Bought me a house.

[abaddonxi]

Looks like I'm moving to Katoomba.


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I woulda taken better pics, but the torch ran out of batteries, and the camera, and the phones, and I broke my favourite tape measure.

No shed, and the roller door on the carport is too low for the 110.

Still, space down the back for a good shed, and I'm not turning down level concrete that is on an arterial road.

Simon

[Pedro_The_Swift]

It looks cold!!!:eek:


nice view:cool:

[rick130]

It looks cold!!!:eek:


nice view:cool:

:lol2: yep, the locals fall about from heat exhaustion if the temp reaches the dizzy heights of 29* in summer (which it rarely does)

Looks good Simon, and you can say hello to Ron when you are are on your commute. :D

Katoomba's temp range

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[JDNSW]

Looks good - when are you moving in?

John

[Disco_owner]

The house looks good simon , spectacular views. will you be providing B&B :p

[Xavie]

OH CRAP!

Your right Rick. It was 21 degrees over night and I couldn't sleep!

It looks like it's on the South side, is it Simon?

[87County]

Hey Simon,

that will be a calmer environment than the "kingdom of door slam", eh?

well done - Laurie

[FenianEel]

Nice work Simon,

Beautiful spot, and a place with character ;)

[feral]

The house looks good simon , spectacular views. You will be providing B&B :p

There you go...fixed :D

There's an event in October and Bathurst is only an hour away.:whistling:



Seriously, the property looks magnificent. Spectacular outlook and a nice project to work on. Plenty of potential in this one.

[p38arover]

Looks good Simon.

That green comes from something you'll soon get used to - drizzle, misty rain, mist, fog, rain, and misty rain, drizzle..... :D

I worked fulltime at Katoomba for about 8 months. The sun shone for part of most days. :p

Wotcha gunna do up there?

[RobHay]

Looks good Simon.

That green comes from something you'll soon get used to - drizzle, misty rain, mist, fog, rain, and misty rain, drizzle..... :D

I worked fulltime at Katoomba for about 8 months. The sun shone for part of most days. :p

Wotcha gunna do up there?


Freeze! I lived at Wentworth Falls in late '84 early '85, worked in Sydney, missed the train one morning cos as I went to turn left off the highway into the rail station carpark the car just continued sliding down the road on the ice.....damned lucky I did'nt hit anything:D

[numpty]

Freeze! I lived at Wentworth Falls in late '84 early '85, worked in Sydney, missed the train one morning cos as I went to turn left off the highway into the rail station carpark the car just continued sliding down the road on the ice.....damned lucky I did'nt hit anything:D

HTFU:D

[Shonky]

Looks good Simon!

:D


House warming party? ;)

[Pedro_The_Swift]

House warming party? ;)


BYO heater?
:p

[numpty]

:Rolling::Rolling::Rolling:

[abaddonxi]

Settlement is six weeks from yesterday. Have to pull all the carpets up and sand the floors before we move in.

What am I going to do? Commute to Central. My phd is at UTS, and although I could do most of my research and writing at home and over the web, I've learned that if you actually want a job at the end of it you have to do some hanging about. Moving to the mountains was the compromise of me getting to do the phd and Rilka getting a garden.

It's at the top of Lovel Street, south side.

Heating - I've got a gas central heating system in storage in my shed up at Mount Victoria, and two Bowin SLE's - remote control, thermostat, timer, lo-nox burner, etc. that I didn't sell on ebay last winter, so I think that part might be covered.

The irony is that, of the five days we've spent in the mountains looking at houses, none of them have been below 30 degrees.

Comes with a self contained granny flat, which unfortunately hogs all of the view.

Phew.

[George130]

Nice looking place.
No shed!:o That needs fixing.

[abaddonxi]

Nice looking place.
No shed!:o That needs fixing.

:(:(:(

[abaddonxi]

Hey Simon,

that will be a calmer environment than the "kingdom of door slam", eh?

well done - Laurie

:D

Thought exactly the same thing.

