We have been here 3mths now. I can't believe it! It is such a great feeling walking in here and getting flashbacks of coming in when it was just frame or gyprock up to now walking into OUR HOME! Knowing we can do WHATEVER we like around the house to make it ours. I still have to pinch myself sometimes. This is not some nice rental.... this is our home. The house we chose, we modified to suit us. Love it.
So the last update was we had just received the keys and my husband was painting all of our feature walls, our appliances had just gone in and our driveway was being formed up.
Here are some update pictures:
The driveway.
Mr 3 & Mr 1's room
Miss 5's room
Kids activity room (on a 'tidy' day)
Front yard before and after turfing. The grass here was just left over from the side
Down the side before and after turfing
Our house as it is today. The front pebbled bit will have rectangle stepping pavers down to the letterbox. There will also be a garden bed under the window, built up to the same height as the porch with some decorative edging. I was very excited to get the shutters installed.
The garden down the side that will connect the two decks we plan. There will also be stepping pavers here too.
We've had a bit of trouble with this side garden. Going off the only plumbing plan we were given, we assumed we'd be well away from the stormwater pipes. In fact, what was written on the plan (1.5m) isn't actually how they measure it so unfortunately we give speared a pipe. We thought putting the garden at 1.2m we'd be safe. So my poor hubby has now had to dig a big trench to find the pipe so we can replace it. As he's dug we've found is wouldn't have mattered how far in or out we'd put the garden, the pipe runs on an angle so we would have probably have gotten in anyway =(
The only plumbing plan we were given
You can see where the pipe starts at the top of the garden, out from the garden
This is at the other end. The pipe is cleary now under the garden bed.
We still have a lot to do. We need to retain down the left had side and do the boundary fence, turf the backyard, do the decks, put up gates... the list goes on. I hope not to be so slack and keep this updated. =)
Congrats Nel. Your house looks amazing and we are really excited as our brickwork finally started after over 3 weeks of delay. Our 15 weeks finishes on 6th Oct. but not sure if house will be finished taken yours took over 3 months after the brick works.
ReplyDeleteWe had a 17wk building contract. It took 29wks all up. =(
DeleteOh man. That too much of delay. Was there a reason? Our contract is for 15 weeks. We are already behind others nearby.
DeleteThere just always seem to be a shortage of trades people according to our site supervisor. In there we also had Xmas and the super storm.
DeleteWe also have a picture like that from the plumbing company for the sewer pipes. Not sure if they are actually put like that.
ReplyDeleteAllworth's solution is before you do anything, dig a hole and find the pipe first. So if you don't find the pipe the first hole, dig up your whole yard until you find it - just to avoid damaging it, because if you do, it's on you. What a joke!
DeleteI like your driveway as well. Are these stones? and are they more expensive compared to the concrete?
ReplyDeleteNo, this is stamped concrete. It's a little more expensive to have done but I think it's worth it for the end result. Not many people have this finish in our area. It's nice to be a little different.
DeleteYea. It looks great. Worth the extra money.
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