tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68842857298809977732024-02-08T01:09:51.534+11:00The Reedman HomeBel and Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09952064203170157352noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884285729880997773.post-57684732505431892322014-04-05T16:26:00.000+11:002014-04-05T16:44:21.836+11:00Landscaping Update and Austral Wholesale Nursery<style>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our front garden with the new Buxus hedge.</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US">We have been happily living here at The
Ponds for over 2 years now and are so rapt with our location and suburb.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the problems that Phil was
encountering was that the Japanese buxus hedge in the front yard just wasn’t
thriving, despite copious amounts of love, fertilizing and watering in the long
hot summer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">After some research, it became apparent
that the buxus was having problems with drainage (especially since the council
put the footpath out the front of our house about 12 months ago).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The water could not drain away from the
plants and the roots were becoming waterlogged.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another view of our front garden</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US">Consequently, Phil dug up all of the old
buxus, dug a trench, put in an AG line (for drainage), filled the trench with a
little blue metal and soil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He couldn’t
connect the AG line to the stormwater drain unfortunately, as it’s under our
driveway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead, he dug a 600mm
deep pit, filled the majority of it with blue metal so that the water can drain
away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has clearly working as we
discovered this last week with all of the rain that we’ve had.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Buxus in the middle with some of the amazing camellias on the left hand side.</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US">The problem then, was to find some mature
to semi mature buxus to plant at a reasonable price as he needed 30 – 35
plants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After some careful
research he came across a fabulous wholesale nursery, which also has an online
shop and is open to the public.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This nursery is <a href="http://www.australnursery.com.au/" target="_blank">Austral Nursery </a>located at 165 Sixth Avenue,
Austral.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It only took about 30
minutes from The Ponds, down the M7.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span lang="EN-US">He was blown away by the range of plants
available at very reasonable prices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Gregory (contact on 0417 671 475) who is one of the owners, spent some
time showing me around and I was able to get some great Japanese Buxus in a 200
mm pot (8 inch) in great condition for under $8 a plant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is clearly a significant saving on
all other local nurseries and the quality is superior.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is planning another trip back
there shortly as he now has a wishlist of these fabulous plants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>
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<span lang="EN-US">The camellias were stunning and quite
mature, at a reasonable price.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An
example was a camellia in a 300 mm (12 inch) pot were under $30.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is half the price that we’ve seen
them elsewhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Murraya’s and
Gardenia’s were also well cared for, in various sizes, and priced well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were some beautiful magnolia’s as
well in 300 mm pot for around $30, which is an incredible price.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">If you are looking to do some planting, we
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Bel and Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09952064203170157352noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884285729880997773.post-38350162782259742962013-06-23T16:33:00.000+10:002013-06-23T16:33:53.239+10:00Ducted vacuum and update on the bamboo<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Outlets installed during the building process</td></tr>
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When we were building Bel really wanted to have a ducted vacuum cleaner within the home, however it was just too much money. At that point, after doing some research, we decided to put the piping in place as we could afford that component, but then wait to get the actual unit when we could afford it. Phil wasn't sure that we would actually use it, however as the task of keeping the house clean with a small ineffective vacuum became more difficult, we started to look at other alternatives. <br />
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We had bought a cheap vacuum to get us through, however both Phil and I were having problems with our backs after we had vacuumed. Phil started to look at buying a decent vacuum and realised that it was serious money. He contacted the company that installed the pipes to get a quote to install the motor and the associated accessories and it was a significant sum. Phil then started researching second hand machines with the view that he might do it himself.<br />
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During this research Phil came upon Michael at <a href="http://mobile.whitepages.com.au/business-listing/ducted-vacuum-air-supplies-1092683/annangrove-nsw?ref=onlineRedirect" target="_blank">Ducted Vacuum and Air Supplies</a> and was blown away by his customer service and price. It also helped that Michael was local and been in business for over 15 years. Phil negotiated a deal with a second hand machine and new accessories for the house. The hose for the house has a covering (officially known as a 'sock') which covers the house and protects the walls from the hose. Phil was also talking with Michael about the garage outlet - as we didn't want to use the home hose in the garage for the cars and keeping the garage clean. Michael was able to get us a reasonably priced second hand hose that we keep for the garage to do the cars. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vacusweep in the kitchen.</td></tr>
