Renovation update: Landscaping has officially kicked off with a day of clean up and demolition! Plants will be the final step (have to wait until Strata gets the fence replaced), but there’s plenty to do in the meantime… 🌴🌿🌱

On the left is the front hallway with our old solid door. On the right is the new one with reeded glass. Even on a cloudy day, we get a lot more light in! 😍

It’s been more than a month since my last proper #renovation update! We are still waiting on a few bits of furniture to arrive, but the internal work is now 90% done. Today the builders installed our new @vitsoe shelves! Now comes the fun of filling them. 😍 There’s also the new living room rug, as well as curtains throughout the house. The HVAC is up and running in the living room and bedroom, and our fancy lights are being installed. Most excitingly – a new glass front door and security gate! They’re still tweaking that one, and the frame will be painted bronze to match the windows. As always, thank you to @internidesign and @aureigroup for making it all happen…

It really ties the room together. 😍 The final pieces are slotting into place! #newrug

Week 7: Now that the plumbing fixtures are in, rendering can start! The builders have started covering up the bare brick and concrete, and patching where they chased in cables and pipes. We also decided to remove the visible cornice in the kitchen, so it’ll be gone everywhere except for our offices and the storage closet. They also put in the wiring for our feature lights in the living room. But even more exciting to me is the fact that the scaffolding on the Unilodge building at Broadway is finally GONE, after like 10 years I swear! 😍🏠 #renovation

Week 5: Not a lot of visible progress. They poured a leveling compound to help smooth out some of the dips in the floor, which took a while to set. They also removed the old A/C and started installing the new units. They’re also building in a bulkhead for the new kitchen pass lights. 🏠 #renovation

Week 3: Two of the new walls are built, and plumbing and electrical have been chased in. Our bathroom is finally a rectangle! The internet has been moved to a more practical location, and we can start to see what the back entrance hallway will look like. Next up is to fix the very uneven floor before plastering can begin… 🏠🚧

Day 9: The builders have continued to demolish some things while starting the process of rebuilding others. Cables and pipes are being chased into walls. New wall frames are appearing. So far two unexpected issues: the concrete floor isn’t completely level, and they’ve found some plumbing leaks. Thankfully should be easy to address… 🏠🚧

Day 5: Rubble. This part of the renovation is *fast*! Doors and windows are out; closets gone; cornice coming down; bathroom demolished; walls obliterated. I can’t wait to see it start coming back together! (They’ve set up a weekly meeting so we can see the progress.) 🏠🚧

Day One: The renovation has begun! The builders made quick work of the old flooring, and they started removing doors and closet fittings too. (Don’t expect photos every day. We’re going to try to bother them as little as possible!) 🏠 🚧