My new friend...

I'd like to introduce you to my new friend....



The Karcher WD3.33!!

This thing freaking rocks, in the process of sucking up the filth of the man cave, this thing just takes it in stride.

Just a shame it couldn't wash the mold out of the window and door tracks..... the humans left to do that one....

First attempt at plastering...

First round of plaster went in today. Well, I say today, I really mean 1am last night on a bottle of scotch. So today was more like fixing up the dodgy plaster job.

We'll wait to see how that all turns out, my first attempt was on the ceiling in the ensuite to repair a nice crack where the Tastic light has been crookedly fitted by the original owner... the dirty bastard that he was too!

It took the two of us to co-op vacuum and brush the windows and door runners and sills, putrid!!! I really don't know how this basic function called 'minor housework' could be ignored for the entire time of occupation?!?! Plus, the fan in the Tastic, and every single wall is FILTHY. Everywhere I look is just more mechanic's handprints (who touches walls?!?!), foot prints, kids paint, dust, dirt, spider webs.... the list goes on.

I'll take piccies of the work thus far later tonight. We're puckering at the thought of just how much the first quote will be - the floors.

Enter the Man Cave

Well. After 3 years, we finally did it. And boy did we do it with style.

Enter The Man Cave - a 3 bedroom, 2 bath bachelor pad that had everything we wanted, with the exception that everything was covered in a thick layer of "what's spray-and-wipe" and filled with hundreds (and we mean HUNDREDS) of picture hooks, nails and pins throughout the walls. Just a whole lot of "what the f&%# was he thinking"...

On the list of things to do - new kitchen, new floors throughout, painting and a butt-load of cleaning.

Since everything is coming out, our lives will remain in the garage bar a mattress in the master bedroom while everything is ripped out, cleaned and tarted to a livable standard.