So it’s now time for the before pictures of our little building project. The following are some pictures of the plans. This one is the original house:

The Original Plans

And this one is what it will hopefully look like “soon”:

And this is the end result

So just to explain it a bit. The one bathroom and closet will be turned into two bathrooms. There’s actually one little change that we’ve made to the drawing which is that Bathroom 2 will have a door into the dining room rather than Bedroom 2. The current kitchen isn’t much of a kitchen anyway at the moment, so that’s being turned into a bedroom. To create more space in the house we will close in the veranda and extend that wall to create a little laundry area. The front door will now be at the back of the house. Some walls will be knocked out to create an open plan layout. Oh, and we’re replacing the roof entirely. Fun times!

Here are some before pictures of the house (I know, it’s in a shocking state!):

The front Veranda

Bathroom

Lounge and Bedroom

The Kitchen

The courtyard/"garden"

And lastly, Google was so kind to take an aerial photo of our roof. Hopefully by the end of next week, it will look more like our neighbour’s roof.

Google took a picture of our roof

Stay posted as we make progress on the house. Awaiting quotes from builders due at 12:00 today…