We have paint! :)

I made another trip to the house today to see if i could talk to the SS about the second lot of shelves in the main bedroom. I'm glad i did as the builder had once again forgotton to pass this info onto the SS :( Poor guy keeps on getting all these things added or things that he needs to re-do and a lot is simply because he doesn't get the message sent to him. At least this is a simple one to fix - they will put it in tomorrow and the painter will just go over it when they do the next coat.

The bath is in :) It looks quite small at 1560mm (?) but otherwise done well. I like the shelf above it too - this will be very useful.

The painters was there busily working away :) As of lunch time today they have finished spraying the first coat to all ceilings and cornices (in ceiling white) all walls (Hog Bristle 1/4) and doors (Hog Bristle 1/2) I'm not sure how many of the door frames etc were done yet. He was very friendly and helpful, and the paint looked awesome! :D I also noticed that some of the door handles were on the finished doors :) Below: doors and second bedroom cupboard freshly spray painted

I didn't take many photos as I wanted to get out of the painters way so they could get back to work.  Here is the living room. You can see the ceiling & cornices have their first coat of white & walls have their first coat of Hog Bristle. So far so good :) Oh, and i didn't get a pic of the niche in the hall/lounge but it was looking awesome! YAY :)

While i was there the painter told me the sparkies were working on the house across the road. I went over to have a look at the house (very similar design to ours) and they have everything painted  and the tiles in. I asked the electrician for a quad power point at the wall end of the breakfast bar. He said that should be fine, we'll just have to tell the builder AND the SS that it's happening.

News on the shed: the builder has organised a bobcat for tuesday as the ground will be too muddy until then. Let's hope it doesn't rain so we can get the slab done :)

Paint tins :)

We have paint tins, holes for powerpoints etc and cupboard shelves today :)

I think they may have painted around the cupboards but it's hard to tell when we are locked out. I'm guessing they won't be leaving their stuff there for long, the paint should be going on pretty soon :)

Check out the painted CD player!

More paint tins in living room, you can also see a few holes for power points, phone etc

Supports for shelving in cupboards

Supports for shelves in main bedroom. These are meant to be on both sides, I'll have to check to make sure they don't just leave it like this. They have also put in holes for door handles in all internal doors. Still missing some skirting boards.

We went to the local 'sand soil & gravel' supplies business today. At the moment we are pricing up things for the garden. They had some really nice pavers - tossing up between these and a deck now. We could also use pavers as a driveway to the shed. The business sell compost, top soil, mulch etc so we are deciding what we want. I think the tea tree mulch is really nice, and we might get the compost too :) i really like the pavers and we can lay them ourselves so it might be a cheaper option (and ready for Christmas!)

Tea tree mulch :) Left over from processing tea tree oil. It's cheap, good for the soil and it's meant to smell lovely in the rain

The ones we looked at today were 'Quadro' pavers in Oatmeal by Adbri Masonry

No news on the shed, we won't have a slab this weekend :(



Our doors are reaaady to paaaaint :D

I finally got some pics of the cupboards and doors :)

I had to go around to the house today to meet with the guy who is doing the slab for the shed. We have been busy organising things - it looks like we could have a slab by the weekend if the rain holds off :D
The main issue is getting the pipe that was put in for the tank moved as it is right in the middle of where the slab is going. The concreter said once that pipe is gone he will start boxing the frame for the slab! :D We are currently negotiating with our builder so we can have this done ASAP, then once we have a slab we will have a few weekends available to construct the shed kit :D :D :D

Anyway, here are some pics of the doors & cupboards:

Pantry & Linen (or vice versa, depending on what needs the most space!) It looks as if they have had to make a special order for those double doors - we stretched the house lengthwise so this cupboard ended up being a little larger than on the standard plan.

Our bedroom cupboard - also stretched out a little.

Second bedroom cupboard and door. I'm interested to know if the doors have that design on both sides or just one side (?) Hmmm.

