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.

Week 24.1: Kitchen is in!

Hi all,

I am very pleased to say that our kitchen is in! We decided this weekend we wouldn't go visit the block (only because we had a few things to do) annnnnd no, we didn't get a chance to go to Beacon lighting or select our blinds. I am a little scared now as we are probably going to be pressed for time

Anyway, hubby's brother stopped by the block as him and his wife are building very close to us and he called to say our kitchen went in this week! Unfortunately we don't really get thorough updates from the supervisor but thats okay as long as our build is going smoothly and things are actually progressing on site.

SS did tell us however that the guy who was doing the doors hurt himself (very sad) so I'm not sure if he will be continuing the job or if they will assign someone else to the job. I'm really hoping this doesn't hold us up any longer than all the delays we have had. I have been seeing on fb that many people have already received their keys to their home and I was so envious!

Soon enough I guess. This week is week 25, so there is 5 weeks left in our contract build time.
I really truly hope they can stick to this and just get it done.

Also, an update... our party wall was supposed to be rendered however it was covered in gyprock so we ended up getting a deduction on our total price as it was factored in on our contract. -$3k. I know its not much, but every cent counts right?

Here are some pictures below thanks to my brother in law :)

Week 24: Update from SS

Hi guys!

So hubby spoke to our SS yesterday and he said there is going to be a lot of progress done on the house within the next two weeks.

- Kitchen delivery & Installation.
- Bathroom Vanities delivery & Installation.
- Electrical cut outs.
- Doors to be fitted.
- Architraves to go on.
- Tiling begins most likely towards end of week 25.

How exciting!

I am pretty happy with this given that we have had so many weeks with no one on site, I feel like hopefully this will make up for it (if the tradies show up and do the work).

However, there is still so much to be done by us!

- We still need to choose our blinds/shutters.
- Still to choose our lighting.
- Still to purchase a new Fridge.
- Still to purchase a Washing machine.
- Still to purchase a dryer.
- Still to purchase my own ikea wardrobe!

The things we need to do before we move in are quite critical to me as we have a puppy and the fences need to be installed and there needs to be grass before we can move. I'm starting to fear that we won't have time as hubby works most weekends and cant really work on the house. Might need to ask some family members for some help.

How far am I in my packing stage? haha do not ask. So far all I've done is clear out my wardrobe of old a dingy clothes and clothes that I practically didnt wear.
Next steps for me would be to:
- Clean out my shelves!
- Pack my paintings and frames that we are not using.
- Go through my products (hair etc).

HOPING we have six weeks to go, I need to get my sh*t sorted. Eek.

Week 23: WE HAVE STAIRS!

Can I get a hallelujah!

It is about time that we got our stairs!

Decided to do a drive by to the house on Sunday last week as our SS did not call us for an update. Went there and found that they had installed our stairs. Walkeda round the home as per usual to see if there was anything else that was different and they had made little cuts inside the gyprock as to where they would cut out the circles for the light fixtures.

Our doors were also delivered! So, without speaking to our SS I am going to ASSUME that the doors should be going on this week, and the electrical cut outs should be happening also.

Di Lorenzo had notified us to let us know that the tiles we chose for our bathroom were out of stock which was a great big bummer but we got over it and chose new ones. The lady who served me at Di Lorenzo also told me that our site was released for tiling mid July which I am hoping by then we will have our kitchen and bathroom deliveries.

It's getting close now and I can taste it!

Really just want to move innnnnnnn

Week 22: Waterproofing Complete!

Waterproofing was completed this week in upstairs and downstairs wet areas. Not much else was done. Staircase was meant to go in but I think they are waiting for next week for the tiling.

Pictures as promised!

Week 21: Gyprock Complete

Gyprock has been done and dusted this week - things moving swiftly along which we are so glad to see.

Photos to come in upcoming posts!