Site meeting!

Was asked to meet our SS out at the house this morning to confirm all the tiles were ok, as they don't have a copy of the tile layout on site. As a result:

- Ensuite is going to have additional tiling (at no extra cost)- yay!!! I'll post pics when I can get back out there tomorrow; it should be done by then.

- Bathroom is having one row of additional tiles around the top of the shower, as where the top tile sits currently it is a fraction under the 2m minimum tiling height requirement. Glad we picked those big tiles even more now as we're getting lots more for free! Tiles will almost go to the ceiling.

- Laundry tiling will be added to, so that it extends all the way across under the overhead cupboards (as per the plans).

- Pantry did not have shelving next to the garage access door, but it is on the plan. It will be done today.

- Tiles in the entry that are crooked will be fixed/relaid today.

- Saggy fence will be fixed and paid for by Henley.

- Pile of concrete in front corner of yard will be removed with next site clean, not spread out and covered over.

AND, robes are nearly all fitted out!!

Plumbing, electrical, fitout etc is all booked in for the next 2 weeks. So is the arrival of the splashback :-) Was told we're looking at about 4 weeks until we go to handover. SO EXCITED.

Look at our beautiful bath! Well, sort of a bath... No grout yet, so the lines look dark. Think it will look good with the white grout in :-)

Shower in the bathroom is also tiled.


Ensuite shower is all tiled, including the base and the feature tile. It wasn't supposed to go in the middle but I much prefer it there now that it's in as if it was further to the left you wouldn't really see it unless you were standing right up at the vanity.


Laundry is tiled. The tiles should actually go all the way across underneath the overhead cupboards. Having a walk thru with the SS tomorrow morning so will ask him about this.

Floor tiling done!

Floor tiles are all done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In one day!!!!!

Here's the toilet. haha.


And the ensuite.


Hallway all floored :-)

Entry. Will have to have the tiles re done here. See how the tiles closest to the door are about 5cm thick on the left, and double that on the right? Tiler needs to be more consistent with the thickness of his grout lines and make sure they're straight!!

Click play to take a walk thru our pantry!

Tiles ready to go on

Shower is all blacked out and ready to be covered up.

Tiles delivered.


Floor tile 'millenium black' (which oddly enough, is a grey colour)


Very large shower wall tiles in white

Feature tile for ensuite. To be cut into a strip and laid vertically. Three squares thick? Maybe four? Can't remember!!

Timber doors stained

Stacker sliding doors have been stained. Ooooo now we just have to wait for that deck to be built... Might be a while!

Kids' Retreat doors are looking nice now after their lick of brown.

Front door looks so nice now too. Just needs the proper handle to really finish it off!

Garage doors

So excited to see all the things they've done this week. Really feels like the end is not too far away now! Our rear roller door is on.

And the access door has been painted, as have all the internal doors, walls, architraves etc.


Front garage door kind of finishes everything off. Driveway will make it look even better!

Painting- walls and ceiling done

Looks like the painting on the inside is almost done, but none of the timber bits (sliding doors, windows at the front) have been stained yet. Above is the living room. There's been an issue with this window and the one next to it not being level (ie at the same height). To make it look fixed, they've moved the architrave on one of them. Still looks a bit dodgy...

Here are the doors with a coat of gloss white on them.


A pic of the pantry


Standing inside our bedroom, imagining I'm where the bed will be (looking at the doorway)

Standing in the entrance, looking down the hall

Painting pics

Wardrobe doors for the minor bedrooms have been spray painted in undercoat.

So have the doors for our bedroom and the study.


The laundry with its coat of paint. Really like how stark and cool it looks.


Kids' retreat area. They've taken our nice timber/glass doors off the hinges. Hopefully they'll be painted tomorrow!

More painting pics

Family area is all painted in 'Tundra Mist.' Roof has two coats, walls one. No stain on the doors and windows yet. Very happy with the colour. So glad it doesn't throw off any green.

Ensuite


Study


Close up of 'Tundra Mist.' It almost looks white, but it's enough of a contrast to be noticeable.

Garage

Dining chairs

Decided to have a go at reupholstering the dining chairs this weekend. The royal blue doesn't match the new house colour scheme so I ordered some Warwick fabric in charcoal. Decided to do the DIY option as the upholsterer charges $65 per seat to do it!
Above is one of the chairs before. Below is halfway through the process-

And voila`! The finished product. They look fantastic, if I do say so myself, and will match the grey floor tiles of the new place perfectly

Two weeks of nothin

It's been two weeks now since anything happened at the house :-(
It's starting to feel just like January all over again.

Where o where are our painters???

Timber-look venetian blinds

Picked up the blinds for the front of the house from Spotlight today. Took the garage one out of the bubble wrap to check the size/fit. Absolutely perfect to the millimetre! Pretty happy with how they look. Will look even better with the proper timber piece covering the metal at the top I think. No other progress on the house so this is all the excitement we could get.

TV and home theatre

Went shopping with the family last night. Ted Chwasta Good Guys were having another one of their VIP sales and they always look after us. We bought a 32 inch Samsung LED TV for the bedroom, to sit on top of the chest of drawers. Got a very good price for it as it was the last one. Also bought a Blu Ray home theatre system for the living area. My technical specifications were- 'they have to go on the wall. None of those stick speakers.' They had just what we needed- a Sony system with four speakers to be mounted on the walls in each corner. Dad bought the same system, Ryan bought a Samsung home theatre (that we'll probably be able to hear from our house!) Lesley bought a kettle and a cordless phone and Mum got herself a huge screen Toshiba laptop. We all said that going to Ted's is better than xmas, because we never get this much stuff from Santa!

Shoe rack and retaining walls

Henry warily checks out the new shoe rack. Chopped up the old bookshelf and repositioned the shelves. Perfect! Wasn't sure where this bookshelf would go in the new place but now it will be put to good use in the garage by the door, housing all of our most frequently worn shoes.
Here's a before pic: (looks the same size in the end but I assure you it's 30cm shorter!)

Our retaining walls have been done at the house. About freakin time. The fence has sagged and will need fixing. Grrrr. They told us it was so vital and would be one of the first things done.

And a view from the front....

And they haven't done the wall as long as is indicated on the site plan. Grrr and grr.

Check measure Thursday, furniture galore

Booked in our final check measure for the plantation shutters in the ensuite. They told us to wait until all the plaster and architraves were done because even a couple of millimetres adjustment can throw them out. The Spotlight person is booked to come out 9am Thursday. have emailed our admin to ask if we can get access to the house. Really hoping we're not locked out on the day or I'll be cranky!

On the furniture front, thought I'd go and pay the final deposit on our couch tomorrow and pick out the cushions they have offered to make us for free. Not sure about colours, I suppose we'll see what they've got. Also went to an upholsterer this morning to ask how much it would be to recover the seats of our dining setting in a grey fabric (royal blue will not suit the new house!) $65 per chair. With 8 chairs to do I lifted my jaw back off the floor and ordered the fabric so we can do it ourselves. Will make sure I post some befores and afters!

Caesarstone benchtops

Here's a nice close shot of our Cracked Pepper benchtop in the ensuite. Finally found the house unlocked today. Yippee!


Main bathroom has the same


And the kitchen's the same too. We're pretty exciting aren't we? This pic is of the back wall of the kitchen.

And here's the big island bench! Love it. I think if I had my time again I would have got the kickboards in the same Laminex as the cupboards. They are a silvery colour. It doesn't really bother me but I don't like it as much as I think I would if it was all Lustrous Elm to the floor. See last post pics, I think you can see the kickboard in those...