These 2 buildings are built from asbestos. Yep - that cancer causing material that is endemic in Australian suburbs. My 93 year old grandmother reliably informs me that after the war it was the only material you could get to build with. Hence a big chunk of post-war suburban Australia was created using this versatile, though ugly and dangerous material. Since we purchased our house in 2005 we have found bits buried in the garden, leaning at the back of the sheds, under the house....it's insidious. I think perhaps it breeds while you're not looking. Anyway the bulk of ours will be gone today!
I spent a good part of the morning before leaving for work trying to get our recalcitrant cat Scout inside. She is the most infuriating animal! After 20 minutes of coaxing I managed to get her within 2 meters of the back door only to have her make a bolt for it and disappear under the house. Hopefully she'll stay ensconced under there and won't collect nasty asbestos fibres in her fur that she can spread around the house later.
I feel almost an anticlimax today, it's been almost 12 months since we set this renovation in motion. It doesn't actually seem real that we have commenced at long last.
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