Week Seventeen: Garage Door, Painting, Electrical and Basins

Huge week! Have to pinch myself sometimes, the progress has been relentless.

We had painters in on Monday and Tuesday. All the walls are done with the exception of the cutting in and the architraves (which will be done after the flooring is installed, I believe). I'm really in love with the colour (Taubmans Pebble Bay) as it is warm and neutral.

Garage door was installed Wednesday and it looks fabulous! The sinks/basins and caesarstone to the bathrooms/back kitchen bench are also there now.

Electricians worked through yesterday so all our down lights have been installed, bayonet globes ready to roll in all other places. We have the indoor/outdoor power points on the walls and data cabling. Our heater/exhaust fans in the bathrooms and toilets have been attached.

I have heaps of photos. The electricians on site spotted me loitering around outside and invited us in, so here are some pics!

House with Garage door. Caoba Stain Timber-Look

 

Painting: Taubmans Pebble Bay

Back Benchtops: Caesarstone Organic White

Bathroom Basins and Laundry Sink

  

Lights, Fans and Power Points

 

 

 Main Bathroom with Niche

 It was such a beautiful day, I had to show you our view. Can't wait to wake up to this every morning...

Last thing:  I'm trying to find stains for our Hume Lin1 doors to meld in with our colour theme. I've narrowed it down to these two, but would appreciate some feedback! Homeone Forum peeps, help!

Week Sixteen: Tiling and Site Level

So our tiling has been completed...

Bathroom floor and wall tiles and laundry tiles have been laid and grouted. Drains have been installed. Yay! Photo's were taken with permission.

Next week we can expect our garage door to be installed, our first coat of paint will go on and the measuring fairies will arrive, ready to start cutting the caesarstone and glass splash back.

We also have had Wisdom Landscaping confirm the quote and order with us, and have requested that we remove the tree hindering the path of the driveway.

We had a load of sand delivered and leveled across the front of the block.

All systems go!

Week Fifteen: Kitchen, Bathroom Vanities and Floor Tiling

The kitchen cabinets were installed this week, as well as the bathroom vanities. The tiling has been laid to the front porch and bathrooms, as well as the laundry. Areas just needs to be grouted. The bathroom wall tiles have arrived, ready for laying as well as the laundry sink. Very exciting!

We have twice taken advantage of the fact that tradesmen were onsite and have nicely asked if we could have a quick walk-through, but our SS has had complaints so we are not permitted to do that anymore. We need to arrange with SS when we want to visit. Bit of a bummer, but fair enough I guess.

Some progress pics from our limited vantage point ;-) You can see the bathroom floor tiles in the background of the first picture.

Kitchen cabinetry

Portico tiling

Close-up of the portico tiles

Facade with tiling down.

Week Fourteen: Waterproofing, Plumbing/Electrical and Timber Cladding

Still moving along at a good pace but a much slower week than usual. The waterproofing in the wet areas was done this week. We also have had plumbers and electricians in and out getting everything ready for the kitchen/bathroom fit outs next week.

Rocked up today not expecting anything and the timber cladding had been applied. I'm really rapt with how it looks. We'd assumed the cladding would be smooth, but it has a grooved 3D effect. I think it looks amazing.

On school holidays now so looking forward to seeing the progress over the next two weeks :-)

Some pictures...

Week Thirteen: External Doors, Internal Doors and Architraves Arrive

Our beautiful Hume Linwood One doors arrived this week and have been hung to the door frames. I'm so happy to see them, we have six in total. We've paid to have them in the main bedroom, home theatre, internal laundry, storeroom/garage access and the two pantry doors.

My initial thoughts were painting them a rick chocolate brown, but I'm now having second thoughts. Perhaps a light stain over the top keeping them to a similar colour as they are displayed raw. Not sure? Got 3-4 months to make up my mind!

Our front door is on now too, looks great. We are now officially locked out, since all sliding doors and internal doors have keyed locks.

You can also see that the pillars are nowpainted (Dune). Pretty...

Next week, the waterproofing will begin. The bathroom vanities will also be installed, so looking forwards to seeing the colour of the laminex in the flesh.

2nd last progress payment was sent off today. Only one to go, which is the practical completion payment. Hoorah!

Front Door (Hume Savoy XS)

 

 

Internal garage/storeroom Door (Linwood One) and External Laundry Door (Leading out onto Alfresco)

 

Kitchen Pantry Doors (Linwood One).

Week Twelve: Gyprocking, Cornices and Rendering

Huge week!

Our SS mentioned that the gyprock trades would be onsite over the next two weeks. They apparently requested exclusive access to the site over the course of these two weeks, meaning that no other work can be done.

We were surprised to find them there first thing Monday, and by Monday evening they had knocked over most of the internal walls! The boys were nice enough to let me onsite to take some photos. Thanks guys!

They were finished with the walls by Tuesdays. I arrived Wednesday to find the front portico had been rendered. Wasn't expecting that!

By Friday, the cornices were being attached. The build is absolutely flying! Garage door and front door should be arriving in the next week or two, as will the kitchen.

Our build contract takes us just past Christmas, but we're well ahead of the anticipated schedule so we're hoping to be in by Christmas. Well, a girl can dream, can't she!

Some photos...

Week Eleven: Cladding, Eaves and Insulation

Busy week. We had the cladding attached under the eaves. The insulation trades also arrived and were busy little bees. Our lounge room had the sound-proofing applied and more electrical stuff happened. Very exciting!

Some pictures...