We had an early morning meeting with our SS this morning to compare plans....yep...you guessed it, his weren't up to date...for some reason Admin had sent him old ones...not the ones previous to the final ones but the ones before that...honestly our Admind girl is absolutley useless!!
Anyway we went around the house showing him what was in the wrong spot..so we now have hot pink fluro paint sprayed all around the house.....it looks promising that everything will be put as we want it. :)
He tells us that if everything goes to plan plastering will commence on Wednesday....so on Saturday we have permission to go in and do our cabling run for the speakers etc.
Went to Bowens and bought extra sound proof bats to put between the family room/kells bedroom and the laundry/kells sitting room. Also got some foam tubing to put around the windows to help keep the dust out.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Toasty warm...
THURDSAY 29TH
We weren't going to, but we couldn't help ourselves...we had to go and have a look.
More bricking had been done, except for the area around the taps at the back of the garage, the bricking now joins up....and they have now begun to do the top layer, now you can see how tall she is.
She is toasty warm now, just in time for winter...lol Yes, thats right we have insulation in the outer walls, along with the sound batts in the rumpus internal walls...to be honest, we didn't even think about putting insulation in the rest of the walls until we started reading Home One....never mind we have heating and my fire place to keep us warm.
We also rang our SS this morning and have made an appointment to meet him at the house tomorrow and compare plans just to make sure that we both have the same one...we have made up a list of everything we want to ask him....some, things that need to be fixed...some, that we are curious about.
On another note, we still haven't heard from our CSC...not that we are surprised.
We weren't going to, but we couldn't help ourselves...we had to go and have a look.
More bricking had been done, except for the area around the taps at the back of the garage, the bricking now joins up....and they have now begun to do the top layer, now you can see how tall she is.
She is toasty warm now, just in time for winter...lol Yes, thats right we have insulation in the outer walls, along with the sound batts in the rumpus internal walls...to be honest, we didn't even think about putting insulation in the rest of the walls until we started reading Home One....never mind we have heating and my fire place to keep us warm.
We also rang our SS this morning and have made an appointment to meet him at the house tomorrow and compare plans just to make sure that we both have the same one...we have made up a list of everything we want to ask him....some, things that need to be fixed...some, that we are curious about.
On another note, we still haven't heard from our CSC...not that we are surprised.
Veranda off Master bedroom and the Study
Long side of the Garage
Looking into the Rumpus room...green insulation is the sound batts, while the yellow is normal insulation
Insulation in the Master Bedroom
Silver Spiders....
WEDNESDAY 28TH
Today we have silver spiders in our roof cavity......thin ones and thick ones....each leg has a corresponding "X" or "O" on the floor below them.
Went for a walk around the outside to have a look at the bricking when we noticed that our outdoor power point is located just above the external taps...will have to talk to the SS about that...we also noticed that the J-box we asked for in the roof of the front porch has been put in at 30cm above the floor height...huh?? will check that out too. The bricking has stopped outside the lounge due to the fact that the taps that were supposed to go on the back of the garage wall cant be bricked....the plumber will have to come back out and move them, possibly onto the lounge wall.
We had rung our CSC...but she was unavailable so we left a message for her to ring us....did she...No, dont be silly of course not!
Today we have silver spiders in our roof cavity......thin ones and thick ones....each leg has a corresponding "X" or "O" on the floor below them.
Went for a walk around the outside to have a look at the bricking when we noticed that our outdoor power point is located just above the external taps...will have to talk to the SS about that...we also noticed that the J-box we asked for in the roof of the front porch has been put in at 30cm above the floor height...huh?? will check that out too. The bricking has stopped outside the lounge due to the fact that the taps that were supposed to go on the back of the garage wall cant be bricked....the plumber will have to come back out and move them, possibly onto the lounge wall.
We had rung our CSC...but she was unavailable so we left a message for her to ring us....did she...No, dont be silly of course not!
Silver spiders
Electrical.......
