grown men run screaming from house......

sculptural electrical installation on my verandah

Sparkies are running scared from my house! They take one look and go white around the gills, or the electrical equivalent and break into a sweat. The first one quoted me a small fortune in the desperate hope that he would never get the job!  The last one was so sweet and polite and at one point looked at me very sincerely as we stood near a large pile of building debris and said, ' Have you had moments of feeling overwhelmed?' 'Well yes Glenn, I have', I said equally as sweetly and sincerely. 'It's probably one of the most challenging jobs I have quoted on,' he said his face going the colour of Polyfilla. He got into his van very swiftly and roared up the street. My house is very scary, well to electricians it would seem. I need an electrician who is not afraid. A heroic sparkie who is also affordable. Hopefully I find one very soon because  George Ace Handyman, my OBG, (Official Building Guru), is being held up by the lack of courageous sparkies and that will just not do.

So right now I need a good news story - below witness left the house as it was with completely rusted out gutters and no downpipes whatsoever, mildewed walls and junk lying everywhere and see it now all freshly washed and newly guttered with gorgeous charcoal grey gutters and downpipes. Who would have thought that guttering could be so exciting?!

and AFTER!!

BEFORE sad and gutterless..

OMG! another good news story

For some weeks  I have peered under the house and wondered what the old doors were like that I was sure I could see right under the middle of the house. The other day my curiosity got the better of me and I crawled under the house, which was a little scary, and to my amazement the doors I could see were a pair of beautiful old French doors! They are in great condition and must have been part of the original house in 1915. Now I just have to work out how to tell George Ace Handyman that the doorway he widened for me only a few days ago just needs to be made a few inches wider and higher to accommodate my new find.......

yours renovating by candlelight

Katerina x