Kitchen & Bathroom Cabinets Installed

As scheduled the Kitchen and Bathroom Cabinetery has been installed today.

Hopefully the tiler should be in next week to begin on the floor tiles.

Brickwork Begun - Week 12 , Wednesday - (Day 80)

The brickies have finally begun onsite today by laying the bottom layer of bricks right the way around the slab.

The fixing has been going on through the week. The internal doors have been hung and the skirting has been put installed most of the way through the house.

Plaster Complete - Week 11, Thursday - (Day 74)

Last night on our visit to the visit to the house, we noticed that the plaster has all been completed including all of the cornices and edges and everything.

The brickies are yet to turn up. Apparently they have been delayed at another job, but they are continuing the work inside so we should not be delayed by it.

Roof Completed, Electrical Rough In & Plaster Started - Week 10, Sunday - (Day 70)

There has been quite a bit of activity this week. On monday, the electrician came and did the electrical rough-in. The plasterers began on wednesday and by friday had all of the plaster nailed in. They are still yet complete the edges and sanding etc but hopefully they should be finished doing that this week.

The bricks got delivered on friday so hopefully wont be too long until they start all of the brickwork.

The roof has also been completely finished.

Here are a few of the pictures that I have taken this week...

Obviously this is the front of the house as it stands right now. You can see the bricks sititng in front and to the sides of the house ready for the brickies to come and start the bricklaying!

This is looking from the open front door into the house. As in the previous post, the study, then the lounge then the kitchen and family room areas are all on the left as you look down.


This is looking from the edge of the kitchen archway looking into a dining area and then into the family / TV open area followed by the alfresco doors at the back.

This photo is looking down the hallway towards the two bedrooms on the right of the hallway and then the master bedroom at the end of the hallway.

This is one of the bedrooms, the third bedroom is exactly the same just mirrored the other way.

This is a view of the master taken from the alfresco sliding door. The ensuite is to the left and the Walk In Robe is to the right.

Roof Nearly Complete & Plumbing Rough In - Week 9 - Sunday - (Day 63)

I went up to the house today to check on the progress of the house. I arrived to see that the Colorbond Roof is basically completed and the plumber has been to do the plumbing rough-in.

Here are a few photos of the progress so far...

This obviously is the front of the house as it stands at the moment.

Looking in through the imaginary front door down past the study immediately to the left, lounge on the left and then into the kitchen and family room areas and out to the alfresco.

This is looking from the hallway opening into the family area and again looking out onto the alfresco.

This is looking from the hallway opening into the kitchen and beyond

This is looking down the side of the house. You can see the two bedrooms where windows are supposed to be.

This is from one front corner of the house. Room on the corner is the study.

This is the view from the other front corner of the house...

Guttering Done and Roof Started - Week 9 Thursday (Day 60)

We had our first meeting with our supervisor on Tuesday morning. The meeting went well our quesitons we had were answered and everything is looking really good.

While we were there, the guys were finishing off the frame, plus the roofing guy had come and was installing the guttering and fascia.

The Colourbond roof began yesterday morning. I met a landscaper onsite yesterday at lunchtime for a quote and the roof was coming along well.

During our meeting with the supervisor, he indicated that the brickies and plasterers have been booked in for the 11th September and the kitchen should be going in around the end of September.

Pictures of Frame Stage So Far - Week 8, Saturday - (Day 55)

Here are a few pictures of our Frame so far. We have scheduled our first meeting with our Supervisor for this coming Tuesday. Will be good to have a couple of questions answered and have a good look around!

This is the front of the house so far. Garage on the right, entry in the middle with the front porch and the study on the left.

This is taken from the rear corner of the block, you are looking at the main bedroom ensuite on the corner, then the two bedrooms down the side of the house. The main bedroom is to the right of the ensuite.

This is taken from the rear of the block, looking at the alfresco and in to the family, dining and kitchen areas. Main Bedroom door to the alfresco is on the left hand wall of the alfresco area.

This is taken looking down the left hand side of the house when looking from the street. We have about 1.3M from the side boundary to the edge of the wall of the house. We are looking at putting stepping pavers along with river pebbles down this side. This path leads to the alfresco at the back of the block. We will have a gate at the front of the house.

You can also see here that the block retaining wall on the side boundary has been replaced by the timber sleeper retaining wall.