Thursday, October 06, 2016

Our House is a very nice House

Today we had to meet the window furnishing people on site and it gave us an opportunity to see the progress on the inside. A few glitches have arisen however I guess when you get to this stage, it is expected. Unfortunately the Tilers discovered that our Builder under-estimated the amount of tiles to complete the job. Painters had not completed their work which also slow down the Tilers (probably an additional week).
I must say though that up until now, progress has been excellent and I think our Site Manager, Clinton is pushing hard for us.

However we forge on and keep the pressure on the Builder to perform to meet our expectations. I keep telling Sue, "We are the customer and we hold the purse strings". I figure that's good incentive for performance.

En-suite vanity and floor have now been tiled. The floor is a charcoal grey which is not unlike the floor tiles in our old home.

The splash back has been tiled in a herringbone layout.


All of our en-suite and the second bathroom have floor to ceiling clean white tiles.

Second bathroom is in keeping with the en-suite theme.

I now know how the tradies keep up their energy.


10 comments:

  1. work is going on full swing.. please show the pictures after finishing.. :)

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    1. Promise to keep you informed of our continuing sage Krishna.

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  2. It's difficult to imagine where you start devising colour schemes, wall coverings etc for a whole house. Looks like it's all coming together and looking forward to the pics evidencing the conclusion of a plot being changed into a house and then into a home.

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    1. All Sue's work Gaynor - there was much practice over the 30 years in our old period home. Much more to come on the blog as we progress.

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  3. So crisp, you will never tire of it. Well chosen.
    Tku for pics. Your super is doing a great job. Site always looks tidy too.
    Regards Janine

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    1. Janine, Sue felt that by keeping in with whites/light greys/dark grey, she could bring the big picture together with the furnishings. We are fortunate that our house in the city sold so well that it allows us to enjoy both a nice home and afford retirement.

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    2. Hi, Husband and I also left the city and moved a little south. No longer felt we needed to be so close to downtown as had been retired for ten years. We made the break with our neighbourhood by going cruising but kept our house so we would have a base. I think moving while we are still young enough and energetic enough to take on a new life is invigorating.
      It is getting cold in the Netherlands 3C this morning in Leiden.
      Regards J.

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  4. Looks like all is going well despite the small hiccup, sure it will soon come right and you will still move in when expected. Take care D & N xx

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    1. You betcha D&N - they will get it right or they don't get paid. More news to come because Sue has bought new furniture......

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