Want to add to a heritage house? Thought of using a removal house?
am just wondering if this is something that anyone else on here has done? If so, I would be very interested to hear about your experiences and compare them! I live in a 115-year-old old Queenslander, which is located in a heritage precinct. Any new building therefore needs to be not only in keeping with the existing building, but also meet Heritage town planning requirements. Obviously, adding a substantial addition to my home which was brand new would normally be exorbitant, given the cost of timber these days and the craftsmanship required. My solution to wanting to extend my home was therefore to start looking some years ago at removal homes that were from a similar era. Last year I finally found the perfect house - I could not really have asked for better in in terms of its age, condition, layout and size. Built around 1880, she is in remarkable condition for her age. Exactly 160 days and a 250 km trip after I bought the house, it was finally moved onto site and is currently in the process of being buult in onto my house. I am fortunate to be able to live on a corner block, so might exist in house will face one direction, and the new house will face the other street, although the verandah railings and entrance etc will be matching. When the work is finished, the renovation will have delivered me the following extra rooms: lounge, dining, 2 bedrooms, bathroom, long covered verandah, book nook, undercover garage, and also facility later for a downstairs room. Here are some pictures of the work in progress...this is my house.
And here is the removal house on its block at Dalby:
Here are pictures of it being moved... Day before moving....
Moving night.... 3.30 am
Jack-knifing her in at 4am: (inches to spare!)
On the block the next morning ... But still needing to be moved 180°
Being moved into position...this took 2 days:
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christyl_oz
8 years agoThank you everyone for your interest and kind words. Here are the latest pics:-)
it is looking SO good...several times a day, people passing stop their cars to look and call out how great it looks:-)
morning verandah light
Leadlights are in:-)
Rear wall in progress
Rear wall finished and being painted:
interior work on the Book Nook and link way is now in progress: more pics to come:-)
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8 years agoLatest pics: isn't she looking fabulous?!:-)
The verandah will be such a lovely living space...
Inside work is nearly completed ready for floor-sanding and painting..
christyl_oz
8 years agoBattens up and exterior painting is nearing completion. I am just gobsmacked at the numbers of strangers who stop their cars if they see me in the yard to call out a comment on the house: last weekend there were three in 90 minutes!
I really can't speak highly enough of my builder, Queensland Heritage Restorations. My home is even more beautiful than I had hoped!
christyl_oz
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoThe builders have finished, and the electrician now only has to finish for final inspection by the certifier.
I had a little space either side of the recycled federation archway, so asked my builder to make shelves for me to display my antique vases. After he was done , I couldn't resist grabbing some and trialling them in there, even unpainted:-)
Also finished is the installation of the 130 year old doors. (originally from a church building in New South Wales). I love the way they echo the shape of the Leadlight!!
and the painters are now starting inside...:-)
The book nook leadlight:
Late afternoon on the verandah:
christyl_oz
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoThis week it was all about the floor. What can I say but WOW! My builder had told me these guys were the best, and he was spot on!
Progress pics are courtesy of Quicksand and Polish Pty Ltd.
Before:
Progress pics in next comment.
christyl_oz
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoFirst rough cut:
And then the finished product:
Even the link way floor glows!:
completed painting pics to follow in a few more days... Furniture moving in is Saturday.
christyl_oz
8 years agochristyl_oz
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoSome more pics of work in progress.,,I just love the linkway floor!
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8 years agochristyl_oz
8 years agoHi all, well...except for the bathroom (which is the new room in the link way- or connecting area between the houses), and some vintage light fittings yet to go in and some styling in the bedrooms, the house is pretty well finished. These photos were taken by Jeanete Zanotto.
The book nook ( which will have custom shelves built for it)
christyl_oz
8 years agoI came across a few other random photos I thought I would add... This is the back of my original house, where the extension was added. (These were taken by my builder, Shane Earle of Queensland Heritage Restorations).
Here are a couple more from the morning of the big move.
Work in progress... 2 walls removed, back door filled in and western wall being readied for leadlight windows
Front wall, where sash windows are being replaced with French doors:
Outside verandah being built
Doing the joinery work on the leadlights (Bills Biggest Brain meltdown, lol)
Showing the entire dining / living area from the western wall:
Fitting THOSE doors!
verandah in progress. The boards ran horizontal on my house, vertical on the removal, so here they are cladding the verandah wall of my original house to have a match through.
More pics in next post
christyl_oz
8 years agoMore pics:
battens going up:
And some more pics from the finished interior:
photo by Janz Harvey:
And more photos by Jeanete Zanotto, showcasing some pieces:
the linkway room, looking through to the original house ( a new bathroom is off to the right, hopefully to be done in the next few months. )
I adore the chest of drawers here, a depression era one made out of Shell and Plume motor oil boxes. I am working on a theme here around that, will post more pics when finished.
Paint colour is Ttaubmans Coir Mat, same as in the book nook, seen in previous pics.
A corner near the lead lights:
Wall colour in the dining/ living area is Taubmans Grey Beige. Ceiling is Soft Velvet, Trims and arch are quadruple strength Soft Velvet.
The verse on the bottom of the centre leadlight:
And the centrepiece of the front bedroom (still a work in progress).
Paint colour is Taubmans Blue Blizzard.
I will post more pics when more is done:-)
christyl_oz
7 years agoJust another update. The house has won a Heritage Award for extension best in keeping with the original theme.
I am so proud of it. Even a year after completion, I still have strangers stopping to tell me that they had watched it going up and how much it looks like it has always been there. Some have even said "we thought you were absolutely crazy with me first saw that house come in!"
I have also spruced up the kitchen which is adjacent to the new extension now, so I will attach some photos both of that and from the Awards night.
christyl_oz
7 years agoAnd the kitchen:
All pics were taken at night, except for the last pic taken in the late afternoon which shows off my green glass kitchen collection at its best:-)
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoThank you so much for your kind words, everyone. Houzz never ceases to delight, I am so glad I began this renovation even though it was an incredibly stressful journey at the time!! Here are a few more pics taken over the last 2 years.
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