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See through a window, darkly.

December 10, 2017by John Stewart 2 Comments

The western front sash window has been very badly damaged. The top light has been badly broken with some of the frame and mullions and the bottom three panes of […]

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Windows

Making the studio useable

November 5, 2017by John Stewart 1 Comment

The studio has been filled with many boxes and lots of stuff that was moved in those last frantic days of the big move here. Much of it was unloaded […]

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door, locks, Studio, Windows

Yet More Plumbing Issues

May 25, 2016by John Stewart 6 Comments

The front balcony bathroom has issues. Lots of issues. If you look at the lower right corner of the window you can see a pipe and 2 black wires that […]

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Ceilings, Plumbing

Almost a Robbery

May 22, 2016by John Stewart 2 Comments

The other day I discovered that we had a probable break and enter. I noticed the curtain in a little used ground floor bathroom had been hooked up on the […]

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Windows

If a single picture is worth a thousand words, are two pictures worth two thousand words?

February 6, 2016by John Stewart 2 Comments

On Australia Day (26 January 2016) I visited the St Clair Villa Museum (https://www.communityheritage.net.au/st-clair-villa), which is located down town. They were offering special tours of their kitchens. The local historical […]

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Construction as a house, History of Clifftoria, roof

Storming

January 31, 2016by John Stewart Leave a comment

For the last few days there have been many thunderstorms that have been rolling through here, almost on the hour, with sunshine in between. Late at night/first thing in the […]

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roof

How does your garden grow?

December 7, 2013by John Stewart 1 Comment

All too fast. I need to mow the grass. Again. One up side of the local cold season and droughts is that the grass doesn’t grow all year round as […]

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Garden

A day of measurement

September 22, 2013by John Stewart 4 Comments

I spent most of today measuring the rooms on the ground floor. Interestingly most ground floor rooms have a 3.2 metre high ceiling. That is around ten feet. The biggest […]

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Future Plans (of mice and men are often changed)

Keys

September 19, 2013by John Stewart Leave a comment

With all the paperwork finally completed and settled we picked up the keys today and spent hours in the house wandering around. We keep finding new elements to the building. […]

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Paperwork

Pre-settlement Inspection

September 14, 2013by John Stewart Leave a comment

  We are just back from the pre-settlement inspection of the property. It is strange how the knowledge that we will have the keys within a week (assuming the 3 […]

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Future Plans (of mice and men are often changed), Paperwork

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