Week 30: Garage Door, Water unit and Glass Blocks

This week we are 100% through contract time. The builder says they always allow 3 weeks after contract date for public holidays, wind days and rain days. Whatever. Just cannot wait for this to end so we can move in!

Anyways, this week saw the completion of the below:

- Garage Door
- Painting
- Water Unit
- Glass Blocks for Granny Flat (somewhat). So this is a little bit of a tricky one, they went to put the glass blocks in and found it didn't fit so, they left it as is. No word from Supervisor....... nothing.

Cannot wait for this to end!

So hopefully the following week will see the below completed:

- Rails for bathrooms
- Door Locks
- Laundry Tub
- Laundry Shoot Cut out
- Linen/Pantry and Wardrobe Shelving
- Splashback
- Driveway
- Carpet

SS says handover by next week but I don't see how!?
Also another issue, we thought we selected white for the cladding............ to match the garage door...... guess I'll have to double check the paperwork.

Shopping: Washer/Dryer, TV and Microwave

So, this weekend hubby and I went out shopping for a fridge. Unfortunately we bought many other things besides the fridge. Isn't that just always the case?

All things were from Bing Lee as they have good prices and warranties. They also had a promotion with a gift card which ended Sunday so we spent hours upon hours reading reviews of different things and finally came to an agreement and bought everything (besides the fridge we went out for) all in one go.

Below are our selections:

Electrolux Washer/Dryer
EWW14013
Price: $1,470.00
Now I know there's so much stigma that is applied to the washer/dryer combos however I really think after reading some reviews online that it could potentially be the best washer we have had as long as we know how to use it with its proper functions. We got an added 4 Year Warranty for this machine at $199.00

The next Item I'd like to talk about is the TV we purchased.
We didn't want a MASSIVE TV, so we went with a 65" LG Super UHD HDR Smart TV.

Model: 65UK7550PTA
Price: $2595.00
Added 4 Year Warranty $319.00

and now our microwave. This was a whim purchase as we weren't planning to purchase a microwave however it was done because we needed a new one. This is a LG 25L S/S Smart inverter 1100W

Model: MS2596OS
Price: $199.00
Added 2 Year Warranty: $30.00

I think considering all that we got, we got an okay price but probably splurged a little on the washer/dryer.

Now all that is left is to purchase a fridge... which was our original intent this weekend.

Week 26: Kitchen Benchtop's & Bathroom Wall Tiles

I know I just gave an update for end of week 25 however, hubby was on site today to check on the build and sent me these photos which practically almost stopped my heart from excitement.

Monday - we have had the wall tiles started, kitchen bench tops went in AND PAINTING HAS STARTED!

One more bit of good news is that hubby spoke to the tiler today and he gave us an insight and said the main floor tiles are due to be laid in 2 weeks along with the carpet after all the inside finishing are done! Does this mean they are going to push to have all the mirrors all the screens. all the everything else done by two weeks? What?! Lets hope this is the case cause I just really need to be in my new home!

Its really starting to look like a home now and I am beyond excited.

Below photos :)

Week 25: Bathroom Tiling Started & Other Bits

So, end of week 25 saw quite a bit of work completed which was amazing news to my ears!

- Bathroom floor tiling completed
- Bathroom vanities complete.
- All sliding doors and internal doors in as well as cupboard doors.
- Mosaic tiles were laid on the floor ready to be laid behind the sinks and inside the niches.
- Architraves finished.

Also, we are excited to say we finally went to Beacon Lighting and chose pendants for our dining room, alfresco and stairwell. All up this cost us about $800.00. Also deciding if we would like Sean their electrician to fit them for us as if we decide this, we would receive an extra year warranty on our alfresco fan/light. Something to think about I guess....

On another note, the only thing I packed this weekend was my printer. We ended up purchasing one of those internet dongle things (because we don't currently have internet at our place) and we ended up watching 13 reasons why on Netflix all weekend which was probably one of the best weekends I had in a while.

Anywho, we are now 4 weeks from contract date. Lets see what else is in store for the forthcoming days/weeks.