Cabinets, Internal Doors, Architraves, Skirting Completed and Landscaping Meeting

This week saw a little bit of progress with the rest of the cabinets in bathrooms and laundry being installed including all the handles.

Our internal doors were installed this week, no door furniture though. Our smart robe doors have not been touched yet though. Architraves and skirting boards were also installed this week.

We had our onsite meeting with Wisdom Landscapes on Friday, and I think we left there spending more money than we originally thought. We decided we wanted to put a pattern on our driveway now, so we've changed to a Brick Header and the Large Tile at a 45deg angle. We're sticking with the colour bluestone as it goes well with our chosen external tiles.

Also, with our letterbox we had a specifically designed one to comply with the Estate Guidelines, it needs to be rendered yet the price of painting it wasn't included in the original quote - isn't that crazy. We also decided to add our side gates as well, plus temporary wooden stairs for outside the laundry door as we want to level out the ground later when we do the retaining walls.

The meeting went really well, our contact really knew what he was talking about and I got to change a few curves for the driveway - he also said he'll let us know when the formwork is being done and we can bring some rope and outline the driveway ourselves later to make sure we're happy :)

So bombshell - our SS called on Friday as is being moved to a different area - we're almost finished and we've been given a new site supervisor. Fun times.

Well this is the schedule he's given us for the coming weeks:

• Wet areas to be tiled from Monday
• First coat of paint everywhere this week
• Week after - fit offs e.g. taps, electrical
• Week after - main floor tiling
• Week after - second and third coats of paint

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Bathroom tile delivery

Architraves and skirting boards installed

Looking through the kitchen window

Door handles installed

Skirting around nib wall

Skirting around fireplace looks nice

Flush internal door for understair storage

Powder room vanity

'Cloak room' interal doors - narrower than the normal doors

Skirting along step-up

In the office

Theatre room podium

Linen closet

In bedroom 2/3 with WIR door hung (R)

Main bathroom vanity

Bedroom 2 wardrobe doors

Balcony waterproofing

Ensuite cavity door installed

Ensuite double vanity

Ensuite W/C (above) and Powderoom (below) with external exhaust

Cornices and more deliveries

Well, Wisdom have a lot to get done today in order to lock up the place. The majority of the cornices have been installed, except the ensuite and some bedrooms upstairs are still to be done. The bricks still haven't been cleaned and treated, so that should hopefully be done today.

Friday we had a delivery of the doors and architraves! I wonder if they will install all that in one day?!

The most exciting part of the week would definitely be our new staircase! Yay no more climbing up that ladder (not that we ever did that...ahem)

Let's see if they make lockup today - it's Mr Milburn's birthday, so that would be a great gift!

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Someone has done a little brick inspection, but I tell you there are a lot more bricks I will be marking that have chips on it when I get the opportunity!!!!

Cornices in the office

Above the cloak (L) and laundry (R)

Above the fireplace

Nib wall between kitchen/lounge doesn't quite meet the roof..

The gap between powder room and the electricals of the theatre room! This has since, as the spray paint suggests, been blocked up - phew

Different rounded cornice for garage (also in storage/wardrobe spaces)

Our staircase! Will be painted crisp white (gloss)

Internal door delivery