I figured that it was about time to update how the various stages of our renovations are going right now:

Enclosing Under our Queenslander

The actual enclosing under of our Queenslander is now complete. It has been finished up to lockup stage, so all the windows, exterior doors and cladding are now up. We can lock up under the house now, have a (mostly) enclosed laundry and can park our car under the house behind an automatic panel lift door.

I still have to paint, hopefully before the wet season, but the cladding is already primed, so it’s at least protected from the elements for now.

Building In Under our Queenslander

Although the house has been complete to the lock up stage, we are now “paused” with completing the building in process. Because of some unexpected work that had to be complete upstairs during the enclosing stage (replacing the bathroom and attaching the roof) we have been put behind schedule and over budget.

The walls under our house have all been framed, the plumbing has been run and the electrical cabling has been mostly completed, but this is where we sit right now. We have been quoted $8000 to sheet the walls under house, including all plasterboard, villaboard and plastering. It’s tempting to do, but unfortunately not at this time.

We also have flooring, bathroom fit outs, the electrical fit out, an internal staircase and painting to do before it becomes livable down there. Continue Reading →