Sunday, August 29, 2010
PS - where has the builder gone?
BTW, the builder is just as difficult to get a hold of! We had the 90 day check about a month ago and nothing has happened since. They have only just sent the kitchen appliance people back to fix up the rangehood piping. Its the builders who are slack in contacting their subcontractors. We are still also waiting on our kitchen window to be replaced to glazed window instead of clear to satisfy the occupation certificate. This issue was first raised in Feb! A couple of other fairly minor issues that we can live with or fix ourselves but its like they have disappeared off into the sunset since handover!
Photos!
Ok. a lot has happened to the house since now and these photos are prob 6 weeks back so not entirely up to date.
Here is the kitchen, you can see we have roller blinds now and white porcelain tiles. The downlights haven't been put in yet, you can just see the battens still.
Here is the area in front of the kitchen, the living area, we painted that feature wall ourselves and this gives a better view of the tiles. I was worried about white tiles showing up all sorts of dirt but its actually not too bad and gives me motivation to sweep and mop. I love these white tiles!
The area in front of the kitchen... oh, no blinds yet here...
The entry/hallway, you can see the living area to the left has been carpeted now a charcoal colour... we were thinking of tiling the entire bottom floor but now i'm glad we carpeted that area as it makes the hallway more like a path and provides a bit of comfort away from the tiles...
The stairwell... this photo was taken just as the carpet was laid so we hadn't vacuumed yet and carpet had bits of cuttings, the layers didn't really clean up the bits of cuttings they left!
The upstairs living area showing carpet... and feature wall to the right...
Master bedroom showing feature wall again, carpet and roller blinds. We changed our minds several times about what parts we would paint on the feature wall, ie just that framed area or just inside the framed area. In the end i think we made the best choice and painted the entire wall.
Backyard, decking still to be done (even now) but turf laid. In future if we ever build again, I think we will request access to the backyard to maintain it as it had been left for over a year and the grass had grown so thick and unmanageable and all sorts of rubbish from the builders had been left for the grass to grow over it...
We have since finished downlights now and just got the driveway and side path color concreted. The colour is bluestone with cobble type stencil and we also got the front fence bricked to match the rest of the house. Next steps is setting up the garden, deck and automatic gate for the front fence but not necessarily in that order!
Here is the kitchen, you can see we have roller blinds now and white porcelain tiles. The downlights haven't been put in yet, you can just see the battens still.
Here is the area in front of the kitchen, the living area, we painted that feature wall ourselves and this gives a better view of the tiles. I was worried about white tiles showing up all sorts of dirt but its actually not too bad and gives me motivation to sweep and mop. I love these white tiles!
The area in front of the kitchen... oh, no blinds yet here...
The entry/hallway, you can see the living area to the left has been carpeted now a charcoal colour... we were thinking of tiling the entire bottom floor but now i'm glad we carpeted that area as it makes the hallway more like a path and provides a bit of comfort away from the tiles...
The stairwell... this photo was taken just as the carpet was laid so we hadn't vacuumed yet and carpet had bits of cuttings, the layers didn't really clean up the bits of cuttings they left!
The upstairs living area showing carpet... and feature wall to the right...
Master bedroom showing feature wall again, carpet and roller blinds. We changed our minds several times about what parts we would paint on the feature wall, ie just that framed area or just inside the framed area. In the end i think we made the best choice and painted the entire wall.
Backyard, decking still to be done (even now) but turf laid. In future if we ever build again, I think we will request access to the backyard to maintain it as it had been left for over a year and the grass had grown so thick and unmanageable and all sorts of rubbish from the builders had been left for the grass to grow over it...
We have since finished downlights now and just got the driveway and side path color concreted. The colour is bluestone with cobble type stencil and we also got the front fence bricked to match the rest of the house. Next steps is setting up the garden, deck and automatic gate for the front fence but not necessarily in that order!
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