Coming along nicely....

It has been a while since my last post, so much has happened since then! Everything seems to be flowing along nicely. The weather at the moment is a little bit on the shitty side, however the rain has held off enough that they are still able to work. The Bricklayer's started yesterday, hopefully the rain will stay away long enough for them to finish, and for the roof to be put on.
I am amazed at how much they have managed to get done in just over a month! 
We met up with our site supervisor Wayne yesterday, he seems like a top bloke! Wayne explained everything to us, showed us around and put my mind at ease over the whole process of us getting our timber floors laid, although we are still unsure as to whether the floor is being laid before the kitchen or after, I am pretty sure he said that the tiles in the wet areas are done before the timber floors, so that way we can have the timber at the same height as the tiles (No NASTY step to stub my toe on), I will confirm when we do our next walk through. The timber floors are laid after the gyprock has been done, and then McDonald Jones finish off the architraves and door jambs, and we will get them polished after we receive the KEYS........ Not long now, they say mid January, I say March...I like to allow for delays :) I try not to think too much about it as even though 7 months could fly like that, it could very well be the longest 7 months of my life (well other than being pregnant).
So enough of the boring stuff here are some photo's

The waffle pods

more pods

The Slab

We have been framed

More Frame

The view from the kitchen

Theatre room

The Bath

A Bedroom Window

Toilet

Ensuite

Bricks have started

Kitchen

Laundry

Side of house

almost done

Bricks finished, guttering done

roof

The Roof ( LOVE IT)

Garage (We have Gyprock)

Theatre Room

The side of the house

Alfresco

Bath 

All Gone

Demolisher's finally finished on Tuesday! 3 weeks it took....Not happy Jan! 

We were told a week, admittedly they started on the Monday looks like they did some stuff on the Tuesday and then it rained for the rest of the week, Monday was a public holiday and Tuesday and Wednesday it rained the following week...come Thursday and Friday no sign of any work it was cold and a little overcast but it was not raining! Its Monday again and still no one on site (I have to go past our block twice a day to drop off and pick up my son from school, also my husband goes past on his way home from work around lunch time, we got constant surveillance on that place lol). Tuesday Nothing as well, we made a phone call after that (we are incredibly patient people, but enough is enough!) Wednesday, Thursday and Friday they were there but alias they didn't get to finish the job. I am sure they started at 8 and finished at 3! Monday AGAIN!!! No one to be seen another phone call, the job got finished the next day....Looks like they did a good job however there still seems to be a few roots in the ground at the front and side of the block, I hope that won't matter? Would I recommend these guys ABSOLUTELY NOT, and the reason being not entirely based on it taking so long, but for not having the decency to keep us informed about what they were up to!

On a Happy Note our site supervisor has our file and is organising site cut....YIPPPEEEEE!

Still undecided about the brick!

I have looked at lots of houses in the bricks that I like, and I am still no closer to making a decision! this is really hard, really really hard! I may have narrowed it down but I am not confident in my decision. I am usually so good with this kind of thing I know what I don't like so that has helped, but I am not sure that I like what is left over.

We have our colour appointment on Thursday so I hope I can come up with something!

Any tips or advice on choosing would be greatly appreciated

Plans are in the mail

Woo Hoo got a message today to say our plans are in the mail….I am excited just a little! I have been warned that Liverpool council will take 3 months but I was prepared for that anyway!
Feel like something is happening now…. So all going well construction should start around March/April.

Bricks means tricks!

Go and choose a brick, they say! Pick the brick and choose the rest after, they say!
Easier said than done I SAY!!!

Pretty much spent the entire day looking at bricks and houses built in the bricks that we like or at least we thought that we did!
So we liked 4 bricks ok thats easy NOT!

Once these suckers are put together as a building they look completely different. Some of the house's we looked at today depending on how the rest of the colour scheme was put together would enhance that baby poo colour in the brick or the brick went from what I thought was brown to red it has left me spinning in confusion.

It is not just the brick but the colours you put with it as well …my anxiety levels are at an all time high!

The way I look at it, stuff up the colour in the kitchen or the tiles in your bathroom and eventually these can be changed.As for the Bricks you are stuck with those F@#%ers for life and driving up my driveway and looking at them for the next 20 years or so and hating them is not the required outcome that I wish to achieve!

So back to the drawing board and back to Austral bricks to re-research our choice in bricks!

TiMBeeeeeeeR

TREES TREES TREES…..yep we have a lot! I am thinking that these beautiful trees have to go, yes! yes they do!

I actually feel very sad about this, I Love them but they are in the way and I promise as soon as I can I will plant more but this time I will make sure they are all native and not have a ridiculous root system. One of the trees we have has a very large root system and to me this is a worry.
We have to get them removed, who does this the tree guy or the people who demolish and clear the block?

I feel my stress levels elevating with every little or big thing that has to be decided upon ARRRGGGHHH!!! I am today having a particular bad day and days like these I think what the hell have I got myself into.

Anyway if anyone has any recommendations on Demolition people or tree people that would be great I guess the best place to start is with quotes.

Colours

We have our deposit variation, we want to make a few small changes one being the air conditioner and the other the glass to our bedroom we would like double glazed there even though our neighbour is rather quite I would still prefer to have it! Hopefully wont be a problem to make any necessary changes!

Our colour walk through will be in 2 weeks so I best get myself organised about what colours we would prefer and a trip to austral bricks will be required as well.....Busy Times

I am liking this sofa bed for the kids area...just getting ahead of myself and having a little dream of some furniture I would like :)

and the Spotted Gum timber floors that I would like.

 I LOVE THEM!

Our first brick

Today we made first payment to go ahead...Eek excited and terrified at the same time, we were given a nice shiny box (or as she called it our first brick) and folder to keep all our stuff in lol. I am now scared that this is all happening to fast or not fast enough, so many things to organise, the loan being one of them and then there is the removal of the trees and the house, clearing of the land omg and I think we need to have a landscape plan??? no idea what we will do there!

FEELING OVERWHELMED, EXCITED, HAPPY.....THIRSTY, a nice cold glass of Jansz to celebrate me thinks :)