A lot of these renovations were completed last year and it took so much work.
Weekend after weekend .
We took the place right back to bare studs.
The whole Humpy was lined with masonite which I guess was what they did back when the Humpy was built . Masonite is not a great product , it moves and the joints crack and it also has its own smell. The roof had also been leaking so the masonite was stained with watermarks. The man of the Humpy decided that he had no other option than to gut her and start from scratch.
When I first walked into this place she had a great feel about her and I thought we could just paint her white, fill her with painted furniture and she would look great and be a great place for friends and family to chill out , party , holiday or what ever. Oh I forgot to mention I thought that would take just a few weekends.
The man of the Humpy (perfectionist) could see far deeper than that, probably had the same end vision but getting there was vastly different, that meant stripping her right back and starting from scratch.
I have decided the easiest way to show you our beloved Humpy is snippets here and there and hopefully you will get the general idea.
This picture is the original kitchen circa l960 I think the most up to date item would be the kitchen sink , nothing to be selvaged from this kitchen it all had to go in the skip.
Just had to show you the front door, don't you love the divine shade of pink.Between looking at this place the first time and then returning to probably making an offer the vendor decided The Humpy needed a coat of paint. When we first inspected her she was cream when we returned she was purple with a bright pink front door, clearly the vendor was colourblind.
This was the fuel to ignite the gas cooktop ,don't you just love the connection point, straight through the wall at the front of the house
you can see here the wonderful gas cooktop. The oven worked ok but I was very reluctant to use anything in this place. I did use the oven for keeping things warm.
Look at that lovely wallpaper circa 1960. It just had to go.
Back to bare studs as I said
You can see the remnants of the bathroom
Transformation. The new kitchen. This is standing at the front door looking toward the back of The Humpy.
This view is looking into the corner from the lounge room. This is replacing the first pic of the kitchen I showed you.
In the next few days I will update you with the bathroom.
