House Renovation Pt 1: An insight into what has consumed the last month of my life.

lifeofryan (58)in #teamaustralia • 6 years ago

What's up Steemians!

As I'm sure my thousands of adoring followers (or more likely 2 followers and 89 robots) have noticed, I haven't set foot on planet Steemit in a little while.

In that time so much has happened in the world:

North Korea has ceased their nuclear arms program
My Girlfriend's nephew lost a tooth
The "Ready Player One" movie came out... and sucked.

But almost every waking hour of my time has been spent renovating my rental property in Hobart.

Much like the 2000m steeplechase, this project was full of hurdles... The first of which being, my property manager assuring me the house was in great condition and returning all of the rental bond. Only to be punched square in the nose by an ungodly stench of stale cat piss the moment I opened the door. After ripping up all the carpet, it became quite apparent the furry devil spawn had had their way with almost every corner of every room.

Hurdle number two came during the sanding process... and was arguably the most serious:

After a lot of walking around, chin scratching, and beer drinking the to-do list was looking something like this

Paint Interior Walls and Ceiling
Remove Carpet and Polish Timber Floors
Fit Dishwasher in Kitchen
Replace old rubber insulated wiring in lighting circuit
Replace all fixtures in the bathroom and replace ugly old bathroom cabinet.
Replace old galvanised steel water piping (rusty water coming from taps)
Insulate Ceiling
Deal with the millions of other issues that pop up along the way

With a 15k budget and only a month to get it finished there was no time to waste!

I may have to break this up into a few parts, as I'm back as work now and trying to type this in rough seas in making me incredibly seasick :/

Watch this space!

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