my view

my view, originally uploaded by architechnophilia.

This is the view from the terrace.
This is the reason I bought this house

Pest Extermination

So I have been prepping for the exterminators since transfer of the house. There was significant termite damage inside of the house. The damaged areas included the kitchen counters, skirting in the living areas, articles of furniture - some had collapse from the damage, door stops, shelving and the closets in the master bedroom. The latter had to be removed regardless to make way for a new bathroom (possibly master ensuite)

Bobby called on Saturday and came over. He was amazed at the size of the termite nest on the balcony....he referred to it as a "powerful" nest. He prescribed a mixture called Demon, that although more expensive would guarantee success.

Before and After - bathroom

Before
After

Demolition 101

Carlton aka Yellow, came through today to start the demolition. I didn't plan on him calling me at 6.30 in the morning for assistance to get there. But we did a walk-through confirming what I wanted removed.

Around 12.30 he called asking if I could take a look at his progress. He had the kitchen, skirting, infested furniture from the master bedroom all removed and a smouldering heap out front. I help he take the couch out to the fire, the frame was rotted out and there were trails left from us lifting it.

He left with further instructions to demolish the closet in the master bedroom.

Pictures to come

demo & clean-up

demo & clean-up, originally uploaded by architechnophilia.

Mum and I after a day's work on the house, see Saturday's post for what we really got up to.

okay its almost 5pm, we've been cleaning since 9am - the garden/driveway looks wonderful. We are making a mean fish and vegatable soup for lunch so that we can go back and finish up. But its looking photo worthy now. Puppy is walking about, scratching herself at the moment.

So today my 60 yo mum and I did the following;

cleared the driveway of overgrowth
turned the soil
transplanted about a dozen plants on either side of the verges
cleared the cupboards of all wares
cleaned and moved all furniture to centre of living room
cleaned doors
removed ferns growing on verandah transplanted to driveway
packed wares into boxes and relocated to garage
demo'd vinyl tiles from the floor in the kitchen and dining
demo'd wall tiles in the kitchen

and then I opened the door to the guest bedroom and came apart in my hands...rotten to the core. Funny