Our new house

 

We bought a house up in the hills east of Melbourne. It needs a fair bit of work, most of which we'll do ourselves. So far we haven't done much that makes much difference - cleaned 30 years of muck out of the gutters, had a tree lopped, and widened the driveway.

 

Here's a few photos. Once we get going properly, we'll do before and afters for each room. 

 

The menu on the left under 'Our new house' will grow over time to show the progress

The reason we bought it
The reason we bought it
Sunrise
Sunrise
The front
The front
Front 'garden"
Front 'garden"
The lounge
The lounge
Main bedroom
Main bedroom
Dining area
Dining area
Kitchen
Kitchen
Weird bedroom sink
Weird bedroom sink
Lovely bathroom
Lovely bathroom

 

 

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We dug out a metre or so of driveway so we could get the van up. And then built a wall with tons of rocks. 

Hiding the soil
Hiding the soil
Way more digging to go yet
Way more digging to go yet
Getting there
Getting there
The drive is about a metre wider now
The drive is about a metre wider now

 

 

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We also had a tree in the front garden that had partially been cut down, and was blocking the view a bit. And we need wood for the fire. So.......

The tree at the top of the drive
The tree at the top of the drive
Not me thankfully
Not me thankfully
A few logs to split. They weigh a ton
A few logs to split. They weigh a ton

From here, I'll add more pictures 'by room' and they'll be indexed in the menu on the left.