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20 June, 2008
I originally asked Peter Williamson, who had built a double-storey beach house for my son in Flinders, to turn a small porch and adjacent small store room into a dining room at my house, also in Flinders.
He agreed to take on this modest work.
Then he discovered that because of structural deficiencies the back section of the house should go if the work were to be done properly. I agreed this had to be done. So now it involved a new bedroom, the new dining room, a new shower, laundry and a toilet.
Then I decided to have more extensive work done at the same time. So Peter arranged for a special firm to remove the asbestos-cement external wall cladding of the house and to replace it with a smart new material.
When all the framing was up, I realised that the new dining room really should be bigger as the planned adjacent new bedroom beside it was going to be larger than needed. Peter quite happily agreed to pull out the dividing wall frame and move it to accommodate my wish.
I also decided it would be good to have a skylight in the hallway of the house and a large deck at the back for summer entertaining. “No problem,” said Peter.
I thought that while all this work was being done it would be a good idea to have sewerage installed. So Peter's men for three weeks or so had to accommodate sewerage workers digging up quite a bit of the block, installing pipelines and a tank, then cleaning up. There were no complaints.
Peter arranged various tradespeople including a plumber, electrician and a painter. The final upshot is that I am delighted with all the work, including the standard of finishes.
Throughout the entire project, Peter was unfussed about all the changes and also made positive suggestions about equipment and materials. It was a pleasure to work with him.
Lorraine Elliott
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