Losh's house build 5 years in the making

[losh1971]

Nice work! I see you enjoy a good coffee too. Did you seriously say you are already thinking of moving house before you even finish this one? Fark that I'd be stayin for a while to enjoy it if I spent that long building it.
Corner cupboards are a nightmare, I hate em! I like your kitchen with no doors, if I was single I reckon I'd leave it like that

Not sure if I will sell the house next year and get another one or if we will keep it and try to get a block and stick a shed on it for the time being. I've put in 1000s of hours so it has some sentimental value as well as monetary. Oh yeah can't go past proper coffee.

 

[losh1971]

Some more pics from early this year.

 

[losh1971]

 

[losh1971]

I got the kitchen bench tops in in Sept this year, I need finish the kick panels that I am making and install them. Did nearly the whole lot myself. All I had help with was cut the hole for the sink. I may have been able to do it but I don't own a jigsaw, which we needed to cut the very last bit into the corners that the circular saw wouldn't reach. I was also a little nervous about making a $1900 mistake. I was fortunate that in my searchings on Gumtree I found enough cupboard door handles for all my doors including the laundry and scored them for $15 which new they are $7 each. I had to buy four new ones but they are longer as I want them to suit the 2400 laundry and pantry doors that I am yet to have made. Took me a while to fit the soft closers on the drawers as I was retro fitting them to SH drawers. Worst part was getting the gaps right all the way around.

 

[losh1971]

It was around late Aug this year I was able to get a mortgage. Up until then I just had to do what I could with credit cards and a couple of tops ups on the personal loan and some help from my mum. Reckon I tried 4 or 5 times to get a mortgage without any success. But I tried a credit union about getting a personal loan when they said they would look at a mortgage on an incomplete house, which was my biggest hurdle.Getting the loan meant I have been able to get most of the veranda completed.

 

[losh1971]

Around 6-8 weeks ago we finished all the framing for the veranda.

 

[VS_Pete]

Your dog looks happy with his new home.

 

[losh1971]

Kitchen is basically finished as is the laundry. Laundry still needs doors on tje linen press but they are really expensive.

 

[losh1971]

The laundry trough i bought second hand for 25 bucks and i just had a new door made for it so it matched the rest.

 

[stockies]

Mate,
I'm loving this thread - good on you for doing it all yourself!
Keep it up, i'm hooked