Renovation of Savannah Apartment SERVICE LO5

1-17 August 2019: 85 Hours

Over the course of the past two weeks, I spent time working with my family to renovate the one-bedroom apartment that my older sister will be staying in during her time in college. At the beginning of our time in Savannah, we spent our days purchasing furniture and gathering enough items to make the apartment a functional living space. This was eye-opening as I had never truly realized the complexity of creating a working living space, and all of the products that are required. Following this, we began to work on some cosmetic projects, and I helped by repainting the apartment's utility room, and helping to remove the baseboard around the floors. Over the period of around a week, my whole family pitched in to install new vinyl flooring in the apartment, as wood can easily root due to the city's humidity. This was the most time consuming and laborious project that we took on. We were required to work as a team when measuring some of the irregular pieces of vinyl, and needed to use a jig-saw to cut many of the pieces. This was also challenging as sometimes we would cut pieces incorrectly, and needed to be persistent in terms or trying again to recover from errors. During the last few days, we spent time adding final touches such as assembling furniture, painting the walls, touching up the new baseboards with silicon to hide the nail marks, and installing some beautiful light fixtures. Currently, the apartment looks like a modern and place which reflects my sisters amazing identity and style. This activity fulfills the service aspect of CAS, and the following learning outcome: Demonstrate the skills and recognize the benefits of working collaboratively.