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11:00Nov 1 · 11:00
Marking and cutting skirting boards
Measuring each wall twice and cutting the corners to fit: 8 hours and $180 in timber.
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10:00Oct 17 · 10:00
Stripping three layers of wallpaper
Soaking and scraping the hall walls down to plaster: 14 hours and $35.
9:00Sep 19 · 9:00
Treating the damp patch in the hall
Cutting back the old render, letting the wall dry for a month and sealing it: 10 hours and $160.
7:00Sep 12 · 7:00
Painting the living room ceiling
Two coats of white on a ceiling I should have done first: six hours and $85.
8:00Sep 5 · 8:00
Painting the kitchen walls
Two coats on bare plaster before the cabinets went in: nine hours and $90.
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Aug 29 · 12:00
Cutting four new window sills
Four sills cut from oak, fitted and oiled: 20 hours and $310.
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Setting the hall floor tiles
Hexagonal tiles laid over a levelled floor in the hall: three weekends, 40 hours and $1,420 in all.
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13:00
Restoring the front room fireplace
Stripping the paint from the surround and relining the grate: two weekends and $640.
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Fitting the shaker kitchen
Eleven cabinets, a worktop and a sink in six weekends: 120 hours and $8,900, the biggest job so far.
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18:00
Skimming the living room walls
A first go at plastering over old lining paper: four evenings, 24 hours and $210.
The Snag List
A short letter every Sunday: what I did on the house this week, what it cost and the small job I left undone.