Storming in the distance and a pretty rainbow :)

And again from the 'garden side' of the house :D

Cupboards & doors!

Just an update:

I visited the house on Saturday morning to meet with the guy who was putting in the blinds (not 'the blind guy' as I called him, confusing the builders who were trying to work out who was blind!)


Action!

While i was there waiting for him to arrive i had a chat with the SS who was having smoko. He told me that they would get the cupboards and doors on in 'no time' and confirmed that the painter was in fact coming this week :D. Eventually the man with the blinds turned up and we had a look at a few. He fanned them out and they all looked exactly the same to me :S I liked one called 'putty' but he thought it might be a bit dark. I had a look at the names and 'biscuit' sounded like a good one so that's what we are having (based on the name alone! lol) It is a pale beige(?) and should go well with the kitchen and paint we have chosen. ( I have no idea if this is the right colour in pic below but it looks similar, i just googled and this is what came up)

We  decided to go with 'hog bristle' by dulux in 1/4 strength for walls and 1/2 strength for doors, door & window frames etc. The ceiling and cornices will be 'ceiling white'. I considered getting frames/doors in white but DH insisted he wanted colour on the doors. Oh well, i'm happy either way so it wasn't a hastle.

While I was there choosing the blinds, the builders were in there busily working away. They had already done a few doors and parts of cupboards since I was there the day before :D
(This pic was taken on friday through the front window, when i was locked out)

The bath tub and another box have arrived and are in the garage. I didn't get any pics as I was there with the SS and he might think I was a bit strange (let's face it, he does already but i didn't want to make it worse lol)

Bring on the paint!!! :D

Garage, cupboards etc

We now have full approval for the garage :) We are currently trying to find a good concreter, hopefully one who can do the slab sometime in the next couple of weeks.

The house hasn't had much progress this week. As far as I could tell, the only addition was the installation of the built in cupboard in the third bedroom.  The equipment was all there, so hopefully they get lots done over the coming week. We still need the tiling, doors and skirting boards to be installed.

The GOOD news is that the builder called us up today to request the paint colour. Why? Because he says the painter is coming NEXT WEEK!!??!! I'm not a builder, but you'd think all the doors and cupboards would need to be done before they can paint?!? Oh well, I guess it's progress.

 The builder also asked us to get the carpet dealer's details (we didn't go with his usual carpet dealer) - he estimated the carpet will go in in about 3 weeks!! Well, all i can say is they better get moving if they plan to be ready for carpet by then!

Anyway, progress is good :) We'll just be waiting with baited breath to see how all of these deadlines go. Let's hope we have cupboards and doors by this time next week.

Progress!

I'm happy to report that there has been some action at the house during the last week :)

We have this:

A shiny new driveway and concreted verandah! :)

and a nice big water tank :D
It isn't connected yet, it will go down the back next to the double garage

Front view :D

And here is a pic of the new rug we got last week, love it - so plush and soft :)

I should have vacuumed it first though! :(






The shed progress is as follows:
*We have now got owner builder approval (needed for owner built constructions over a certain price)
*The lady who does our paperwork has sent off all the forms and she thinks we should have everything ready to go next week! (her job is to process and approve applications, the same as the council but she is quicker at getting the papers done, helps with the forms and she is much more approachable)
* We have paid the deposit on the shed, so once we have the go ahead we can order the kit and book the concreter :D - It's looking like we will have a shed to put our stuff in while we wait for the house to finish! :)

I bought some nice native shrubs and pretty flowering plants at Agquip (agricultural field day) a week or two ago. I chose lots of plants that are frost hardy, minimal watering and have pretty flowers. There are a few different shapes and sizes so now i'm starting to think about how i want the garden to look and where i want the plants to go. I have also potted a few offcuts and seedlings growing at our current house. I like some of the plants here and know how they grow. I can't wait to start planting everything in MY OWN GARDEN!!!! :) :)

So that's it for this week - i hope we get lots of progress next week too :)