Lock It Up...

...But Don't Throw Away The Key!

The past couple of weeks haven't had a lot of movement in terms of individual tasks, but the movement has been happening, and keeping us happy!

The white set inside has now been completed, opening the house right up.

The windows and sliding doors have all gone in, including my much-loved triple stacker doors to the Alfresco!

Loving our front elevation more every time it changes!

Plenty of Summer fun to be had out there!

And we now have lock-up, with the installation of the timber entry doors, and the garage shopper door. Its bitter-sweet as it means no more leisurely tours for our friends and family, but it is great as it means we're inching closer to the finish line!

Hume Doors - Ver11 

Today saw the grano laid to the Alfresco, despite the rainy weather.

Can't wait to see the tiles laid on the Alfresco

Plenty of room!

The supervisor has assured me that ceilings are due to commence tomorrow or Thursday , so that will be exciting, and he apologised profusely for not having them in 2 weeks ago when they were due to go in. With all the wet weather we've had in the past fortnight, I'm ecstatic the ceilings haven't gone in until the house was locked up so that the board didn't have too much moisture getting into it.

The cabinets are booked to be installed next Friday 6-May, so that will be exciting to see! I just hope they look as great as I imagine! 

Stay tuned!!

Rendered

Speechless...

Well, not really, but it sounded good! Those who know me, know I'm rarely speechless ;)

So, since the last post a lot has happened. 

We went to inspect the shed progress on Easter Saturday, and found the roof had been completed. Insanely fast progress given the timbers were only finished on the Thursday!

Colorbond Surfmist Roof, Gutters & Fascia

Rear View

The electricians and plumbers came in and did their first fix, and the plasterers followed not too long after. As of this afternoon, we have roughly 65% of the house completed in white set. Its really starting to look like a big house now, and I love it! 

Float coat done to Main Living area

Minor Bedrooms Passage

White Set to Main Living

The husband is also happy as he has his shed, and he put some fancy coating on the concrete floor, so it looks extra special! 

The Shed

(aka The Man Cave)

Floor sealed. And a man's lunch for all his hard work!

The rain has hit us this week, so we've had an opportunity to see if the roof is going to present any leaks. So far it looks like we've been pretty lucky and things are sealed well. Always a worry when it comes to winter, but fingers crossed the guys have done as good a job as I think they did!

The husband and I took the 3 work days off between Easter and ANZAC Day this year, and took the opportunity to pop into the carpet store to firm up our selections. We had originally just had a $/sqm price quoted for finance purposes, so we made a firm selection. The store happens to be one I use a lot through my work, so they ended up doing us a fabulous deal.  We chose a product called "Softie" and my-oh-my it is just that!  It is honestly softest, snuggliest carpet I've ever felt! I cannot wait to get that laid in the house and lie all over it!!  And as an added bonus, its environmentally friendly:
"The Cinnamon range is the only carpet to be made from 100% recycled PET from soft drink bottles, even the soft backing is recycled PET."

Soft-E Carpet. It really does feel like a Teddy Bear!

So soft!

Next up should either be glazing in the windows or ceilings, depending on which way the builder programmes things. They have also told us that we should be looking to handover at roughly the end of June so we're probably less than 8 weeks out! Eeeeek!!!