Given there is no renovators forum and the fact this renovation is not that far off a new build I thought I would start topic on our renovation journey.
Background
We own an old 1890's, single fronted Victorian. We've had the poor old girl for about 6 years now and although parts of her are satisfactory the key areas (bathroom & kitchen) certainly could do with an update. In planning for a family we also decided we simply need more space! The house currently has 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom.
The Target
A modern, two story renovation with open plan kitchen/living area, 2 bathrooms, 3 bedrooms and upstairs sun deck.
Estimated build time: 6 months.
Leading up to this point have been the following milestones:
Jun 2008 - Engage architect
Feb 2009 - Plans finalised
Jun 2010 - Relevant permits granted and ready to go!
Without too much more fuss here are some 'before' pictures.
Kitchen: Not so attractive eh? Our poor old oven had been used and abused so much that the temperature numbers had worn off. Need to cook for 45 mins on 180? Sure no problems, urm......*flicks knob about half way* - that ought to do it! Needless to say we had some interesting meals to begin with until our guesses became more accurate.
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Living Room: I don't think too many words are needed here!
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Hallway: Ordinary paint job, smallest 'man hole' in the entire world and an off centre skylight at no additional cost. When we first moved in the carpet stunk like old Nanna so bad that we had to put down new carpet (the cheapest stuff I could find) just to try and get rid of the smell.
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Bathroom: Just plain horrid. The shower is so bad I am too ashamed to post a picture. It had one of those interesting windows above the toilet which had two panes of glass that kind of overlapped which left a gap between the two so air could flow in and out. Great idea for removing noxious odours but bad in both winter and summer.
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Bedrooms: Nothing really exciting except one has built in robes and the other doesn't have any but does have a beautiful ceiling.
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The back: Outside has a small courtyard. We hardly ever use it as it's just concrete and has a shed in one corner.
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