Introducing the house as it was before we started.

The beach at Castlecliff and the surf club. Our place is 600m from here.

The back yard looking towards the house.

Looking from the house to the garage and back fence.

This is the lounge as it was. Note the putrid multi coloured fireplace. This is the kitchen. The old gas stove was rusty and ugly. The cupboards were green. The bench had been painted bright orange with gold swirls and the floor was deep purple. That's not to mention the rainbow you can see around the stove.

The kitchen bench.

The ex hot water cupboard.

The former pantry. The green cupboards beside it are made of beautiful old wood inside and there is a '50s clipping glued to the inside of one. Very historic.

The washhouse and back door. It was actually carpeted (which stank but not as badly as the 2nd bedroom's carpet). Note the purple door and green ceiling. The green ceiling was through the toilet too.

The bathroom is tiny and part of it had a rotten floor. Wallpaper border had been painted and then pasted around the room so that it would look really ugly!