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Our home is so clean. We totally love it. If you are thinking about installing a ducted vacuum, then we would
highly recommend it. We have also installed a 'vacusweep' in the
kitchen, which is essentially an outlet that was on the same level of
the floor, so when you sweep up in the kitchen, you open this flap and
it sucks all the dust in that is nearby (see picture above).<br />
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He also suggested that we get a horsehair attachment for the vacuum for the timber floors and it has been amazing. We use the vacusweep for the nightly clean ups and the horsehair attachment for the weekly cleans. We are very happy with it. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bamboo with tall stalks really showing the height that it will get to.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another shot on a wet Sydney day.</td></tr>
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If you are interested, give Michael a call and let him know that you saw his details here. He uses quality machines that are made in Australia, therefore using good quality Aussie products at a reasonable price. Although we opted for a second hand machine, his new machines are very competitively priced.<br />
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On another note, the bamboo has been growing quickly. If you look at the photos you can see how high it is growing and imagine how it will eventually look. Bel and Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09952064203170157352noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884285729880997773.post-17227651258274414382013-04-14T17:20:00.000+10:002013-04-14T17:20:37.367+10:00Our landscaping and the new POOL!!!!!!!!Well it has been a while since we updated our blog and it used to bug me no end when people wouldn't update theirs. Guilty as charged. :) <br />
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We have been quite busy. We initially finished the landscaping. After much debate (on Phil's side) we decided to go with an Asian theme. We have Japanese Buxus hedge along the front footpath, camellia's (alternating pink and white) on both side borders and our feature trees are two red weeping Japanese maples (with green foliage in spring and summer) and 1 purple Japanese maple (with amazing red foliage in spring and summer). On the other side of the driveway is our weeping cherry blossom. Can't have an Asian theme without a cherry blossom after all. It's in a half wine barrel due to it covering a sewer manhole cover, so it can be moved if it has to be and it completely camouflages the manhole cover too. In the amazing Asian style pots are some buxus plants that we are hoping to train into a topiary shape in a year or two. We have also put in our dry creek bed with some feature stones. We were lucky enough to find the big rocks on Gumtree in our neighbourhood from someone who was keen to get rid of them. A big win for both of us. They were REALLY cheap and the other guy got them out of his way. We did buy some of the smaller stones and our next door neighbour also donated some to us (as he had too many when he finished his landscaping - thanks Kam and Jen). We got all of our plants (except the bamboo) from Sydney Plant Market. Contact details are on the sidebar. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pink Camellias in bloom</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Closer view of our amazing trees and pots</td></tr>
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Since the addition of the letterbox and concrete footpath some of the buxus plants around the driveway have been looking the worse for wear. We are hoping that they come good and we are nurturing them to the best of our ability although we suspect that they have root rot due to the water being<br />
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captured under them and not able to drain away quickly enough. Time will tell. <br />
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We also bit the bullet and decided to get a pool. Naturally, our first port of call re building was the boys at <a href="http://www.modernviewhomes.com.au/" target="_blank">Modernview Homes</a>. They don't do pools by themselves, but will do them as part of a build. Because our build hadn't long been completed they agreed to do it. As usual, their standards were high, their allowances generous and their customer service second to none. As with the build, everything went very smoothly. They honoured their time commitments, Dean (site supervisor) picked up any issues quickly and efficiently and Jason was also more than helpful at the end of the phone. They did an amazing job and the pool looks fabulous. We have spent so much more time out there this summer and have really enjoyed entertaining on our new deck. Whilst we were finishing off the backyard we also organised our deck through <a href="http://www.modernviewhomes.com.au/" target="_blank">Modernview Homes</a>. They had some top quality carpenters lay the deck and it has been amazing. Whilst they were there we had them deck the front porch as well. <br />
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The Gracilis (Slender Weavers) bamboo that we planted in May has been growing at a phenomenal rate with several strands already taller than the neighbours fence. The bamboo does add to the maintenance of the pool (as it does drop it's leaves) but we wanted it for the privacy that it will give us in the years to come. We bought it wholesale from Bamboos Wholesale in Queensland and had it sent down. This was still heaps cheaper than buying it from anywhere in Sydney. Their website is <a href="http://www.bamboos.com.au/" target="_blank">Bamboos Wholesale</a>. Jason and Laura are more than helpful. Let them know that you heard about them from our blog. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bamboo when we planted it May 2012- prior to the pool starting.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2 crazy boys in the pool at night. We love the blue lights.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from our back door recently looking out to the pool through the fence. March 2013</td></tr>