TUESDAY 27TH
We were out and about today and, as you do you go visit your house (to-be) :) we wanted to see how much more bricking they had done. To our surprise the Electricians were there, so we rang our SS to get permission to go inside with him if he was available (he was at the estate, as we had passed him on our way in)...he had an appointment but Tony could go in and talk to the electricians, as long as we didn't get caught by the OH&S guy.
What Tony wanted was to make sure that one of the power points in the rumpus room was put exactly where he wanted it....it already had been. :) BUT, what we did find was that they were working of an old electrical plan, not the final one we had signed off on.
So, that meant that the power point we added into our ensuite had been put in the wrong spot...between the window and the toilet...not the window and the shower.
The unit for the Ducted Vacuuming has also been installed in the wrong spot.....right where the dog wash is to go.
Once home we realised that we hadn't checked the light switch in the rumpus room...we changed the way the door opened, therefore the switch needed to be moved too the other side of the door.
Emailed our CSC when we got home and also rang our SS to try and get things sorted out.
We were out and about today and, as you do you go visit your house (to-be) :) we wanted to see how much more bricking they had done. To our surprise the Electricians were there, so we rang our SS to get permission to go inside with him if he was available (he was at the estate, as we had passed him on our way in)...he had an appointment but Tony could go in and talk to the electricians, as long as we didn't get caught by the OH&S guy.
What Tony wanted was to make sure that one of the power points in the rumpus room was put exactly where he wanted it....it already had been. :) BUT, what we did find was that they were working of an old electrical plan, not the final one we had signed off on.
So, that meant that the power point we added into our ensuite had been put in the wrong spot...between the window and the toilet...not the window and the shower.
The unit for the Ducted Vacuuming has also been installed in the wrong spot.....right where the dog wash is to go.
Once home we realised that we hadn't checked the light switch in the rumpus room...we changed the way the door opened, therefore the switch needed to be moved too the other side of the door.
Emailed our CSC when we got home and also rang our SS to try and get things sorted out.
Impressive...
MONDAY 26TH
When we did the noggins last Sunday (18th) we didn't do the ones for the heated towel ladders in the ensuite and bathroom as we forgot to take the ladders with us or even have the measurments for them as they were in storage, so during the week we went and got one so we could finish the job.
When we went to the house on Saturday we expected to see them working on our bricks, but there was no-one there, today, however today being a public holiday we went to finish off the noggins and were surprised to find the brickies there working very hard on the house.
Tony had a talk to one of them and he reckons that without any interuptions it should take them about 10 days to do a house of our size....thats promising, so we are aiming for them to have it done by the end of next week....(allowing for some interuptions.), that would give them about 13 days - not counting weekends.
When we did the noggins last Sunday (18th) we didn't do the ones for the heated towel ladders in the ensuite and bathroom as we forgot to take the ladders with us or even have the measurments for them as they were in storage, so during the week we went and got one so we could finish the job.
When we went to the house on Saturday we expected to see them working on our bricks, but there was no-one there, today, however today being a public holiday we went to finish off the noggins and were surprised to find the brickies there working very hard on the house.
Tony had a talk to one of them and he reckons that without any interuptions it should take them about 10 days to do a house of our size....thats promising, so we are aiming for them to have it done by the end of next week....(allowing for some interuptions.), that would give them about 13 days - not counting weekends.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
But wait......there's more......
The new display homes opened at the Estate last weekend, so we thought we'd take a look....mind you at this stage there are only two homes open, but the rest won't be too far behind.
As luck would have it, we met up with some friends who are also building there. :))
We have a lot more bricking done - as you would expect....
We got the biggest surprise when we went to the Alfresco...our sliding door was in...awe, it looks so nice....
Inside... the tradies yesterday had been packing the windows, walls..or where ever it needed to be packed, planning where it was needed...we also found this...
All the external doors amd the study will be stained in Rosewood from the Wattyl range, and at the moment they are all crying out to be stained
As luck would have it, we met up with some friends who are also building there. :))
We have a lot more bricking done - as you would expect....
No....not Kell, she came with us.....
Friday, April 23, 2010
Temp doors...
