What a big diffrence Render makes to a house, love the new look!!!
Milan Black Tiles 600 x 600
November 15, 2010
55th Week More Progress
What a big diffrence Render makes to a house, love the new look!!!
Milan Black Tiles 600 x 600
October 19, 2010
51st Week Getting There!!!
It’s been awhile since my last post, but there has been a fair bit of progress, it’s coming along nicely, the only annoying thing is when tradies chip or scratch something and don’t have the decency to tell you.
We’ve managed to concrete the alfresco area and add on outside entertainment area.
Laundry cupboard installed and the plumbing and tile splash back finally completed.
WIR installed and all holes and plaster damaged fixed, just need to do some sanding and a nice fresh coat of paint and then it’s all complete.
The front facade is now all rendered and what a big difference render makes, the house looks amazing and a different house all together.
Our electrician finally came over on the weekend and installed all extra power points and all the internal lighting and flood lights.
Portico is all tiled, which means we can make a start on the driveway, as the tiles will sit flush with the concrete. We’re off today to have a look at what colour and style of exposed aggregate we want for a driveway. We also have to change the design of the driveway as I noticed yesterday when I parked in the proposed driveway it wasn’t wide enough for two cars to park.
Still waiting for the Bonaire add-on inverter Air Con to be released onto the market so it can be installed. I was told is was going to be released at the start of October, so I rang the supplier last week and they don't even know when it will be released, Not Happy. Tiles should of arrived this week, but there was a 2 week shipping delay, so fingers crossed by the end of the month, once I get the confirmation that they have arrived we’ll book in our tiler. Driveway, Front garden, Back yard, Carpet, Curtains, Feature walls and anything else that has skipped my mind, still to be done.
Will post pictures soon I promise!
We’ve managed to concrete the alfresco area and add on outside entertainment area.
Laundry cupboard installed and the plumbing and tile splash back finally completed.
WIR installed and all holes and plaster damaged fixed, just need to do some sanding and a nice fresh coat of paint and then it’s all complete.
The front facade is now all rendered and what a big difference render makes, the house looks amazing and a different house all together.
Our electrician finally came over on the weekend and installed all extra power points and all the internal lighting and flood lights.
Portico is all tiled, which means we can make a start on the driveway, as the tiles will sit flush with the concrete. We’re off today to have a look at what colour and style of exposed aggregate we want for a driveway. We also have to change the design of the driveway as I noticed yesterday when I parked in the proposed driveway it wasn’t wide enough for two cars to park.
Still waiting for the Bonaire add-on inverter Air Con to be released onto the market so it can be installed. I was told is was going to be released at the start of October, so I rang the supplier last week and they don't even know when it will be released, Not Happy. Tiles should of arrived this week, but there was a 2 week shipping delay, so fingers crossed by the end of the month, once I get the confirmation that they have arrived we’ll book in our tiler. Driveway, Front garden, Back yard, Carpet, Curtains, Feature walls and anything else that has skipped my mind, still to be done.
Will post pictures soon I promise!
August 31, 2010
44th Week We've found the right Tile
After months of searching drive all over Melbourne and trying to find a tile which wouldn't blowout our budget, we finally found the tile we both liked and most of all suited the house and colour scheme we are going for. It should look good once it's laid.
This tile will we laid in the, Entry, Lounge, Kitchen, Dinning, Family and Hall way.
Milan Black 600mm x 600mm
This tile will we laid in the, Entry, Lounge, Kitchen, Dinning, Family and Hall way.
Milan Black 600mm x 600mm
August 30, 2010
44th Week Progressing Well
Tiles ordered, 6-8 week waiting period, early November.
Laundry Cupboard & WIR booked in for early September.
Ducted Heating installed, add-on ducted cooling early October (waiting for new Bonaire model to be released).
Lighting ordered, 2 week waiting period, installation mid September, including the rest of the electrical works.
Fence built along two boundaries last week, just waiting for our neighbour to our left give the go ahead to build the fence.
Hopefully the weather starts to improve and stops raining so we can make a starting on the front garden and back yard.
Laundry Cupboard & WIR booked in for early September.
Ducted Heating installed, add-on ducted cooling early October (waiting for new Bonaire model to be released).
Lighting ordered, 2 week waiting period, installation mid September, including the rest of the electrical works.
Fence built along two boundaries last week, just waiting for our neighbour to our left give the go ahead to build the fence.
Hopefully the weather starts to improve and stops raining so we can make a starting on the front garden and back yard.
August 11, 2010
41st Week Post-Handover
Since handover, we have been driving around Melbourne looking for tiles. I can’t believe how hard it is to choose tiles. We are looking for a 600 x 600 semi-polished Charcoal/Dark Grey porcelain tile. At the moment the house has all these samples of different colour tiles scattered around the house and we are constantly moving tiles around to see what they look like in different rooms and shades.
We also have done some back breaking work with trying to level the ground outside (human bobcat). The two sides of the house are done just the back and front left to do. Having wet rainy weather doesn’t help as it makes it twice as hard.
We also had a few quotes to fence off our block and we’ve had quotes ranging from $64m to $47m. It feels logical to go for the cheapest but I want a good fence that will last, so in the coming days I’ll be driving around the suburbs of Melbourne checking out the completed jobs of the fence companies before we choose. Hopefully within the coming weeks we can fence off our block.
We also have done some back breaking work with trying to level the ground outside (human bobcat). The two sides of the house are done just the back and front left to do. Having wet rainy weather doesn’t help as it makes it twice as hard.
We also had a few quotes to fence off our block and we’ve had quotes ranging from $64m to $47m. It feels logical to go for the cheapest but I want a good fence that will last, so in the coming days I’ll be driving around the suburbs of Melbourne checking out the completed jobs of the fence companies before we choose. Hopefully within the coming weeks we can fence off our block.
August 2, 2010
Day 278 Handover
We finally have the keys to our brand new house.
Wow what a roller coaster of a ride building a new house, after 278 days from site start we have handover and the keys to our brand new house.
Reality still hasn’t sunken in yet as our build dragged on for 9mths and just exhausted the both of us.
Now the fun begins in chasing all the jobs that need to be done, as we now have the keys.
Wow what a roller coaster of a ride building a new house, after 278 days from site start we have handover and the keys to our brand new house.
Reality still hasn’t sunken in yet as our build dragged on for 9mths and just exhausted the both of us.
Now the fun begins in chasing all the jobs that need to be done, as we now have the keys.
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