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<br />Phil also sourced our own fencing as we wanted glass for a section of the pool - the part that you could see sitting in the alfresco and from the house. Phil searched around and found <a href="http://www.bigjimtrading.com.au/" target="_blank">Big Jim Fencing</a>. Jim was really helpful and his was the best price that we could find in Sydney. Jim can help organise installers however, Phil decided to put it in himself. Dean also came over to help. We also sourced our own travertine for around the pool. We got 600 x 400 mm tiles and it looks fabulous. We got it from the <a href="http://www.stonewholesalers.com.au/" target="_blank">Stone Wholesalers</a> at Seven Hills. These were also one of the cheapest in Sydney for a good quality tile. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the corner of the pool looking across to the alfresco</td></tr>
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Our waterline tiles were chosen from our local Amber store and covered in the cost of the pool build. We had the pool built for solar heating, with all the necessary pipework and electricals, and now just need to save up some money to put on solar heating. Everything is ready to go when we are ready.<br />
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Once again, Modernview Homes delivered on time and to a very high standard. They are currently building a display home at the New Homeworld at Kellyville. It should be open soon.<br />
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We have been very happy living in our wonderful house at The Ponds, as The Ponds continues to flourish. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bamboo as at today with the pool. </td></tr>
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<br />Bel and Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09952064203170157352noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884285729880997773.post-80902553322235443312012-01-22T17:16:00.002+11:002012-01-22T20:30:32.918+11:00We're in and settledIt seems like a blink of an eye since the last update but it's almost two months. Wow! Where did that time go???????<br />
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So to backtrack - We moved in on the 10th December. Phil had also hired a box trailer for the week prior to that and moved most of the small boxes prior to the move. Even only leaving the furniture it still took the removalists 7 hours. We were worried they were going to get it all finished in under 3 hours. Those boys certainly earnt their money that day. Thanks also to our friend and family members who helped with the move. By 8.30 pm that night, all furniture and all boxes were in the house. The two big boys had their early Christmas presents of double beds already set up. Phil started putting the kids beds together and got Ryan's all set up. He had just started putting Tristan's bunks back together... when disaster struck (well maybe not quite disaster..... but it certainly seemed like it at the time.) One of the boys went to the toilet and it didn't flush. Phil took a look outside and discovered the sewer was overflowing. All of this at 9.30 pm on a Saturday night. OH NO! <br />
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</a>Luckily the overflow was outside so exceptionally quick showers were the order of the day. We sent our SS a text that night. The next morning when we got up (Tristan, Phil and I slept on our mattresses on the floor) we phoned the SS. He was straight onto it. He came over immediately (on a Sunday!!!!) and had a look at the situation. He went home, organised a plumber to come with an electric eel and dropped the money back around to us to pay for it. The plumber arrived within an hour of Dean dropping the money over and the problem was fixed shortly after that. This is indicative of Modernview Home's customer service and willingness to go the extra mile for their clients. We were so impressed by their service. The blockage seemed to be near where the sewer met the main sewer out the front and it appears as though a bit of brick or tile has gone in the uncovered inspection hole during the build. This is what caused the blockage.<br />
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We continued unpacking (and Phil did get the other beds set up on the Sunday). We were plowing through the unpacking at a great pace. We had to. We were having all of our family at our house for Christmas Day so the pressure was on. <br />
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After a lot of hard work, we were totally unpacked and ready to host Christmas at The Ponds. We had even unpacked the garage and were able to put my car away. Phil discovered (thanks Lynley) about our local tip that lets you tip cardboard and paper for free. We were able to get rid of our rubbish along with our recyclables too. <br />
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We had a small delay with our shutters, which was no fault of the Blind and Shutter Centre. They kept us informed at all times and compensated us for the delay. Due to the delay they even bought over roller blinds temporarily for the bedrooms. Two of the bedrooms face west and were getting really hot in the afternoon and evening. The shutters were installed last week and look amazing. I so love them. Their installer was very professional and he did an outstanding job. (Thanks Ross). <br />
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One of the problems that we have encountered is with our home phone and internet connection. Apparently, in our area, there is a problem with Telstra connecting our whole neighbourhood to the local exchange. The Telstra box that services our area is full (this is the old grey post kind of thing). They are almost finished the new rim service, which was due to finish two months ago, however this has been delayed. Consequently, our internet provider - Internode which is merging with iinet - have been very helpful. We have, on loan, a 3G wireless modem so we can connect to the Internet. Through this we have a temporary phone through the internet - VOIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) until we can get our proper home phone number and internet. The kids can't wait as they haven't been able to access You Tube due to trying to reduce our downloads. A whole school holidays without You Tube although luckily they could still use Facebook. <br />
