Fence & retaining wall one done

Our retaining wall and fence on our 'high' side has been completed! Our neighbour has done a fanstastic job getting everything organised to have this done. They are currently in their home now, so are that little bit ahead of us in readiness to have this all done. But it's done and looking great! We had the retaining wall professionally done and the fence was DIY. A big day had by the blokes on Saturday and much to our surprise, was completed on Sunday (unfortunately we couldn't help on Sunday, but also were not expecting it to be finished otherwise Sean (my husband) would have been right back out there to help do it). Quite obviously, our house is on the left. Neighbours turf looking good though. Can't wait until we have the green stuff =)

Painting completed

Well the painters were right on time and have all finished!! We were lucky enough to have a walk through on Saturday. =)

Porch (tiles haven't been grouted yet)

Just inside the front door

Our view from our bedroom window

Ensuite

My pantry

Looking towards the dining room/wall cut outs towards the activities room

Kitchen (with tiled splashback done)

Activities room/kids bedrooms

Laundry

Main bathroom

Painting has begun & shower niche tiles

After what has felt like a forever wait, there was finally some work happening again at our home. I know it's been Easter long weekend and we are in the middle of a backlog with Allworth, but after no work being done in 5 working days, I was starting to get a bit anxious.

But... the painters have arrived. Due to the lack of contractors around here to keep up with demand, they have got a crew up from the Central Coast to get us back on track.

We timed it very well today, arriving right when our site supervisor was there. We were able to go in and have a quick look around. We hadn't been in since the tiling had been done in the laundry, ensuite and bathroom. All is looking good - except I am really disappointed we decided to have the feature tiles in the shower niches laid vertically. Wish we'd had them laid horizontally. *Slaps forehead... what was I thinking!!

We no longer have a green front door!

Niche in our ensuite

Niche in our main bathroom

Garage door is on

Our garage door was installed today. I have always been a bit worried it would look too dark and that the window strip at the top would look a bit funny as I haven't actually seen one like it but I am happy to say I LOVE it!

Block has been leveled

We decided we'd get the block leveled so we can have access up the side of the house and a leveled backyard for the kids to play in. Can also see where we are working now re: retaining walls on all sides now.

 

To be retained on our 'high' side

  

To be retained at the back

  After our neighbours cut in to begin their build, this is what needs to be retained on the 'low' side...

Vanities are in

Today we met our site supervisor Wayne onsite to have a good look at our kitchen install. I was very surprised to see the vanities had also been installed.

 Ensuite

I am so happy with the finish on the cupboards in the ensuite. We had to make a snappy decision when we signed the contract as the colour we'd actually picked was only a benchtop colour. Nothing else was what we were looking for so we just went with black. I think it looks great and will look fab with our feature tile on the shower.

Main Bathroom. Baths in too!

Kitchen Install

WOW!!! Our kitchen install has begun. We had a bit of a sneak peak through the window today and I am sooo excited to see it come together.

Waterproofing

Was great to see the waterproofing has been done. Not long now until tiling can begin.

Ensuite

Main Bathroom

Laundry

Lock Up

Well today marks the day we are officially in lock up stage. Kitchen is due next week! Can't wait for the inside to start to come together.

Front door is on (which will be painted in Manor Red)

Gyprocking completed

YAY!! The gyprocking is all done! House should be locked up this Friday (6th) and kitchen install the following week as well as waterproofing. It's all happening now! Handover date at this stage is 4th May.

 Looking from front door down the hallway toward kitchen entry

 

Looking back up the hallway from entry into kitchen back toward the front door

 

 Our bedroom windows

Ensuite with what will be our double vanity

 Living room looking from computer nook area

Computer nook looking from living room (Hi there Patrick)

 Looking towards the kitchen from dining room

 

Looking towards the family room from entry into kitchen

  

My HUGE pantry!

 

 Looking at the cutouts on the dining room wall

 

Lachlan and Amelia playing peek-a-boo

 Kids & their rooms

 

Panorama looking from the boys room

 

 Looking from the 4th bedroom towards the kids rooms

 

 Main bathroom - Amelia's on the loo and Lachlan's in the shower

The boys in the garage