Tuesday, 4 November 2014

What happens next?

So, it's been a while since I posted. I apologise to anyone who was following. Moving in was crazy. And knowing where to start is overwhelming. We quickly arranged blinds, clothesline, letterbox and driveway.
But we have some major issues that have prevented me from posting anymore pics. I will be listing these  in the next day or so, as they are part of the building "journey".....

Sunday, 1 June 2014

Update June 2 - lots of pics!

So, I've been crazy busy packing and preparing and not blogging!

We love the tiling so far. We love the paint colour - its stonebridge, and the electricians have done a great job at the small amount of work they have done! One of my first changes will be changing the white power points on the blackglass splash back to black.

So here are some pics! After all, thats what we all want to see right?
Firstly the tiling in bathrooms, laundry, patio and terrazzo! They look fantastic.

kids bathroom
 My ensuite shower before grouting
 Kids bathroom before grout
 kids shower with grout
 Kids basin
Feature wall in ensuite
 Laundry
 Terazza
 Patio
Then the painters arrived - they were around for six days or so, after that the electricians were there! There has been a misunderstanding and at this point most of our lights have not been installed - we are working to rectify this. My advice would be to get EVERYTHING written down. The crappy three lines in our tender is useless. We have wiring that there is no mention of anywhere - why would we have wiring that has not been discussed or paid for? Our argument is that it was drawn into the diagram but not written down in words. And why would we ask for wiring but not install when we dint even know its an option! So now we need to find more money to get the lights installed!
Terazza
kids rooms all look like this
 hallway
 My gorgeous kitchen - with unfinished lighting!
 Main bedroom
 Living room
 This will become our linen
 kids all have the same cupboard and door
 Bathroom ixl!

Friday, 23 May 2014

Bathrooms tiled, painting

Quick update!
The bathrooms and laundry are tiled, they look amazing. I am really pleased with them. Also the patio and terrazza!  Will get to pics when  I get a chance!

The roller door went on Wednesday, it looks gorgeous, I love it!

The painters prepped to spray the ceiling yesterday. So they should be onsite, today- Saturday! Will call past later today.

Finally - I know why people pay pele to pack! Yuck,yuck,yuck. So much stuff for a house of  five!

Sunday, 11 May 2014

Another week closer

Last week it seems like not much happened.
After the stone went in, we waited for the tiles to arrive.
I noticed that the skirts have been installed - not sure when or by whom!
The pantry door has been square set.
The garage internal door has been flipped so it now opens into the garage - yay, thank you to my ss for that one.
The tiles turned up on Thursday, as did the cornice man - the slowest one in the country it seems. The tiler turned up on Friday to do the bathrooms, already a week late, but left as they weren't ready for him!
We went by on Sunday morning to discover that the cornice man hadn't done much! but there has been lots of deliveries of toilets, bath, sinks, basins, laundry tub, bathroom tiles, sand, tile glue.

Now we just wait - we can't get in as we reached lock up about two weeks ago. I can wait to see what the tiles look like in the bathrooms!

Monday, 5 May 2014

Stone bench tops!

There are no words really! Just enjoy these delicious pics!

 My gorgeous kitchen and walk in pantry!





Monday, 28 April 2014

Fix out

The fix out tradies arrived yesterday to do all the door jams and doors.

The cornices and architraves are still on the garage floor where they have been for two weeks.

The front door is on! The wrong door was delivered but we are going to keep it! We had originally asked for frosted glass and this one is clear. And it's a gorgeous wooden frame, I am told it's maple, but we are painting it charcoal. So it's a waste of a gorgeous door really! I will endeavour to get some better pics, but we are expected to be locked out today!

The kitchen island has also been fixed, so the drawers are in the correct place now, but there is still a door missing and the extra work to install push button openings has not been done.

Tuesday, 22 April 2014

Kitchen install

The kitchen has been installed, except the stone top. And some of it is in the wrong place, some of the cupboards are scratched. Overall I am quite disappointed. I love the layout and the size, just not the workmanship!
Here is the kitchen from the dining room
 The island bench, these drawers have been put in the wrong place - they need to go in the middle of the island.
 Our kicker for the ducted vac in the kitchen
 The standard cabinet for the main bathroom

 The standard vanity in our ensuite
I will post more pics when the kitchen island has been fixed!