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We are so thrilled with our house and wouldn't change a thing about it.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTIuaIag97ZRLOBgFYbk_lot_kPm-OgsEVelPAXHa9Iz2LVHkz-zCvis_Ic1fUORHapD0YxR9BVudM_HbaYwGnbJUvjJeDPi0ozb8mpn-FtmPSQzfbTlC8dewS9DlMfXfsKkaSouUfas/s1600/Unknown.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTIuaIag97ZRLOBgFYbk_lot_kPm-OgsEVelPAXHa9Iz2LVHkz-zCvis_Ic1fUORHapD0YxR9BVudM_HbaYwGnbJUvjJeDPi0ozb8mpn-FtmPSQzfbTlC8dewS9DlMfXfsKkaSouUfas/s1600/Unknown.jpg" /></a>During this time (and in between ferrying kids to their friends houses) we have also been thinking about our landscaping. We are thinking now of putting bamboo in our back yard. This will provide us with a screen from our back neighbours and their neighbours. This will give all of us some privacy even though they are lovely people (who have also moved in. Hi Matt, Kaz and the girls). We may even be able to save money on putting blinds on the alfresco. After hours of research (cause we all have heard the horror stories of bamboo running for miles) this bamboo is clumping bamboo so it will stay within its clump. We are thinking we might be able to cultivate it down the track and make a fortune. We are getting Gracilis bamboo. Phil had researched online and discovered some places in Queensland that would freight it down to Sydney. We also discussed it with the nursery that we discovered at Annangrove, recommended by another of our friends. <a href="http://www.yellowpages.com.au/nsw/annangrove/sydneys-plant-market-12045514-listing.html" target="_blank">Sydney's Plant Market's</a> staff have been phenomenal. Mark (at the nursery) recommended we wait to plant the bamboo until March due to the extreme weather conditions that are typical of a Sydney summer (not that we've had a real Sydney summer this year). <br />
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Partially due to this reason, we have decided to continue the Asian theme into the front garden as well. We have decided to go with a purple Japanese maple as our centre tree, with two green weeping Japanese maples either side of it. We have a sewer manhole on our property next to our driveway on the other side. We have decided to get a half wine barrel and put a cherry blossom tree in there. We are also hedging our garden with the Japanese Buxus hedge and having camellia shrubs down the side boundaries. Dallas (another staff member) even came to our house to have a look and advise us of plants for a small fee. This gave us the confidence that we weren't putting plants in the wrong position. He also suggested some of the ideas that we are going with. <br />
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The landscaping will be the main project over the next couple of months as we prepare the front garden. We have decided not to have any lawn on our front garden due to the space issues and are looking at putting in a dry creek bed feature. We will, of course, have turf for our council strip. However, all of this requires money. So now we just keep working hard so we can get this done. <br />
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The photos are pictures of the rooms complete (at this stage and for the foreseeable future). There are a few things that I would like as in the way of cushions and some kind of Asian decorative feature for the dining room. These will come, in time. <br />
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Thank you for following us on our home build blog. We will continue to update this as we turn our block / building site / house into our home. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our study. The bookcase on the right has Bel's scrapbooking and work resources.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Phil and Bel's desk. Bel's is the clean one. :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bel's bookcase</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The beautiful laundry looking from the door. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The laundry from the door. The laundry chute is to the left and Jackie the dog is outside. She's cute, but she's noisy. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Washing machine and dryer - obvious I know :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our downstairs toilet and shower.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Feature tile in downstairs toilet and shower.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kitchen and family room.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dining Room with timber spotted gum floor. ( I so love that floor.)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our kitchen (with our lounge in the foreground. That is on the list to update - down the track)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking from the back corner of our family room all the way through to the front door. We have 9 foot ceilings and have 90mm skirting boards all throughout the bottom storey. The skirting continues upstairs, although the ceilings are standard height. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the other corner of the family room looking through the kitchen and the dining room. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the edge of the kitchen looking towards the dining room and alfresco area. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the pantry door. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boys loungeroom. This is their room complete with PS3, DVD player, Foxtel and big screen TV.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The other side with their fussball table, drums and Bel's additional books.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view of our house prior to front garden landscaping. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our back yard. The dogs are on 'their' side of the backyard and the other side, where the alfresco is located, is dog free except by invitation. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The back view of our house which is west facing. The shutters from the Blind and Shutter Centre look amazing in our opinion and help keep the house cooler. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view down the side of the house. This is the south side and the 'dog zone'. This is also the laundry side of the house. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our backyard from the clothes line. The garden edging that you can see behind the dog fence is where the bamboo will be planted. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our bedroom.