Tiles finally started...

Our tiling finally started on Friday, after 3 days of not much happening......from what we can see through the windows the tiling has started in the ensuite and bathroom.....I am very happy to report that the feature tiles in both bathrooms go nicely with the main tile.
Unfortunately it is too hard to get any pics of the bathroom tiles, the window keeps reflecting off the camera so all i get is what ever is behind me....this is mainly cos the shower is beside the window and i have to angle the camera to try and take a shot, but we are able to get pics from the ensuite.

Turf....

Last Saturday while paying our fencer, I spoke to a garden and building supplier from Wandong who was doing a quote for the girls next door, he gave me his card and during the week Tony rang him and made arrangements to meet him at our block on Wednesday at 2.30pm.

At the duely appointed time we turned up and met with him.  Our plan was to have the courtyard laid with instant turf, thus giving us an instant beautiful lawn......did the plan come to fruitian...not really, when he heard what we had planned he offered some suggestions and gave explanations as to why he suggested it. It was suggested that we put sandstone down at the end of the garage going down the side between the garage and the fence, with a small path leading towards the side of the alfresco.  Upon learning that we are having a spa put in at the end of the house he also suggested a sandstone path leading from the other side of the alfesco to the spa.
We also found out that he does colourbond fencing, so we have arranged to get a quote to erect a fence behind the spa.
Being a local, he was able to give us some tips as to which way the weather comes in from...will put paid to us having the BBQ at the end of the alfresco as that is the direction the weather comes in from.

The tiler was no where in sight but the bath and showers had been painted with the waterproofing membrane....yay!!

Top pic is the bath in (obviously) the bathroom.

bottom pic is the shower in the ensuite

Tiles and other things....

We had a 8am appointment with our tiler this morning to go over where all the tiles and the borders were going to go.
We have a very nice tiler, he should be finished around the end of next week (fingers crossed).  We did have to find out from Kelly where exactly she wants her feature in the shower, as we were going out to the house again at 11.30 it was decieded that we would let him know then.

We arrived back at the house at around 11.15 to find our SS there but no tiler...okay...apparently we need some parts of the slab ( lounge area) ground down so the tiles will sit flat, so until that is done there is not much he can do ( well we thought he could have started in either the laundry, loo or kells bathroom).

Our 11.30 appointment....which was 15 minutes early...was for an official quote on getting all our blinds, curtains and plantation shutters.  I had been going down to the place in Greensborough  over the last month organising colours and materials and styles etc.
I was very impressed with our consultant as she is on holidays this week and took the time to come all the way to Wallan to do our quote...they could have used another person.
I really liked our consultant, she was good in offering advice...but she also kept asking hairy questions...good god...how do i know if i want pinch pleating or pencil pleats in the curtains...
The whole operation took just on two hours...imagine how long it would have taken if i hadn't already picked out all the materials.
As she is on holidays we won't get our quote until next week, which isn't a problem.

Also, last night I had a call from Beacon lighting letting me know that they are still chasing the last of the lights that we ordered, the manager was worried cos they might not get them until the end of this month...assurred her that we didn't need them till mid to late August anyway.

Our Pantry appliance benchtop is up now :)

the main tile throughout the house.

Pantry bench...underneath all plastic, its a laminate version of our stone bench top in the kitchen.

two thirds of the internal part of the garage.

garage again.

Because I could :)

Roller door

As promised I took some pics of the roller door at the back of the garage......I did debate after seeing the panel lift doors whether it was wise to have the roller door in the surfmist or whether it should have been in the monument.  After seeing it up it looks okay in the surfmist.

back garage door

Roller door....notice how the colour picks up the colour of the morter....lol

Garage....

Kell and I had to go out to the house this morning to finish paying our fencing contractor.
While there we meet up with our next door neighbours who were waiting for a quote on getting instant turf and some landscaping done.  After they had finished talking with the contractor I had a quick word with him and took his business card....Tony and I had been talking yesterday about putting instant turf down in the alfresco area.  Will contact him during the week to get a quote for our yard.

While we were at the estate a van and trailer rolled up to our house, at the time we were on our way back from paying the fencing contractor....oohhh we thought who is that?  We walked over trying to see what was in the trailer...ah ha...what did i spot....a roller door.....yes!  our garage doors had arrived.

So, after Tony got home from work we toodled up to have a look....Wow, both the front doors were up and only the roller door at the back was left, we are going up tomorrow for a get together so I will get some pics of the roller door then.

Pretty house

close up of our garage door.......B & D caprice with Sherwood windows in surfmist

What this does show is how much the render needs to be painted

Fence and other things......

Our fencer swang by on his way home today to let us know he had finished the fence at the back of the house, made arrangements to go to the estate tomorrow to pay him our share.
So, naturally we had to go have a look....the fence looks great, had a look inside the house and must say, love the colours of the walls and trim....but it looks so weird not seeing the plaster marks on the walls.
We got a suprise when we looked into the master bedroom....what did we find....our tiles!! boxes and boxes of them...wow!! getting excited now.  :)

Backyard from the long unfenced side (fence wont be built until we move in)...Mia should have enough room out here.

view of the backyard from the alfresco

our tiles

the painted kitchen

Paint...

Visited our lovely neighbours yesterday, they were telling us how dedicated our painters are.  Apparently on Tuesday night they were there until 11pm, while on Wednesday they were there until 8.30pm....what lovely painters.  Didn't go have a look, we'll do that on Sunday.

Spoke to our SS yesterday, he tells us that our tiling will start at 8am on Tuesday....yay!!  Have made arrangements for our curtain/blind lady to come out at 11.30 to do a measure for our quote.

The fence posts are up across the back, the fencer is in Niddre for the next few days, then will come back before he goes on holiday for 3 weeks.

She's getting there slowly but surely......can't wait.