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was given an opportunity to be involved with MoreFM's "Make
it Happen" (the
three day home makeover).
Mike took on this project with open arms to give back a little
of what Ollie has done for the community and youth.
Planning,
designing and scheduling was critical to the success of
a three day deadline. Organising deadlines for each job
and the tradesmen involved.
Friday
At 5:30am Friday morning it all started, with
setting up the MoreFM outside broadcasting vehicle and signage.
Kim and Corbett live on air waking up Ollie
and packing his bags for three days accommodation at a local
Motel.
At 7:30am it was ALL GO !!! The three day working bee
kicks off. With builders, plumbers, painters (both interior
and
exterior
teams),
Labourers from MoreFM, Landscapers and other helpers off
the street, we had to quickly co-ordinate the project. Bathroom - Completely gutting back to
framing, pre plumbing for new hardware, pre wiring, new flooring
and finally
tiling the shower tray and floor.
Other areas inside were pulled down, including a
bedroom ceiling which was re-insulated and re-gibbed, plus
plastering. Removed an old fireplace, reframing
gibbing and stopping.
Final job for the day inside was floorsanding
the kitchen, lounge, dining room and hallway. Filling nail
holes,
one coat of sealer and one coat of polyurethane. All preparation
work and undercoating complete on interior walls.
Outside jobs that were completed on
Friday were boring holes and concreting in the
fence posts, digging out the half basketball court and boxing
up ready for concrete Saturday morning.
Posts concreted in for new stairs from deck. Sand, prep, and
undercoat full exterior.
Friday night was spent ticking off
all the jobs completed,
making any adjustments to Saturday's tasks and
trying to get some sleep.
Saturday
Begins again before the sparrows and
is really about the
Process.
After Friday going like clockwork, Saturdays
tasks were to have:
Top coat on both the interior and exterior
of the house.
The Bathroom walls tiled.
The second and final coat on the floors.
The basketball court concreted.
The fence finished for painting on Sunday.
All new trellis work and the stairs from the
deck finished.
All landscaping completed.
Sunday
All go again with carpets going in
the bedrooms. Final coats of paint going
on, putting together new furniture, fitting new appliances,
decking out
the house
with furniture etc.
Finishing off the bathroom and grouting.
Removing all rubbish from section and painting out the
basketball court.
Project all finished 1.00 AM Monday morning.
Mike's comments:
In review of this project, it was satisfying to project
manage something of this magnitude in such a small
time frame. It was a pleasure to work with people who
were prepared to work
for nothing,
for a deserving
New Zealander.
It highlights the typical genuine giving attitude of
kiwis.
Thankyou to MoreFM, and Homestyle Magazine for this
opportunity and we look forward to the next one.
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