In our home :)

In our home :)

Handover was the 6th December 2013 and we moved in basically straight away!
Landscaping, blinds in completed 10th March, 2013

It is now April 2015 and we've been in our home 2 years. We've filled it 2 the brim with 2 kids in 2 years, 2 dogs keeping us company and now are looking into our 2nd home...

We LOVED our building experience with SJD homes. Our Loxton (now called the Hamish) was built quickly and with ease. SJD were friendly and easy to communicate with. we really appreciated how upfront they were with all costs (nothing was hidden from us) and their ability to adapt our plans effortlessly. 

Do we recommend building with them? Yes. Would we build again with them? YES!

Garage door- 3rd November

Garage door- 3rd November

Bricks cleaned, drain capped, tiles 28/10/2012

Bricks cleaned, drain capped, tiles 28/10/2012

Prep for render, garage paint, laundry tub installed 19/10/2012

Prep for render, garage paint, laundry tub installed 19/10/2012

Caesarstone and waterproofing - 13th October

Caesarstone and waterproofing - 13th October

Bricks and Paint -10th October

Bricks and Paint -10th October

Cabinetry fitting, bulkheads, more bricking, roof capping - 2nd October

Cabinetry fitting, bulkheads, more bricking, roof capping - 2nd October

 SO we a did quick trip to drop off the tastics to SJD and decided to do a drive by. There had only been 2 working days since we last visited so we didn't expect much... BUT we have a kitchen! WoohoO!

Skirts, cornices and doors 29th September 2012

Skirts, cornices and doors 

Went for a visit on the 29th September after we got back from our trip to Thailand to see any progress. Bricks are still finishing, all skirts, cornices and doors were on. The house is at the lock-up stage but the back door was left open so we could still sneak in for some photos :)

Electric, plumbing and bricks begin

We went down to the block again on the 9th September to have a look at the progress. At first I was a bit like :( Oh boo the bricks aren't up (as we drove up the road)

After pulling up in the driveway it became apparent LOTS of things had happened this week that I was clueless about. The electrical rough out had been completed including the heating unit in the roof, data cables, etc. The plumbing rough out also had been completed both for recycled and normal water piping. We have a real front door - YAY! and completed roof. 

We have had both shower bases put in and have a tub - woohoo! (Love the shape and depth of it too). All of hte pink batt insulation is completed inside as well and ready for plaster to be hung.The front bricks have gone up, plaster has been delivered and bricks have been piled around the house ready to go.

So... heaps has been done! See the construction tab for more photos.. hopefully bricks next week :)

The roof the roof

Gotta love a roof!

We went for another look today - Blair's finished footy and cricket hasn't started yet :)

Progress: Roof trusses, roof tiles, windows, alfresco post, fascia and guttering

You can see the bricks around - apparently the brickie is due Monday!

See construction tab for more photos...

Argh PAINT!

Choosing paint is hard!

So we went off to Mitre 10 to look and choose paint chips today. It is not the first time I've looked but gee it was hard! Everything looks cream to me! We finally found a slightly stone grey looking paint called Strauss White and Magnesium which looks a bit creamy to me but Blair liked it so I said ok!

My scanner did a terrible job but you get the general idea of our colour scheme.

We also picked the splashback colour - again Blair's choice! He never ceases to amaze me how he chimes in just at the right time with some input :)

Kitchen tiles carpets

Decisions Decisions Decisions.......

Since everything has been zooming along with our slab and frame we needed to get going on our colour choices and selections.

We headed to the kitchen place first and John the kitchen man expertly tweaked our plans and made recommendations. He did a great job and helped us with our colour choices too.

 Below is a sketch of what the kitchen will look like on one wall.. It took a lot of tweaking to make this happen!

Next we headed to the tiling shop to pick floor, walls and feature tiles. We decided to stick to the given budget and save money for the kitchen extras.

Last we were off to the carpet shop. We picked a twist pile called soot (dark grey)

Last of all we need to pick our splashback and paint colours.. Then we can relax and head off on our holiday!

All framed up!

26th August, 2012

Visited our block today to see our frame up! 

It's all happening so quickly now-  its very exciting!

Slab me

Slab me!

Yay our slab is down! We are very excited! Any guesses for when we'll see a frame?

Buy a house get a pool free

So our land is getting started and since Melbourne has such lovely weather we got our garage dug out in site scrape and it looks like a pool!

Videos to compare progress

Oct 2011

Nov 2011

Dec 2011

Australia Day 2012

August 2012

(see Construction)

Settlement

We have settled! Woohoo!

We have titled!!

Finally! We have officially titled and no longer have a LOT number but a street number! Woohoo!

Settlement is on the 26th July too.. It's all happening at last :)

Hopefully we've missed all the rain and yuck weather and put our wonder builders at SJD to work!

Two weeks to title?

So Blair has called George the last 2 times ..
In May he said June title and settlement.
Now it is mid-June and the last phone call was George saying EVERYTHING is done. Paperwork is at the titles office. That was Tues 12th June.
He believes 2 weeks till titles ready (26th June)
2 weeks till settlement (10th July)
Let's see...


I'll believe it when I see it.

Tick tock

SO.. its may and we are still waiting.. somewhat patiently.

Am I surprised? No. Disappointed? Very much so.