Popped down..or is it up? to the house this morning.....Tonys on the mid shift which is 9 - 5 making it hard for him to go see whats happening in the daylight, so we got up early and went over.
They have done a little more bricking since lunchtime yesterday, what they have done tho is to move the meterbox...at the moment it is sitting inside our bedroom...we have temp doors up on the laundry and the front door, they have also put the french doors on in the master and the lounge.....silly, as we have yet to have the sliding door delivered so there is a big hole in the wall where people can get in and out of the place.
There were some tradies there when we arrived, not sure what they were doing but they were working inside, so i guess we will find out on the weekend when we visit...as yet the brickies hadn't arrived.
And for the record, I still love my bricks!
They have done a little more bricking since lunchtime yesterday, what they have done tho is to move the meterbox...at the moment it is sitting inside our bedroom...we have temp doors up on the laundry and the front door, they have also put the french doors on in the master and the lounge.....silly, as we have yet to have the sliding door delivered so there is a big hole in the wall where people can get in and out of the place.
There were some tradies there when we arrived, not sure what they were doing but they were working inside, so i guess we will find out on the weekend when we visit...as yet the brickies hadn't arrived.
And for the record, I still love my bricks!
Part bricking - Master & Veranda
Temporary Front door
French doors in Alfresco
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Bricks.....At last!
Adrian wanted to go look at the house today, so who was I to pass up a chance to see if they had actually started bricking?
We got there around 1pm to find them merrily bricking the side of the garage, so far they have done about half the wall. They were also trying to straighen and fix our meter box.....it is a very very tight squeeze for the box to fit on the end of the bedroom wall between the windo and the corner of the house, it seems the stud is in the way, it will be interesting to see what they do with it, while we were there they were trying to put it higher up on the wall....space will still be the same.
We also met our next door neighbours on lot 143, at this stage they aren't ready to build as they haven't even deceided who they are going to build with, but i didn't let the opportunity slip by and asked them about the height of the fence, yay!! they are quite happy to have the 1.8m height that we want, especially as the two houses behind them also want 1.8m
We got there around 1pm to find them merrily bricking the side of the garage, so far they have done about half the wall. They were also trying to straighen and fix our meter box.....it is a very very tight squeeze for the box to fit on the end of the bedroom wall between the windo and the corner of the house, it seems the stud is in the way, it will be interesting to see what they do with it, while we were there they were trying to put it higher up on the wall....space will still be the same.
We also met our next door neighbours on lot 143, at this stage they aren't ready to build as they haven't even deceided who they are going to build with, but i didn't let the opportunity slip by and asked them about the height of the fence, yay!! they are quite happy to have the 1.8m height that we want, especially as the two houses behind them also want 1.8m
Bricking started
Doors....
Popped out to the house tonight to see if our bricking had started.
Well, it had....sorta......the pallets of bricks at the front of the house had been opened and the bricks were in piles around the base of the house in readiness for the brickies.
Went inside and got very excited as some doors were sitting in the ensuite....looks like the garage/entrance door, the 4 french doors and probably the temp doors for the laundry and front entrance.....if i coulda i woulda danced a jig :))
We also found scaffolding and the morta trays inside for the brick laying.
The fireplace has had more framing done on it, not sure what else needs to be done on it. Also the edges of the garage now have metal poles.
Our taps at the back of the garage have now been readied.
Well, it had....sorta......the pallets of bricks at the front of the house had been opened and the bricks were in piles around the base of the house in readiness for the brickies.
Went inside and got very excited as some doors were sitting in the ensuite....looks like the garage/entrance door, the 4 french doors and probably the temp doors for the laundry and front entrance.....if i coulda i woulda danced a jig :))
We also found scaffolding and the morta trays inside for the brick laying.
The fireplace has had more framing done on it, not sure what else needs to be done on it. Also the edges of the garage now have metal poles.
Our taps at the back of the garage have now been readied.
Piles of bricks
garage/entry door
Fireplace framed out
taps in readiness
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
All for nought....
We had an appointment at 7.30am at the house this morning to meet up with a concreter to get a quote on our driveway and the slab for the spa.
