TomCat's new digs!

[Denali]

Oh no! What sort of fruit trees?

 

[love_the_life]

My light arrived
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Also found out today that our old house has been demolished along with all of my lovely fruit trees

The Like was for the light arriving ; certainly not for the demolition of the trees. Is it a developer who bought it? MtLtL's father's place was sold to a builder a few years back. Interestingly they did up the house and added another in the backyard, so it's now dual occupancy. That was in Clayton. When he built the house in the early 50s, the roads were only dirt tracks. When we were first married we lived in Carnegie which is considered inner now.

 

[Pushka]

My light arrived
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Also found out today that our old house has been demolished along with all of my lovely fruit trees

Onwards and upwards. You have plenty more trees to plant. (But it is a little sad).

 

[blackcat20]

Oh no! What sort of fruit trees?

I had
apricot
white peach
white nectarine
quince
pomegranate
fig
lemon
feijoa (x2)

So far for the new house I've already bought my apricot and fig; they've been growing in pots for the last year. Still need to get a lemon. I also removed a few plants from the old house including my Crepe Myrtle, a japanese maple and the Daphne plant that was in memory of my grandpa. All my herbs got dug up and potted as well. I will miss the pink cherry blossoms though, and the Hibiscus syriacus that was outside my bedroom and often had tiny little birds in it.

The Like was for the light arriving ; certainly not for the demolition of the trees. Is it a developer who bought it? MtLtL's father's place was sold to a builder a few years back. Interestingly they did up the house and added another in the backyard, so it's now dual occupancy. That was in Clayton. When he built the house in the early 50s, the roads were only dirt tracks. When we were first married we lived in Carnegie which is considered inner now.

It was already subdivided, so less than 500sqm. They had to get a permit to replace the house with another single dwelling. I'm actually surprised the council let them remove the large tree in the corner of the back yard, and quite sad about it.

I actually didnt want to know that it had been knocked down; I avoid going down the street specifically, but unfortunately mum sent me a photo.

 

[Denali]

Man, thats a lot of good trees, especially a white nectarine.

 

[blackcat20]

Man, thats a lot of good trees, especially a white nectarine.

Sure was. There was the mad scramble to eat a tonne of fruit each season. Just finished off one of our last tubs of apricots, I lightly cooked the excess and froze them. Feijoas always went to work as I dont like them (thats assuming I could chase away the stream of randoms helping themselves each year ). Could have made a small fortune if I'd charged market price.

 

[Denali]

We have similar problems with mango tree and herbs growing next to the front wall. Randoms walking past with plastic bag, helping themselves. Last year the mango tree was stripped by new neighbours down the road.

Our mandarin tree is starting to show colour in the fruit.

 

[JessicaTam]

So far for the new house I've already bought my apricot and fig; they've been growing in pots for the last year. Still need to get a lemon. I also removed a few plants from the old house including my Crepe Myrtle, a japanese maple and the Daphne plant that was in memory of my grandpa. All my herbs got dug up and potted as well. I will miss the pink cherry blossoms though, and the Hibiscus syriacus that was outside my bedroom and often had tiny little birds in it.

Hopefully you are not referring to a new car!

 

[love_the_life]

I had
apricot
white peach
white nectarine
quince
pomegranate
fig
lemon
feijoa (x2)

So far for the new house I've already bought my apricot and fig; they've been growing in pots for the last year. Still need to get a lemon. I also removed a few plants from the old house including my Crepe Myrtle, a japanese maple and the Daphne plant that was in memory of my grandpa. All my herbs got dug up and potted as well. I will miss the pink cherry blossoms though, and the Hibiscus syriacus that was outside my bedroom and often had tiny little birds in it.



It was already subdivided, so less than 500sqm. They had to get a permit to replace the house with another single dwelling. I'm actually surprised the council let them remove the large tree in the corner of the back yard, and quite sad about it.

I actually didnt want to know that it had been knocked down; I avoid going down the street specifically, but unfortunately mum sent me a photo.

That was a very impressive list of fruit trees. It really is sad to hear of them being bulldozed. Pity the new owners didn't decide to renovate rather than a KDR as it keeps a certain character in the suburb.

 

[blackcat20]

That was a very impressive list of fruit trees. It really is sad to hear of them being bulldozed. Pity the new owners didn't decide to renovate rather than a KDR as it keeps a certain character in the suburb.

Unfortunately the house was pretty much past the renovation stage, it would have required a lot of $$. If we’d got to keep it even we would have knocked it over eventually.

 

[love_the_life]

Unfortunately the house was pretty much past the renovation stage, it would have required a lot of $$. If we’d got to keep it even we would have knocked it over eventually.

A pity as I like the renovated properties in older suburbs - they fit in much better. But if it needed too many $$ then economically it is better to KDR.
Going out to the new place this weekend?

 

[blackcat20]

A pity as I like the renovated properties in older suburbs - they fit in much better. But if it needed too many $$ then economically it is better to KDR.
Going out to the new place this weekend?

We’d already put in a new kitchen and bathroom. But it needed a lot of love.

Yeah tomorrow morning. Excited to see the progress.

 

[blackcat20]

Feeling slabby



View from the driveway


View from the back showing the alfresco


Looks like our left neighbour is inside their boundary. Now the fence is gone and their slab has been poured, it's much easier to check .

 

[love_the_life]

Feeling slabby

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View from the driveway
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View from the back showing the alfresco
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Looks like our left neighbour is inside their boundary. Now the fence is gone and their slab has been poured, it's much easier to check .

And a very nice looking slab it is. Onward and upward now .. literally. Looking good. In the first photo the neighbour looked right up against your place but the later ones show there really is a gap.

 

[blackcat20]

And a very nice looking slab it is. Onward and upward now .. literally. Looking good. In the first photo the neighbour looked right up against your place but the later ones show there really is a gap.

We have about 1.8m gap on that side .

 

[Denali]

That's one sexy slab of cement!

 

[blackcat20]

That's one sexy slab of cement!

Isnt it?! Was a bit of fun to walk through the "rooms" and out the back. Will be even better once it's framed up, but the pipes give a good indication of where the laundry, powder room and kitchen are.

 

[Flying mermaid]

Who knows then, but we were told they had to be awning...and we essentially got that upgrade for free so I can't complain.
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ours are all double glazed and we have mainly sliding with some sash. Sliding doors are all double glazed as well. However if you got the upgrade for free then who cares really.....

 

[Pushka]

Isnt it?! Was a bit of fun to walk through the "rooms" and out the back. Will be even better once it's framed up, but the pipes give a good indication of where the laundry, powder room and kitchen are.

It all looks so clean. Sadly won’t last.

 

[Denali]

It might be buried in the thread but where's East and West if I was standing on the front step, looking at the street?