My new house

[Phoenix]

The fiancee and I finally found a place that we could afford (just, $156,000) and signed the contract. Both events happening on the same day funnily enough.

It's not a bad place, nice area, good price and a garage. Only downfall, it is a car garage, Grover is too tall to fit inside style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif

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and here is a couple of pics.

http://www.aulro.com/albums/album13/101316904al1075763675.sized.jpg

http://www.aulro.com/albums/album13/101316904ml1075763678.sized.jpg

[Phoenix]

PS, we move in about 5 weeks style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif

[incisor]

well done!

sorry i cant get down to help you move style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif

[Phoenix]

I'm sure that you are just so miffed that you can't help style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

[incisor]

i am truly heart broken!

but if you get stuck i am sure we can arrange something ... style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif

[LRHybrid100]

Congrats Phoenix,

Looks a bloody nice house for that price.

Why not just extend the carport foward and slope the roof backwards to meet the other?

BR LRH.

[Timmo]

Good stuff phoenix, must be a great feeling to have your own house.

The AULRO calendar is going to be full of housewarming partys all over the country!

[Knight]

Congratulations!!! style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif

Looks beautiful!!

Well done....and I too would love to help you move

But....alas, i am in Sydney :wink:

so sorry!! he he

again, congratulations - it's a great feeling owning your own place (so i am told :roll: )

Soon, soon, i too will be as happy and proud of my place as you are!!

Well Done!

Knight

[fernockulated]

8O SO where's the pool??????





*hmmmmmm... thinks ,doesn't phoenix live in tassie ?
hmmmmm toooooo bloody cold for pool dipstick!*




so wheres the ice skating rink???????




hahahahahahahah congratulations phoenix now you have your very own piece of suburbia to come home to after spending w/e 's 4wding thru the bush,well done mate!!!! :wink:

[Phoenix]

style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif You lot crack me up style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

I'll make the carport accomodate grover, it might mean making the carport taller, but fit it will :wink:

As for a pool, there was a pool there in 1929, but that was called the great flood of 1929, hopefully the tamar river won't be visiting for a repeat performance 8O

I'll add some more pics after we have moved in, those two don't do it justice (Also it will give me time to clean up a couple of rough edges :wink: )

[fernockulated]

style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif 8O just enough room in the back yard to pitch a tent for visiting aulro-ians!!!! :roll:

[LRHybrid100]

so when's the house warming?

now with the direct ferry from Sydney - we could be there for the weekend!!! style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

BR LRH.

[Phoenix]

Yep, plenty of room for tents, and you can even pick your own fruit (the place has a 90 year old orange tree, it's huge 8O ). BTW, the house is 1914, so 90 this year style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif

The settlement is March 12, so a few weeks after that will be the ouse warming party if anybody is about 8)

[KEV0044]

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[tdivic]

Congratulations Pheonix,you found a house with the perfect driveway for a Landy. It has grass down the middle so you wont see the oil drips. You lucky b*r#t@r+!! By the way the house looks great as well, hope you and the future Mrs Pheonix live a long and happy life in it

Vic

[bigbugga]

Well done to you and your lady mate.

Look's like a nice place as well.

Just need a nice big 20 by 20 shed out back for the LR stuff to happen and you will be set. :twisted:

[fernockulated]

style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif nah , move into the garage and store all the landy gear in the house!!!!!!!

[Phoenix]

style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif Mrs Phoenix, now that sounds funny style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

Unfortunately there isn't room for my 20 x 20 shed, so the small one will have to do ................... for now :wink:

[bigbugga]

FOR NOW 8O



Good to see you are open to future ideas

[Phoenix]

Well open to the idea of a future big shed style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

[bigbugga]

Originally posted by Phoenix
Well open to the idea of a future big shed :lol:

I never sugested anything else :?

[Phoenix]

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[fernockulated]

hey phoenix , remove smaller shed ,REPLACE back yard with a LARGE shed , no problem! no gardening ,no weeds style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

[Phoenix]

Mmmm, tempting. Rain wouldn't be a problem for BBQ's then would it, and I wouldn't need to buy a lawnmower.

Nah, I don't think the missus would spring for that.

[fernockulated]

style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif tell her she can have a SMALL corner for a sewing room and she will be happy, oh and tell her that you can hang clothes lines inside so that it dries in the rain, just a few lines that mite (or mite not) work!

[bigbugga]

If she looks like this she can have anything she want's http://smile.smilies.nl/596.gif

[Pedro_The_Swift]

wow,, I hope I'm in as good condition when I'm 90,,, style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

[incisor]

hahahahahaha

[Pedro_The_Swift]

you may laugh incisor,,
I feel 90 tonight in this heat :oops: :oops: ,,

May have to go visit pheonix for a while,,,,,

[fernockulated]

:roll: if that is "fraser just over there" why dont you just nip down to the beach???? 8O 8)

[bigbugga]

Originally posted by fernockulated
:roll: if that is "fraser just over there" why dont you just nip down to the beach???? 8O 8)


HHMMM someone has taken his SMART pills today. :wink:

[fernockulated]

:roll: also had my witties for breakfast,along with a bowl of cornies!!! style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

[bigbugga]

Originally posted by fernockulated
:roll: also had my witties for breakfast,along with a bowl of cornies!!! style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

:? why me?

