Meanwhile I get around to looking inside again. It had been a bit
tidied up and the light is somewhat better (Late afternoon).
The pictures look a bit lighter than my admittedly flawed recollection.
The pictures cycle around the house interior from the rear RHS
(South corner), clockwise to the rear back LHS (South East corner)
(There will be floor plans).
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The original Kitchen. This view is facing South. |
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Kitchen from lounge showing access. The wooden thing is a rimu fireplace surround. (This is goodness!) The light is that of late afternoon in September |
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Original Formal Parlor - traditionally the first room off hall
on RHS after you come in the front door. This room is a bit dark. The stuff on the floor is the old bullnosed corrugated iron from the verandah outside. |
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The Hall (facing SouthEast to back of house) showing the
bracing scaffolding for the move. The house join runs along the edge of the scaffolding. The stair used to go up to a big room above the ceiling. The room at the end was the laundry. |
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Original Master Bedroom Fireplace. Facing SouthEast-ish to back of house Door at right is out to hall. The gap is where the fireplace was. |
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Original Master Bedroom facing NorthWest (out front of house). |
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The original second bedroom. The wall gap is where the fireplace used to be (original MBR was on other side) |
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The third bedroom. This room was full of (wet) pink batts insulation and the carpet was soaked with water. Thankfully we're not subjected to the wallpaper here but we appreciate the wood ceiling lining. Take note all cos this is going to be the guest bedroom. |
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Original fourth bedroom. This room is narrower cos the hall does a funky little dogleg around the Laundry and the ceiling had been lowered providing a bed sized alcove called 'Andrews Bedroom'. The ladder in the picture went up to that alcove. |
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The narrow hall pointing to the back of the house and the
toilet and bathroom (on the left). Its a dark little hole, That doors days are numbered. "Andrews bedroom" is above - you can see the funky framing. |
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Looking back up the hall (NW) from in front of the bathroom. The ladder is access to 'Andrews bedroom' alcove above the hall. The hanging stuff is some sort of cardboard which the alcove was covered with. |
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The original bathroom. The framing held an old bath which is out
in the front paddock. There's actually a window behind the gib board (sheetrock) at the head of the bath frame. Some piping supplied... |
Unfortunately we didnt take any photos of the bathroom (close up) or the back porch.
There was a 50 square meter room in the ceiling accessed from a stair in
the hall.
The local council ("giver of permits") wasn't very keen on
(i.e wouldnt permit) Peter resurrecting that on the new site
so the stairway is gone
... the attic space remains...
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