More plaster pics!

Cornices have arrived and should go up soon.

Ensuite shower


Ensuite vanity wall


Bathroom


Living room

Plaster pics

Pantry. (Green door is access from/to the garage- my favourite feature of the whole house!)

Kitchen!


Study. Looks small in the pic but it's bigger than it looks.


Looking down the entry hallway. Master is on the right, study on the left.

Garage

Plastered!

Woohoo! Eaves are done at the front of the house.

And the plaster was almost completely done in only one day! Below is a shot of the dining area.

Kids' Retreat area.

Can't wait to get inside and have a proper look! We are going to be so upset when we get locked out :-(

The building fairy

Thank goodness for Jacinta the building fairy! She went down to our place in the scary, dark, windy night to cover up our plaster so it wouldn't get soaked by the rain. What a nice neighbour :-)

Plaster delivered, wiring done

More pics of the inside just before plaster goes on tomorrow. Above is our bedroom.

Family/dining



Kitchen

And the plaster arrived at 5pm!!!!! Hope it doesn't rain because it's poking out the garage and isn't covered....

Wow look at us now!

Amazing progress in one day!!
We now have:
- Bricks finished
- Bricks cleaned
- Site cleaned of debris
- Insulation installed
- Walls straightened

Only took two quick pics as I was pooped from carting bricks. Stacked some at the house and took a full trailer load off site to Mum and Dads'. Can't believe how quickly they got all this done!

Bricking 99% complete

Alfresco pillars are completed. Lots of mess on the alfresco floor. Itching to go out on the weekend and give it a good sweep!

Rear of the house is now also complete, as is the blind side (minor bedrooms side). When I arrived the brickies were still there and working away. They only have the window sills on 3 sides of the house to go and say they will be here for another two days.

Well it was a little bit muddy out at the house today! I was slipping and sliding all over the place in my trusty thongs. That unwanted advertising that we found in the garage came in handy- I ripped it off the wall and put it in the car with the dirty footwear on it.

Our two brickies finished the entire eastern wall of the house today, except for the tiny bit above the ensuite windows (below). The storm interrupted them.

And they also finished the front of the house, so from the road the house looks almost complete!

Our beautiful entry way with window, all finished!

Facade bricking

Taking shape


Entry portico nearly done

Side of garage is complete

Bricking the facade

Most exciting progress we've had in months! The front of the house is over half way bricked so we can now pretty clearly see our facade. The bricks jut out a little bit on the portico pillar and match on the other side of the third window along (far right of pic above- you can't really see in this photo). Apparently its a 'course corbelled' in building terms. We love it!

Close up of the garage window (on left) which until now had been lying out in the dirt and then in the kids' retreat, waiting for the brickie to come along and put him in place.
Was really hard to take a photo of the facade- stupid temporary fencing!

At last! Bricking continues

The sunlight has made this photo look a bit cloudy, but here is the alfresco wall. A good place to be bricking on such a hot day (out of the sun).

Almost half the alfresco pillars have been done. Not too happy about our outdoor powerpoint being located halfway up the wall next to the sliding door.... Will see what we can do about this.

Back of the garage is almost completely finished.

A strategically placed bit of tarp across the front of the block. Might be our 'sediment barrier'??? Useless nontheless.

Get well soon Mr Bricks xo

Our brick layer has apparently had 27 teeth pulled out! That's why he hasn't been at work. And that, boys and girls, is why we should all brush our teeth morning and night.

Where is our brickie???

It's been over a month now since we saw any action at the house and the bricklayer has abandoned ship mid-job. I thought I would email our admin today to enquire if there was a reason why work has stalled for so long/if we're waiting for something etc. She was surprised and said according to our schedule the bricking should be finished by this week with plaster to follow next week. She is checking up on it and will get back to us on why the brickie has not yet come back to work....

The Couch!

OMG, OMG we bought a couch!!!!!! Well, we ordered one. It's unbelievable how a pile of timber, springs and foam can incite so much joy and excitement! You'll have to use your imagination a bit... It's the same style as the one above, only in the colour below (all over). It will be 4m or five cushions on the long side (as opposed to 4 cushions in the pic). And it will have the chaise on the opposite side, which will be extra long (2.5m), with the armrest running down it halfway. We did this because we wanted the side of the couch that backs the kitchen and dining to be 'backless' so the lounge area doesn't look too enclosed.
Ordered it from 'Nice and Cheap' Furniture in Nth Coburg, after finding them during a google search for reasonably priced furniture. Don't be put off by the cheesy name, their stuff is beautiful, cheap, and they will custom make whatever you want. They use all the same fabrics as the Freedom couches and to us they look and feel the same quality.

Bricks at the front (yay!) and garage

Bricks on the side of the garage as of today.

And more on the back of the garage... It's going to be strange not being able to see through it anymore!

And the long awaited 'bricks at the front'!! They look really great against the timber windows and match the roof colour really well too. Very pleased with the exterior colours at this stage.

Eastern side of the house bricked up as far as humanly possible before the scaffolding comes into play. Not sure what the thingy on the left is, but it looks like a temporary brace for the scaffolding maybe...?

Front, right hand corner the house- the first course has been laid ready for tomorrow! Can't wait :-)

First bricks were laid down the east side of the house today- lots of progress!

More courses done on the rear of the house- you can see where the mortar is darker that it's still wet.

Bricking halfway up on four walls

Our very plain looking temporary front doors (that are nailed shut). Note also our lovely skinny window to the left- would you believe the timber venetian for it is going to cost almost $300??? Apparently the tinier or weirder the size, the more money they cost! Silly window.

Western side of the house (three minor bedrooms) has been bricked just over halfway up the wall today.

And they did the same to the two walls backing onto the kids' retreat and kitchen.

Then we got really excited when we turned the corner because they've done some at the back too!!