latest news from our money pit

We drove past tonight and saw that the stainless steel ballustrade on the balcony is in the process of being installed. Inside the house the painting is almost finished and they've also installed the s/s ballustrade on the stairs.

Its looking much closer to completion and we've started to design the front garden and think about the landscaping both back and front.

Most of the items have been purchased for the house and we're looking at having roller blinds and panel glides on the front windows to offer some privacy and stay consistent with the modernist appearance of the house.

Plantation shutters would have been nice but maybe next time 'round, lol.

We're pretty happy with the finish so far. All the tradies have been fairly good to date and they seem to take pride in their craft. Given we designed the house from scratch and 'borrowed' the facade from Seville's display, the build has progressed fairly well.

Would we build again ... probably not. Living out of boxes for over 12 months since selling our last house has been a trial and I wouldn't do it again unless we could keep the house and build at the same time i.e. no pressure to move in.

We'd like to give the builders an opportunity to complete the build at their own pace so that the finish is good and up to the standard of the bones of the house. Unfortunately at this point we are hanging out to get in. It's not easy holding back and just letting them move at a steady pace. It seems that not much is happening compared to the first part of the build, when the big ticket items such as framing, rendering and plastering change the appearance markedly.

This stage is no less important but because the finishing touches are more subtle and less obvious, it doesn't seem that there is as much progress. But we keep telling each other to be patient and hang in there a bit longer as the finished product is really going to be fantastic and just what we have dreamt of.

painting has started

inside of the house is in the process of being painted, external facade is almost finished, door was installed and plumbing/toilets/showers installed.

bedhead fabrics

Have been searching for some plain fabrics to do a bedhead and think I've hit on a winner -

kitchen installed

Our bathtub which is looking very square




Our kitchen was installed today which was great. The colours are different to what we expected but we're happy with the final product. Here are some pics.

Tiling and painting

Tiling is well under way and although the wet areas are plain (white and stone coloured cupboards and tiles) it is a fairly classic look, and I'm happy enough with the selections. Painting has started but the flow-through colour is not quite right.
I'm sure the SS will get onto it and make sure 1/4 strength HB is painted throughout.


1/4 strength Hog Bristle



Kitchen is now going in on Monday so we should be able to post some pics later next week.

colourboard

thought I'd better post our colourboard

The red is the porch on the facade, splash back and accent colours throughout the house. Not an exact replica of Murray Red but close.