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Thread ID: 66561	2006-02-27 05:54:00	Interior Decorating - Old Houses	pctek (84)	PC World Chat

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434204	2006-02-27 08:40:00	Heres a bit of it www.imagef1.net.nz Family room has french doors (2) to the veranda, as do three of the bedrooms (one has 2 sets), formal lounge has 3 doors to the verandas. Then there is the front and back doors. In addition the sheds have a total of 8 hinged doors (excluding garage doors), then there are 8 full sized wardrobe doors, so the total gets up. Try oiling the hinges and locks and the day is gone. And there is a total of ~114 panes of glass in the house, not counting the sheds. (3 bay haybarn, tractor shed, implement shed, granary, 2 workshops, woodshed and double garage). No tractor though. Have a 3 furrow plough, grubbers and cambridge roller, all horse drawn, in the gardens. No horse... Over an acre of lawn (real lawn, no weeds). Trees are Oak, Claret Ash, Lime, Chestnut, Flowering Cherry, Rowans, Plane trees, Silver Birch, Beech, Copper Beech, Blackwood, Elm, and many many more. Plus an orchard with plums, cherries, apples etc, all very very old. Two sheds have Kauri floors.	godfather (25)
434205	2006-02-27 08:44:00	Hmmmm. Never been through the "do up an oldie" apart from an about seventies unit in Glen Innes/Glendwie in late 80's when we benefitted from the 87 crash (increased demand on lower cost propeties). But e'one I know who has been thru this has horror tales of the expense.	mark c (247)
434206	2006-02-27 08:44:00	Over an acre of lawn (real lawn, no weeds).So those white spots on the lawn are the first sign of winter snow, and not daisies? :p	Jen (38)
434207	2006-02-27 08:49:00	So those white spots on the lawn are the first sign of winter snow, and not daisies? :p Leaves from the beech tree, it drops them all year round! Can recommend a mix of Versatil and Grazon (2 ml each per litre of water) to fix the lawn weeds. Fertiliser mix is purchased at 1/4 tonne at a time, not by your wimpy 25kg bag.	godfather (25)
434208	2006-02-27 09:41:00	It's wonderful GF! Thx for the photo. Some more would be great. Our tastes go to modern, so we would never do that, but no-one can deny the inherent charm and beauty of a place like that. I love the sound of your trees. Part of our new place's grace is also our trees, but they're very few by comparison, and seperate us from our neighbours by only about 15 metres.	Greg (193)
434209	2006-02-27 12:32:00	godfather: If I'd known you wanted a cottage to do up, I'd have invited you down to have a bash at mine. You could've even chosen which one - depending on how bad a state of disrepair you prefer to tackle. I have options. And perhaps that's why nothing gets done? Too many choices = too hard to get started.	Laura (43)
434210	2006-02-27 17:32:00	Wow. It IS English. Which part of NZ is it? I like your view, can't see a single sign of civilisation...well at least from that side. I intend to remove my ranchslider and replace it with French doors. Eventually....	pctek (84)
434211	2006-02-27 20:00:00	This is part of the view from the cottage . imagef1 . net . nz/files/2006_0204_135550AA-1 . jpg" target="_blank">www . imagef1 . net . nz The house is in Canterbury, so is the cottage . Just under an hour apart . The house has 2 street frontages (East and West), and neighbours all around North and South, even though it sits on the equivalent of 9 sections, hence the need for a quiet retreat in the cottage . Cottage is on 10 acres of rolling land and forestry with excellent sea views, and we have a private access right across the land to the shore for fishing . Ranchslider pcteck? Horrors, its been butchered then? All our replacement joinery is traditional wooden windows and doors, not an aluminium window in sight! Roof is coloursteel, and have accommodated PVC guttering, in the old "ogee" traditional shape . Had to hand make and fit about 86 extra eave brackets after the refurbishment . Even all the replacement and new weatherboards are Rimu . (The architect would not use pine weatherboards, nor would he use the standard thickness of roofing iron, its all heavy guage) . Would not have a choice now though, as Rimu is not readily available .	godfather (25)
434212	2006-02-27 20:25:00	Nice garden GF and nice view too! pctek : when renovating old houses you get thousand dollared to death - everything costs $1000. Or more. Ater having renovated a bungalow and then a villa, I've now gone for a modern low maintenance house. Old house (www.imagef1.net.nz) New house (www.imagef1.net.nz) A	andrew93 (249)
434213	2006-02-27 20:28:00	Ranchslider pcteck? Horrors, its been butchered then? Only one. And the rest of the house is not. www.mcs.geek.nz/house.htm	pctek (84)
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