I think it would be fair to say that even the seasoned renovator could be slightly overwhelmed by the task we had in front of us. Before we started any renovating, we had to change the locks and ensure the property was safe and weatherproof, as most of the exterior doors were in a poor state either by weather damage, or aged due to lack of maintenance and neglect.

The upstairs laundry door was the most damaged and as this was no longer a room and also had access to the small and unsafe top second floor balcony we decided to simply board it up for the mean time to ensure no further weather could enter the home.

The removal of carpet came next and luckily for us the lounge room was the only room with carpet but unluckily the old owners had covered the majority of the kitchen floor and hall way with a sticky vinyl tile that needed to be pulled up one tile at a time using strappers, and anything we could get our hands on.