...wins the race?
After the last post where we thought the cornice debacle was sorted, we hit another minor hurdle. The Jazz cornices we had selected had been discontinued. A phone call from the site supervisor advised that we could now either have a smaller 75mm 3-step cornice which was similar to the Jazz, or a larger 100mm 4-Step cornice by Boral, called Cairo. He advised me the 4-step was more expensive, to which I replied, in slightly nicer terms, that I would not be paying for their mistake. I advised the supervisor that I don't mind which way we go, and I would let the builder weigh up whether it would be more cost effective to go with a smaller cornice and need to pay the ceiling fixer more to patch where the cornice doesn't cover the area the incorrectly installed cornice had been removed from, or to put the slightly larger more expensive 4-step in and cover the potential patch area. He was going to speak to the Construction Manager and get back to me.
On a visit to the house a few days later we discovered the decision had been made, although we hadn't been informed, and the new cornices were up. We were very happy to discover the 4-step had been installed, and we love it even more than the original selection!
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| Boral Cairo 4-Step Cornice |
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| Master Bedroom Passage |
The cabinets have now gone in, and I love, love, love my kitchen! In fact we are falling in love with our home more every time another stage progresses!
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| Kitchen with Essastone Benchtops Installed |
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| Kitchen - Before Stone Benchtops in) |
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| Master Bathroom Cabinet |
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| Ensuite Cabinet - Offset from each wall by 150mm to allow for towels to hang |
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| Laundry Cabinet |
The tiling is well underway, and we are really looking forward to seeing them all grouted. The best decision we ever made was tiling our ensuite floor to ceiling. Adds that little bit of luxury!
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| Ensuite Wall Tiles |
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| Ensuite Feature - 'Porcelanosa Qatar Nacar' |
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| Master Bathroom Feature - 'Impulse Dolphin' |
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| Laundry Floor Tiled |
The painter has also started. The ceilings look even better in perfect crisp white!
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| Ceilings Painted (and a better view of the Kitchen) |
The Solar hot water unit is in, and the carpenter has been to hang doors and put in robe shelving. Except for our WIR which has a custom fit out, that I have booked the site measure for on Wed 02 July.
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| Chromagen Solar Hot Water Unit |
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| Linen Closet - Vinyl Sliding Doors, still to be installed |
Its all starting to come together now, and I'm estimating we should get the keys in late July at this stage.
Exciting times!
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