Outside:

Jaynee gets to do all the guttering and eaves Ugh That's better
Lots of eaves...

The old chestnut-pole carport being dismantled New carport frame in oak Roof on
Vehicles in
I'm a digger, yes I am. Beats a shovel, any day
Bikeport frame
Oak base for dovecote Dovecote open for business

Sunday 18th August 2007

The farewell garden party at 4 Jonas Cottages, planned before the 1st sale fell through. A typical English late summer's afternoon, ie it pissed down. Good thing Margaret lent us her matching gazebo. Various peeps pop in at various stages, and our new buyers Richard and Vic (who saw the house last weekend and loved it) pop over to do a quick measure up, and stay to help us drink as much of the wine stash as possible.

Gazebo duet Summer in Wadhurst

No silliness here!

Tuesday & Wednesday 27th & 28th November 2007

Exchange of contracts of sale on 4 Jonas Cottages, and shippers in to pack container contents (at last, after having been previously provisionally booked for the 30th August before the 1st sale fell through, then for the 5th, 12th and 20th November).

Living room boxes Conservatory boxes

A brief rest

The lads Finally in the van The famous bruise

Tuesday 4th December

Vehicles head off up to London. Completion on sale happened Monday middayish.

Vehicles loaded

Sunday 9th December 2007

Flight lands at silly-o'clock, and Jaynee's sister Jo picks us up and takes us to a motel that we've used before in Lygon Street; Jaynee lived for years in Carlton when she was at University. Breakfast in Lygon Street (damn fine eggs Benedict) on Monday and off to Melbourne Uni to sort out all our banking with Jaynee's bank. We buy a pay-as-you-go mobile broadband wireless modem and account (a great service, not available in the UK) and David gets stuck into work straight away (our AMI software works as intended; yay!).

Breakfast on Lygon St Leafy academe Back to work

Wednesday 12th December 2007

A visit to Greebo and Honor, who flew out a week before we did and are in quarantine for 30 days. After manic car swaps with Jaynee's brother Steve, we end up with his new Cooper, which we drive down to Jaynee's parents at Cape Paterson, where her sister Jo and partner Ted are also visiting. Unfortunately, at that stage Jaynee accidentally hit the wrong button on her camera, and the next 2 weeks of photos (including our first visit to the Kyneton area to view properties) are very fuzzy indeed.

Greebie and Honor in quod Mini at Cape Paterson Fuzzy family Exploring One we didn't buy

Christmas 2007

At Cape Paterson with Jaynee's family.

Family Christmas