Tales From the Box

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Chaos…but in a controlled way. Today saw the most eventful day in the history of this renovation.

Early in the morn, when the air was still crisp and the birds still singing, our three brave tradies entered the house and removed the ceiling of the current living room, kitchen and hallway. What tumbled down from the ceiling cavity was something akin to snow, except that it wasn’t…. it was more like belly button lint. About 10 square metres of it – enough to line the floor a foot thick across the house. Oh and there was two dead rats in the roof – awesome!

Then these plucky men turned their attention to the eastern wall (wall that the kitchen was on). Within an hour this wall was completely gone, and a cooling breeze not to mention a marvellous view was on show for all (inlcuding the neighbours). The old internal cupboard was totally removed and the two windows that will be in this space were both framed up.

Attention was then turned to the area where the stairs will be. Bryan seemed to take particular delight in sawing the hole out. After some messing about the adjoining lower wall (i.e. the back of the downstairs bathroom), the stud wall for our new bedroom was up and our tradies were on their way as the sun was settling into the western horizon.