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of the bedroom from the ensuite. You can see our door to the balcony so we have direct access to it and the children can access it as well. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is our walk in wardrobe (although not very much of it is Phil's). My chest of drawers fits in there like it was bought for it. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our ensuite.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our ensuite and bath. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Feature tile in shower niche.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our toilet that is separate.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the balcony - looking north. The only change to this view in future, will the be the trees as they grow. This is all part of the designated bush corridor. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 'quiet zone' and the main entry out to the balcony. It is very peaceful here. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chris' bedroom. </td></tr>
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Another view of Chris' bedroom. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ryan's bedrrom (a mad keen Chelsea supporter). This is a north facing window and the shutter helps to keep this room so cool. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tristan's room. (Clearly a Man U supporter). This room faces west and so the shutters have made a significant difference in both Tristan and Dallas' rooms. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boys vanity outside their toilet and bathroom.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boys feature tile in shower niche.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The linen closet - completely full. I could easily have a cupboard double this size. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our stairs looking fabulous.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Looking to do some night shots shortly, (now that we've found the tripod). We will update the blog with these photos when available. Our rain garden opposite will start to have water drain into it next week as all landscaping has now been finished in the garden. This will give us a 'little lake' ? out the front. </div>Bel and Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09952064203170157352noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884285729880997773.post-21694214478551764722011-11-29T21:55:00.000+11:002011-11-29T21:55:36.974+11:00Sprint to the Finish<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">We are sprinting to the finish now. We are all systems go. We have had the cleaners through for the first clean and the bathrooms and kitchen look amazing. We have had another brick cleaning company to finish off the outside of the house. Our fly screens are on and look fabulous. Our back to base alarm has been installed and is now active - which certainly gives us peace of mind. Our big news is that the timber flooring started going down today. It looks amazing. I love it. What's left? Timber flooring to be finished off tomorrow morning, carpets going down tomorrow, skirting boards to be put on, cleaner to come back through, driveway to be done (hope for good weather for us) and then obviously stove and hot water system along with air conditioner to be delivered and set up once Phil is staying there. We are good to go. We are moving in as a family on the weekend of the 10th December. We are so thrilled. We are madly packing and all can't wait to move in. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">There have been some minor hiccups, however Dean is onto them as soon as we bring them to his attention and he gets them rectified asap. Unbelievably he is even fussier than Phil and picks up most of the things that we mention, before we tell him. Modernview Homes don't necessarily have a PCI as such, just a handover date. Handover is expected for Monday 5th December. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Onto the photos. Enjoy :)</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking from the balcony (on a rainy day)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The door to our bedroom from the balcony. On the left hand side, you can see the aluminium sliding door to the 'quiet lounge room'.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our ensuite - cleaned and finished. Looking fabulous too :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our shower for the ensuite and our separate toilet.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My dream linen cupboard. Can't wait to fill this baby up :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our kitchen looking from the family room, with all the down lights on. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking through our front door from the front porch.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another view of our kitchen and hall way.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our powder room shower, the edge of the toilet and the edge of the vanity.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another shot of our powder room. We are so happy with it. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Timber floors being laid. They look fabulous. This is looking from the front door to the back of the house. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the back of the house, looking forward to the front of the house. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The timber floor in the kitchen in the space where our oven will go. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our family room before skirting boards. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Main bathroom upstairs finished.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alfresco with the fan and the grass in the foreground, growing like crazy. Phil will have to mow it again this weekend.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Standing from our pantry door looking out over the kitchen bench and the dining room. </td></tr>
</tbody></table>Bel and Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09952064203170157352noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884285729880997773.post-64055592350834047342011-11-15T21:51:00.004+11:002011-11-16T00:11:11.339+11:00All lit upWe have been 'turned on'. Our dream home just keeps getting better and better. We have lights (and power points and power bills). The lights look fantastic. Phil and I spent hours trying to decide on the light fixture for our stairs. Do we go with WOW or do we go with WOW that's practical for what we want. We went Wow with practical. The painters have finished inside and out. The grass is growing so well that Phil had to mow it yesterday. Painters only finished outside painting today including the staining of our timber finishes. <br />
