Glass doors fitted

Only a few changes this week. Until the Bricks are cleaned, it all still looks the same.

New items done this week:
- Bricks around the Garage doors and alfresco finished
- Stacker doors to Alfresco and sliding door to Master installed
- Front Pillars are almost complete. Just part of the 2 large colums to be finished (a days work maybe??). These along with the Portico will be rendered. which I am hoping will break up the brick in the front a little.


Due to be done this coming week is:

- Electricals to be completed
- Our frame and roof walk through to be done and electrical check before Gyprocking starts.
- Bulkheads to be changed in family/meals (or at least started)
- Gyprockers to start (this is not until about Friday so may not get much done).


Picked our floor tiles for the main house today too (Kurmond only doing the wet areas). Beautiful format porcelain tiles (600 x 600), very neutral and should match well between the white of our kitchen and also white of skitrtings, the light grey of our walls and the tan/brown of our old furniture (which I hope matches the new colour scheme as we can't afford to start replacing furniture and it's not that old). We also got Black tiles to use as a border feature in our grand foyer, which will follow the Bulkhead in a rectangle. This should also match well if the study or Home theatre doors are open as our carpet is a dark charcoal colour.

Will meet our tiler out onsite this week (being done by a friend post hand-over) and he will have a look at the slab.

It's starting to come together, just need to get the money together to start paying for it all. At least these items won't be required until about Feb next year (my opinion of a completion date... but we will see).

Couple of happy snaps from today (if you can't tell by now I love me a photo!):

Sliding doors to Master right and Lanai left

Stacker doors from Kitchen area

Pillars going up for the front portico - 2 large in the front then 2 smaller pillars on this side of the house

 

 

You can see the 2 smaller pillars infront of the study

 

Stacker doors in Lanai

looking at master from the lounge

Front of the house. Large and smaller pillers plus surround of the doors will all be rendered

master with sliding

 

Yay! so exciting when there are so many things happening. can't believe 2 months ago we had grass... just amazing.

just some new photos

Well it's been a little while so thought I would post some new pics.

Looks like bricks are now almost finished. Electrician is booked in for Friday I think with Gyprock being delivered next week. Our frame/brick walk through is happening maybe Wednesday next week with Gyprock commencing on Friday.


Anyway, Brickie was busy this week.

Photo's from last Sunday:

Hot water Solar panels on

 

 

 

 

View from our master to our garden

Sunken loundg in the middle of the house and fireplace alcove

 

 

 

 

Home theatre bulkhead

 

 

And then on Wednesday: 

 

Bricks almost finished at the front - just front Pillars to go

Garage bricks look complete now

 

 

rumpus up the side and end of garage view from street.

 

 

 



More bricks....

Did our usual drive by today - got to do my first 'tour' as my Dad came for a sticky beak. First time any of my family have actually seen anything of the house.

You always try to explain as best you can from showing plans, but I dont think it actually ever gets across.

He was definitely surprised and it was so exciting showing him through the rooms. It also made me realise how much there is for us to do and that getting the actual house built is going to be the easier part of this project. The outside is going to be a very long road having 1.2acres to sort out.

Anyway, looks like the back is all finished as far as the bricks go and the right side. Just the left side and front to brick up now, so hopefully another week to go before our first official walk through.

Took some more photo's starting to see some of the areas more defined as the bricks go up.

 

 

Looking at the outdoor Lanai (with 1/2 wall)

 

 

 

 

Our Master bedroom sliding door to go in and 2 ensuite windows on the left

 

 

 

 

Outdoor Lanai - Wall is about this height and will put shutters on top that fold open so you can have additional cover when needed

 

 

 

 

Outdoor Lanai then looking in to the Rumpus

 

 

 

 

Looking from the Kitchen to the outdoor Lania and Rumpus on the right



Looking from the Kitchen to the end of the family/meals. TV will go on the wall at the end between the windows

Laundry

Store room (between garage and laundry)

Garage (looking from the house)

Garage (looking back to the house and 4th garage door located at the back of the garage so we can take the ride-on straight to the back garden.

 

 

Back of the Garage Wall and opeining is the rear garage door. Left door will be normal door leading to the outside

 

looking at the Rumpus (back garage wall on the left). I think this side of the house is finished for bricks

back of the house from the back garden also mostly finished



We have a roof and some bricks!

Well, roof tiling was completed last week and the Bricks have started. I would say a couple of weeks to go on the bricks perhaps.

Only a few items to be changed inside for the carpenter, Bulkheads in the main family/meals and kitchen area needs to change but that's about it really.

Went through again this afternoon, can't believe how bigger it looks inside with the roof on. Can't wait for gyprock!

Anyway, here are a couple of photos from Friday:

 

Front view

 

 

 

Close up of the front entry (Rendered columns will sit either side of the portico entry)

 

 

 

End of the garage and rumpus window up the side

 

 

 

Can see the bricks going up

 

 

 

 

 Close up of the rumpus. Starting to see the height of the house now when compared to the Brickie

Entry and Garage roof coming out