Renovating Has Its Rewards

For those that don’t know, we’ve purchased new premises and will be moving a hop, skip and jump over the road to 10 Second Avenue.  This little cottage has been enclosed for as long as I can remember and our wonderful builder, Bruce Connelly, has started peeling back the layers.  It’s been exciting to see the original cottages hidden charm exposed and we believe it was built around the early 1900’s, or so the newspapers found under the numerous layers of lino says! 

This cottage is the second character home that we have transformed and although it takes money, and lots of work, I can appreciate why there is such a love of the history of these homes.  In the end, it’s worth every cent and I think you’ll agree it’s so important to hold onto the character and heritage of the homes in our area. 

We visited Melbourne recently and enjoyed the welcoming feel, buzz and eclectic mix of the numerous shopping precincts created in the outer suburbs.  They were busy, exciting and I could not help but feel that we have the same potential right here on our doorstep - BUT some planning is needed.  If you’re keen to discuss this further and put some wheels in motion, please call and let’s get together?  Maybe a town meeting would help?  Sandgate is the perfect destination for visitors and for its survival, or potential boom, we need to band together and put some effort into making it awesome.

We’ll be moving from our current premises on 30 June and reopening across the road on 1 July with new opening hours of 9.00am to 5.00pm.  If you’re breezing past, pop on and check out our new abode!