Back exterior

Since hand over so many weeds have grown in the backyard and when they are mowed they almost looked like grass, It was tempting to just keep it.

 

Friday 25th October 2013

 

The back yard was scraped, and extra dug out around the alfresco, ready for the deck.


Deck

We are building quite a large deck out the back, progress of the deck is here


Dead Side of House

Along the dead side of the house which wont be seen or used for anything we laid weed matting which we got from Bunnings

 

We then laid Scoria

 

 

 

 

Deck

 

DECK

 

We have decided to build a large deck out the back of our house. It will span over the alfresco area and approx. 1 metre past the side of the house, approx. 1 metre past the back of the house and along the back of the house to the end of the laundry door. We have decided to use Ecodeck boards for our decking. Although the initial cost of the boards is more expensive that treated pine or even merbu it requires a lot less maintenance over its life time which will be good.

 

Saturday 26th October 2013

 

Today we hired a post hole digger and dug holes for all the posts (I cant remember the correct name) for the deck, we then had to cement them into the ground, stupidly we didn't have a cement mixer and did it by hand, 46 X 20kg bags of cement! It was a huge day.

 

 

 

 

Saturday 2nd November 2013

 

Today a builder came out and help to start us off with the frame for the deck & to get it all level, the rest of the day was spent building the frame.

 

Sunday 3rd November 2013

 

We started decking today but had some other things on so we didn't get very far.

 



Monday 4th November 2013

 

 

Tuesday 5th November 2013

 

 

Kitchen Update

Kitchen

 

 

I love having an open plan living, dining & kitchen. It is so nice when you have people over you can be in the kitchen and still socialising at the same time, or when your favourite show is on and its dinner time or the dishes haven't been done, you can watch TV and do what you have to do at the same time.

I am happy with colour choices we have made, although I do think the cupboards are a little too creamy/yellowish for the bench time but its not too drastic. Upgrading the oven from a  600mm to a 900mm was defiantly worth it, it is so nice having so much more room in there.

When we did our colour selections we opted to remove the tap and go for a smaller more subtle one but they installed the wrong one during construction an we ummed & erred about saying something & making then change it but we decided in the end that we would leave it & I'm glad we did, I quit like it & it adds kind of a feature to the bench.

The major problem we have had in the kitchen it the over head cupboard above the fridge. In the picture you can see there is no overhead cupboard anymore. Unfortunately when we were purchasing our new fridge we stupidly measured when the floor boards were not yet laid and now that they are the fridge is ever so slightly too tall to fit in the gap so out came the cupboard. We have spoken to numerous kitchen cabinet makers including the company that Porter Davis use but unfortunately no one will touch the cupboard to cut it down due to the risk of splitting the laminate so our only option is to get a whole new one made, quoted at $450 which we will do eventually.

Future Plans

 

Besides getting the cupboard above the fridge fixed I would maybe like to get 3 over bench feature lights, maybe something light this.

 

 

 or

 

or something different.

 

 





3 Mont Inspection Repairs

Tuesday 22nd October was the day all the tradesmen were booked in to undertake the repair and fix the issues picked up in our 3 month inspection.

 

Tradies stated showing up for 8am onwards and all repairs were attended to, all except the ensuite shower. It was looked at by different people and it was established that the water leak is quite sever and has gone through to the timber frame but luckily not to the timber flooring which is in the study on the othersider of the wall.

 

We have another inspection (I'm not sure why we need another one, just to waste time probably) on the 12th November and they will then arrange to start work which will involve pulling out the shower, tiles, plaster and who knows what else and redoing the whole thing.

 

 In the mean time no showering in the ensuite shower!

3 Month Inspection

Its hard to believe we have already been in our house for 3 months (actually almost 4)

We had our 3 month inspection on Tuesday 17th September 2013 and the following issues were reported:

 

 
Master Ensuite

 

Calcium build up along ensuite shower wall to be removed and

rectified. Ensuite shower is also leaking to left hand side of plaster to

be tested with mc on site

 

 



Ensuite shower is leaking. Inspect with paddy the tiler and repair

damages to left hand side plaster of ensuite wall

 

 

Master Bedroom

 

Adjust master bedroom door. Latches catching on striker plate
















Entry, Front Hallway & Bedroom 3

Paint touch ups to left hand side of hallway as marked at PCI to be

completed. Touch ups missed and noted by supervisor

Paint touch ups required to the hallway 45 degree angle wall.

Paint touch ups as written on PCI missed by supervisor

 

Bedroom three paint touch us to be rectified to right hand wall. Left

over from construction  

 

Toilet

 

Plumbers to inspect wire sticking out to base of toilet and to silicone

around toilet base









 

 

Bathroom

Rusty water escaping through bathroom. Bath tub fitting is spraying

out rust water. Issue to be inspected and rectified
















 
Alfresco

Supervisor to paint alfresco concrete as discussed with client.

Supervisor to complete these works 















Exterior

Paint touch up to scratched downpipe at rear of garage






 



Study Update

Study

 

I am so glad we built in the study and are able to close it off instead of having it open as in the plans. I feel it gives the entry way a lot better shape and flow & most importantly you can hid the mess easily.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Future Plans

 

At the moment I am just using tables along the walls but I would eventually like to get a proper bench put in & some overhead cupboards. We have actually had some plans drawn up..

 

 

 

 

 

 

Theatre Room Update

Theatre Room

 

I don't have much to do with this room, it is my Husbands "space"

 

 

Future Plans

 

I think my husband has his own plans with this room including a theatre suite, surround sound system, basketball memorabilia on the walls....I don't think I will have a lot of say in it.