8 May 2011

Well, we are still waiting for the current tenants to move out. I heard some rumors that it might be sooner than we expected, but let's wait and see.

We had some friends enquiring about exactly where the house is. The address is 10 Grey Street, Kihikihi, New Zealand. Interestingly, the name means cikaida, or sonbesie in afrikaans.

This last week we spent on doing some of the 101 jobs before we can move. We have finished sanding and varnishing the floors. We will be moving back on Monday, after living in the top flat for the last week. Elna reckons the floors are so nice now, she does'nt want to move!! We are also collecting corrugated iron to build some sheds once we move, to store all the material we amassed over the last 6 years, and also the woodworking machines. We will keep the tools in the house. There are no outbuildings.

Sorry, there was one, a cookhouse, or outside kitchen. When we first saw the place in 2003, it was riddled with borer. The borer is not so bad now, because there is no timber left to bore. The studs of the frame are hanging in the air, about a metre from the ground, as you can see.

The people from NZHPT gave the last owner permission to demolish and rebuild, but we will try to save it. In any case, we cannot use it for storage initially.

I  promise, the whole house is not in the same condition as this cookhouse (I hope)

See you next time.