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Aaron Blankenbyl
Registrace 6. 10. 2015
surprising girlfriend with her dream car
I had a once in a lifetime opportunity to surprise my girlfriend with her dream car. She always wanted a Toyota FJ Cruiser since they got releases in 2007. But because we made sensible choices like buying a house and having a family this has never been an option. As you know we’ve put a lot of hard work into our property to renovate it and with the increase in value we ended up borrowing money from the bank to renovate our kitchen. When my girlfriend went away for the weekend I had a crazy idea. How about I buy her her dream vehicle? Besides I thought our kitchen looked absolutely fine and was not keen to spend money doing it up. So what better idea to spend all the money and buy her the yellow FJ Cruiser that she wanted? I was very nervous this entire time as I did not know how she would react when she finds out the kitchen project is no longer going ahead. Thankfully I did the right decision and it ended up being a happy end. We’ve since taken this 4X4 truck on many adventures here in New Zealand and created some epic memories with our family.
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How much does everything coast ? Thanks you
What total please for everything thanks you ❤
I'm 54 and my wife and I are VERY worried about our future, gas and food prices rising daily. We have had our savings dwindle with the cost of living into the stratosphere, and we are finding it impossible to replace them. We can get by, but can't seem to get ahead. My condolences to anyone retiring in this crisis, 30 years nonstop just for a crooked system to take all you worked for...
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Mate. She’s pretty as!! I heard yesterday that if we were just to do walls and divide a garage into bedrooms we would not need consent because of not doing any plumbing or significant electrical. Thoughts?
It could be the sound is coming from the hallway, from where you just walked from the other room .
You could make it an open concept studio type apartment, so the only enclosed room would be the bathroom
You could've put a hole between each stud and did spray insulation instead of re drywalling everything. Might look into that in the future.
is the pink lumber a special kind of wood?
Why didn't you show the framing....
Not sure if I missed this but what would be an estimate on what it cost? Looking to do this to my garage next year I appreciate you for making this video
I live in New Zealand and it cost me over 100k NZ Dollars so about 50-60 USD. I obtained 3 quotes and all were about the same plus minus 10k. The cheaper one had longer waiting periods. I did a video on cost break down. You’ll find it on mu channel. Hope it helps as at the beginning I had no idea what is needed. You should do it, it’s been a rewarding project.
Great job definitely subscribing
I did it for $50K but I just purchased the land and did it from scratch I then put in a grant flat 2 years later
Good job👍thank you for sharing
Nice
Why are you making that stupid face in the thumbnail?
What kind of insulation is that
If I remember correctly the product is called earthwool glasswool
What country are you in? And what is the pink wood? Thanks.
I live in New Zealand and the pink wood is used for framing. The pink is to protect it from moisture
I called BS on the cost. There is no way a simple garage conversion cost as much as building a thousand square foot house. Especially considering that the land was already paid for. Unless he built it out of gold and silver.
I wish it was cheaper but that’s what I paid. But I live in New Zealand and it’s NZD dollars so not USD…
I’m curious to know what exactly you did with the garage door
I enclosed it with vertical cedar. I was also looking at bi-fold glass doors for a while. I’ve got other videos showing the enclosing of the garage. Good luck with your project
100k😂😂😂😂
Yep, 100k New Zealand dollars but still 60k US
do u neec to get a permit?
Yes I had to get a building permit. My architect organised it for me. Feel free to watch my long form videos where I break down the process
Great video. Thanks so much!
Glad it was helpful!
Toyota, smart man
You can’t go wrong :)
Injected insulation?
Yeah I should have done some research on this
Did you need to level the concrete floor?
In my case the existing concrete floor was level
You can add a double roll of the pink insulation roll and you will not hear music on an iphone at full blast or anything anyone says.
Wait…..why does the concrete on the bottom have to remain exposed like that?…..I’m guessing it has to do with water or snow (not sure if it even does that in New Zealand) lol
Yes because of water/flooding risk
Thank you Aaron . Was the 5k just for tiling or did it include other bathroom construction expenses?
Just tiling and waterproofing.
Why didn't you spray the boards? Would have went faster. What a gorgeous job. Looks amazing my friend.Thanks for sharing .
Thanks mate :). Didn’t have the right equipment/experience for spraying due to lack of time.
I wish we had those sweet contractor vans in the US. I would literally drive that myself as a daily. That thing is awesome.
Good effort mate, tidy job
Did you add the frames for the bathroom/sink installs after the concrete was dug up? Also, did the same company who cut the cement add in piping for the kitchen?
Yes framing was put up after the concrete was dug up. There was existing piping for kitchen in place due to the laundry being there
It still looks like a garage door
I got to do this for my wife,. She really enjoys it. 😊
It’s such a nice thing to do. I’m sure she’ll love it
I totally agree, but it's harder to reduce than to aquire 😅
I know the feeling
❤😊
Build a carport on the back of that, and you've got it made!
Woww, incredible transformation.
Thank you!
Enjoyed thx
How did you install the waste pipe
Hey Jarrod, plumber did that for me.
Thank you Aaron you’re wonderful!
Hey I will Pay to remodel my house . I’m also on a budget you did amazing remodeling your home ! Good work man ! I’m very serious let me know if you’re actually are willing to
Thank you. I like doing this in my spare time but don’t see this as a job :)! Good luck with your project, hope it works out well
Informative video mate, but it'd be great if you could fuck off that music!!! I'm flatout hearing what your saying. Ridiculous
great video!
Very helpful, thank you.
100k wanted to make me stop watching from the beginning
At least you have options :)! I had to pay it. But it’s in New Zealand Dollars and building is expensive here too
The look very good bro nice work. I just need help for my but not easy to find someone to to the plan for me
I would start by calling an architect and a plumber/drain layer and run your idea past them
How long did the whole process take?
About 9 months from start to finish. One month for architect, 1m council, 1 month getting quotes, waited a month until builders started, builders took about 6ish weeks on and off, and then I did a lot myself like flooring, organized the bathroom tiler, cupboards, etc. that part dragged out the process, should have just let the builders do it all but had to manage cost as best as I could
I had a girlfriend who was divorced that did not wanna go over to her exes for Thanksgiving or Christmas because she said she felt out of place but it was the only place she could be with her children on the holidays. So I turned my 12 by 24 garage into a living room that holds 16 people comfortably 1. Paint the garage inside white=$100 2. Bought a 12 x 24 piece of carpet and laid it on the floor.=$150 3. Hooked up an electric fireplace.$350-$500 . 4. Rented two L-shaped couches, right and left, a loveseat, a couch, 4 end tables. And two coffee tables. For two months=$500 5. Bought four or five pictures and hung them on the wall.=200 6. Put my rotating 8 foot Christmas tree in the far corner. 7. Bought some candles and decorated the garage door to make it look like a giant present with bells on it.= $100 TOTAL=$1550 💰 I needed no permits no permission from the city and I can turn this area back into a garage within 2 hours time
That was sp thoughtful!
Could have done sooo MUCH better on the closet