Mr and Mrs Sheepers put themselves into debt for the rest of their lives.

[sheepers]

new house time.

our house is small, leaky, cold and old and we've wanted to do something about it for quite a while now.

thanks to a long journey which included astronomical increases in building costs, council changing their mind on things multiple times and heaps of other fun things it has taken 3 years to get to this point.

but here we are, about to build a new house which was supposed to start last November. 

 

the plan?

well, we're extending the front a bit and joining onto the garage. to get there we have to remove the current house and start pretty much from scratch. the floor structure of the existing will stay but nothing else. one of my jobs is to remove the current house. 

in theory the build will take about 8 months. im doing some steel work and a few bits here and there but the bulk of the work will be done by the builders and subcontractors

heres the existing floor plan and the finished floor plan. 

existing floorplan by sheepers, on Flickr

 

new layout by sheepers, on Flickr

[sheepers]

currently im pulling the old house down piece by piece.

first was the removing of the interior linings.

2017-03-17_11-43-02 by sheepers, on Flickr

 

2017-03-19_02-26-52 by sheepers, on Flickr

 

2017-03-19_02-27-12 by sheepers, on Flickr

 

2017-03-20_04-58-56 by sheepers, on Flickr

[sheepers]

then the ceilings all had to come down.

fibrous plaster is heavy and a cunt to deal with but its all gone now. 

 

20170321_185430 by sheepers, on Flickr

 

then its time to take the roof off. one shitty concrete tile at a time. 

 

2017-03-31_06-11-05 by sheepers, on Flickr

2017-04-02_03-48-22 by sheepers, on Flickr

2017-04-02_03-48-50 by sheepers, on Flickr

[sheepers]

once id thrown all the tiles into the skip it was time to remove the roof framing.

battens off then down come the rafters. it started pissing down so i didn't get very far with this

 

2017-04-05_05-28-23 by sheepers, on Flickr

[anglia4]

That looks ambitious considering its attached to your neighbours!

 It certainly looks like an interesting project!

[Mof]

Remove your addy from the pictures m8?

[igor]

Too late now, we all know where he lives.

How'd you get a consent to do this big a rebuild with a semi-detached house Sheepers?

[azzurro]

tis all a permitted activity now as far as planning goes*. Im sure there is some building code shizz re fire rating between adjacent tenancies but that aint no thing.

*(ahh, yeah your welcome i guess, unless you are sheepers neighbour then soz)

 

(not soz)

 

seriously tho, is that a cross lease? You probably know already but you will need a resurvey if so, and all this work - its to your neighbours place that you lease off them (and they off you hence the cross) , so yeah, just fee simple that pig (if your neighbours ok it...)

[igor]

Pretty sure that'll be too old to be a cross-lease. Were they even a thing back when those houses were built? Never buy a cross-lease folks, their gravity is such that not even light escapes.

[sheepers]

2 hours ago, Mof said:

Remove your addy from the pictures m8?

done

also both properties are freehold.

[sheepers]

fuck you roof.

 

2017-04-06_06-30-20 by sheepers, on Flickr

 

2017-04-06_06-30-07 by sheepers, on Flickr

[Nominal]

@Bombsquad would have had it down in a couple of hours.

[Bombsquad]

Faarrkk im all for diy but shoulda given me a holla tbh, especially re getting rid of shit cos doing it with skip bins would probably cost more than if id just hooned it the digger lol

[sheepers]

aren't you in the south island?

[igor]

Just had another look at the plans. I like how the garage is bigger than the original house was.

[Bombsquad]

11 minutes ago, sheepers said:

aren't you in the south island?

Hamilton based broseph. We go up to the Harbour bridge, south to Taupo and everywhere in between  

[V8Pete]

I'm intrigued at what the next door guys house will look like when you've finished knocking yours down.

[yetchh]

1 hour ago, igor said:

Just had another look at the plans. I like how the garage is bigger than the original house was.

 

 

That's how it should be..

 

 

Interesting to see your ffl is 11.63, does Auckland council have the same fucked up flood datum as ccc?

[sheepers]

8 hours ago, Bombsquad said:

Hamilton based broseph. We go up to the Harbour bridge, south to Taupo and everywhere in between  

well ive learned something today.

i was sure you were in the south for some reason.

anywho its been interesting pulling it to bits, not far to go now. 

8 hours ago, V8Pete said:

I'm intrigued at what the next door guys house will look like when you've finished knocking yours down.

 stick around, you'll find out in a week or so. 

[sheepers]

7 hours ago, yetchh said:

 

 

That's how it should be..

 

 

Interesting to see your ffl is 11.63, does Auckland council have the same fucked up flood datum as ccc?

no issue with FFL. only thing was height above ground for the new bits. that's why we went to concrete slab for the new floor area. we would have had to dig a big hole to get the ground clearance with a timber floor.