Up there yesterday and kids were in and out of the front fly screen door and made a hell of a racket.

So maybe we're still in the kingdom.

[Bushwanderer]

Congratulations Simon,
A great place - and the location. :cool:

Best Wishes,
Peter

[rick130]

Freeze! I lived at Wentworth Falls in late '84 early '85, worked in Sydney, missed the train one morning cos as I went to turn left off the highway into the rail station carpark the car just continued sliding down the road on the ice.....damned lucky I did'nt hit anything:D

LOL.
I used to service a couple of shops there.
Near twenty years ago, 7:30 in the morning, middle of winter, sleeting, wind, I was on the back roof of the Supermarket with a Driza Bone, jumper, flanny shirt, T shirt and singlet trying to keep the chill out and girls are walking to the train dressed in a light blouses and skirts :eek:
Obviously I came from much further down the hill :D

[Bigbjorn]

Settlement is six weeks from yesterday. Have to pull all the carpets up and sand the floors before we move in.

What am I going to do? Commute to Central.
.

A mate used to live at Blackheath and worked in Castlereagh Street. He reckons you should not go to sleep in the train in the way home in winter. He says spending the night on the platform at Lithgow waiting for the first train in the morning is not a good experience. Apparently ther carriage cleaners tip the drunks out at Lithgow and lock the carriages.

[FenianEel]

A mate used to live at Blackheath and worked in Castlereagh Street. He reckons you should not go to sleep in the train in the way home in winter. He says spending the night on the platform at Lithgow waiting for the first train in the morning is not a good experience. Apparently ther carriage cleaners tip the drunks out at Lithgow and lock the carriages.

haha:D
A few mates from Penrith and Katoomba got caught out once or twice doing that too Brian.
We worked in town, and had a few watering holes near Wynard station, supposedly cause it was close to the station. They'd imbibe too much, then have to bolt in a drunken manner to the last train. Hopefully a country train as it had toliets.:) Unfortuntely for them, they'd pass out/fall asleep and spend a chilly night on the platform at Lithgow:D as you said!

[Gooner]

Nice looking place Simon - lots of character and more peaceful than anywhere in Sydney.

Congrats.
Craig

[Xavie]

haha:D
A few mates from Penrith and Katoomba got caught out once or twice doing that too Brian.
We worked in town, and had a few watering holes near Wynard station, supposedly cause it was close to the station. They'd imbibe too much, then have to bolt in a drunken manner to the last train. Hopefully a country train as it had toliets.:) Unfortuntely for them, they'd pass out/fall asleep and spend a chilly night on the platform at Lithgow:D as you said!

mmm..... this happened to me except I ended up at Mt Victoria.... I was looking for somewhere to lay down and found a chair across from the cop shop. They came over and gave me a blanket and said they'd wake me before the train. lol.

[dullbird]

you would of thought they would of given you a cell for the night

[Bigbjorn]

haha:D
A few mates from Penrith and Katoomba got caught out once or twice doing that too Brian.
We worked in town, and had a few watering holes near Wynard station, supposedly cause it was close to the station. They'd imbibe too much, then have to bolt in a drunken manner to the last train. Hopefully a country train as it had toliets.:) Unfortuntely for them, they'd pass out/fall asleep and spend a chilly night on the platform at Lithgow:D as you said!

He told me about Lithgow after I had been complaining about waking up a few times in the East Hills carriage sheds. He opined that this would have been a far more comfortable option being left in the carriage in a shed than freezing your whatnot off on the platform at Lithgow.

[abaddonxi]

And we're finally in.

Or, we're finally out.

There is a lonely Defender axle sitting in the yard of the warehouse, and that's it. So much stuff crammed into the new house that it's spilling out into the garden.

Most of a week without hot water, but somehow the internets and phone were on before we moved in.:angel:

Important things first, after all.

Simon

[Chucaro]

Very nice place mate, congratulations.
now you need to do an addition to the plumbing... an extra tap and pipe for the Brandy :)
Cheers