Just a Small Update

We went by today and had a sticky beak in the windows, only to see that our garage door is on and we also have the stone bench top!!  Here are some photos, best I could get from outside!

Painting and Tiling!

Here are the photos from our walk through this morning:

Main Bathroom

 

Ensuite

 

 

Kitchen

Other

LOCK UP!!! 11th April 2013

Well we actually entered Lock up a couple of weeks ago but I've been too crazy busy at work to update this, plus now that we are in lock up and daylight savings has ended I cant get to site before the sun goes down to take photos and I don't really want to go over with a flashlight, that may look a bit suspicious!  But we have a meeting with the Site Supervisor tomorrow to have a look at the progress so far so I'll have more photos for you then no doubt!

But here are some from the last couple of weeks.



I LOVE our front door!!!

 

These photos are ones that I took through the window two Saturdays ago on my way to work, on Monday the skirting boards where getting started and the tiles had been delivered.

 

Our Kitchen cupboards and pantry!

This one I managed to squeeze my phone through a very tiny gap in the window and take a photo of our ensuite and walk in.

 

 The only other thing that happened this week was our storm water and because of the system that we are going with they had to change our downpipes from the streamline square set to a round one which don't look as good but it's better than having your house flooded!

I've also noticed with the cooler weather coming that our front render is very reflective depending on how cloudy or sunny it is.

This was taken on an overcast day where it looks a bluey/grey colour

And here it's a sunny day where it's a very warm tone.

I'm undecided as to how much it bothers me just yet, will have to see once we get in there and have the garden in if that changes it at all.  Luckily it would be easy to repaint if my perfectionist streak got the better of me!

Two Months ...

It has been two months today since the slab was poured! Crazy when you think about how far we've come in that time!  It's great seeing so much progress and seeing all the little bits and pieces come together!

This week they've finished the flushing on the internal walls and have started on the cornices, they've done the hallway, living/dining/kitchen, study and the two bedrooms.  So just the master bedroom, garage and bathrooms to go. 

They also fixed up our portico wall this week and have done a beautiful job about it!

Can't wait till we're at lock up!  Though then I'll have to settle for looking through windows each day rather than doing the walk through!  But that's the price we must pay for progress!

And we're onto the inside!

With the roofing, bricking and render finished they've started progress on the inside last week.  We had the electrical, noggins, insulation and finished off with the internal walls going in over the weekend. 

The area near the front door that hadn't been rendered wasn't meant to be rendered, the brickies made a mistake, our site manager picked up on it before we actually did and has organised for it to be replaced over the next week without any interruption to the internal progress.

So here are this weeks photos!

 

 

At this stage they are hoping to have most of the big things finished by May so then it's just a few final touch ups before hand over hopefully something late May or early June!  The only thing that could hold it up would be if there are any cracks/chips in the stone bench tops and they need to be reordered ... so fingers crossed that doesn't happen!!

Roofing and Rendering!

This week has been all about the roofing and rendering which was a pleasant surprise as I wasn't expecting the rendering to be going on this week.

The bricking finished off at the end of last week and has been beautifully finished, the white mortar on the dark bricks has turned out really well!

 

At the end of the week they did the fascia and put the guttering up.

 

 

Then this week the roofing went up, mostly in a day there are just a couple of bits on the front that still need to up but it's mostly done!

 

 

And then today I went by and the rendering was done and it's looking amazing! The render was the one thing I was most worried about colour wise as it's such a small sample that they give you but it turned out really well!

 

 

The only part that hasn't been rendered is this wall inside the portico ... I'm not sure why as yet but I'll chat with our Site Supervisor on Monday and see what is happening there.  I also need to ask him about the extra noggins that where meant to go in for the TV mounts.

 

 

They have also started running the internal electrical as well ... so it's been a big week!

Bricking is nearly finished!

It's been awhile since I've been able to update, we exceeded our download limit last month and trying to upload photos on a slow connection was doing my head in! But we are back to normal speed so it's time to share the bricking progess ...

Windows intalled

Bi-Fold doors installed (no glass)

Kitchen Window splashback in place!

Bricking commenced!

Back Window

Door Frames in (including the cavity sliders inside)

Front bricking in progress

One side nearly done!

At this stage they are hoping for bricking to be finished by this week and have the roofing started as well.