We arrived there early at 7.10, walked through the house, which by the way had had some carpentry work done on it yesterday....waited.....and waited.....and waited.....and you guessed it waited...till 8.00am when we had to leave so Tony could get to work on time. Grrrrrrr
Anyway, the pole on the veranda had been moved, which meant new lintels in the walls to hold it in place, we had a new stud behind the meter box as there wasnt one there, they have started framing out the fireplace, which is good as at the moment it looked more like a doorway than a fireplace. As we were leaving the carpenter turned up so i guess there will be more work done on her today.
They had also put the colourbond pieces up for the gabling, it looks so much better now.
We arrived there early at 7.10, walked through the house, which by the way had had some carpentry work done on it yesterday....waited.....and waited.....and waited.....and you guessed it waited...till 8.00am when we had to leave so Tony could get to work on time. Grrrrrrr
Anyway, the pole on the veranda had been moved, which meant new lintels in the walls to hold it in place, we had a new stud behind the meter box as there wasnt one there, they have started framing out the fireplace, which is good as at the moment it looked more like a doorway than a fireplace. As we were leaving the carpenter turned up so i guess there will be more work done on her today.
They had also put the colourbond pieces up for the gabling, it looks so much better now.
The re-positioned veranda post and to the left the wall stud
Front of house with gables trimmed out
Bits & Pieces....
Today it was time for Tony to put in the few noggins that he wanted in. So we deceided to make a day of it, packed a lunch, went and bought an esky....and the alchol to put in it......packed the card table and chairs.
It was a beautiful day out at Wallan today....the breeze coming through the non exsistant doors was glorious.
He put noggins in both toilets...the rumpus room and dining room...we forgot to take the heated towel racks with us, so we will do them another day. After he finished the noggins Tony siliconed the pipes in all the rooms to stop the rattling.
We had planned to visit the new display homes that opened yesterday but i did a silly thing and rolled my ankle not long after arriving , so i spent the remainder of the day sitting down. I had also planned to walk along the boulevard and take pics of all the planting they have done....but i guess neither the display homes or the planting are going anywhere so we can do those another day.
It was a beautiful day out at Wallan today....the breeze coming through the non exsistant doors was glorious.
He put noggins in both toilets...the rumpus room and dining room...we forgot to take the heated towel racks with us, so we will do them another day. After he finished the noggins Tony siliconed the pipes in all the rooms to stop the rattling.
We had planned to visit the new display homes that opened yesterday but i did a silly thing and rolled my ankle not long after arriving , so i spent the remainder of the day sitting down. I had also planned to walk along the boulevard and take pics of all the planting they have done....but i guess neither the display homes or the planting are going anywhere so we can do those another day.
The makeshift toiltet
Tony working out his measurements
Measuring
Hammering the noggin into place
Thursday, April 15, 2010
A Day of Rest....I think not!
We assumed that there would be nothing happening at the house today, and as it turns out we were correct.
But, we went there with the express purpose of measuring up different rooms to make sure that all the furniture we had bought would fit.
Lucky for us after 3 hours out playing house we came to the conclusion that it would all fit after alot of to-ing and fro-ing and rearranging..
What we did notice when we arrived was alot of pink splashed around the house, so we can only assume that our SS had been there, overall there was not alot of pink, well not as much as some we had seen, so we were happy.
But, we went there with the express purpose of measuring up different rooms to make sure that all the furniture we had bought would fit.
Lucky for us after 3 hours out playing house we came to the conclusion that it would all fit after alot of to-ing and fro-ing and rearranging..
What we did notice when we arrived was alot of pink splashed around the house, so we can only assume that our SS had been there, overall there was not alot of pink, well not as much as some we had seen, so we were happy.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Roof tiling finished
It was nice to see the house roof mostly finished and the wrap completed.
The only part that needed to be done on the roof is the gables.
It is really weird going through the house and not being able to see through the walls and being out of the wind. But, oh so nice. :))
We also did a walkthrough looking at the tiling to see if we could spot any cracks in the roofing....the only thing we spotted was a tile above the end of the passage near Kelly's room that had been cut too savage, so we actually had no cracked tiles...thank you.