[fernockulated]

was gunna save this for the 1000 , but couldnt resist
http://www.stupid-boy.com/smilies/otn/funny/bluegrab.gif

gotcha!!

[Phoenix]

Mad mad mad mad mad .................. you're all mad style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

Valuation came in today, only 152 K which is kinda surprising. Oh well, give it 6 months and it will be worth more anyway.

I should get confirmation of finance today, then I can deffinitely say,

<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%">IT'S MINE style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif </span>

[Knight]

Well then good luck on the finance side of things.....it wont be a problem!!

Still very jealous! Love the look of the place :wink:

You should put a nice plaque at the front door saying:

MINE (sorry to the better half, it should say : OURS)

Ah the joy of owning.....will know it soon enough!

Congratulations again! style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif

Knight

[Phoenix]

Actually there is a cement arch over the front gate (you can't see it in the pic I think) that has the name of the place on it "IONA". Depending on how you say it, it is quite approproate style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

[Phoenix]

aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!

We finally got finance with 1 day to spare style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif

There was a couple of problems to do with the financial institution and an extension to the building.

But all is good now, it's mine so I do IONA (I own her)!!!

[incisor]

well done young fella!

[VladTepes]

CONGRATULATIONS !!

I remember how I felt when I bought my first (and only) house - all of 4 years ago.

I've just thrown some money at TITAN to build me a shed to keep stuff in. Trouble is we have a Defender, a falcon, and a space (3 car shed).

All I gotta do now is find a nice SWB style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif and some money to buy it with.... style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif

As regards helping you move.... I live in Brisbane but EVEN if I lived NEXT DOOR to you I still wouldn't be even vaguely interested in helping you move style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif . I have a Ute, therefore been there and done that all too often :? .

Seriously, Congrats again mate. Looks like a nice house and if I am ever down that way I'll park my ute right on top of the garden; which will get YOU out of any **** you might happen to be in with Mrs Phoenix at the time ! :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: (Transferrence of blame...)

Cheers Mate.

VladTepes

[Phoenix]

Just an update, settlement is tommorow, so with keys at hand i'll be off to go to my new house after work on friday style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif

[Timmo]

Good stuff Phoenix.......you'll have to christen the place........with Champagne I mean..... 8)

[VladTepes]

Yeah right. :roll:

I was supposed to have a new shed a week ago and the ****in thing is still in pieces in my back yard. :x

NOT HAPPY JAN !!!

[LandyAndy]

Well Done Phoenix!!!!
You cant go wrong owning your own place compared to renting.
You aint going to have time for your landy any more,you will be busy fixing things and renovating on the house,they are just like a landy.I know,we bought our house 9 months ago and the list is never ending PLUS the house gobbles money faster than a broken down landy!!!!
Best of luck
Andrew

[VladTepes]

Yeah they sure are money gobblers - but so is rent....

Oh for the days of caves.... (as long as they are big enough to fit the Landie in).

I hear there are a few vacant ones over in Afghanland now that Osama has moved out. Going cheap but apparently "slightly trashed".

[Timmo]

Started moving in yet Phoenix? Have you slept there yet......?

Tell us what its like to be a home owner???

[Phoenix]

Haven't slept there yet, but I have been there late at night (must get that damn sensor light outside working :x ).

Kinda scary being a home owner, but it is starting to feel like our home, rather than the previous owners.

So as a form of an update, here is how the weekend went.

on friday at 11:45 I attended settlement, handed the papers over (now I'm in big debt style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif ), and got the keys and alarm code.

Went in after work, and spent 2 minutes working out how the alarm works, 1 minute of that with the alarm going 8O . I don't know if anyone else noticed, but empty houses look terrible. We decided to spruce the place up while it is empty, and before we move in. So we are repainting ALL of the rooms (it will look great when it is finished though).

So on saturday we bought all the paint we needed (well almost), borrowed all the tools we needed and got to it. At the end of the day there had been much cleaning, sanding and fixing.

On sunday we hired a wallpaper remofer and removed a freize from the kitchen, and the wallpaper from one whole room (one more to go next weekend). More sanding, scraping and tidying, and bu late sunday, it really does look like a house under renovation. And that is what it looks like this morning.

So it looks like moving in will be at least another week 1/2 away, depending on how many helpers we have on the weekend :wink:

On another positive note, even SWMBO decided that the landy is a handy thing for lugging all of that gear around style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif

[VladTepes]

Good move.

I wish I had thought to do that when I got this place as onec the furniture is in it all becmes a little bit too hard - so the walls are the same yuk beige they were 4 years ago.

