A HOUSE that became a HOME.

Last post showed our garden as it is today - it made me follow up on what the property looked like during the build during the winter of 2016. We took the keys 3 days before Christmas so that's 14 months ago. I reckon we haven't done too bad in the scheme of things, particularly since its been mainly our own work except for the major part of bringing in the gravel and soil.

Our next post, we hope to introduce you to the new member of our family - her name is Lily.

TILING

Now the Arbour is completed, we've moved on to TILING the Alfresco area. Its about 27 squ metres under roof so it will take some time. I started yesterday but need to complete before our son's 30th birthday party here in Trentham.

We selected a 30 x 60 cm not skid tile that has a mixture of the two grey shades on the exterior walls of the house. We think they blend well!

60x30 cm tiles with a 3mm gap to grout later.

Decided to lay in a brick formation.

Off to buy some more tile adhesive - messy work.

The House

Finally our build has started - after six months of negotiations, changes, alterations, and unexplained delays, its all now happening.

We arrived to meet our supervisor as he was about to erect the builder's board with our names on it.

We went to the block Thursday to see that the site had been marked out and then later in the afternoon  a gentleman with a Bobcat arrived to level the site for electricians, plumbers, and the cement guys to start on the slab base and weave their magic. In two to three weeks time we expect the slab to be ready for the house frame to begin.

Looking north 

Looking east

We signed off with a deposit just prior to Christmas 2015 - plans were drawn up, changes were made and a final building quotation was offered for approval. Nope, sorry but this is not correct or matching our instructions - back to the drawing board. What's the delay, what, someone is on leave???? A further delay. We are asking each other, should we continue or pull the pin and start fresh?

Here's the house plan - click on the image for a larger view.

Site Plan showing the location of the house on the block.  Our land size is 1100 squ and the house is 33 squ. So much for downsizing!!!

I became assertive (agitated) and things start to happen, we now get to the pointy end and we are seeing some actual progress.
Our supervisor whom we met yesterday vows to push ahead to ensure that the company makes up time and we can move in prior to Christmas this year.

More to come on the Blog - keep tuned!!