Sunday, December 12, 2010

wow, another house update!


.........since it's all I seem to be doing lately, in between various types of health surprises that is.

So we have done a bit since the last post. Three rooms and the hallway have been double undercoated and are ready for colour.
There's some of them, a more subtle and classic scheme I've yet to see!
Actually, these are just some of the sample pots we've been collecting, but will be going with all of these.

We were actually going really well in terms of time and work. The plastering's been completed, and really rocks, and the floors were going to be replaced last saturday, with the sanding and polishing of the hallway to happen the following weekend (today actually) when.. da dum.

bit more damage than we'd hoped, assumed, planned for....

White Ant damage. Old stuff, and it's been treated by the previous owners But. Not. Repaired.
So those bits of sagging floorboards in each room? Seems to be virtually eaten out boards and the joists are pretty rubbish as well.
We've got holes in each room, and we haven't pulled up the rest of the boards so we can use the floors to stand on, to finish painting the walls!

Here's Xi's ceiling, with his walls undercoated.

And here's the sampler of the office paint, chosen to go with the wallpaper feature, right in front of a lovely hole.

I will be meeting with a builder tomorrow to see if there is any chance of getting the joists replaced and the floors in by...............as soon as possible really. Unfortunately Christmas is close and well, everyone is working like crazy already.

Fingers crossed.

But my next post will show just how far we've come with the painting!

1 comment:

  1. HI - that's crap about the white ant damage, but it really looks like you are coming along with the house - well done, very proud of you both for all the hard work you are doing. Can't wait to come and see it - call soon, GW x

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