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And now to the photo feast: (some of them were taken on the iphone last night - so are a bit grainy)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The front of our house all lit up for the first time. This was taken last night before the outdoor painting was completed. We are so thrilled with how it looks.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is part of our kitchen splashback before the tiles and bench are cleaned. The bench isn't really that white. It's a Caeserstone Shimmer. We are so stoked with how good it looks.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our pillar lights. Phil spent long hours agonising over which lights to put and how to light up the front of the house. He did an amazing job and his choices look spectacular.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our front door stained, with our porch lights coming in when they sensed someone was there. How exciting.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the edge of the porch. This porch will eventually be decked with timber. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our downlights in our family room.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking from our dining room into the alfresco and beyond to the back yard. Two sides are fenced... one more to go. We are just waiting for the ok from our builder. You can clearly see our beautiful fence as installed by Michael Jones from<a href="http://www.ezyclipfencing.com.au/"> Ezy clip fencing</a>. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our backyard from our southern neighbours side. The bare sections along the fence are for the future gardens. The lawn is <a href="http://www.matildaturf.com.au/">Matilda soft leaf buffalo</a>. We are really pleased with how well it has turned out.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The back of our house from our back yard. We love the size of our alfresco. This too will be timber decked... hopefully in time for Christmas ...... 2012. :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our entry way from the inside. One thing we noticed after we started framing was that we didn't have a bulkhead in the foyer and that our lounge doors were a standard size, yet our front door was 2.4m high. We changed it so that the doors going into the lounge room are also 2.4m high and we think it looks fantastic. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our powder room before the shower screen is installed. This is the only bathroom that we have tiled to the ceiling. All other bathrooms have tiling to 1350mm. (3 x 450mm). One reason for this - boys. Need I say more? Both other showers went to the ceiling. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our Wow but practical light. This has LED lights, so we can leave the LED on overnight and let it give a soft glow in case anyone gets up to go to the bathroom or needs a drink. This was actually the light that we picked at Sunnyholt Lighting Warehouse months ago and the one we decided to go with. We found Naomi to be fantastic there. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A view from the top of the landing of the same light. These pictures have only got the LED on and not the halogen globes as well. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boys' bathroom with their feature tile. Their niche matches the bath tile.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boy's Bathroom with feature tile.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our balcony all tiled and our stainless steel balustrade. This was another last minute upgrade. It looks fantastic.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The timber door (before staining) leads to our bedroom whilst the sliding door goes to the communal area. These are the two entrances onto the balcony. I can't wait to spend a lazy Sunday morning up here reading the paper and having a beautiful breakfast. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our ensuite with all tiles grouted. This is just waiting for the mirror now for the whole length of that wall. We are so pleased with our feature tiles.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our shower.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These are our upgraded drains to all wet areas. This is the waste drain. It was about $40 extra per drain, but looks fantastic. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our bedroom painted with power points and tv points ready to go.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our <a href="http://www.ezyclipfencing.com.au/">Ezy Clip Fence</a> and gate beautifully installed. Phil has put down the recycled road base here ready for the weed mat and then pebbles on top. Phil has worked like a Trojan over at the house recently. If you're in the area while he is there watering, stop by and say hello.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>What's next? <br />
Glad you asked.<br />
This week our wardrobes, pantry and linen cupboard are all getting fitted out. Hopefully the mirrors and shower screens will be installed either later this week or early next week. HUGE site clean next week both inside and out. Fly screens will go on after the windows are cleaned. Driveway and path to be started late this week to next week. Flooring going in later this month. Hopefully shortly after that PCI at the end of this month or very early December. We are then hoping that the Bank comes to the party fairly quickly and we can get the cheque to <a href="http://www.modernviewhomes.com.au/">Modernview Homes</a> as soon as possible so we can get the keys and move in. We can't wait to move in and start to live The Ponds lifestyle. <br />
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A big Thank you to our amazing builders - the team at <a href="http://www.modernviewhomes.com.au/">Modernview Homes</a> who have pushed for us to get our house finished so quickly. A special thanks to Dean (our Site Supervisor) who is so patient and considerate allowing us to get the turf down and taken prior to our dogs moving in. <br />