Our solar panel has also been installed.
The only part that needed to be done on the roof is the gables.
It is really weird going through the house and not being able to see through the walls and being out of the wind. But, oh so nice. :))
We also did a walkthrough looking at the tiling to see if we could spot any cracks in the roofing....the only thing we spotted was a tile above the end of the passage near Kelly's room that had been cut too savage, so we actually had no cracked tiles...thank you.
Our solar panel has also been installed.
Solar panel
Front porch all wrapped and tiled
Street view, not happy with the mess you can see, but then again it happen to us all
the kitchen and family room
looking towards the front door
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
And there was much rejoicing....yay!!!
Okay, so we knew that we would have our roof started today....so, naturally being the big sticky beaks that we are, we just had to go out and have a look.
We arrived out there around 12.30 and boy they were excellent workers as they had nearly finished laying the tiles and only had the ridge caps to go (we think), but what did surprise us was that the house was in the process of being wrapped.
Now that she is virtually covered from top to toe, she looks very very tall.
We arrived out there around 12.30 and boy they were excellent workers as they had nearly finished laying the tiles and only had the ridge caps to go (we think), but what did surprise us was that the house was in the process of being wrapped.
Now that she is virtually covered from top to toe, she looks very very tall.
long view of the side of the house with half the wrap done
front view with the tilers working hard
Monday, April 12, 2010
Roof Tiles....finally....
The only thing that happened since last Tuesday was the delivery of our bricking sand....
Today we went out hoping that our roof tiles would finally been delivered, oh yay! finally they were there, mind you that was all that was happening.
So, we went across to Chris & Pauls to have a look at their kitchen, only to find that they have finally had their bi-fold doors put on.
When we got back it was in time to see the roofing guys turn up at our house....damm we are getting good at catching the tradies turning up. We left and had a look around the estate, keeping one eye on our house, and yep, sure enough up they went to start laying the battens for the tiles down.
What we also found was a digger digging trenches along the boundry fence....for the sound barrier?....we hope.
They were also finally doing more work on the entrance bridge and road, after about 3 months.
Today we went out hoping that our roof tiles would finally been delivered, oh yay! finally they were there, mind you that was all that was happening.
So, we went across to Chris & Pauls to have a look at their kitchen, only to find that they have finally had their bi-fold doors put on.
When we got back it was in time to see the roofing guys turn up at our house....damm we are getting good at catching the tradies turning up. We left and had a look around the estate, keeping one eye on our house, and yep, sure enough up they went to start laying the battens for the tiles down.
What we also found was a digger digging trenches along the boundry fence....for the sound barrier?....we hope.
They were also finally doing more work on the entrance bridge and road, after about 3 months.
Bricking sand
Barramundie roof tiles
Roof tiler preparing roof
at work
Digging trenches for sound barrier
Trenches
Work at the bridge
View of bridge from outside the estate
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
What the Stork delivered...
We went to the house today not expecting anything to have been done, tho we were hoping that maybe, just maybe they had delivered our roofing tiles.....but not to be.
What we did find were the plumbers installing all our pipes etc......also the guttering and facias had been installed, they give the house a different look.....sooooo glad that they look good together. We also found our bricks had been delivered to the house..........now, they were a suprise but a very welcome one, what wasn't welcome was the invoice for the frame which was waiting for us when we got home. :(
What we did find were the plumbers installing all our pipes etc......also the guttering and facias had been installed, they give the house a different look.....sooooo glad that they look good together. We also found our bricks had been delivered to the house..........now, they were a suprise but a very welcome one, what wasn't welcome was the invoice for the frame which was waiting for us when we got home. :(
Lawson brick by Austral....we were worried about the colour of this, as we both remembered it as a red based brick, but when we went to a Austral display the brick was very brown, we think now that someone had moved the brick signs around.
