Progressing well!

Lots of things have happened since last post.

• All tiling in bathrooms, kitchen and laundry are complete.
  
• Paint is completed for the whole house.
• Electrical and communication points are all installed (complete today).
• Oven is sitting in place.

There is still plenty more to though. This week should see the installation of the aircon system with dirt to be back filled around the house soon to follow. Inspections can go from there on.

Last time we spoke with Steve we could be in the house in 3 to 4 weeks, possibly sooner, but we are not holding our breaths.

Enjoy the photos in the mean time!

Tiling

The tilers have been working for the last two days, and we now have the bathroom floors and laundry floor tiled, as well as the splashback in the kitchen. The grouting should continue tomorrow. The main bathroom wall tiles are in place and waiting to be grouted also. We are very happy with the floor tiles but not sure about the splash back as it looks a little dull. hopefully the paint will improve this. No photos yet, but we will try and get some on the weekend.

Kitchen installed!

Now we have a place to store all the tea and coffee we keep promising! And a front door to come through.

These are the main pantry cupboards.

The main kitchen area. The pantry cupboards are just out of shot on the left.

Kitchen bench.
Who likes the green door? Should we keep it like this?

Fixtures

The carpentry continues this week. All the doors (except the rumpus room) have now been fitted including it architraves. The first picture it a closer look at the main bedroom door, the 2nd is the guest room. You can see the doors (including the cupboards) have all been fitted.



Allegedly the kitchen should be in this week so I thought it worthy of a before shot.


Finally a photo of the completed tank. We actually had 2 loads of water delivered today. This is required before they back fill the dirt around it. I guess 28 tonnes of water should keep it in place!

Waterproof

The waterproofing has been completed in the bathrooms and the cornices are up around the house. Tomorrow the carpenters will begin work on the door frames and windows. The water tank lid has been completed, and the form work has been removed from inside the tank. More updates soon!

Internal walls

The internal walls are up and the joins have been plastered over. We also have the framework for the lid of the concrete tank up, so it should be done this week.We had plenty of rain over the weekend so there is a small amount of water in the tank - we also have a great water view from the front windows of the house.

Insulation and Plastering

By Friday afternoon most of the outside wall insulation had been installed with a reasonable amount of plastering too. All the ceiling is now plastered. Rooms are really taking some shape now.