A lot's been happening at the construction site over the past couple of weeks but most of the work's been done inside the home where we haven't been able to get any progress photos... until this afternoon! Here's the latest update.
The tiler has completed laying all the floor and wall tiles in the main bathroom, separate toilet, laundry and the Master Suite's ensuite bathroom. In the ensuite bathroom we had the wall tiles tiled from floor to ceiling height.
The Classic Look ceiling cornices have been installed.
The painters started their work on Tuesday 16 September 2014. They've spent the past days painting the interior and they still have some painting to finish inside and outside the house.
I got an E-mail update from the Site Supervisor on Tuesday 16 September to advise that the painters should be finishing all the painting work early next week. When the painters have finished, McDonald Jones Homes will then start on the "Finish-offs". It's getting really exciting now... we're approaching the final weeks of construction and it shouldn't be too long now before we can start the landscaping work and move into our new home.
Yesterday, Saturday, the painters and renderers were working all day until sunset, almost. They were applying the sealants where necessary around the front patio ceiling and brick piers. They also completed all the rendering work at the front of the house where the different coloured bricks had previously been laid. We couldn't get and photos yesterday, but we managed to take the following photos this afternoon (Sunday 21 September 2014). Our neighbours alerted us to a water tap that had been left running at the rear of the house. So Pete managed to shimmy through the security fencing to get to the back of the house and turn the water tap off. Whilst there, he also managed to take some progress photos of the interior of the open-plan kitchen, dining and family/lounge areas through the windows. I've included those photos in this posting as well.
We've started to hit the shops to purchase some of our new furniture for the new home. We discovered a fantastic new place to shop at, namely, Equator Homewares, at the DFO outlet at Homebush. Fantastic, helpful sales staff and great deals! We finished-up buying 2 x 2 seater leather sofas for the open plan Family/Lounge area; a new modern Dining Table and Chairs; and a 1 x 3 seater electric reclining sofa and 1 x single seater electric reclining sofa for our Home Theatre room. We're pretty confident that our chosen comfy leather sofas won't be too bulky for the home.
Here's the photos that we took today.
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The rendered walls and brick piers will be painted, probably some time next week.
That front door is not staying Green. It will be painted in Taubmans' Nightshade colour (like a Plum colour) to match the feature colour in the 2 x brick piers.
(I don't know what happened to the Gunmetal Blue bricks in these photos, they almost look like Cobalt Blue. Something happened to the colouring when Google automatically enhanced the photos).
Pete took the photo below through the sliding glass doors from the Alfresco Cabana area at the rear of the house. This photo shows the open plan Dining Area and computer desks at the left rear; the refrigerator alcove to right of centre; the kitchen to the right; and the entry hallway and bedroom 3 doorway in the centre rear of the photo.
The photo below is a view of the open plan kitchen. The 2-Pak Polyurethane kitchen cupboards and cabinets (in Pumice Gloss colour) have been installed. The red/pink wall at the rear is the heat shield plasterboard upon which the Glass Splashback will be mounted. The SMEG ducted rangehood will be installed in the centre. We've selected a Glass Splashback called Resene Jumpstart Starphire Glass (it's a deep Burgundy/Red Wine/Maroon colour). At the rear left, is the Lincoln LIN1 Walk In Pantry Door in translucent glass. The pantry door frame has now been painted/stained. It also looks like the 40mm Ceasarstone benchtops (in 'Night Sky' 6100) have been installed (and it looks like they're covered in a protective plastic sheeting until the painting has finished). Pete took this photo from outside through the Dining Room window.
Another view of the open plan dining area in the foreground, computer desks to the left of screen and kitchen in the background taken from outside the Dining Room window.
Another view of the open plan dining area in the foreground, computer desks to the left of screen and kitchen in the background taken from outside the Dining Room window.
Pete took this photo of the Home Theatre Room windows & 4,500 litre rainwater tank.
Floor Plan for the ‘Douglas 10M’
with Chase façade.
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