A huge week- Tiles, basins, heating, cooling and a driveway!

The visit to the house today saw the delivery of the tiles, the builder wanted us down there to see if the tiles we had selected were delivered correctly, and to see if we were still happy with them before they were laid down.  Here is a photo of the mountain of tiles that the tilers will face when they walk in the door for this job, a total of 9 stacks of tiles - not a job I'd like to be doing.

A little difficult to see with the lighting of the photo, but here is one of the tiles as it will appear, they are a latte colour, which matches the neutral scheme really well.

This is the decorative tile that we have selected for the showers, it will be cut into a long strip and laid as a feature.

The basins had also been installed when we got there today and the kids were very excited to see that the holes that had been cut into the benches were now filled with basins.  Below is the ensuite.

Below is the basin in the main bathroom.

 

The evaporative cooling and heating were also installed this week, here is a picture of the cooler up on the roof.

The vents for the heating and the cooling are also completed.
The electrician has also been and installed a number of down lights and "normal" light fittings throughout the house.

A few weeks ago when we walked through the house I noticed that the laundry didn't have any overhead cupboards, DJ spoke to the builder and they arranged these for us, I was wrapped when I saw them today, very handy to keep things up high from tiny little hands!

Finally the concrete driveway was poured today, hopefully we will be back there later this weekend to get some more photos when it is a little drier, the concrete was still wet today when we were there, in fact the boys were still working on it and the last concrete truck was just leaving as we arrived.

Caesarstone Benchtops

So excited today, we went to look at the house and the caesarstone bench tops have been put in, the kitchen looks great! We thought long and hard about these benches and decided to go with them, our good friend Kate, and SIL Karen said that they are fantastic especially for pastry making etc, and seeing as there is a lot of cooking that goes on in our family we thought we'd be crazy if we didn't give the caesarstone a try.

 This is the bencthtop next to where the oven will be.

The waterfalls down the sides of the benches look great and have a bevelled edge on them to soften the blow of bumping in to them.

Ceilings, doors and architraves

Progress has been fast at the house over the last few weeks, but now that it has reached "lock-up" we aren't able to get regular photos until we meet the building supervisor on site - we have to say that he has been absolutely fantastic, honestly we couldn't have been luckier to get such a wonderful person supervising the entire building process.

Here are some photos from our visit there today.

The lining to the ceilings in the alfresco area and porch have both been stained and look great.

The architraves have been put up around all of the windows - which means that we can get a quote for the blinds that we want to get installed before we move in. Here is Luke's room.

The painting has also begun, it will be a total of three coats to complete the job and the first one has been completed and the second coat has begun, they are now concentrating on doors, skirting's and architraves.

Laura was very excited to see that the door had been put on her walk in robe and it had also been painted!

The bathroom waterproofing and painting has also come a long way, the tiling won't be far away now.



Pine lining to alfresco

On our visit to the house today, we could see that more work had been completed inside however we couldn't take any photos as the house was locked. 

The pine lining to the alfresco area has begun and it is looking terrific, here are a few pictures of what is going on outside the house.

Plaster Completion and Cornice Installation

The plasterers finished the job today, the builder was great, he called us and unlocked the house so that we  were able to have a quick walk through and take some photos of the changes this week.

The cornice work has been put up, here is the living and rumpus rooms.

The kitchen walls and ceiling.

Dining room walls and ceiling.

Luke, Laura and Erin peeking out through the door into the garage.

The shower in the ensuite, Erin goes around the corner and pretends to wash her hair :)

Main bathroom.

Erin and Luke up climbing in the backyard again.

Erin inside the cupboard in her bedroom, my goodness she was covered in plaster dust when she got up after this!

The pipes along the side of the house for the hot water service.



Plaster Installation

Not much has been going on at the house over the last week or so with the exception of deliveries.  The plaster was delivered and this week the plasterers came in and have completed the job, it has totally changed the house, and one thing that Erin has noticed is that she cannot run between the walls anymore.

The pile of plaster off cuts at the front of the house.



Erin peeking through Laura's bedroom window.

The hallway: photo taken from Laura's bedroom.

Erin trying to look out of the window in her bedroom.

The living and rumpus rooms.

The kitchen and pantry.

The front of the house.



Downpipes

The downpipes were installed today, the Jasper Colorbond matches the brick really well, we are very happy with the colours that we selected, they are coming up just as we imagined, and we are so glad, it is very difficult choosing colours from small little samples and trying to imagine them in a large scale.

The garage.

Front of the house.



Back of the house.



Side view of the front of the house.



Completed brick work around Laura's bedroom window.

Insulation and brick stacking

The insulation between the walls was installed today, it already makes the house feel warmer and not as noisy, it certainly will help on those 40C days in Summer.

Main bedroom

Dining Room



Interior walls

Last two remaining stack of bricks

DJ and I decided that we wanted to keep as many bricks as we could for some sort of use in the future, so we went down tonight with Luke, Laura and Erin and sorted out the best of the seconds pile of bricks and then moved the last two remaining stacks over to the back fence.  It was one heavy job as the light began to fade we contiuned working in the dark, even Miss Erin put on some gloves and tried to help.  Tomorrow is the site clean up and we dont want to loose any bricks if possible, so we had to get the job competed tonight.



Here is one section of our nice stack of bricks along the back fence, we were all quite proud of them at the end of the night. The flash on the camera worked very well as it was virtually dark when we finished.

Brickwork completed

The brick work was completed today, we are very happy with the results, the brickies have done and excellent job. 

Here are some pics of the front of the house.

The entrance to the house with the "builder's door" installed for lock-up.