tailoring the house to suit us - Part 3

Thought I;d take the time to update this in more detail as I remember more and more of extra upgrades we had.


When we got into the researching stage and finding out what we really wanted for our house, we found it took us 6 months to get the full and finial list before signing the tender documents.

In summary here are the items we added/modified to OUR place:

A. Added an Extra Garage

B. Added the Butler’s Pantry

C. Added the Grand Alfresco

D. Added sound proofing to the laundry and theatre 

E. Added 600 mm eaves (CANT believe that arn’t standard!!!)

F. Added double doors to the study

G. Added a whole wall of cupboards/storage space to the laundry

H. Added overhead cabinets in the landry

I. Included brick infill above garage

J. Added Solar panels

K. Upgraded to premium  bricks

L. Added the fireplace pipe (inside the current wall cavity so we can do this ourselves later)

M. Upgraded floor titles (to porcelain)

N. Upgraded to spa to ensuite

O. Added overhead pantry space over the fridge

P. Upgraded to 2 front french doors

Q Wooded windows to ensuite (gotta double check that one)

R. Added extra gas pipe in alfresco (for our BBQ parties), heaps of extra double power points, got extra switches (to turn on lights from different ports)

S. Added the bi-fold doors (to grand alfresco)

T. Added extra insulation over the garage space (had to do this to get our sustainability rating)

U: Upgraded to rain shower tap in en-suite.

V: Added double rail (towel) handle in shared bathroom.

During the build, here are things that were unexpected (no cost - part of site costs):

I: Retaining Wall

II: The garage being moved in (ever so slightly) cos the neighbours gutters overhung by an inch 

Render

So finally got the render business sorted.

The small little colour section above the window was painted a dark olive colour. This was not in the original plans. The builder just decided to paint it that colour so "it wouldn't get dirty" afterwards. Sorry Mr, but that's not what was in the contract and was agreed on.

So now its now a yellow/beige colour and the facade looks better now.

Ching Ching!! We got the keys!

We've finally got the master keys!

It's been so long now...

We actually didnt think we going to have the keys in our hands today because we visited the house last night and a few minor things weren't completed (by none other than the plumber). But he managed to show up this morning at 7am to get the job done. All documents have been signed off and apparently we have so many sets of keys - what are we going to do with them all?

Now bit by bit, we'll migrate all boxes of presents out from under our beds and into our new house.

Tahhh-dahh!

Soldiering on

Yes, we're powering on now. Only a couple of more days left until they do a take two on presentation of house.

Hopefully there will be no further fixes to the house required.

Fingers crossed we have the keys by Monday!!!!!!!!

We're still waiting

Last week marked the 3rd week since we had presentation day with Henley.

We were anticipating that all items on the 4 page list of things to fix would be attended to by now, but sadly it's not. We went past the block today and there are heaps of little things that needs to be done:  a little paint here and there, replacement of scratched windows etc. It's taking f.o.r.e.v.e.r.......

Just because he is cool

He gets a special mention because he is so cool with that Suzuki RE-5 Rotary motorbike!

Tying the knot

We're tying the knot this year on

12.12.2012

Twenty Twelve

A lot to organise from now.