27 May 2011
Sorry for the long silence. We had some computer problems, but it is all sorted now.
In the last week, the rubbish has been removed, and we started moving stuff over. We have a small trailer and we will need to make many trips. We also moved our clawfoot / rolltop bath over, which was a Trademe find. That is a very long term project, to move the bathroom into one of the current four bedrooms. On Friday we had to be out of our Cambridge house for a visit by prospective tenants, and we did our first real work on the house.We chose one room to clear of scrim and wallpaper. Scrim is the hessian that was nailed to the sarking (horizontal boards) on the inside and wallpaper was pasted over that. It looks a lot fresher now. We will definitely need to insulate the outside walls and seal the gaps. We will obtain a quote for insulating the ceiling and underfloor on Monday. We also wrote an email to Historical Places to come out and advise us on the restoration process.
Most of the work in Cambridge is completed, I reckon we will need another week. Yesterday we had some serious rainfall, and our garden project has been delayed. In the meantime we will keep moving stuff over.
Being in the Jackson house while it was raining, we noticed one leak on an outside wall. Will have to get on the roof to find it. Luckily it is on the flat roof area.
The first priority for the next week will be to repair the cookhouse or outhouse so my tools and machinery can be moved there. I do not want to move it yet, the risk of theft is still there, although it is New Zealand. All other material is left outside.
We discovered most of the posts and beams for the veranda which was broken down. We haven't checked it for completeness or condition yet.
In spite of three groups being through the Cambridge house, we do not have a tenant yet. Fingers crossed for this weekend.
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