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It will be Christmas at our home at The Ponds this year.Bel and Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09952064203170157352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884285729880997773.post-31047759345633895392011-11-02T21:21:00.002+11:002012-04-04T10:03:45.112+10:00I'm in loveIn other news, our painters will hopefully be there to start tomorrow. We have finally made our final selections with the paint. We were indecisive about the stain and quite unsure which way to go. Phil spoke to Ricky, the painter, who gave great advice and recommended that we stain all indoor (or out of the sun) timber in a clear stain to bring out the natural characteristics of the timber in a gloss finish. Our bottom step will be in a semi gloss finish. The timber feature posts on the balcony will be done in a UV resistant clear stain to bring out its timber features. We have opted to upgrade to Taubman's Endure and Modernview Homes were very accommodating with this late change. <br />
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Hopefully, our tiler will be back this week to complete the job. There was a small hiccup with tiles going missing. DiLorenzo have rectified this promptly and the tilers are expected back this week to complete all tiling. <br />
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Our balcony balustrade went in today and looks fantastic. We will upload a photo tomorrow. <br />
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We are still rapt with Modernview Homes and are so pleased with the job they are doing.Bel and Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09952064203170157352noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884285729880997773.post-50488563431085188772011-10-27T21:37:00.000+11:002011-10-27T21:37:44.610+11:00Tiling and other updates<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our build has been progressing quickly now. We have been so blessed. Each week there has been progress at our house. We are thrilled with the results and the tradies that our builder uses. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Over the last three weeks we have been busy, along with our builders. Phil organised the antenna installation - gotta have the tv up and ready for summer sport you know. He organised this through <a href="http://www.amavintegrated.com.au/">AM.AV Integrated Installations.</a> Andrew Mortimer (the owner) (0404412628) offered fantastic advice and helped with organising our tv and foxtel requirements throughout the house including out to our alfresco area. He also advised us on possible home theatre options, as this is one of his specialties too. We were really happy with his service and his price. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our antenna ready to go.<br />
Another job that has been done is the turf in our back yard. We wanted to get the turf down so that it would have time to 'bed in' before we move in with the boys and the dogs. We have used Matilda soft leaf buffalo. It feels like you are walking on a carpet of grass. We have been 'babying' it all week and it is already starting to grow. Phil will have to move it before we move in. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Phil and Nathan laying the turf. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our turf down (Hi Matt and Caz)</td></tr>
</tbody></table> Our tiles have been going down this week with some unfortunate delays that were out of our tiler's hands. Unfortunately, he decided to leave most of the tiles at their warehouse, but the tiles were stolen out of their warehouse, and so now we are waiting for more tiles to get ordered in. This is disappointing, however I'm sure that the tiler's will be doing everything they can to be able to finish our job in good time. We have been very happy with the workmanship from the DiLorenzo's tilers. They have been very professional. Luckily, this isn't going to slow the schedule down as the painters can still start next week as planned. Hopefully the tilers will be back next Wednesday to finish the feature tiles and the powder room. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our balcony - not grouted but glued down</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our ensuite bath. Our mirror will run the whole length of the wall above the feature tile.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A view of our ensuite from the door. This gives a better view of my wonderful, beautiful, amazing feature tile. This will also be in the shower niche. the mirror runs the whole length of this wall - almost to the ceiling. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The boys bathrrom. Their bath hob isn't tiled yet due to it being a feature tile. Next week. This is the room with their shower and bath only. The mirror is above the vanity.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the doorway to the boys bathroom area. Toilet straight ahead, vanity to the left, bathroom to the right. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our kitchen complete with Caesarstone benchtops in White Shimmer with free plastic covering. Our beautiful splashback tiles - which really have a metallic look to them. They are a 600 x 600mm rectified porcelain tile. We also have our beautiful pantry door hung. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another view of the splashback in more natural light. The downlights under the cupboard will make this area look amazing. It's hard to find a photo that will do this area justice. </td></tr>
</tbody></table>Next to happen on the build within the next week are:<br />
* Next week painting starts<br />
* Tiling should be finished<br />
* Shower screens and mirrors measured up and ordered<br />
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Motoring along now. Still looking good to move in during December. It's good to see all of our neighbours have started building now. We will have a wonderful community there by this time next year. <br />
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Hope all your builds are going well.Bel and Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09952064203170157352noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884285729880997773.post-8532825028959923432011-10-09T16:41:00.000+11:002011-10-09T16:41:43.826+11:00Family Home Inspection On Friday 7th October, we had our first ever 'family' inspection where the children were allowed to actually enter the house with us. We were so excited. The house is looking amazing. Just a few more cosmetic things to be done at the front now, like the balcony balustrade, balcony tiling and some paint touch ups. In the last few weeks we have had:<br />
