A Home At Last
At last I have my own place again. When I saw the place, I fell in love with it. It had been badly vandalized during the last year since the previous owner absconded to Mozambique.All the electrical fittings, wires, and cables were stolen. All the plumbing, including the hot water cylinder, were ripped out. Almost every room have holes in the ceilings as they were searching for the hot water cylinder, aluminum sliding doors and window frames were broken out and even the swimming pool (15 cm of filthy water) filter and pump were stolen and most of the gutters were destroyed.
The house was truly in a bad state but there were so many plusses. Four bedrooms, a massive 75 square meter barbeque room, a garage big enough for three cars, and to top it all, a cozy granny flat. Ah, and then I did not even mention the other 75 sq meter room sitting on top of the barbeque room, also with a fire place and a large balcony.
I made a ridiculous offer for the place, which I thought the bank would reject but they accepted and I became the owner of a 20-year-old ruin.
But now, only a few weeks later, I have rewired the place, restored the plumbing, and had new windows and doors fitted where they were broken out. I have contracted a plumber to install a new hot water cylinder. They installed it on Friday and I have just moved in. Now I’ll tackle the ceilings and have the place painted, leaving the pool for last. I never wanted one. Too much work!
Well, now you know what kept me away from CS for so long, and I suspect that I’ll be busy here for quite a while.
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I think I will enjoy this house more than my previous house. It sits squat in the middle of my family. My sister, one of my nieces and a cousin live within walking distance from here, each in a different direction. There can be disadvantages to that but I will get a bit of exercise visiting them.
I have not seen you for ages. You will not believe this; I almost bought this house about two years ago. The house was in a perfect condition at the time. Unfortunately the owner wanted too much for it. I'm itching to know what you paid for it.
Funny, one of the neighbors told me a similar story. He also thought the price was too high.
What did I pay for it? Now that is a very closely guarded secret.
I think I'd need to start saving for my air ticket now
Go slow on the restoration
Hi Wen
Not all good news I fear. I have just discovered a serious water leak in the pipe feeding the granny flat and the pipes are in concrete under the floor. I will have to cut the pipe to block it off and then lay a new pipe.
What is this? Last you told me you were almost there with the money. How long must I still wait?
Its great to find something you like and want to make your home, looks like a lot of work (that's often the case) but you can make it "yours".
Wishing you lots of happiness there.
Thanks. As you say, plenty of work but all in all, worth the while.
You know, a girl can never ever have too many shoes or handbags
I made the 100th comment!!
What did I win???