Wet area tiles, skirtings and dishwasher space

This week (w/c 23rd Nov) the wet area tiles were done. It cost us an extra $200 because the tiles were are bit fiddly, but we didn't mind as long as we got them the way we wanted them.

Here are some pics of the main bathroom complete with cute puppy in the foreground.

Love the tiles around the corner bath.

The Shower with feature tiles in the corner.

Here are some pictures of the ensuite with double shower.

Also, the kitchen cupboards have been fixed so that there is now a dishwasher space. Yipeeee! No washing up for me :) Also loving the chocolate splashback.

Also, all of the skirting boards have been installed and the shelving built inside our cupboards.

Kitchen and bathroom vanities - and much, much more!

Well, finally some progress. Sorry for no update last week peeps, but the only thing that was done was the cornices were installed. Not very exciting me thinks and did not warrant a blog.

This week, on the other hand, has been rather busy. The guys have been there all week putting the boards under the eaves etc. Think they will probably finish tomorrow (20th Nov).

Our gables and fineals have been fitted. Never fear! The timber will not be pink when it's all finished. It will match in with the roof tiles (monument).

Above the garage and under the front verandah.

The wet areas have been water proofed and internal doors are starting to go on. Skirting boards and architraves are starting to be installed. Tiles are delivered and should start laying any time now.

I love our pretty stripy doors and I am very glad that we upgraded to bigger skirtings and architraves.

The downpipes have been connected - slight problem with the ones where the patio is going to be. They shouldn't have been connected yet, so will have to be ripped out and repositioned. Some bricks that have been drilled into will also have to be replaced.

The kitchen has been installed. Looks so beautiful. Just the look we were going for, but with one slight problem - there is no space for the dishwasher - silly sausages! Some of the cupboards will need to be removed and redesigned.

Looking at the kitchen from the sunroom. Loving the horizontal woodgrain.

Above the fridge space.

The breakfast bar - sorry about the photos - it was too light to get a good one. All those windows are a curse, you know....hehehe.

The main part of the kitchen. The diswasher is supposed to go to the left of the cooktop so the four cupboards underneath will be ripped out and replaced with three and a dishwasher space.

The bathroom vanities have also been installed, with another slight problem in the ensuite. The sliding door does not fit with the vanity so it will have to be moved to the other side of the wall. This means that it will slightly cut in to our WIR shelving, but only about 10-15cm and we can live with that.

Close up of the vanity in the ensuite. For those that are interested we used Stipple Seal for the benchtops and Ebony Belezza for the cupboards.

A close up of the main bathroom vanity. Evening Shale for the benchtops and Stringybark for the cupboards.

So glad we went with the horizontal woodgrains. I think they look really effective. Thanks Papasan xoxo

Yipedy do dah!! Full steam ahead!

Bricking and plastering done

Very impressed with the progress this week. The bricks have all been laid and we are really happy with the progress.

First some brick pics for you....

The first bricks being laid.....so exciting! The pictures follow the progress of the bricks until they are done.

Nearly done.....

The finished product......

Some pictures of the plastering.

I also took some videos of the plastering as it is hard to get perspective from photos.

The first video is of the main bathroom and bedrooms, plus the lounge room that is off the patio.

This is the entrance way, formal lounge and dining, kitchen and sunroom.

This is our room, walk-in-robe and ensuite. Check our view! Jealous much?????

Not sure what is happening this week as our site supervisor was away on Friday when we usually get our update. Really pleased to see how quickly things are moving along :)

Patio problems

We have had a bit of trouble with our patio. Specifically, we have asked Coral the whole way through the process whether we would be able to attach 2 lights and a fan to our outdoor patio. The whole time they have assured us that it would be fine. Until now........

When we met the electrician on site he said that it would not be possible and we would have to have lights under the eaves and no fan. We were not happy with that so we contacted Coral who obtained a quote for the patio upgrade. The quote was just over $3500 and they wanted us to pay $2500. Not happy Jan!!!!

Anyhoo, I wrote an email to Coral saying (very diplomatically, of course) that this was not on and that we expected them to pay all costs as it was their mistake. J said that I must have lit a firecracker up someones butt (he's such a keeper!), because less than 48 hours later we had a call from Coral saying that they would bear all costs. Yay for us!!! A win for the little guys :)