Flooring Decision and Render

The most recent mission has been to choose what type of flooring to use. We never imagined it would be so difficult - definitely the hardest decision we've had to make so far (excluding choosing a floor plan). Thankfully we have found the most incredibly helpful and patient salesperson at Carpet Court and have finally come to a decision. We are using two different colours of carpet, but from the same range. The darker colour will be in the two front rooms downstairs (Study and Front Living) and then we will use the lighter colour up the staircase and for all of upstairs. They are a solution dyed nylon and are really nice and soft with a 15 year warranty. And this is the main flooring downstairs. We chose a vinyl plank flooring as it is easy DIY installation, and it is extremely durable - it has a 20 year residential warranty and can be used in the kitchen where it may get wet. Also as we are having a pool and we have a dog we needed something that wouldn't absorb water and get damaged easily. The colour replicates Blackbutt timber. The colour will complement the lower timber treads on the staircase and the timber bifold doors. And last but not least part of our render has been painted and so has the cladding. I have been so excited to see how this looks and I absolutely love it. The render is Paperbark and the cladding is Snuggle Pie.

Downstairs Plastered

It continues to amaze me how fast they work. Went to our house this afternoon to find that the whole downstairs has had all the plasterboard put up! Also I managed to get a good pic of the rendered front of the house (it is yet to be painted). It really feels like a house now. Garage: Looking through the house from the entry: Looking back towards front door: Where future staircase and door to under stairs storage will be: Kitchen - so excited to see this finished: Lounge, dining, rumpus and alfresco:

Render Done and Plasterboard Delivered!

We went to our house fairly late last night just to check what had happened that day but not really expecting too much. We couldn't believe it when we saw the whole front of the house had been rendered! AND there was a massive pile of plasterboard that had been delivered and was sitting in the garage ready to become our walls! Can't wait to go back this afternoon when it is still daylight and take some pictures. At the moment all I have is this one taken by torch light of the render! Really looking forward to the render being painted and the scaffolding coming down so we can see how the front of the house looks!

Balcony Bricked and Door Dilemma

We were really excited to see the timber sliding door we upgraded to installed between the master bedroom and the balcony, however as it is shown in this picture, this is as far as it opens. We thought this was bizarre as it left only a quite small opening, so we went home and checked over our plans. It turns out they have put the doors the wrong way around. The inside panel should be the sliding one, rather than the outside panel. Because of them being the wrong way around the handles prevent the door from opening as far as it should. We haven't spoken to Plantation about this yet, however as it is not as it's drawn on the plans we signed off on I presume they will fix it without a drama.

Pics of the balcony bricking done - sorry for the bad quality of them!

View out from the balcony - love the half height brick walls on each side for privacy and then we will have a glass balustrade at the back to make the most of the view..

Bricks!

The view of the golf course from the rear master bedroom and balcony...

Ready for the bricks to begin...

Bricks, bricks, and more bricks!!

Our first glimpse of bricks going up..

Front pillars bricked 

Bricking is pretty much complete now, although it is hard to really see with all the scaffolding in the way, and it wasn't the best time of day for a photo either.. 

Windows and Doors

Windows all installed! Love the awning type windows on the facade.

Close up of front windows:

Window splashback:

View from kitchen of the window out to the alfresco and the bifold doors to the alfresco..

Bifold doors

Master bedroom window and timber sliding door lying on balcony frame waiting to go on.. 

Colorbond Roof and Progress Pics

Colorbond roof :

Delivery of windows and doors sitting in the garage:

Plumbing and electrical rough ins done - amazing to see how much is actually hidden away in the walls and ceiling space of a house...

The back of the house: rumpus and alfresco downstairs, and balcony off the master bedroom upstairs..