Cornices

Went past the house today for a sticky beak and it appears the cornices were done on the weekend.

Theatre room

Entrance 

Mancave 

This part of the mancave was the only section without cornice. I assume they must have run out.

No cornices placed in the family/meals/kitchen area as we are having square set there instead of cornice. 

Yesterday I purchased two sample pots of paint...

Western Myall

Teahouse 

I painted some plasterboard with these colours and I will take them down to the house to see which colour I'd prefer in the theatre room. Also, hubby wants the 'lounge' side of the Mancave painted in one of these colours. 

New lounge

We purchased our new lounge for the family room today. It should arrive in 12 to 16 weeks so we will be without a lounge in that room for a few weeks, which isn't a big deal.

This is the lounge we purchased but we bought it in black leather and with the chaise on the other side. 

Our plastering has almost finished and cornices are due to go up soon. 

Looking towards the family room.

The ensuite 

Recessed workbench in the garage 

Front entrance

The builder states we will have handover late April, fingers crossed this doesn't blow out. 

Yesterday we met with a glass balustrade company to quote for glass balustrade around the upper and lower deck and also for a glass pool fence for around the spa. His quote was quite reasonable so we decided to lock him in. 

Let there be plaster!

....and on the 346th day the builder said "let there be plaster".

I'm so excited that plastering has finally begun. We have waited so long to get to this point. 

I have never seen so much plaster delivered in my life. They had to use a crane to get it down the block.

Here are some shots of plaster when it was delivered. You can also see our cornices and metal ceiling battens were also delivered.

All this plaster was delivered more than a week ago. Plastering started a few days ago.

Here are some pictures of the plastering that has been done so far.

Downstairs facing towards the staircase. The powder room is on the right. 

Facing the other side of downstairs. To the right is where we will be putting a bar in. 

Now some upstairs pictures.

Laundry

Hallways looking towards master bedroom

Entry niches. This is the one opposite the front door.

To the right of the front door

Niche to the left of the front door

Inside the theatre room.  That void/cupboard space to the right of the room is where all the AV equipment will be stored. 

Meals area

Looking towards the kitchen from the family room

Looking at the kitchen & WIP from the meals area 

Family room

Solar hot water panels were placed on the roof a couple of weeks ago (terrible photo - it's the best I could do!)

Spa is ordered!

We bought a spa!!  Well, we put a deposit on one. It has to be ordered/built so hopefully we will have it by April/May. It will be placed outside next to the decking and we will more than likely continue the deck around it. 

It's a decent size at 3.5m x 2.3m.

This is an aerial shot of the shell

But we ordered it in white 

Insulation

Ceiling and wall insulation batts were installed today - looks like fairy floss!

The bricks in the corner section of the garage were cleaned today. Unsure why just a small section was done but I assume this means the rest will be done shortly!?! The bricks look sooo much better cleaned. You can see the difference in this picture

Close up of the cleaned section. I love our brick. 

Cavity sliding door frames were delivered today too

Hubby also purchased our sound insulation batts today. The builder offered to install these for us which is great :-)

Decking started and bathroom deliveries

Our decking for the alfresco has started

The brick pillars around the porch have been finished. These will be rendered along with the rest of the porch and some of the front of the house. 

Bath delivered  

Two shower bases delivered

The builder has had problems with getting the brick cleaner on site so that still hasn't been done. 

A site clean was done this week so things aren't as messy which is great. 

I sent my Laminex order form off today for the Crystal Gloss kitchen doors and panels (we are supplying these to the cabinetmaker to install) and I will be phoning Sketch Tiles tomorrow to place my tiles order.

The money is starting to fly out the door now!! 

Lock up

We finally reached lock up!

Since my last update we have had the electrician commence his rough in, the bricking almost finished (front pillars still to be done), hubby put some more wall plates in for data and we banged in some timber supports for towel rails, TVs, toilet roll holders etc.

I met the cabinetmaker maker on site to measure up for cabinetry. I'm awaiting his designs/elevations so we can review and sign off on his plans. 

Now for a couple of pics  :) 

Timber support in place for master bedroom TV 

Hubby using his toy (aka self levelling laser level) to get the levels right for the towel rail supports 

The front 

The back

This week the bricks will be cleaned and hopefully a site clean done by the end of the week. Hopefully the scaffolding will come down shortly after. The chippie will also be starting work on some of the decking outside the laundry. 

Aircon and heating rough in will also commence this week. I have to measure up and order my sound batts, and measure for tiles as we are supplying these. I'm also going to ask the driveway concreter to measure and quote as I know they're getting solidly booked.

Hubby and I have this week off work so will spend a lot of our time running around buying things and doing work on site....and taking pics.

Things finally feel like they're moving!