Playing in the Sand Pit

...and confirming the colours!

I have been stalking the block like crazy this week, with the anticipation of the footings & slab being poured by the end of the week. Around Wednesday it was very clear to me that things were taking longer than originally anticipated (as I suspected!) and I sent a message to the husband telling him there would be a late night if they were to be ready for the footings the following morning.

Within an hour I had received an email from the builder advising me that the siteworks weren't yet complete and the footings and slab were pushed back until Thursday & Friday of the following week.

As disappointing as it is, its not the end of the world, and we have seen how hard the earthworks crew have been working, so its not like things have been sitting there an extra week not moving. Perhaps being in the industry has given us more compassion to the situation than if we didn't know the processes!

So, the block has been cleared, and the sand has been compacted. We're not 100% sure whether the sand currently there will have additional clean fill installed on top and compacted, in preparation for the concrete slab, or if that's it. We're hoping there is more to come as that cut area at the rear of the house is quite high, so we may end up needing retaining if that is the case, which is another expense we really didn't want to have to deal with.

The Sand Pit

I also had some time this morning to actually pop into the paint supplier, Solver, to pick up some sample pots of the colours we have selected, and paint them out in a larger area than the tiny paint swatches we selected from to ensure we were happy with the colours. I am very pleased to report that the colours are better than expected, and we will be sticking with them. Such a relief - I had been thinking about these colours ever since they went to print in the official contract documents, and worrying they weren't going to look like the swatches! 

So, the front elevation render will be Solver Shagreen, to compliment the cedar garage door and stone feature piers. The internal doors & door frames (and skirting when we install it) will all be Solver Breeze and the walls will be Solver Low Cloud. I also purchased a sample of the Low Cloud in half strength, but I think the full strength is lovely, and will give the walls a bit more 'warmth'. The picture below has been tweaked to show the real colour of the green, but in doing so, the greys look darker than they do in real life. The full strength Low Cloud is not that dark in reality!

Paint Colours

I'm excited to see it all painted up now. One step at a time though. Hopefully concrete soon!