New Sinks

Hello:)

When we purchased our house in August, it had been on the market for over 6 months. It was on the market for a good price and they had an open house almost every 2nd weekend. No one seemed to be interested and let's face it, it was not exactly appealing to the eye. If you were someone who wanted to buy a house that had no work to do, then this was not the house for you. But for us, our goal was a little different. We wanted a house that had 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a double garage, in walking distance to school and church and in a culd-a-sac (i grew up in one & loved it).  This house fitted all that we had wanted in a house. Did it have some work to do? Yes, but we love a good makeover, so it wasn't something that scared us. Having done a major renovation on our last house, we were able to look at this house and straight away know the sort of money that we would need to put into it and if that's something we were willing to do. We knew that even if we replaced the kitchen, both bathrooms & all of the flooring, that we would still spend less than a house that was finished. Plus it would be exactly to our taste. Now all that doesn't need to be done in our house but that shows me that its a good buy. Plus I HATE debt, so a good bargain excites me.

  Although major renovations don't need to be done, there are a few gross things that i have never seen in another house and couldn't believe that they didn't change before they put it on the market. The bathroom vanity sinks were the worst of these. Disgusting doesn't even come close to describing what they were like. They were plastic sinks that had obviously had something abrasive used on them, which had removed all the coating on the sink. Therefore the sink wasn't shiny anymore, they were powdery. Being powdery meant that everything stained them. Every time we looked in the sink, we were greeted with foundation, hair dye who knows what other stains, all over it. Even grosser, if by accident your finger ever touched the sink, you would get a chunk of powdered sink under your nail (that would explain the gouges out of the sink)!  Yuk Yuk Yuk!!!!!

                                    Before...Ewww...this was as clean as you get it!

We ended up finding porcelain sinks that were a similar size as the current ones at bunnings for $29! The taps needed to be replaced too. We got them for $60 a set. Hubby had to saw back each bench a little to fit the new sinks in. So happy with our new ones and what an amazing change for $89 each!


                                                                            After:)

Thats it for today. Enjoy the rest of your afternoon, 
Kylie xo