Today I suddenly realised that we are past halfway in our first little renovation adventure! Electrician is done and dusted (post about that adventure coming soon), framework is up and unwanted household items have been listed and sold on Gumtree and eBay. Well worth the effort, as the extra $$ go straight towards the reno.
This morning we ordered the Gyprock ready for the room to be lined at the end of this week. Great way to empty the budget! Hubby ordered from one place and came home to tell me the price and I shrieked! He patiently went back to the other place and ended up paying about $100 less, but it was still over my estimate. Frustration here was that the suppliers weren't willing to talk price and wouldn't budge on delivery, which ranged between $70-$90! Had to swallow the frustration on this one as we don't have the means to transport it ourselves and the suppliers up here are limited. Our local Bunnings only stock two of the sizes we need, which was even more frustrating as the price per sheet is quite a few dollars cheaper. Regardless, their trailers certainly couldn't accommodate the 5.4m pieces! I don't like not getting my way!
My next job was to source two doors to fit in our lovely sliding cavity wall! I stumbled across a fantastic website of a business up here, Doors Sincerely. I was really impressed with the website and reviews given, so I decided to go for a drive over there today. I was met by the very helpful Rob, who was just amazing. He guided me through which doors I could choose from and I bit the bullet and decided on the Hume Sorrento 11. Rob offered a great price, great door furniture, he's bringing the doors himself when they come in and he's also going to service one of our glass sliding doors that has seen better sliding days. I just might get him to have a squiz at quoting our entry door as well . . . . . ;-)
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