Notice the first paragraph in the last post below dated July 9. It says there settlement in 3-4 weeks. HAH! For 3 months after I posted that we went though 3 different construction supervisors.
...Anyway I just phoned settlements and we are booked to move in on 28th Sept 2009! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!! Pics of the house soon to follow.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Pre-Inspection Site Meeting
We had our last site meeting before inspection today and had a chance to take some pix. Our contractor said that if we are generally happy with the state of the house at the moment, including some of the contract mistakes that they'll just build us something extra for, then we can expect to move in in 3-4 weeks. Yay!
They repaired the front wall of the masters bed due to water damage when the roof was unfinished. As you can see they've also put in the carpeting.
Master's ensuite and walk in robe plus the door to the hallway to the right. Some leftover carpet as well. We chose an upgraded dark carpet so that it doesnt leave marks when you vacuum or walk over it.
robe and ensuite
There should only have been 2 larger drawers each side of the counter instead of 3 small ones. But we can live with that. More of a feature. the floor tiles are standard.
small semi frameless shower for small Asian people. HAHAHA. The rail shower head is extra as well as the wall tiling and tile feature.
standard toi toi. out the window, you can see where the neighbour is planning to build a large rooftop patio/balcony area.. so them and their friends will have a fantastic view of me or my wife showering... good stuff. everyone happy.
view back into the masters bed.. grassland beyond the windows.
rumpus room outside the masters. the square vent on the ceiling is forr evaporative cooling. the circular vents in other pics is for heating.
grassalnd view from the rumpus. smoke alarm is visible up there
hallway to rear bedrooms and bath
2 of the 3 bedrooms and the linen closet is closed.
the side bed has a bigger window but the rear bed has a small high one due to roof pitch.
seen from the side bedroom gonig out into the hallway with bedroom four on the right and the seprate water closet at the end
water closet and bathroom
guests/kids bath with a spa thingie.
the tiling on the face of the spa has a subtle feature on it.
shower with the same subtle tiling feature at the corners.
timber staircase is unvarnished as of yet.
garage hall on the left and the theatre/study room on the right. that carpet strip to the garage is just there for our dirty shoes and not really part of the flooring
theatre cavity sliding doors on the left. temporary front door at centre. formal louonge far right and coat closet near right. you can also see the heating cooling thermostat/control unit on the right wall. i like our porcelain floors!
from inside the theatre room
lotsa lights in the lounge. we'll replace those with recessed downlights with energy saving globes later. otherwise bad for the environment not to mention our electric bill would be atrocious
from inside the lounge
front yard view of the lounge. still a lot of junk out there now.
kitchen. no glass splashback yet on the cooktop bench area and no appliances yet.
downstairs powder room. we chose the same colours for all our wet areas instead of choosing different themes for each.
laundry troth still missing
open plan dining area and family area as seen from the kitchen sink
lots lights in the family room too
from the family area you can see the stairs through the window andthrought the sliding doors. btw that's our contractor in the watch-me coat
we will mount the TV there on the feature wall. maybe. or we might just pop it on an entertainment table.. we havent decided yet. we have decided that that wall must be painted maroon or something. ha ha ha.
al fresco and open hall area. it seems there are a lot of lights from the pictures but really the recessed downlights should take care of that
The big question. This configuration is not according to contract. do we let it slide and have them give us a free laundry closet or do we ask them to change it? HHRRRMMMMNNNn.... A waste of their money and their materials but also our time.
Facade. They've replaced the creme colour and panited paperbark over it. Good. If you compare these pics with the ones in the last post they should be different. darker and not at all yellow.
our builder. you can read. free advertising huh? you'd think we'd get paid for this..
that's the ginormous house on our right. they seem like lovely people form the brief time we spoke with them. they told us that the've already scaled the hosue down so much but it's still quite big. Im expecting that area above the garage is going to be a balcony.
the slightly less ginormous houses to our left all the way down to the main street. 2 of them are being lived in right now.
blue vs red. carlton vs essendon? wth?
what to do with this brick face? leave it alone? put stone? paint? timber panels? we have looooong time to decide.
They repaired the front wall of the masters bed due to water damage when the roof was unfinished. As you can see they've also put in the carpeting.
Master's ensuite and walk in robe plus the door to the hallway to the right. Some leftover carpet as well. We chose an upgraded dark carpet so that it doesnt leave marks when you vacuum or walk over it.
robe and ensuite
There should only have been 2 larger drawers each side of the counter instead of 3 small ones. But we can live with that. More of a feature. the floor tiles are standard.
small semi frameless shower for small Asian people. HAHAHA. The rail shower head is extra as well as the wall tiling and tile feature.
standard toi toi. out the window, you can see where the neighbour is planning to build a large rooftop patio/balcony area.. so them and their friends will have a fantastic view of me or my wife showering... good stuff. everyone happy.
view back into the masters bed.. grassland beyond the windows.
rumpus room outside the masters. the square vent on the ceiling is forr evaporative cooling. the circular vents in other pics is for heating.
grassalnd view from the rumpus. smoke alarm is visible up there
hallway to rear bedrooms and bath
2 of the 3 bedrooms and the linen closet is closed.
the side bed has a bigger window but the rear bed has a small high one due to roof pitch.
seen from the side bedroom gonig out into the hallway with bedroom four on the right and the seprate water closet at the end
water closet and bathroom
guests/kids bath with a spa thingie.
the tiling on the face of the spa has a subtle feature on it.
shower with the same subtle tiling feature at the corners.
timber staircase is unvarnished as of yet.
garage hall on the left and the theatre/study room on the right. that carpet strip to the garage is just there for our dirty shoes and not really part of the flooring
theatre cavity sliding doors on the left. temporary front door at centre. formal louonge far right and coat closet near right. you can also see the heating cooling thermostat/control unit on the right wall. i like our porcelain floors!
from inside the theatre room
lotsa lights in the lounge. we'll replace those with recessed downlights with energy saving globes later. otherwise bad for the environment not to mention our electric bill would be atrocious
from inside the lounge
front yard view of the lounge. still a lot of junk out there now.
kitchen. no glass splashback yet on the cooktop bench area and no appliances yet.
downstairs powder room. we chose the same colours for all our wet areas instead of choosing different themes for each.
laundry troth still missing
open plan dining area and family area as seen from the kitchen sink
lots lights in the family room too
from the family area you can see the stairs through the window andthrought the sliding doors. btw that's our contractor in the watch-me coat
we will mount the TV there on the feature wall. maybe. or we might just pop it on an entertainment table.. we havent decided yet. we have decided that that wall must be painted maroon or something. ha ha ha.
al fresco and open hall area. it seems there are a lot of lights from the pictures but really the recessed downlights should take care of that
The big question. This configuration is not according to contract. do we let it slide and have them give us a free laundry closet or do we ask them to change it? HHRRRMMMMNNNn.... A waste of their money and their materials but also our time.
Facade. They've replaced the creme colour and panited paperbark over it. Good. If you compare these pics with the ones in the last post they should be different. darker and not at all yellow.
our builder. you can read. free advertising huh? you'd think we'd get paid for this..
that's the ginormous house on our right. they seem like lovely people form the brief time we spoke with them. they told us that the've already scaled the hosue down so much but it's still quite big. Im expecting that area above the garage is going to be a balcony.
the slightly less ginormous houses to our left all the way down to the main street. 2 of them are being lived in right now.
blue vs red. carlton vs essendon? wth?
what to do with this brick face? leave it alone? put stone? paint? timber panels? we have looooong time to decide.
notice the little council tree there. wifey doesnt like that tree and she's thinking of putting in a mango one
Sunday, June 21, 2009
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