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.

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

"#Win!"

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

Do-It-Yourself. Do-it-yourself-With-Good-Friends-and-Pizza-and-A-Few-Beers.

'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 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?"

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

"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."

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

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

Cutaway view of house undergoing renovation

'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..!'

A cock up of builders

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

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

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

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

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

High Five

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

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

Witch Hardware

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