Week 21 – Creeping, creeping….

They are certainly getting a move on with more things done in the house this past week.  We now have shelves in the cupboards, door handles on, bath in, taps in, roof on under the alfresco and garage.  In fact from what I can see the things to be done now are; shower screens, floor in the balcony, the glass splash back in the kitchen, the garage roller doors and a few repairs to the painting.  Not much at all!  Photos;

My Pantry now has shelves....I LOVE my pantry (how sad am I!)

Walk in Robes...all fitted out now.

Ensuite vanity complete with sinks and tapware

Week 20 – Creeping up on the finish line!

This is SO hard now, we have a house that for all intent and purpose looks finished!  But still little things to do and finish!  The major thing finished this week were the garage and alfresco roof’s were tiled…now they have to put the plasterboard underneath them and then that’s finished.  Not a huge amount has happened inside the house, but there have been workers at the site most days, so something has been happening…just not sure what!  Some photos;

Garage roof finished!

 

Ensuite shower - tiles complete, screen next

Powder room sink and tiles

Kitchen...just needs the glass splash back now and all will be finished.

Week 19 – Nearing the Finish line!

We can start to see the finish line now…the tiling is now complete as of today, the handles on all the doors have been fitted (and look fabulous!), the guttering on the alfresco and garage have been completed, the scaffolding is up for the roof tilers to  come in and do the tiles, the tiles have arrived, the electricians have fitted all the casings and connected all the lights and switches and the heating and cooling vents are in.

Things still to be done;  Shower screens to be installed, glass splash back in kitchen, mirrors in bathroom and ensuite, shelves in cupboards, toilets installed, shower heads and taps to be installed, tiles to be laid on the alfresco and garage, floor to be laid and stained on the balcony, back of front door to be stripped and stained like they should have done in the first place! and I think that covers it!  Wow, when you put it in a list like that, it’s bugger all to be done now!

No photos today as I’ve not been able to get in to take them!  Hopefully we will have a walk through with the site supervisor next week and I can get some photos!

Week 18 – Painting finished, Tiling next!

What a difference the paint makes, it looks like a real home now!  I popped down on Friday and had a really good look around – took some friends too! Some photos;

Top floor, looking back from 5th bedroom toward stairs and games room

Looking down the stairs at the front door

Kitchen fully painted and if you look closely my ceasar stone bench is in too!

This week the tilers are meant to come and and do their stuff, kitchen splash back, laundry floor & splash backs, shower and bathroom floors and splash backs.  According to PD, this should be completed by Thursday next week.  Then it is the final fit offs, electricians, paint touch ups etc.  And I suppose somewhere in there the garage and alfresco roof will be tiled and guttered too.  It’s all coming together!!!

Just had a look after picking Cayden up from School and the doors have been stained and varnished, look really good and match well with the bricks.

Front Door

Back door - opens on to the alfresco area.

Week 17 – Painting almost complete

They’ve been painting since Wednesday last week and today I was able to pop in and have a look.  It’s looking great.  It’s so nice to see the colours that we picked some 18months ago are finally coming together and that they look good!

Feature wall colour meeting the family room.

Feature Wall, photo taken from upstairs.

The carpenters were back this week to finish off the roof of the garage.  They’ve also cleaned up the bricks.  Looking good!

Garage roof complete, bricks cleaned.

Week 16

After a few days up at Mum’s I came home to see that they had taken the scaffolding down from the front of the house and oh man what a difference it makes!  The front of the house looks fanastic! (even if I do say so myself!)

Front of the house

We had an inspection today with the building supervisor.  So took a few more photos…of course!  We are looking at about 6 weeks until we move in which is pretty cool!  This week the painters start and he thinks they should be finished by the end of next week.  The garage roof is also meant to go up on Thursday and then they get to tile it and put in the guttering.  The bricks also need to cleaned up as well.  Another visit in about three weeks time should do the trick!

en-suite vanity

Week 15 – Fixing stage completed

WOW, it’s certainly moving along.  We received our invoice for the fixing stage on Monday night.  So that means all cabinets are in, benches except for the kitchen bench and all skirting is in.  Inside the things to be done now are painting, shelves, showers and tiling.  Outside still to be done are the floor for the balcony, the roof  trusses on the garage, and roof tiling for the alfresco and garage.  The scaffolding is still up in the front.  The majority of the bricks have been clean…the ones covered by the scaffolding haven’t been done yet (for obvious reasons!).  We popped in on Monday night and found the front door open, so we had a look in!!!  It’s looking good!  Here are some photos;

Games room

kitchen, all cabinets are in now, just waiting for the composite stone bench to go in after painting.

Family room/Lounge Room complete with bath!!!

Laundry sink, cupboard and bench...on the other side is a linen cupboard and small bench

Week 14 – Infill done, Stairs in

Well, things are heating up again!  The infill in the front of the house has been done and painted and looks fantastic!  The scaffolding for the back of the house is gone.  The roof for the alfresco area has been framed completely.  The stairs and balustrades have been installed.  The site has been cleared and cleaned up.   I imagine the rest of the scafolding will come down shortly and the bricks will be finished being cleaned too!  They have the roof frames sitting there to be installed when the scaffolding comes down.  The cabinets are meant to be finished by tomorrow (according to the plan we have!).  It’s moving along at a lovely rate!  I really need to get a move on with those curtains!!!

Back a few days later…we’ve been having trouble with internet connection.  They’ve now put the kitchen cabinets in and hung most of the internal doors

Some photos;

Infill done

Stairs

Kitchen - stove side

Kitchen cabinets - sink/dishwasher side. Opening at the end is my pantry

Mystery Box – Sept 15

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve been able to try the Mystery Box challenge on Simplesavings, but was able to this week.

Our challenge ingredients should we choose it is;

Capsicum
Apples
Nuts, any kind
Chicken
Filo (Phyllo) pastry
Semi dried tomatoes
Pasta

I’m afraid I didn’t stick too closely to the ingredients this time!  We had chicken pie and salad and for dessert we had apple, pastry fingers and cream.  Went down well with the family…but then again I knew they liked pies, so was always a fairly safe bet!

Chicken pie & Salad

Apple, pastry finger and cream

Whoops, taken a bit of time to actually load up photos…so these are a bit late, but it’s on now!

Week 13 – Plasterboard Finished.

We had our first house inspection with the building supervisor this morning.  Wow, what a difference it makes with the plasterboard in.  You get a good idea of dimensions now.  It’s amazing how much bigger it looks!  The stairs are scheduled for the end of this week and the kitchen benches are going in either late this week or early next week.  The Supervisor seems to think that we will be at fixing stage by the end of the month and then the painters and tilers come in to do their work.  So an early guestimate of when the house will be finished is the end of October.  I’m still saying we will be in by the end of November, it’s better to be surprised by being early then not.

Some photos of inside….it’s a bit hard with the photos to get a good idea of dimension…so you’ll have to take my word for it!!!

Family Room/Lounge Room on the left hand side is the dining area (not in photo)

Games Room upstairs