This will be our last entry in the blog. I have been advised by my trusted GP that it is now time for me to take things easier. Well, we have heeded her advice and we have sold the house at the auction on 6 October. Deposit paid and contracts exchanged. We will be moving into our new (little) place on November 3.
The new people are be very enthusiastic about the villa, and we trust that they will compleste the restoration task.
We started packing this week.
We have enjoyed living in the house and enjoyed the work restoring her.
So, this is Gary and Elna signing out.
Sunday
Friday
16 September 2016
You will realise that not much has been going on on the house. The reason is that my health has been failing and I do not have any energy left to work.
The end result of this is that we have decided that it is time to move on. We will be selling the house on auction on 6 October, and we have already secured a spot in a retirement village in Te Kuiti. That is about 40 minutes drive to the south
We trust that the new owners will love the old house as much as we did, and complete the unfinished work
The end result of this is that we have decided that it is time to move on. We will be selling the house on auction on 6 October, and we have already secured a spot in a retirement village in Te Kuiti. That is about 40 minutes drive to the south
We trust that the new owners will love the old house as much as we did, and complete the unfinished work
Sunday
7 February 2016
Well, I am retired, am I not?
That however, is no excuse. Since the Christmas holidays, It took quite a while to build up enough steam to start working again.
The first order was to try and do the finishing touches on the bathroom we have done about 2 years ago. We added tiles around the bath. We also had to do some more work on the vanity. That is still awaiting painting.
I also removed the sliding door to finish it off. It was painted on the inside, and I have decided it should be varnished. The stripping took quite some time. The beading around the panels were badly borer eaten, and I ended up removing it all to clean and replace where necessary. Fortunately I had a spare door in the cellar for a donor.
One thing leads to another. The jumble of timber stored everywhere led me to call a halt to all work and to start tidying up. First in line was the large pile of mostly scrap timber as removed from the old decks, still lying outside by the cookhouse. That in itself took a week. Now I have my firewood storage tank overflowing. I salvaged some beams (Totara mostly) that can still be used after 100 years of exposure to the elements.
I am also spending time to advise and help friends on their projects. We have a new neighbour around the corner, and she has got lots of ideas and no labour. I tried doing the advise part, but I am getting more involved in the building part. That takes some time.
Lastly, my energy levels are steadily going down, that means fewer hours of work and less efficiency.
Well, now I have used up all my excuses
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That however, is no excuse. Since the Christmas holidays, It took quite a while to build up enough steam to start working again.
The first order was to try and do the finishing touches on the bathroom we have done about 2 years ago. We added tiles around the bath. We also had to do some more work on the vanity. That is still awaiting painting.
I also removed the sliding door to finish it off. It was painted on the inside, and I have decided it should be varnished. The stripping took quite some time. The beading around the panels were badly borer eaten, and I ended up removing it all to clean and replace where necessary. Fortunately I had a spare door in the cellar for a donor.
One thing leads to another. The jumble of timber stored everywhere led me to call a halt to all work and to start tidying up. First in line was the large pile of mostly scrap timber as removed from the old decks, still lying outside by the cookhouse. That in itself took a week. Now I have my firewood storage tank overflowing. I salvaged some beams (Totara mostly) that can still be used after 100 years of exposure to the elements.
I am also spending time to advise and help friends on their projects. We have a new neighbour around the corner, and she has got lots of ideas and no labour. I tried doing the advise part, but I am getting more involved in the building part. That takes some time.
Lastly, my energy levels are steadily going down, that means fewer hours of work and less efficiency.
Well, now I have used up all my excuses
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