Front porch and garage with their pretty gutters and facias
the Alfresco
Street view of the front of the house
Monday, April 5, 2010
Easter
EASTER SATURDAY
We went up today on the off chance that something might have happened....nope...nothing.
Never mind we used this chance to sweep the entire slab except for the garage...the whole thing was littered with dropped nails and bits of wood and sawdust.....I didn't mind the sawdust it was the nails, we all kept standing on them. It took Kelly & I awhile to sweep up, mind you it would have been better if i'd have take the dust pan out with us, so we ended up using a paper plate and some plasterboard.
While we were doing this Tony measured all the windows, there was only one out of alignment, one of the smaller ones in our bedroom....he also picked up that some of them had puncture marks in them from where the nails had pushed through the frame.
We went up today on the off chance that something might have happened....nope...nothing.
Never mind we used this chance to sweep the entire slab except for the garage...the whole thing was littered with dropped nails and bits of wood and sawdust.....I didn't mind the sawdust it was the nails, we all kept standing on them. It took Kelly & I awhile to sweep up, mind you it would have been better if i'd have take the dust pan out with us, so we ended up using a paper plate and some plasterboard.
While we were doing this Tony measured all the windows, there was only one out of alignment, one of the smaller ones in our bedroom....he also picked up that some of them had puncture marks in them from where the nails had pushed through the frame.
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Inspections
THURSDAY 1ST
Up early this morning to be at the house by 7.30am to meet with our SS to go through the house.
First thing he told us was that Porter Davis don't allow dogs on the site due to OH & S....weekends are fine...that was okay as we don't go on site while there are workmen there...well not yet any way.
Were there any errors...you bet, not alot tho....lets see...the french doors in the master bedroom are opening inwards instead of outwards...the bi-fold frame is wrong...we want a four door opening from right to left, the frame they gave us is for four doors, but for 3 doors going right to left while the other door is a single door going left to right....honestly how hard is it to read the requirements and make sure that the right items are delivered.
We were worried about the window in the dining room as we had requested it to be centered in the wall but it was 13cm over towards the left, he explained that if they put it dead centre it would put the bricking out of alignement...thats okay but why not tell us on the Tuesday when we had pointed it out to him.
Tony had already spoken to him to see if we could get the height of the opening into the study made taller to be in line with the garage door, this shouldn't be a problem, in fact he marked the floor with bright fluro pink paint to get it changed.
The only other thing that I could see that was wrong were the hinges on the doors.....in our colour selections we had requested that all the external doors have brass hinges and what did they give us?....you guessed it....silver! again, why dont they read the bloody forms...grrrrr.
Otherwise we were happy with what we saw - a enormous house.
We had a meeting with Alex our Inspector at 10, so we went home to drop Mia off and to have breaky...we were just getting ready to go back to the house when Alex rang, he had arrived early on the off chance that we were still there.
It took an hour plus for him to do his Inspection...there were a few things that he would liked fixed but overall he said it was a good build.
Funny thing is, even if the bi-fold frame had been correct we would have to get another one as this one has a sizable chip out of it.
We have a few high spots in the slab, one in the hallway and one in the entry to the bathroom...apparently they should be ground down before the carpet goes down.
While Alex was inspecting the house we had a delivery....our gutters and facias arrived...woo hoo....so naturally we took thousands of pics :)
Up early this morning to be at the house by 7.30am to meet with our SS to go through the house.
First thing he told us was that Porter Davis don't allow dogs on the site due to OH & S....weekends are fine...that was okay as we don't go on site while there are workmen there...well not yet any way.
Were there any errors...you bet, not alot tho....lets see...the french doors in the master bedroom are opening inwards instead of outwards...the bi-fold frame is wrong...we want a four door opening from right to left, the frame they gave us is for four doors, but for 3 doors going right to left while the other door is a single door going left to right....honestly how hard is it to read the requirements and make sure that the right items are delivered.
We were worried about the window in the dining room as we had requested it to be centered in the wall but it was 13cm over towards the left, he explained that if they put it dead centre it would put the bricking out of alignement...thats okay but why not tell us on the Tuesday when we had pointed it out to him.
