Renovation Completion Gifts

'We like the occasional drink on the patio.'

Project Length As Measured In Dog Years

Why it's bad when home owners change their minds about the bathroom's location late in a building project.

"#Win!"

"As I understand it, after this scaffolding comes down the city will be done."

There is nothing more satisfying that peeling the film off a brand new building.

'I installed all the floor tiles by myself. I did it all by tile and error.'

'What kind of alteration did you have in mind?'

Looks Like They're Finally Renovating The Toilet

"We needed to replace our kitchen floor and it kind of grew from there."

'We finished all the repairs in the cafeteria kitchen this morning, but the food still tastes lousy.'

"So, how's the money pit in the kitchen coming?"

"I'm bored - let's buy a house in the country that has lots of problems."

The words 'Well done ' take seconds to say, but will be long remembered and appreciated.

'The project is a little behind schedule. It was proactive, now it's retroactive.'

"The white flag means he gives up and will finally hire a professional to finish the renovation."

"Do you prefer the tile engineered to look like wood, or the wood engineered to look like tile?"

Cutaway view of house undergoing renovation

"If you can successfully complete a building permit for your home renovation, you win a prize!"

'I don't care if they are cheaper...we're not using them!'

'Mary, I believe in historic preservation, too, but ... '

"We've decided to convert the dungeon into studio apartments, so kill all the prisoners."

'On today's market a property like this could fetch 175k... but with themed rooms, stone cladding, avocado bathroom suite and garden gnomes, you're talking closer to 95..!'

The Old Woman was thrilled to bits with her shoestring budget makeover!!

'We're waiting for an estimate that doesn't make him do that.'

Witch Hardware

"Hello, and welcome to 'Homes Under the Hammer. . .'"

"Our hobby is finding old, run-down Victorian houses and levelling them."

"It's not so much a fixer upper as a tear it downer."

A cock up of builders

High Five

"I aways thought it would be stylish to live in a house with high ceilings."

"We can't agree on our kitchen redesign."

"Our website design could be described as "organic"... in the sense that people often compare it to poop."

We'll take a carpenter, painter, plumber...