The asbestos men have been and gone, leaving our little dairy shed (they were originally used for hanging meat for butchery, I believe) and the bathroom of the little house stripped bare.
Bathroom
Dairy Shed
You can see it before in the background of this photo taken in January (when the heat just about killed us!). We're going to let the new tenant use it to store her horse kit and feed as it's located next to her house.
Dan spent most of his evening last night demolishing the kitchen and cabinets in the little house and I've just ordered a whopping big skip bin to arrive tomorrow, to get rid of the last rubbish from around our property. Be gone, potential snake hidey holes.
We've been through three skip bins already. Hopefully this is the last one we'll need. It's exciting seeing the little house take shape -- or lose its old shape, at any rate. Increasingly, as the layers of feral are peeled back, we see a nice little home underneath them.
hi Edwina...layers of feral be gone!. you are motoring along. 4 skips!...that is an impressive amount of feral!!.....its all lookin good.
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Great progress, you'll be finished in no time.
ReplyDeleteIt's all coming together - Oh, and I can't wait to hear about your crops/income supplement ideas! xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a lot of rubish you had, you can really power ahead when all that stuff is out of the way.
ReplyDeleteHave you thought about using the big old double sink as a BBQ prep, serving and drink cooling area, OR it might be useful as a potting bench, OR even a water play area for Lucinda, kids love to play with water in any weather, up here it is usually ok, even through most of winter,if the sun is out.
You can collect lots of water play things from the "Pick N Pay" cheap shops.....a set of plastic boats ,Tea set(plastic, no break, no tears),kid size dish drainer, water proof Art smock, with sleeves(keep jumpers dry for cold days) then hit the supermarket....Dish mop, double ended pegs,(no strong fingers needed as with spring pegs) a hank of washing line cord to tie to a tree, then from home, some soap and a small towel, an old tea towel,some small kitchen jugs and and a Mummy made peg apron....she will be all set for washing up, washing doll clothes, and bathing dolly,playing boats, pouring and splashing about...hours of fun, low cost.
I love the naked (bare for nappy) and shoes look! Four skips, wow your backs must be telling you how much work you have done.
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I was wondering if it was expensive to get the asbestos removed?
ReplyDeleteIt was $1800 for the bathroom and little shed. So, yes. Not cheap. Worth it to have it done properly though!
DeleteWow it's all starting to look so real! I have loved reading about each stage, as I hope I will be able to do the same thing one day. Asbestos is scary... good to have it gone!
ReplyDeleteFantastic progress Edwina! Betsy's got a bit of that nasty asbestos to go too. So what next, bathroom or kitchen? Loved Margaret's suggestions for Lucinda, my girl loved having her own little washing line at this age and the old fashioned wooden pegs are easy for them to use and hang up all the face washers for you. Looking forward to hearing about your cash crop.... mel x
ReplyDeleteAmazing progress so far! I love reading about your adventures and cannot wait to see how the little house turns out! :)
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