Summer is finally here, and we're finally doing some work!

Well, it's officially summer here in sunny Perth, but it's definitely been the weirdest beginning to a summer I've seen since I moved here. Usually the temperature is up in the low 30s from November all the way through March and hardly a cloud in the sky...but not this year! Last night we had an AWESOME thunder & lightening storm that dumped over 100mm of rain on the southwest corner of the country...and that was after another similar storm last weekend. Although the rain is great and much needed, it unfortunately means that we haven't yet made it through the dreaded "fly season" that always comes at the beginning of summer....maybe the heat and rain cycles will just kill them off for us!
Anyways...enough about the weather...we're FINALLY starting some work on the house. well, sort of. The asbestos on the garage was removed on Friday...roof, external walls, internal walls (office), and ceiling were all asbestos and are all now gone! So, now we're just trying to get the area ready for the colourbond sheets to be installed and then for some new garage doors! It will be almost good as new!

Our rickety garage with asbestos fully removed!

Andy and I managed to remove the old accordian-style garage door to allow us to pull the trailer into the back corner.

It's hard to believe there was so much asbestos out here. And I talked to the previous owner last week and told her we were having the asbestos removed. She said, "oh the roof? We were told it was safe because we had it sealed." They didn't know that most of the rest of the building was asbestos as well! Craziness!

Also managed to put up the Christmas tree last weekend while I was home "sick".

Well, that's about all that's going on around here at the moment. We're currently speaking to 3 builders at the moment still trying to get an acceptable quote. They are all coming up with their recommendations as well with respect to how the final layout looks. It's been good getting some other ideas, so we'll hopefully find out a bit more over the next few weeks, and we'll try to keep you posted.

We're also planning to start the upstairs bathroom renovations relatively soon. We've got names for plumbers, electricians, etc to help us sort that out on a owner-manager type project...should be interesting! :)