We have a bath (well nearly!)

Not a whole lot happening the last few days though its obvious that little bits and pieces have been done. The doors are all on now so the house feels quite enclosed (well aside from the garage area which is still completely open).

The wardrobes and other timber work inside the house has started. Our builders have even made themselves a nice little lunch spot by using our bricks and some bits of wood hammered together into seats!

The frame for the bath has also been done and the shower bases have been delivered.

Lovely in green

We drove past after work tonight and saw a flash of green as we were getting near the house. Very happy to see the house is now looking lovely all wrapped in the green insulation. Also looks like some more work had been done on the roof line above the master bedroom. Hopefully this means the frame is completed and the tilers will be back to finish off the roof.Fingers crossed for the brick work to be finished ASAP (maybe mid-March?)




The bricks


The lovely green wrapping & the last bit of tiling over the master bedroom

Alfresco and kids bedroom at back. I LOVE our back sliding door which has 2 huge sliding panels.

Waiting, waiting.....

The last 2 weeks have been so frustrating. Not much happening at all. I guess this is the ups and downs of building - one week you are on top of the world thinking the house is coming along so quickly and then the next week nothing happens and its quite depressing visiting the house and seeing no changes.

The holdup is apparently that the frame needs a bit more work. It must be just around the master bedroom as the guttering in that area hasn't been completed and the tiles in that area also haven't been completed. So we nearly have all the guttering done and nearly have a roof thats finished but just not quite. The wrap was scheduled to be done yesterday (Monday) but wasn't when I drove past last night. Hopefully today.....

The plumbing and electricals have been completed though and the bricks were delivered yesterday so hopefully that means bricking will start this week or next.

I can't say I'm that impressed with the bricks but they are the same as the display home so hopefully will look better once they are on the house.

Thats it for now!

We have a roof!

The roof is nearly finished already! Its looking really good and maybe, just maybe the tilers will work tomorrow (Saturday) and finish it.
I'm feeling really happy with the colour we went with, its a nice middle range colour (not too dark & not too light!) and it blends well with the roofs either side of us. Our windows are the same colour as the roof but with the black protective tape on them at the moment.


Front of the house at 8.30am this morning with tiles still missing over bedroom and garage at front.

Front area now with the tiles on over the front bedroom and the garage. Only missing tiles up one side and the ones over the ridges.

Back area including alfresco are fully tiled now.

Up close colour.


Taken near the front door looking straight toward the back. From the front door there is the study and master bedroom either side then straight down to the kitchen & dining area. The 2 living rooms are on the right.

Tiling ready to start

13/2/08

The roof tiles were delivered yesterday, stacks & stacks of them in piles around the house. My only worry is that a small area of guttering still needs to be finished, hopefully this will either be done today or maybe the roof tiling will start at the back of the house so it won't slow the tilers down.
It looked as though more timber had been put in various areas of the roof line, particularly in the alfresco area.
Nothing much to take photos of but here are a couple anyway....

Frame finished & guttering nearly done

The guys doing the guttering had just started this morning around 9am and when I walked past tonight they look to be close to finishing. Just the front of the house to go. Hopefully the roof tiles should be starting next, we should have a phone call tomorrow from our lovely CSR for an update.
Here are more progress shots....

Frame (day 7)

We called around today to check on progress and the builders were there working hard. They had just finished putting the roof trusses up and all the windows and door frames are now in. I guess we will be getting the invoice in the mail any day now - don't really mind though as long as the house keeps moving along I will be happy.
Here are some progress shots....