East of Adelaide

I didn’t grow up in London, or anywhere near London. When I was looking for a house, most of the…

Trying to Fix the Backyard

I scored a bunch of end of the season plants from a seller on Kijiji for unbelievably cheap. The seller…

There is an addition behind the kitchen. It looked like it was built in the 30’s or 40’s, possibly by…

I had no idea what might be in the garden. There were weeds for sure, with some mystery trees, a…

The front door always looked a little not right. It was the original door, in good condition. Here’s from when…

I started picking at the bathroom walls in January, and the darn room was finished by the end of June.…

This is the largest room in the house, the first one you see when you walk in the house. The…

The kitchen was freezing all the time. This was because the previous owner had removed the door between the kitchen…

The bathroom had the absolute worst plaster in the house. The listing photos cannot conceal the extent of the problems:…

There was so much to contend with. The stairway had terrible plaster, and the intense turmeric yellow walls and ceiling…