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.

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.

The pipes, the pipes are calling ........

Not a lot of visible happenings on the house front this week. I got a new pile of dirt(dark grey),some steel and mystery white plastic bags full of ???.

The plumber turned up on Wednesday and put in the underslab plumbing. Now I can see where the bathrooms, laundry and kitchen are. The left set of pipes is my ensuite. The gathering in the right corner are the bathroom, toilet, vanity outside toilet and laundry. The kitchen is the loner in the centre of the slab.



It gets inspected next Monday and I guess, after that, the slab starts.

Also had the surveyor here on Monday, doing the measurements etc for the sub-division.

I've finally decided on outside colours ...... I think. The wonderful thing about a small builder is that I can change my mind (unless its structural) almost up to the last minute. Anyone who contemplates building, get samples of everything; look at bricks in a wall not just one brick, then put it all together. What you picture originally may not actually 'go' together.



Bricks - PGH Hotham
Roof, gutter and fascia - Ironstone
Windows - Stone Beige satin, with dark tinted glass
Garage door, downpipes etc - Paperbark
Highlights - 80's fluoro green

Megan wants the fascia different - like paperbark; not sure about that yet)

Megan and I drove around for hours today looking at floor and wall tiles again. We thought we had the floor tiles right (finally), then realised that they are too 'orangey' when we were trying to match carpet to the tiles. The only thing we all agree on so far is the stripey ones for my ensuite. And possibly Laminex Stipple Seal for bathroom and laundry cupboards.
I'll try to get samples and/or pics.

I have to get quotes for the kitchen. This means drawing it up properly and actually deciding on materials. The only things I'm sure about is that there will be DRAWERS, lots of them! and a stone benchtop. And it won't be white or two pack.
I have some things organised - DeLonghi 90cm gas cooktop and 90cm underbench electric oven; Asko stainless steel dishwasher; Westinghouse side by side 610l stainless steel fridge. Clive Anthony's are keeping them on the back burner until Feb next year,if necessary; all at the original sale price (20% off) and on 20% deposit. Great service!

I'm miles behind on my uni work because my brain is full of tiles and bricks and colours! This house building is sooooooo stressful!!

I have very expensive holes full of concrete

The footings didn't happen last Friday. Because the site is P3 or something, I have to have footings suitable for a skyscraper. They had to make the cages from 16mm steel and they weren't ready till Wednesday 17th.

Council was also throwing a hissy fit over old house still being connected to sewer. Looks like we have to get a port-a-loo and grey water system. Zoe is gagging at the very thought. They approved everything knowing that the old house was here!

Had a very bad night's sleep dreaming of all the problems that could happen so naturally I needed to day off to recuperate.

Early this morning, around 6.30am, the parade of utes, trucks, backhoes etc started. Minor hiccup when it was discovered that the cages had only two rows of steel instead of three. The concreters had to wait to get bars delivered and then wired them in.

The pour started in the afternoon; four concrete trucks (that I counted) and a concrete pump.

They finally finished at 5.30pm - a very long day.

And it begins ......

It's all systems go! Finally feels like it's real.

The finance was approved in April and has been burning a hole in my netbank ever since. It has been a long process of drawing a plan, getting it drawn up properly, priced by the builder and finally to approval and contract stage.

The site has been scraped and the house pad done. The footings are supposed to be done on Friday.