House
Wednesday, 9. December 2009
Landscaping and verandah extension for the spa to be installed.09/12/2009 11:39 PM 
Landscaping for the portable Spa
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With a week of mid 30 degrees Cath began questioning the need for air conditioning downstairs, so we headed out to get some information and pricing.
The general consensus was we would need to look at the highest KW unit that single phase power could provide and installed it would be around $5500 plus dollars.
Considering that the air conditioning is for only downstairs and that traditionally there is only 1 to 2 nights a year that upstairs is uncomfortable and the fact that hot days we normally head out to the beach or are away on holiday during summer anyway I didn’t think this was great value for money.
I wondered if a spa might not be a better idea????
Looking on ebay the following day I spotted a spa that had been advertised badly, with poor pictures and had only 4 hours remaining and zero bids on it.
After speaking to Cath we decided we would put on a single bid and if we won it so be it and if we didn’t it wasn't meant to be.
Well… we won it with the one and only bid.
Now the dilemma started, how do we pick it up and where do we put it?
As one thing always seems to leads to another follow my progress as I create the area for the spa, with a day per day progress by clicking the "Read the Full Story"
(Last updated - Friday 18/12/2009)
Monday 16/11/2009
Began the general demolition of the area, trees shrubs, weeds cut down and removed.
Removed the pine round posts and steel mesh running along the length of the garage.
Removed the screen made of pine posts and mesh with Jasmine creeper from the rear garden bed near the lawn.
Began the process of pulling out the retaining wall blocks and pulling up all the brick pavers.
Tuesday 17/11/2009
Still removing and stacking retaining wall blocks and brick pavers, with Cath lending a hand with the stacking of the blocks and pavers before I headed off to work.
(0)Monday, 7. January 2008
Cubby House07/01/2008 07:44 PM 
Cubby House
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Heading out prior to Xmas to have a look at the ready made cubby houses as a possible Xmas present for the girls, we were blown away at the ridiculous prices they were.
After Catherine and I talked about it we decided that a “Fort” style would be a better option, cheaper to make and less grief as it wouldn’t require building permission.
So with only a rough plan in my head we headed down to the timber yard and returned home with a mass of cheap and nasty treated pine sleepers, fencing rails and decking.
The trouble was as I started building the cubby/fort the design became more and more elaborate, with a crows nest arrangement between the trees leading to a flying fox, multiple stairs etc. As it is very unlikely we will move any time soon I wanted to make it as strong and lasting as possible and with all theses factors this is where the issues began …. The sheer lack of time.
Everything is mitered and/or checked-in; its plumb, level and square, all the edges of the timber is routered round and smooth and all of this is time consuming to say the least. Unfortunately just as I started the construction Ray had the pre-Xmas rush happening as well so I was working 7 days a week leading up to the Xmas break.
So currently at the time of writing it is still not finished and I estimate that another 3 days will be required to finish it off.
(0)Saturday, 1. July 2006
Latona Ave01/07/2006 09:14 PM 
Latona Ave
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11 Latona Ave Knoxfield is finally finished!
I admit that i have lost count of the months that the renovation has been going for, it could be years for all i know. And at times it was all just to overwhelming and the end seemed like it was never going to come, now that its finished it feels like an anticlimax. (0)Thursday, 22. December 2005
Updated House Pics22/12/2005 11:22 PM 
Updated House Pics
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After many days of work in the garden, it finally looked tidy enough to warrant a few photos (0)
