Renovation of our house in CDO

[GeoffH]

41 minutes ago, intrepid said:

it seems to make for less decisions/arguments and makes her happy and feel proud she is more part of the overall operation.  

Definitely... I couldn't agree more.

[GeoffH]

SWMBO sent me a progress photo of the CR renovation, the removal of the old fittings has been completed and the wall tiles and the toilet have been fitted.

Removing the solid concrete bath surround and shower wall and wall tiles turned out to be a longer and slower job than expected.

[intrepid]

2 hours ago, GeoffH said:

SWMBO sent me a progress photo of the CR renovation, the removal of the old fittings has been completed and the wall tiles and the toilet have been fitted.

Looks really good and appears to be roomy.

[GeoffH]

17 minutes ago, intrepid said:

Looks really good and appears to be roomy.

Thanks, happy so far.

[Tommy T.]

Looking nice, Geoff! Looks like you could fit 10 people in there and still have social distancing?

[Mike J]

3 hours ago, GeoffH said:

Removing the solid concrete bath surround and shower wall and wall tiles turned out to be a longer and slower job than expected.

Removing tile and old hard concrete with a number four concrete nail and a piece of plastic pipe is probably not on any of our "bucket lists". 

[GeoffH]

23 minutes ago, Mike J said:

Removing tile and old hard concrete with a number four concrete nail and a piece of plastic pipe is probably not on any of our "bucket lists". 

I can't imagine why not 

[GeoffH]

2 hours ago, Tommy T. said:

Looking nice, Geoff! Looks like you could fit 10 people in there and still have social distancing?

It's not that big, I think it's just the wide angle lens on the phone camera (old real estate agent trick - stand in the corner of a room and use a wide angle lens to make it look bigger).  In reality it's a bit over 2 meters wide (7 foot?) and about 3 meters long (10 foot?).  

The vanity cabinet and basin will be at the close end opposite the door and the shower unit will be in the corner opposite the toilet (glass with a sliding door).

I hadn't thought about it before but looking at the photo we're going to have to paint the walls and I think we should replace the door.

Edited May 14, 2020 by GeoffH

[GeoffH]

The CR renovation is finished, some minor alterations were made to the original design because we were working with an existing space but I'm happy with how it's ended up.  We were going to change the door type but the frame was deeply embedded in the concrete so we just replaced the old brown door with a white version of the same type.  And we were going to fit a cabinet under the sink but a lack of available ones in size and color to suit meant we went with just the suspended sink with small cabinet above.  A built in dresser will be added to the bedroom later near the door going into the CR.   NB The shower glass is slightly tinted and the reflections of the sink in one photo and the toilet in another photo are just that, reflections.

 

Edited June 8, 2020 by GeoffH

[GeoffH]

There were some smaller things done with the bedroom (the CR is the ensuite to the main bedroom).  There was a makeup cabinet built from scratch which is next to the CR door (because none of the prebuilt ones fitted), 2 of the downlights were replaced, the center light fitting was repaired and the chipped paint below the wall paper has been repainted (SWMBO and I are not so sure about the blue but her mama did the painting and picked the color hehe).  We are going to get a pair of matching bed side tables.

Edited June 8, 2020 by GeoffH