Monday 23 December 2013

Week Thirteen - The Polishing

Lara, Alex and I were kicked out of the house this week as the wooden floors upstairs were being polished.  This meant all our furniture was stored in one room (oh, and some on the back deck - yes there were some good storms that week)... and the kitchen was closed.  So, off we went for some time out visiting the Grandparents in both Toowoomba and Arana Hills.  It turned out to be a lovely relaxing week for me.  Alan stayed at the house and lived downstairs with a fridge and a microwave. 

Other little bits and pieces were completed (security screens being one) but as I wasn't there, I can't for the life of me think what they were!

Good couch on the back deck... hmmmmmmmm

Our empty house being sanded
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Security screens downstairs - not pretty but I love leaving my doors open!

Our empty house polished!


Friday 20 December 2013

Week Twelve - The Sacking of the Supervisor

Well, Wednesday was interesting, with a call from both our site supervisor and from the building company to let us know that our site supervisor was no longer working for them.  Oops.  Credit to the builders - the transition to our new supervisor (who we knew well from the quoting process) went perfectly smoothly. 

Lots of different bits and pieces being attended to this week.  The concrete stairs to our carport were made a bit steep - so they had to be ripped out and redone.  This was a shocker of a job.  The poor apprentices got stuck with this one of course - on a hot Saturday no less.  So I ran out and bought some donuts and icy cold drinks that they guzzled in no time at all. 

Our shower screens went in, although they were supposed to be semi frameless and they are not.  So we get new ones in the New Year.

The balustrading on our back stairs was rotting so they threw in a new one for us - very kind, and the curtain battening was put up in the carport.

To top it all off, the silly season has begun so we got to put up our Christmas trees (yes, one up, one down) in our new rooms :)



What happens when you build concrete stairs wrong

I was going to say our messy rumpus room - but it gets a lot worse!!
The wrong shower screens :)

Our balustrade being fixed

Carport curtain battening
Merry Christmas upstairs :)

Monday 2 December 2013

Week Eleven - The Floors

Week Eleven and things feel like they are slowing, although that's only because more of the detail is being done, or some tradies are waiting for others.  Shows we are nearing the end!  This week the floors were laid downstairs, as were the tiles and the plumber came to fit out the bathrooms.

Upstairs bathroom tiled and fitted out

Kid proof rumpus floors

Master bedroom carpets - so nice after always having wood!

Ensuite tiled and fitted out - can't wait to try out the shower!

Lara approving the soft carpet underfoot in the downstairs bedroom