MAY (2014) the house ever be finished?!

Well by special request from one or two of you, here is an update on the house. Most of you probably think that by now we must be well and truely done on 'our six month build'. Hhhmm. Guess again. We're over a year now!!

Here are some pics of where we are at....excuse the mess.....there a few reasons.....firstly, we still have a fair bit to finish on the house, so unpacking remains a future action for us......and secondly, Nate has really taken over! One day we'll get all sorted, but as at May 2014, we've still got all of the below to go......

• Deck area - lighting still to be added to the pergola, external fireplace still to be installed/built, and then installation of the automation rock speakers can happen
• Informal lounge - painting of entertainment unit, painting of exteriors of the slider door, and furnishings
• Formal Lounge / Dining - tv installation, internal fireplace connected and tiling done, lights moved and rehung, painting completed, and it's with us to complete the entertainment unit painting and organise window seat squabs (and one future future future day, furnished!)
• Hall / Stairs - stair feature to be completed (99% there now, which is great!), stair area still to be painted, internal handrail to be added, fit-off of hall coat closet and linen closet, venting to automation cupboard
• Laundry - fit-off to be completed by us (benches, cabinetry, shelving, tubs), and venting to exterior/garage
• Master bedroom - wardrobe installed, painting completed, blinds made, window seat squab made, wallpapered (all with us to do)
• Bedrooms - wardrobes in the folks room, the girls rooms, and Nate's room, plus wallpapering in the guest room, and replacement window in the guest room (all with us to do)
• Garage - gibbing, painting, and dented garage door replaced
• Front Porch - floors sorted, and painting completed
• Front planter boxes and front gate - masonry completed, power and irrigation completed, an additional scoria load, installation of handrail, installation of automation keypad, and then with us for soil load and planting
• Backyard - fences replaced, landscaping, and council-required planting (all with us to do)
• General - various spots of painting, unfinished trim/pieces throughout the house etc. But on the up note we're fully alarmed, and ultra secure :-)

Yep.....still some hard yards to go, and a fair chunk of it is unfortunately still with our builder and his tradesman to complete, which then affects how quickly we can get the next things done (you know, like furnishing, unpacking, planting, final automation etc etc).

But on the up note, with a week off work recently and an up weighted drive/focus ourselves, we have started to made some serious inroads in OUR list of tasks.....Robin has filled, sanded, and painted the biggest side of the formal lounge shelves (one small side still to do), and stained the deck and exterior walkways. We also had the scullery blind installed, we've finalised and ordered the laundry fit-off which we're now waiting on installation of, the master bedroom wardrobe is also under construction now and due for installation shortly, the wallpaper has been ordered for bedrooms (a month indent from the UK), bedroom blind fabric and window seat squab fabric chosen, master bedroom curtains now ordered, the scullery splashback and scullery blind have gone in, some of our prints have been hung, and all of the lounge windows have now been tinted. Phew! Progress at last! Here's some proof....

Masonry walls on the planter boxes are now underway

But more coats needed, plus painting and automation keypad put in

Top of the stairs, looking back at the front door

From the front door, looking towards the lounge/kitchen

Kitchen pretty much done (still to find chairs)

Informal lounge - still painting to happen

Our newly painted shelves (courtesy of Robin!)

Robin's newly stained deck

And we're now working through some quotes for the informal lounge sofas (sorry Mum and Dad, but the 25year+ old holey, floral sofas will soon be needing a new home, antique as they are). I'm sure going to miss the sofa padding falling out on a daily basis...

Needs no further caption really, does it?!

So in summary, we are completely over this unfinished house thing - we're aiming for done ASAP - watch this space for final shots SOON!

 

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