The House of Jan: September 28, 2008

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Roller rink

I have a slab!! or a roller rink, according to Zoe. And yes, I scratched my name in a corner of the garage :) Not sure if it will stay though, because the concrete was pretty hard by the time I got home.

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

3D

Today they boxed up the slab. My house is getting 3D as Zoe put it.

Bear giving his seal of approval to the al fresco area (or looking for a place to pee)

Hopefully it will be poured tomorrow.

Once upon a time ....

This is the journey towards the building of, what will be, my new house. My ex and I are splitting up the block that we have jointly owned for years so we can each have our own place. That's the quick version lol.

Since I will have the battleaxe block at the back (appropriate? hehe), I have designed the house to suit it. It really has absolutely no street appeal since it won't be seen from the street - so why waste the money on fancy facades. The living areas, al fresco and all the yard are on the north side; the other three sides are as close to the boundaries as they can go, to maximise useful areas of the block. That white post with the attractive fluro yellow top will be the corner of the new block. The view you see in most of the photos is from the south, looking at boring bathrooms and en suites etc. They are taken from the back landing of the existing house.

It is 235 sq m or about 25 squares. There are four bedrooms - to accommodate the girls, who keep coming back home. I'm probably just encouraging them. The so-called Media room is my play room - for my computer, the rowing machine and whatever else I fancy. The living areas are one open area with kitchen, dining and living. I have no use for formal rooms.

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The plan

I am using a smallish builder that we'll call Foxy. My bro outlaw Stephen is assisting with supervision and organisation.

This blog is for family and friends to watch the journey. I hope you enjoy it.

Time line

17 Apr - Handover
14 Apr - Power!
6 Apr - Electricity box upgrade
6 Apr - Screen doors
1 Apr - Rangehood installed
23 Mar - Splashback installed
15 Mar - Blinds installed
12 Mar - Tanks installed
9 Mar - Carpets installed
26 Feb - Shelving in wardrobes
23 Feb - Door handles, bathroom fittings installed
23 Feb - Cooktop finished installed
20 Feb - Gas fittings installed
30 Jan - External painting
28 Jan - Inside cleaning done
27 Jan - Security screens installed
23 Jan - Mirrors, showerscreens, wardrobe doors
20 Jan - Lights installed
13 Jan - Internal plumbing done
11 Jan - Tiling floors completed
8 Jan - Tiling floors started
28 Dec - Internal painting finished
21 Dec - Tiling wet areas complete
18 Dec - Tiling wet areas started
16 Dec - Bathrooms and laundry cabinets installed
15 Dec - Wet seal done
11 Dec - Caesarstone installed
5 Dec - Garage door installed
4 Dec - Kitchen installed
3 Dec - Interior painting started
2 Dec - Eaves carpentry completed
28 Nov - Interior carpentry completed
18 Nov - Interior carpentry started
18 Nov - Cornices finished
10 Nov - Bricks finished
31 Oct - Plaster started
29 Oct - Bricks started
27 Oct - Gas rough in
26 Oct - Data cabling and batts in
23 Oct - Windows in
23 Oct - Roof complete
22 Oct - Electrical rough in
21 Oct - Plumbing rough in
18 Oct - House wrapped
16 Oct - Gutters and fascias on
14 Oct - Trusses
11 Oct - Frame complete
6 Oct - Frame start
1 Oct - Slab laid
30 Sept - Slab boxed up
27 Sept - Underslab plumbing
17 Sept - Footings
10 Sept - Markout for footings
9 Sept - Site scrape
27 Aug - Plans approved
18 Aug - Contract
10 April - Finance approved