Wednesday 4 October 2017

Robes, MIrrors, Splashbacks and other fittings

We've had the final colour of render applied to the front. The garage has been roofed, its ceiling plastered and garage door installed. Some more of the porch has been fitted out and external tiling under the porch has been added.




Inside, the glass work as all been installed. Shower screens, mirrors and splash backs. All of the shower screens appear too short. However, I have not been able to find any documentation that details how tall they actually should be. When I stand in any of the showers, the top of my head is above the top of the screen. So future builders watch out for this and get a confirmation of how tall the shower screens will be.



This is our master walk in robe. It is the standard, included, PD wardrobe fit out but we asked for an additional 2nd rail to be added on the 2 short sides. This only cost us around $200 extra but we think it gives us a lot more options from just the standard wardrobes.




This is the downstairs powder room ...



This will be the downstairs playroom, initially, and it shows the heating and cooling fittings in place.



This is the Study with a smaller, for some reason, heating fitting. There is no cooling in this room, we ran our of outlets. So fingers crossed it's not too hot in summer. That is a north facing window too.



These are the Pantry shelves. To be honest, we never asked for the small shelf at the top. But we'll take it. It's not getting in the way of anything else and I'm sure it will be handy for something ...




Here is the space for our drinks fridge ...



The kitchen with the worktops now fully exposed.



And here is our splash back. It is the natural glass colour with the iron left in it which gives it the greenish tinge. We quite like this as it offers a little colour whilst still being subtle. Hopefully it won't date as quickly as some of the more contemporary colours.




This is the main bathroom upstairs. Again with a short shower screen.




And these are our linen cupboards. 1 downstairs and 2 upstairs.




These are the standard wardrobe fit outs in each of the bedrooms. Child #3.



Child #1



Child #2 door and room.




This is the walk through ward robe between Child #2 bedroom and the Jack and Jill en-suite shared with the guest bedroom.




And this is the shared en-suite with the huge shower. It was just how it came with the layout we wanted.




The guest bedroom's wardrobe.



The activity area upstairs with a super size cooling vent.



Looking down the soon-to-be-stained stairs.


Saturday 9 September 2017

Tiling, Plumbing & Electrical In

We are down to the smaller things now ...

The tiling has mostly been completed. There are few areas that need further grouting but the tiles themselves are down and up.

Power sockets, light switches and light fittings have all gone in.

Plumbing fix has also been completed.

















Sunday 20 August 2017

Painting & Cabinets

I guess this is the part of the build where things start to slow down. A few weeks have passed but not that much has been done.

The garage has been started with the frame going up. The render at the front has been started but we suspect there is another coat to go as the current colour is not at all what we choose ...




Inside the majority of the painting has been done. We choose a very plain colour scheme with a standard white on the skirting and architraves and an almost white on the walls themselves. It gives light the best chance to get into the middle of the house and hopefully the colour won't date as quickly as some other colours or wallpaper could.



The Master bedroom


And the cabinets in the kitchen and the bathrooms have been put in. Below is our ensuite.


And the view from the walk in robe through our ensuite with our bedroom in the background

The hallway with the door for the under stairs storage and the end. Our plans had the door at the side of the stairs but our joiner suggested putting the door at the end. He didn't have to cut a door smaller and we've probably ended up with more usable space underneath the stairs.


The Lounge which will initially be the kids' downstairs Rumpus room


The down stairs powder room

The laundry

The Study

The main Family room area. The extra windows are to replace the ones already in there. The ones put in first should have been square set like all the others in the space but were regular. It's added some time but it will be a much better look once it's been rectified.








Upstairs in the front Activity room







Bedroom for #3



Bathroom 1 upstairs

Bedroom for #1


Bedroom for #2



Shared ensuite between 2 of the bedrooms



Bedroom for Nain