Our home, affectionately known as "The Base"
We live here in a rented house. In the beginning the house was at the lockup stage only, meaning that there was nothing more than the walls, roof, and windows, with a concrete floor. Over our time here we have added lights and power points, tiles on the floor, and shelving and curtains. The place is now sufficiently finished to be able to call it a home.
Laying tiles on the floor
All the same, this home only has one bedroom and a large living area. There is also another room build over part of the house. This room is accessed by a narrow spiral staircase and always seems to be cold, however it is a large room and we are using it as a bedroom for the guys.
The stairs that head up to the "boy's Room"
Now that the cold has really set in, with the moisture that gathers on the windows freezing overnight, it was time to move the students into our home too. But there was just no room for them, so we divided the main living room, taking up one full corner. The wood, obtained through a friend of a friend, took over a month to arrive, and I was then able to build the room shortly afterward.
Looking at the new room from the outside
Upstairs, we have also built a dividing wall to enable the use of one part as an office. Both constructions have been created to be temporary so that we can remove them when it is time for us to go. Discussions with the owners reveal that they are not willing to sell the house and so all work that we do here must be with a view to leaving somewhere down the track.
The division in the upstairs room to create an office space
Until recently we were walking between homes 7 blocks apart (700mts), as the girls were living in rented rooms belonging to friends of ours. Now, thanks to having our new room, we can all squeeze into our one little home, the place that we call our “baseâ€, and are all much warmer and happier for it too.
Kelsey in the new room
The new office space upstairs
The house before we built the room
Upstairs before the wall
Our home, affectionately known as "The Base"
We live here in a rented house. In the beginning the house was at the lockup stage only, meaning that there was nothing more than the walls, roof, and windows, with a concrete floor. Over our time here we have added lights and power points, tiles on the floor, and shelving and curtains. The place is now sufficiently finished to be able to call it a home.
Laying tiles on the floor
All the same, this home only has one bedroom and a large living area. There is also another room build over part of the house. This room is accessed by a narrow spiral staircase and always seems to be cold, however it is a large room and we are using it as a bedroom for the guys.
The stairs that head up to the "boy's Room"
Now that the cold has really set in, with the moisture that gathers on the windows freezing overnight, it was time to move the students into our home too. But there was just no room for them, so we divided the main living room, taking up one full corner. The wood, obtained through a friend of a friend, took over a month to arrive, and I was then able to build the room shortly afterward.
Looking at the new room from the outside
Upstairs, we have also built a dividing wall to enable the use of one part as an office. Both constructions have been created to be temporary so that we can remove them when it is time for us to go. Discussions with the owners reveal that they are not willing to sell the house and so all work that we do here must be with a view to leaving somewhere down the track.
The division in the upstairs room to create an office space
Until recently we were walking between homes 7 blocks apart (700mts), as the girls were living in rented rooms belonging to friends of ours. Now, thanks to having our new room, we can all squeeze into our one little home, the place that we call our “baseâ€, and are all much warmer and happier for it too.
Kelsey in the new room
The new office space upstairs
The house before we built the room
Upstairs before the wall