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Yippee Woohoo: Finally On The Move.

Yippee Woohoo: Finally On The Move.

and not cos I go ants in me pants.

Yeah, so after a very frustrating time looking for a house to rent, with so many knockbacks and disappointments, I've finally found a place that I can call home.

Before I go any further, though, I must say that I am grateful to Steve and his family for their hospitality and patience while I sought somewhere else to live.  Without them life would have been so much different over the last 12 months or so.  Having said that, I'm as glad as all buggery to be moving into this new place.  For some time I've not been able to access much of my stuff, what with it all being packed up n' all, and now I have the big job of unpacking and finding new homes for things in the new place.  I can't wait.

Anyway, about the house itself.  Firstly, it is low-set, so no major stairs to get in and out of the place.... which with my old arthritic frame is a bonus, just two steps and I'm in/out.  It is an older Queensland-style with a nice verandah, three decent sized bedrooms with separate dining area and air-conditioned living/lounge room.  And wow, the kitchen is fantastic, with a buit-in pantry and fantabulous stove... sis burner gas top and a large electric oven.  The dining area is large also, so I can set up an entertainment unit and TV if I fancy watching something while I eat.

I won't know what to do with myself with all this extra room to myself.  One of the spare bedrooms can/will be a guest room... and the other, I'll turn into my mancave with all my playthings... spare TV and PC etc.  Part of the verandah is closed in and quite private, so I will use that area as a PC work area to keep all my tools and work benches, etc.  The laundry is downstairs underneath the house and is real basic, but it's not like I'll spend much time down there to care much about that.  The bathroom and toilet are separate, which I prefer, and there's a roomy, older style garden shed down the back for mowers and outdoor things as well, so it's well equipped and quite comfortable.

Oh yeah, while the living room has reverse cycle air-con for cooling or heating, it has French doors opening onto the front verandah, so if there's a nice breeze blowing, they can be opened to save on cooling costs.

Well that's about it for now, will post some piccies when I can. :w00t:

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Reply #26 Top

:star: :sun:

Reply #27 Top

Very glad to hear to got your own place.  It's so much better to have a space to call your own, customize it the way you want.  Congratulations!

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Here is the front of my place

Lounge room with the french doors

Lounge room looking down the Hall way to Dining room

My Bed room well it will be once all my stuff is set up

this will be  my pc room

Bath room

last one will be the back yard

these were from the real estate  before i moved in , I will post more when I am set up

Reply #29 Top

Nice!

Reply #30 Top

Very nice!

Reply #31 Top

Most excellent. love the doorway treatments going down the halls, and hardwood floors are a real bonus. :thumbsup:

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Shaunna here aka mrs_starkers , no I haven't high  jacked marks user name just wanted to let people know that I am using his user name as he had signed in on my laptop while at my place  I will or he will add more pics when I take them once he is settled in... those pics I uploaded yesterday came off the web .

Quoting Wizard1956, reply 31

Most excellent. love the doorway treatments going down the halls, and hardwood floors are a real bonus
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yes I love those too .

Quoting Uvah, reply 29

Nice!
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it sure is

Quoting Fuzzy, reply 30

Very nice!
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yes it sure is , I will tell starkers to fire up that BBQ as he will have some visitors  for dinner lol :D

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Quoting Wizard1956, reply 31

Most excellent. love the doorway treatments going down the halls, and hardwood floors are a real bonus. :thumbsup:
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Inter-wars Cal-Bung.   Probably anything from 60 to 80 years old.

Dating housing stock isn't an exact science as design 'features/details' can be pinched from other eras over time.

Reply #34 Top

Its a lovely old place and plenty of room for me to practice  my driving and reversing  lol  :P

Reply #35 Top

Are there sidewalks?  :P

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Quoting Uvah, reply 35

Are there sidewalks?  :P
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Nope....Australia does not have them....but we do have 'footpaths' .... JAFOCHECK

Reply #37 Top

Stay off the footpaths then if Shaunna is driving. :rofl:

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Quoting mrs_starkers, reply 34

Its a lovely old place and plenty of room for me to practice  my driving and reversing  lol  :P
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And with that open/elevated foundation, it will be easy for Mark to duck out of the way.

Is that typical for the area(flooding?) or has the house been moved there from another location. Those are unusual in my part of the country. Much more typical in Louisiana or Mississippi where high water can be an issue or winters are not so severe. We have crawl spaces or basements around here. Our plumbing would freeze in winter with that  foundation.

(Would sure make running new pipes or wiring much, much easier though.)

Reply #39 Top
Quoting Wizard1956, reply 38
Quoting mrs_starkers,

Its a lovely old place and plenty of room for me to practice  my driving and reversing  lol  :P



And with that open/elevated foundation, it will be easy for Mark to duck out of the way.

Is that typical for the area(flooding?) or has the house been moved there from another location. Those are unusual in my part of the country. Much more typical in Louisiana or Mississippi where high water can be an issue or winters are not so severe. We have crawl spaces or basements around here. Our plumbing would freeze in winter with that  foundation.

(Would sure make running new pipes or wiring much, much easier though.)

End of Wizard1956's quote

Looks like concrete stumps...so it's been restumped at some time...they would have been redgum originally...and someone's been slack and not bothered putting on the plinth boards...;p

Reply #40 Top

No sidewalks 😮     Love the place. When can I visit?    :lol:

Reply #41 Top

Nope....Australia does not have them....but we do have 'footpaths' 
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The UK has those too - except in Yorkshire where we have 'causi-edges' ;)

Reply #42 Top

Still unpacking and settling in so I've been too busy to think about more pics and showing the place off.  However, I am getting close to setting up everything as I want it, so more pics will come in due course.

:)

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will post some piccies when I can.
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Welcome news indeed...bahaha.  :w00t:

Reply #45 Top

I hope you unpacked the beer first ;)

Reply #46 Top

Doc...that is so weird.

Reply #47 Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 43



will post some piccies when I can.



Welcome news indeed...bahaha.  :w00t:

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fifty

It has been such a busy time setting up thsquires at pics have not been the priority, like I haven't even set up my main computers as yet, so hopefully in the next day or so I'll have pretty much everything as I wjames ant it, and the pics will follow.

Quoting Fuzzy, reply 45

I hope you unpacked the beer first ;)
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Nope!  But then it didn't get packed to begin with... being cold refreshments were a priority during the move.  The beer HAD to be instantly accessible, as you would well understand.... and agree with.  Just lately I've been trying a new offering from the XXXX brewery, a mid-strength pale ale, which ain't too bad a drop at all.  Another I've acquired a taste for is James Squires Fifty Lashes, another pale ale with a pleasant, full bodied taste.  Still, no matter what, I rarely stray too far from a Kilkenny, the Irish ale that's a great thirst quencher on a hot day.

:w00t:

Reply #48 Top

All good house moves are topped off by a meal of fish 'n chips to celebrate...;)

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Quoting Jafo, reply 48

All good house moves are topped off by a meal of fish 'n chips to celebrate...;)
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Funny you say that... 'twas the first meal in the place... with lashings of ale [Kilkenny, XXXX Bitter and Tooheys Pale Ale] to wash it down.  Both the Tooheys and XXXX pale ales are a very nice drop, as is James Squires Fifty Lashes.

Oh, and the fish n' chip shop around the corner does the best fish n' chips.... none of those soggy reheated chips from there.  The wait might be a little longer, but the wait is well worth it to get freshly cut and cooked chips.

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