Thursday 24 November 2011

The painted house!

It seems like we have been waiting for this stage in our build forever..... oh wait - It has been 2 years since we bought the block, so that's nearly forever, right? 

Today the painters finished painting our house (except for a few touch ups that they come back to do closer to handover).

The render, front door, fretwork, finials, etc. have all been painted!


The kitchen - I have to query the bulkhead, not sure that that is supposed to be the same colour as the walls, I thought it would be ceiling white.
Also the power point for the fridge has been put in the wrong spot... you would think anyone with a bit of sense would see it was supposed to be in the fridge cavity.


Dining area

Walk-in robe in one of the bedrooms

Playroom

Playroom storage cupboards

bathroom

Pantry

Linen 

Master bedroom

Walk-in robe off the master bedroom

Shelves in the master walk in robe

Another shot of the front of the house

close up of the front door.

Today we got an email from the office. 
(I think it is our first ever progress report from them, that I haven't had to ring to find out about!)

Tomorrow the tilers will be starting!! Woohoo, about time things started happening quickly!

feature tiles in the ensuite - you can't really see it, but the raised ones are gold and sparkly.

feature tiles in the kids bathroom.

We have been told that it usually takes 6 - 8 weeks once the tilers have finished. Since it is only 4 weeks to Christmas, it is highly unlikely we will be in before then. However after the 22nd of December the builders are required to pay us a weekly sum for taking to long. So just maybe they will try really hard to finish on time. If they don't finish before Christmas, hopefully it will be not to long after their holidays.