Browse Forums Renovation + Home Improvement Re: Mitch and Amy's 1970's Reno 21May 23, 2013 3:34 pm Really enjoyed reading this- Shoalwater is such a good location, you should do well out of it. Looking forward to checking back and seeing the new kitchen in. We're currently renovating a 1960's delight. We ripped up all the carpets and polished the timber floors- however there is a large area of slate on whatused to be the back verandah- I haven't been as hard working as you- it's staying! I have been blogging a little if you want to check it out. http://aclotheslineouttheback.wordpress.com/ I should blog more but between the renos and a toddler I am pressed for time! Cheers, Kate Re: Mitch and Amy's 1970's Reno 23Jun 13, 2013 8:55 am Coming along well! We seem to be up to a similar stage as you guys with a strangely similar 1970s building renovation in Victoria (Slate, load bearing wall and even picked the same Kitchen!) You guys have to deal with any Asbestos? We had it in the backing of the tiles in the Bathroom and Kitchen which was a pain to get rid of. How have you guys found masters kitchens to deal with? They were pretty pathetic for us stuffing up almost every stage, missing appointments and offering no input at all on the design. If we didn't love the kitchen so much would go somewhere else for sure. Getting our load bearing wall out soon, going to cost us 8k though as we need a 7 meter steel beam and supports put in ouch! Will have to start our own thread soon with pics! Our 1970's reno viewtopic.php?f=53&t=65931 Re: Mitch and Amy's 1970's Reno 24Jul 05, 2013 4:15 pm Hi guys, Sorry I haven't updated in forever, there has been a lot happening! So a few things first of all..... the buyer pulled out of the sale of our house! To say we were devastated was an understatement! They split up and REIWA told us to take legal action against them but it was going to take a lot of time and cost a lot of money so we just put it back on the market. Luckily my father in law was very understanding and kept paying the mortgage on the property we are buying until we found another buyer! It went back on the market for 3 days and someone came in and offered us our asking price (which was a little more than the first offer so happy days!). Settlement is booked for 22 July but we are still full steam ahead with the new place. The kitchen, laundry and flooring are all gone. The slate was an absolute nightmare to get up! They used cement to bond it to the pad rather than tile glue We had to hit every slate tile with a sledgehammer to loosen it, then jackhammer it, and then we had to hire a 'concrete mower' to ground the cement off the pad. I have never in my life seen so much dust (or mud in the end because we had to wet it down). It took about 2 weeks just to get the floor up! One of the nib walls is out (it was a wooden beam on this one so we just had a roof chippy rebrace it). The other one is getting done next week. Scott and Kylie (sorry I have only just seen your post!) Holy moly! $8k is huge! We have been quoted $75 per hour to weld a new piece onto our metal beam although it is only about 40cm long. We have a brickie in there today bricking up the doorway from kitchen to laundry and he is also extending the wall in the kitchen to make the lounge area separate. I will hopefully take some photos tonight and post them (If I can work out how to post them on here rather than off of my phone). We have painted our son's room, the 'toy room', our bedroom and the hallway. Plus we have wooden door frames in this house so all the frames had to be sanded back and painted in gloss enamel paint, this took forever!!!! The chippy will be in tomorrow to start laying the wooden flooring in the bedrooms and hallway. Scott and Kylie - We have ended up going with Ikea over Masters. The price difference worked out to be quite a bit (About $5). Ikea have a similar 'hampton' style door called Lidingo so we have gone with that. I do like the service at Masters better but $5k is a lot of money when you're renovating! Our sparky was in yesterday putting all new power points in, as the old ones were all down in the skirtings and needed to be put in the walls. So far we have shelled out $1800 in electrics and still have another $1200 to go before we even look at lighting We also have to run all new plumbing. The house is so old that all the plumbing comes from the slab not through the roof. We have been quoted $3300 to rerun all the plumbing for the Kitchen and Laundry and then it will be all ready for when we do the new bathroom in Nov/Dec. Will come back and post some pics later Re: Mitch and Amy's 1970's Reno 25Jul 10, 2013 11:20 pm Look forward to seeing the new pics! Finally got our post started too 5k is a big difference, was that including a benchtop? Ours cost about 5k for the cabinets and about 5k for caesarstone stone benchtop. New freestanding oven and dishwasher pushed it to 12k on 24 months interest free. We looked at ikea but from what we looked into we didnt think it was much more through masters, which we liked a fair bit more..but maybe should of looked in to ikea a bit more! Your spending big money on plumbing and electrics, we are trying to keep everything in the same position if possible as it just gets so expensive. Got a quote of about $450 just to move a drain in the laundry about 1 mater to the left! Our 1970's reno viewtopic.php?f=53&t=65931 Re: Mitch and Amy's 1970's Reno 26Jul 11, 2013 9:45 pm I need to work out how to post the photos Yeah the plumbing is killing us We haven't moved the position of anything, apart from the sink and the cost to extend that isn't very much. The reason its so expensive is because our plumbing is all in the slab instead of the roof because the house is so old, so we have to rerun it all Re: Mitch and Amy's 1970's Reno 27Jul 16, 2013 11:49 pm We've had the plumber there today running new plumbing through the house. Flooring through the lounge, hallway and bedrooms is nearly complete. A few pics of the progress Bedroom - mind the dust as I haven't cleaned them yet, and the skirting a need finishing. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Lounge room - again the skirting a need finishing. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Kitchen with the wall extended and hallway bricked up, the arco propped wall is out now. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Mitch and Amy's 1970's Reno 29Jul 17, 2013 8:53 am Looks great guys, new floors and splash of paint makes such a difference. Did you lay the flooring yourself? Is that laminate of engineered boards? Cant wait until we do our floors but I think it will be a few months off now, have everything for our kitchen, laundry and bathroom ready to go sitting there so think we are better off doing that while we save some more money for the floors. Our 1970's reno viewtopic.php?f=53&t=65931 Re: Mitch and Amy's 1970's Reno 30Jul 17, 2013 9:34 am Hi Scott and Kylie, No we have a chippy laying the flooring for us. They are 12mm laminate boards from the prestige range, we bought them at masters. I know the feeling with money, we have blown the budget out of the water! Our other house it booked to settle on Monday thank god! Although I have the joyous task of packing our entire house with our 6 month old in tow, while hubby is away at work Re: Mitch and Amy's 1970's Reno 31Jul 18, 2013 9:09 pm We move in tomorrow... Blah!!!! Oh well at least with settlement going through my credit card won't look quite as scary an we can order the kitchen! It's going to be interesting having no sink, kitchen or laundry with a baby hahaha. Re: Mitch and Amy's 1970's Reno 32Jul 26, 2013 9:30 pm Well we are here! Hot water system is buggered so that needs replacing it is absolutely freezing cold in the house! I ordered out kitchen and our blinds today. Nothing else really happening..... Re: Mitch and Amy's 1970's Reno 33Oct 01, 2013 1:32 pm Hows the reno coming along guys? Our 1970's reno viewtopic.php?f=53&t=65931 Hello It is good to have a planned bathroom reno to suit your budget and design, living for 10 years I think you need a bathtub 4 10353 Bought in Nov 21 at the height of the market (classic). Good area, atrocious floor plan. BUT has land out to the left-hand side that we can extend out on (see second… 0 8766 The only thing to add to these comments is that where possible it's always good to try and work with people than just say "no" because you can. Having someone… 4 17107 |