Tony had already spoken to him to see if we could get the height of the opening into the study made taller to be in line with the garage door, this shouldn't be a problem, in fact he marked the floor with bright fluro pink paint to get it changed.
The only other thing that I could see that was wrong were the hinges on the doors.....in our colour selections we had requested that all the external doors have brass hinges and what did they give us?....you guessed it....silver! again, why dont they read the bloody forms...grrrrr.
Otherwise we were happy with what we saw - a enormous house.
We had a meeting with Alex our Inspector at 10, so we went home to drop Mia off and to have breaky...we were just getting ready to go back to the house when Alex rang, he had arrived early on the off chance that we were still there.
It took an hour plus for him to do his Inspection...there were a few things that he would liked fixed but overall he said it was a good build.
Funny thing is, even if the bi-fold frame had been correct we would have to get another one as this one has a sizable chip out of it.
We have a few high spots in the slab, one in the hallway and one in the entry to the bathroom...apparently they should be ground down before the carpet goes down.
While Alex was inspecting the house we had a delivery....our gutters and facias arrived...woo hoo....so naturally we took thousands of pics :)
Gutters and facias
close up of colours...facias are surfmist and gutters are monument
Topped!!
WEDNESDAY 31ST
We had to pick my stepfather Reg up from the airport at lunchtime today, so i had organised my mum to come out to our place by train in the morning...she did well, she made it!! After picking Reg up we took them up to see the house.
The framers were working on the last part of the roof - putting the eaves together...we only have eaves on the front of the house, and even more exciting was the fact that some of our windows were sitting on the ground behind the house.
As there were workmen there we only walked around the perimeter to show mum and Reg the various rooms....thankfully they approved of our house, lets face it, its one thing to see it on paper and another to see it in person....even at our age we still like to get our parents approval, so i guess somethings never change.
We had to pick my stepfather Reg up from the airport at lunchtime today, so i had organised my mum to come out to our place by train in the morning...she did well, she made it!! After picking Reg up we took them up to see the house.
The framers were working on the last part of the roof - putting the eaves together...we only have eaves on the front of the house, and even more exciting was the fact that some of our windows were sitting on the ground behind the house.
As there were workmen there we only walked around the perimeter to show mum and Reg the various rooms....thankfully they approved of our house, lets face it, its one thing to see it on paper and another to see it in person....even at our age we still like to get our parents approval, so i guess somethings never change.
Roof from the kitchen
From the back corner (rumpus) looking towards the alfresco and garge
side view of the house
front view
garage and entry porch
Progress
MONDAY 29TH
It was a busy day today...Ash & I had to leave by 8am to get to Cockatoo by 9.30 to take our girls to their Breeder so they could have their hips and elbows x-rayed (something we have to have done if we ever want to breed them), we got home around 4ish...just in time for Tony to borrow Ash's car to go to work, so I could use ours to get up to the house.
As usual when ever i find that work has been done on our house I get excited....today our door frames had been delivered and they had started on the roof...it looked really weird......like a ship in full sale.
While their I received a call from our Broker who informed me that the bank had been in touch with her to inform her that we had forgotten to authorise the invoice from Porter Davis.....so off home i choofed to pick up the relevant documents and get them to Tony at work so he could fax them to the mortgage center for the bank after we had signed them.
It was a busy day today...Ash & I had to leave by 8am to get to Cockatoo by 9.30 to take our girls to their Breeder so they could have their hips and elbows x-rayed (something we have to have done if we ever want to breed them), we got home around 4ish...just in time for Tony to borrow Ash's car to go to work, so I could use ours to get up to the house.
As usual when ever i find that work has been done on our house I get excited....today our door frames had been delivered and they had started on the roof...it looked really weird......like a ship in full sale.
While their I received a call from our Broker who informed me that the bank had been in touch with her to inform her that we had forgotten to authorise the invoice from Porter Davis.....so off home i choofed to pick up the relevant documents and get them to Tony at work so he could fax them to the mortgage center for the bank after we had signed them.
roof, back end of house
Door frames
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