Real Life Reno Blog: Post #11

We are nearing the end of the last day of the reno and I have been sleeping late the past week to get all these work done!

This is how I planned and get things ready for this renovation considering the limited amount of time I had:

First, I flew up to Brisbane for a pre-settlement inspection
Then I arranged for asbestos removal a week before the reno started and people to come in to strip the bathroom and the toilet
Lastly, I made a list of the tasks to get done and update it daily

So here now are the tasks that transpired since my last post:

I already bought the flat packs and installed them in the bedrooms
I changed my mind from using an acrylic splash back to using tiles
It was difficult to find someone to remove the lump of sand in the backyard from that old above-ground pool so I just hired a machine and did the job myself since I already have my own bucket
The backyard is all cleaned up
Done majority of the landscaping!
All exterior paint done except a little bit of a fascia board at the bottom of the deck in between first and second story
We have been putting up the blinds
The ceiling fans are replaced
Floor sanding is done! It is my first time to do it so I've had to hire someone to do it. (In the future, I'll do it a little bit earlier in the phase)
We have also stained the floors
I ended up going for tung oil instead of using polyurethane (It was easy to apply and dried up really quickly plus it looked good too)
We have finished all the architraves in the toilet
I still have to put in the blinds in the last bedroom
We still need to paint the staircase steps and the deck
We still need to do touch up and balustrade in the front
I already have the mirror to put in the bathroom
Continue the landscaping

Architraves Now Completed

So the architraves are now finished around the windows and around bathroom door. The door jam is also repaired and finished. The skirting boards are on... and we've completed the architrave on the toilet and around the other doors as well.