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Not as yet. The initial rent was suggested at $350p/w by the PM, based on the position, condition, etc. Then reduced to $330 p/w, then further reduced to $310p/w - current rent. The lady next door pays $335 in an unrenovated, sorta run down version, so the level is not too high I would have...

No. We had a tenant lined up, who were supposed to go in and sign the lease on Thurs. Turns out they were able to stay longer where they currently live, apparently. Now been vacant over 10 weeks since reno was completed and property advertised.

The wall colour - and everything actually - is Portland Stone, which is a Taubmans or Dulux colour I think, from memory. Sort of an earthy, warm, off-white colour. No yellow hue.

It wasn't actually intended to be a conscious tight arze reno. I was merely going to do what needed to be done, but not go mad in the process, and I knew I could do it much more cheaply than the rip-off builder quote. I had the luxury of not having to do much which was structural other than...

I arranged for the electricity and water to be re-started before I left Melbourne. The water was still flowing, so only had to get it in my name (must remember to stop them both). When I got there (on Saturday), I turned on the kitchen tap hot water and almost no water came out. :eek: (over...

Final outcome was $7713.00 for entire trip, including all my food, fuel, accommodation and materials. I didn't factor in my own time, of course - which was no less than 15 hours per day for each of the 14 days; arrival day and leaving day not included (about another 15 hours combined for those...

Bored yet?.... The front of the unit was almost obscured by the two bushes in front. You couldn't tell where our unit started and the ones either side finished. I gave the front door (beautiful solid wood) a sand and re-laquer, sanded and painted the guttering as well. The two gutters -...

A few more... The two new hanger rails were offcuts at Bunnings for $5 each. The oval shape is more contemporary I reckon. The existing ones were only 1cm from top shelf - very hard to get a hanger onto them, and wedged in to place. They looked like someone had ripped out the proper ones...

The patching of the solid plaster on the brick wall is fairly close to invisible. In normal light, and from a distance after being painted you can't tell without a closer look. That wall involved a number of refills after sanding back between refills. With the areas where I inserted new...

There were loads of those old shacks... The shower leak was just 20 odd years of wear and tear - grout worn away in the corners. Apparently, back then there was no restrictions on waterproofing etc - there was none at all; just the a/c sheet.

Yes, and when I first walked out the back door, I didn't see it hiding in the jungle, and nearly decapitated myself on it - broke a strand and had to refix it later. Almost a reno casualty in the first 10 mins I was there.

More carnage! The blue handrail and taps were a winner.

The shower is coming out!

A bit more shower damage fun and love.... I had to use sikaflex glue on the skirting board to secure it to the brock wall, and then prop the red tool box - weighed about 40kg's - against it for 24 hours to hold it in place until the glue dried. I could have drilled holes into the bricks and...

Meanwhile, the shower was being pulled out and damage assessed in it and Bed 1 walls. All the plaster sheeting directly behind shower was decayed and moldy, the wall studs were rotted and smelly. The wall next to it is a solid brick wall separating our unit from next door. This wall is...

The cornice repairs were quite extensive and took a number of days....up and down step ladder endlessly. Had to first clean all the gaps out, then sand, then secure the cornices using plaster of paris and nails or screws through to the walls behind, bog up the gaps with Spakfilla and/or plaster...

Finished kitchen.... It's amazing; everything takes waaay longer than you think. The flat pack took 3 hours to put together, install and secure to the walls, the handles took about the same....6 hours approx just for those two little add-ons.

The kitchen was actually quite OK; had a new stove just before last tenant left, but as you can see; it looks bare and empty. I added door handles to the cupboards, a Bunnings flat-pack pantry next to the stove, and repainted, cleaned lights etc, and degreased exhaust fan area.

The 3 main areas of concern for the Shire were: 1. the leaking shower and subsequent damage to bedroom walls behind it, 2. the ceiling in the same room caused from an unknown water leak at this stage, and 3. a good number of the cornices which had dropped/sagged and come away from the...

A bit better finally....