Shelves

I wasn't expecting to see shelves yet but they are in, the pantry, the linen, walk-in and the kids bedrooms.  Only thing is I wish I had got the kids shelves put up higher but that's ok.

Pantry

Walk-in so much room :)

The splashback has been measured - take note of the warning

Can't wait for what happens next .............

Time to organise for after handover

I'm having trouble functioning outside of this house, I'm constantly thinking of what do we need to do next......

#Carpet - ordered and deposit paid 

#86sqm Porcelain Tiles 600x600 - quote done and deposit to be paid on Thursday

#Dining table + 8 chairs - ordered and deposit paid

#Built-in cabinetry for media room, family room & desks - 1 quote but still need one more

#Removalist - 1 quote received still waiting to receive another

#Blinds - 2 quotes still need to book 1 in for a proper measure up, the other quote was ridiculous and didn't even take the time to itemise it 

#Driveway and path - to do and have given my husband this job, I think it's a mans thing ha ha. We like a persons driveway down our street so took a picture of the sign out the front smart advertising!!!! 

#Fencing - we have 110m of fencing and hopefully our lovely neighbours pay half!!!  That's on the to do list :) bit scary asking "oh Hi we are going to be neighbours can you pay for half the fence?" Awkward, that might end up being another mans job I think :)

#Decking - 50sqm arhhhhh and that's only half of what we want to do. We are doing it ourselves that's another arhhhhh ha ha, needs to be done before the first week in December for our daughters 18th, anyone out there that wants to help is most welcome :)  

#TV and Surround Sound - most important to get this right just need to get a good deal from somewhere and a salesman that doesn't tell you little lies. 

Then there is still 2 lounges to buy and I just can't find one I like the look of and is comfortable, a lot look great but are so uncomfortable or the seat part is so wide if you sit properly my feet don't reach the floor.  

Oh and don't forget turf and plants, my chook shed and vegie gardens, oh dear what have we done? 

AND most important is packing this house up after 14 years!!!!!!  I have already started the garage is full of boxes and now the dining room is half full of boxes, fun fun fun!!!!!

Still painting

Late Saturday we went for a look "again" we just can't keep away. The internal garage door was open so lucky we did go, the plasterers had been back and fixed up where the SS had marked and trimmed down the gyprock in the workshop so hopefully the garage door gets put on this week.  The painters had done another coat on the ceiling.  We had a look around the back of the house and the alfresco, I look forward to the day we can just sit out there in the quiet and relax.  

We finally got to meet our neighbours, well not next door but across the road and down a block, we have spoken by email heaps of times but never met but finally we were visiting at the same time. I'm sure we will have a few laughs with them once we all move in, we are both Leo's so we will get along great ha ha!!!  It's nice to have met them before we move in.

As I said we just can't keep away so off we went again on Sunday afternoon, our daughter wanted to have a look this time. The painters were there on a Sunday, got to love their dedication!!! They were putting the final gloss coat on the internal doors and architraves and had done the first coat on the eaves we quickly showed our daughter the benchtop colour but didn't want to get in the way..  We actually walked around the outside of the house which we haven't done since they started inside and found a little surprise.......

There is a gap between the bricks and window frame at the front of the house and you can see MDJ blue frame and as much as I love the blue frame we had a total freak out.  My husband contacted the SS who assured us its a common thing and they will put a piece of angle there same colour as the windows, so that's a relief.  We find it funny we never saw it before, must of been looking through rosé tinted glasses :) 

I'm not sure what's booked for this week, I'm guessing another few days or so of painting, hopefully the garage door and maybe the electrical fit out, I guess I will just have to wait and see........

Another SS, Stained Lin1 Doors & Benchtops

I got a call from our new SS today, that's the 3rd one we have had!!! He better be as good as our original one, the one that took over after the last one threw in the towel.   He told me so causally our benchtops were installed yesterday, he obviously doesn't realise how exciting that is, so I was straight down there from work to have a peak ha ha..

Main bathroom

Ensuite

The benchtops are covered :( we didn't choose black

Front door very nice - the glass still has the protective coating on it. 

Media room doors 

The painters are still there they have done another coat on the roof and there were heaps of pencil marks on the walls where our new SS has marked things to be fixed like paint drips and dents in the wall, he said the plasterers need to come back then the painters will finish, not sure when that's booked for.  He has ordered the shower screens and mirrors, they should be in the end of next week or so.  One thing we are still missing is the garage door, they need to remove some of the gyprock on the workshop side so the bracket can be put up for the door, I guess that will be done when they come to patch the walls.  Very happy with the progress :)

Ahhhh the smell of paint - It's Day 77 and we have paint!!!!

The ceiling has a first coat and the way they were going I'd say the walls in the whole house would of had their first coat today.  There is a team of 3, 1 patching and sanding and 2 painting.  The first coat has been done with a roller which I wasn't expecting as a lot of people have put on the forum the first coat is sprayed on, I'm quite happy it's rolled on.  Looking good already.

The main hallway 

Kids lounge room

Kids lounge TV recess

Also the vanities have been put back after the tiling, I can't get over how big the one in the ensuite is, I think I will be using it for towels as well.

Ensuite

Powder room

Main bathroom

Hopefully the benchtops will be put on soon, that will be the last thing from colours we will be waiting to see come together, but I'm sure it will look good.  Oh except the splashback, we have been panicking about that this week, madly looking online to find the colour we chose but having no luck, it's half oilskin and the only picture I could find was this below.  I contacted our colours consultant and she said its browny with a hint of silver, so that should be our last surprise and I hope it's a good one!!!  

Tiles finished!!!

No grout and grout - what a difference

Main bathroom

The bath is going to be huge - I can't wait

Main bathroom shower - it's tiled along way up, looks really good.

Well I worked out one problem with the showers.  The hob (which is quite chunky) is installed first before the tiling, the tiles are put down either side and at different levels which means if you want to replace the shower screen to a semi-frameless it is near impossible. This is what we were planning to do in a year or so.  I thought I was being clever and changing them later because we cut that off the colours to have something else.  But we will just cross that bridge when we come to it :)

I love my house........ 

Tiling progress day 4

We went for our usual Saturday family look and the tiler was still there so we got to go in and have a look. I think he was still tiling around the bath frame, then he has the grouting to go for all 4 areas and he said it would be finished today, he must be having another long day at it because he works by himself.   I didn't have a total breakdown about the tiles but am a little unsure of the skirting tile being different from the floor tile (we have the floor and skirting the same in this house) but then again they are 2 different sized tiles so it would of looked weird that way too.  The top of the white tiles are grey so I'm not sure what happens there it looks crap but and a big but, I have to remind myself it's not finished ha ha and shouldn't panic..... YET!!!!!!!  He said it will look very different once the grout is done so we will be going back to have a look ASAP. 

Ensuite - where the mirrors go

Ensuite shower

Laundry

They also finished the fit off.  The skirting boards are on, the architraves around the windows and my pantry doors, one word "beautiful"

The big handles still need to be put on

Some useless git ran into the wall near the fridge and then around the corner near the linen cupboard, have no idea what with but they sure took a chunk out.