Our first home

Tuesday, 2 October 2012

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 :)

Wednesday, 12 September 2012

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 :)

Friday, 31 August 2012

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...

Tuesday, 28 August 2012

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 :)

Monday, 27 August 2012

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.