This is the kitchen. We've removed and boarded over where the exterior window was as this will be where the hob will be with glass splashback above.
We totally gutted the bathroom and have cut the laundry down in size to make the bathroom bigger. We've had to move the laundry window over a bit. There'll be just enough width for the laundry tub and washing machine to go in under the window. The hot water cylinder will be tucked in a space to the right of the window. This juts into the bathroom but forms an alcove where the new bath fits.
The bath is smallish but it's just a bath, no shower over it. As per regulations we're using aqualine - gib board for wet areas, hence the green colour. This will be undercoated and painted and the lower third will be tiled.
We're installing a new shower box 900 x 900 in the inside right hand corner. We had long debates about the layout. We've changed it from the plans provided by our designer. It was all about maximising the light coming in from the one window, and privacy. It's feasible that someone could look in the french doors (driveway side) right through into the bathroom if the bathroom door was open. So the shower is tucked in the right hand side corner and the bath is on the left. The eye-line from the other side of the house will flow along the floor unimpeded to the vanity. A photo later will show why this will work to make the house appear bigger.
All new flooring in the bathroom.
So it's end of month 4 since possession. We can only manage weekend work on the house on top of our fulltime jobs, travel for work, school and after school things, Girl Guide biscuit selling, family events: an engagement party, a death and thus funeral. But, we are finally over the demolition hump and it's satisfying to be able to glimpse what it's going to look like. There's light at the end of the tunnel, or in this case the light is in the back porch where Steve is sawing timber.