When (if) the shed ever gets finished, I can move some stuff out there and attack the painting.

(I HATE painting :!: )

So you did well - and a LANDY victory with the SWMBO to boot ! style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif

[fernockulated]

:roll: just in case anyone notices my ocupation , i'm not available for house painting , toooooooooooo much work already backlogged style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif , so any OTHER work would have to be w/e work and that is a BIG no-no, besides tassie is a long drive for w/e work, however advice is free!!!! style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

[Phoenix]

Any advice is always welcome, and free advice is even better. Although I find that really good advice is often worth a beer 8)

[VladTepes]

Originally posted by fernockulated
:roll: just in case anyone notices my ocupation

To tell you the truth - I had forgotten. But thanks for the reminder. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif
While I have a brick house, the inside DOES need a paint. Badly !

Come on over, and bring your brushes. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif
I'm only just down the road (well, compared to phoenix anyway!) style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

[fernockulated]

:roll: someone needs glasses!!!!! style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

[bigbugga]

Originally posted by fernockulated
:roll: someone needs glasses!!!!! style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif


For the refreashments :twisted:

[VladTepes]

Hey :!: Guess What :?:

THE SHED is finally finished :!: :!: :!:

and bloody nice it is too.

I haven't got the digital camera at the moment but when I do I'll post a pic.

It's a fantabulous 6m x 9m big and 2.7m high (2.2m clearance - big enough to fit a Landy (or 3) in.

At least SOMETHING went right yesterday :!:

[Phoenix]

Geez, that took it's time in getting finished style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

[VladTepes]

King oath it did :!:

The first erector stuffed around for weeks longer than he should have and the weather couldn't be blamed for it all. He is on the southside of Brissie and I don't think that he could be bothered coming up here, really. (I am on far northside).

Why (the shed company) put him on the job in the first place, I will never know.

Anyway I finally convinced them to put another crew on the job (a bloke that lives north side) and he was excellent - got the job done in 2 days notwithstanding quite windy weather. It looks like he did a good job too (only time will tell).

I also had to continually chase the company - they never rang me to let me know what was going on... (I HATE that !)

So, you ask, what company was it ?

Well - not to give too much away, but it was TIT.....

Wait, no. That's too obvious. It was ...AN.

There. I'll bet you'll never figure that out. :wink:

[Phoenix]

So you have been chasing Tit.. around for weeks eh 8) style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

[VladTepes]

Well here's a timeline:
15/12/03 - ordered shed and paid deposit. (Advised completion mid Feb)
15/01/04 - Council building approval
28/01/04 - Earthworks and concreting of piers and slab completed.
10/02/04 - Shed deliverd (in pieces). Major (70%) progress payment made. Advised construction would occur within 3 weeks.
now you'll note only about $1,000 was remaining to be paid and service deteriorated rapidly....until, finally, and very belatedly....
22/03/04 - Construction commenced.
23/03/04 - Construction completed.

Draw your own conclusions......

[fernockulated]

with the slab down that size shed should have taken a crew only three days max ,depending on how many doors and what type (roller or sliding) :roll:

[VladTepes]

It only really took one and a quarter days in total for 2 guys to build the thing. It was all that ****ing around beforehand that took the time....


Anyhow - it's done now.

I suppose I should send them the final cheque...

[Phoenix]

Well, it has finally happened, we have moved into the house style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif

It is a relief to get in, although I suspect that it will take me a month to get the accumulation of 23 years of junk to the new place from my parents place.

Also carting about 140 model aircraft will be a ginger task, although about 120 of them are small metal ones, not the plastic ones that i build.

The house warming party will be ion about 2-3 weeks, and any of you are welcome to come, if you are in the vacinity at teh time, otherwise i['ll jsut have to shout you a virtual Pizza or Beer style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

[Timmo]

Congrats feenix.........hope the party is big!

[fernockulated]

good one pheonix, that would explain why youve dropped behind in the post stakes (hehehehehehehehe) :roll: style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif 8)

enjoy youre new digs! 8)

[bigbugga]

Originally posted by Phoenix


otherwise i['ll jsut have to shout you a virtual Pizza or Beer :lol:

Yeah you better do that for me mate, or shout a plane trip cause the fuel bill would kill both of us :twisted:

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Originally posted by fernockulated
with the slab down that size shed should have taken a crew only three days max ,depending on how many doors and what type (roller or sliding) :roll:

Now this is advise from an expert,,,,, :wink:

[VladTepes]

I've lost the plot here a bit, but at least I can remember to congratulate Phoenix on the move - about time mate !

[bigbugga]

Originally posted by VladTepes
I've lost the plot here a bit, !


8O WOW what a statement :wink:

[fernockulated]

Originally posted by VladTepes
I've lost the plot here a bit, but at least I can remember to congratulate Phoenix on the move - about time mate !

mite explain a few things!!!!! style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif :roll:

[VladTepes]

yeah.. yeah...