* the front door hung<br />
* the garage door installed<br />
* the kitchen and vanities installed<br />
* laundry fitout installed including our laundry chute<br />
* cornices completed<br />
* gyprock mostly finished<br />
* most of the waterproofing finished<br />
* all downpipes installed and connected<br />
and we're not slowing down yet.<br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our door has been installed and is looking amazing. We are still waiting for the lock and the staining to be done here. However we are all so impressed with how it looks. Brilliant!!!!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj163Doe-IHpsKKEnu6qGmzqTXgSJslIZORVw98QbySQSIFe4GaCeM1RtPtOt0QW9u5fZMqKDLW8QZvMU_JUGdo_zmSfiuzP-4kS_Uc_1cQCzGL85J85BluEuZFONBMsXFDL-PB4ntXhM8/s1600/IMG_9391.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj163Doe-IHpsKKEnu6qGmzqTXgSJslIZORVw98QbySQSIFe4GaCeM1RtPtOt0QW9u5fZMqKDLW8QZvMU_JUGdo_zmSfiuzP-4kS_Uc_1cQCzGL85J85BluEuZFONBMsXFDL-PB4ntXhM8/s640/IMG_9391.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br />
First stop was the laundry (we came in through the garage). WOW!!!! I was totally blown away by how fantastic the laundry looks. The shelf that you can see in the first photo will have a hanging rail so that I can hang up shirts etc that can't go in the dryer but still take advantage of the warm air. That is also the reason that we have a small window in there, so that we can still have the window open, yet the door closed when the dryer is going. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The other amazing thing in my laundry in this cupboard (next to the sliding door). This is my amazing laundry chute. Inside this cupboard is a shelf about waist height that the clothes fall down to. Underneath this shelf are two more shelves that I can use for storage. I so LOVE it. So much easier for clothes to get to the laundry. The boys can't wait to put their 'dirty' clothes down there.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZi8xpPKKf6BpL27m2f0-64NZoVNfU4zt4aIqC0W-QkI20h-XYJbs_qVIk0VmhRKMaP-BBpTLZRoCWp2vTAqJ4MaUWhW7zHqxJvvtXH6FFyfzUVQIy5Qfh5qudKYkpAkPAy1lSF-UeZlQ/s1600/IMG_9397.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZi8xpPKKf6BpL27m2f0-64NZoVNfU4zt4aIqC0W-QkI20h-XYJbs_qVIk0VmhRKMaP-BBpTLZRoCWp2vTAqJ4MaUWhW7zHqxJvvtXH6FFyfzUVQIy5Qfh5qudKYkpAkPAy1lSF-UeZlQ/s400/IMG_9397.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Next stop was the powder room. The waterproofing has already been done ready for the tiling. Our shower niches are also in and look a fantastic size. Vanities are in as well. We are tiling to the ceiling in this room as there are no windows in here. <br />
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The view of the front door from inside along with the bulkhead and display niche. We are really happy with how our entrance looks. You can see the entrance to the kids loungeroom which will have double doors installed. <br />
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This is a photo from within the boys' lounge room. They have already decided where the tv is going and the lounge. Most of the rooms downstairs have square set cornices as our ceilings are 9 feet (or 2.8m) high. We felt that the square set cornices really make the ceilings look even higher and set off the high ceilings. <br />
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My beautiful staircase. Wow. I love it. I love the look of the stainless steel. The handrail is spotted gum as is the bottom step. We are still yet to decide on the stain for it. We are having spotted gum floating timber floor. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We will have a storage area under this side of the stairs. Opposite the stairs is a built in cupboard for our coats, bags, shoes and other items that are frequently used outside. We think that our architect was brilliant for including this. We would never have thought about it on our own. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK3PVg9USEATv8CrVOA8BCfP1qYDpl5UHODtyPZfgLwN4TAJQGxChYDWW_TXJGDVylNuCI-2Y4PJBBf_P5H0ZP5PYOOAqxCE5rF0UeTaMf0Z99CpE6NfBt3hfQKobjO7j-NBQTNzOmFo8/s1600/IMG_9417.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK3PVg9USEATv8CrVOA8BCfP1qYDpl5UHODtyPZfgLwN4TAJQGxChYDWW_TXJGDVylNuCI-2Y4PJBBf_P5H0ZP5PYOOAqxCE5rF0UeTaMf0Z99CpE6NfBt3hfQKobjO7j-NBQTNzOmFo8/s640/IMG_9417.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br />
Then we next went to the kitchen. WOW. (There were lots of Wow moments :) ). We decided to do graphite on the outside of the island bench and white everywhere else. Our kitchen is Createc Ultra White Gloss and we are thrilled with how it looks. The sides on the island bench are 35mm polyurethane to give the look of a waterfall effect (without the cost of the Caesarstone). We are putting in 40mm Caesarstone White Shimmer benchtops which will be measured up this week. This first photo with Phil and 2 of the boys is looking toward the pantry and the oven. Whilst we were there they were starting to instal the ducted rangehood. You might need to ask for this to be done if you want it. This was a standard inclusion with Modernview Homes yet other builders don't include this. <br />
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Next out to the alfresco. Phil was blown away by the way that Modernview did the bulkheads. It looks fantastic and highlights the height of the alfresco area. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next stop was up my beautiful stairs and our room. I love it. This is standing at our double doors looking into our bedroom. The white cupboard in the walk in wardrobe is the top half of the laundry chute. The boys were fascinated by it. Our walk in wardrobe runs the whole length behind the bed. Our ensuite is to the right of this photo. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>This is our shower with the niche in and the waterproofing done. It looks really generous. The wall on the left borders the separate toilet in our ensuite. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpvykf4ThfuQdNYeNgSsc4i0AlIfq3qlihqhkXta6nZu2Knhq9zLznw8A_9h0aGnjaJsYY5cJ704BD1BncP_rlda_wmIP2NNARWyGyvr5DQegjBEdDQGLNKvNx5xzcSDSXF-57sujmRRM/s1600/IMG_9418.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpvykf4ThfuQdNYeNgSsc4i0AlIfq3qlihqhkXta6nZu2Knhq9zLznw8A_9h0aGnjaJsYY5cJ704BD1BncP_rlda_wmIP2NNARWyGyvr5DQegjBEdDQGLNKvNx5xzcSDSXF-57sujmRRM/s640/IMG_9418.jpg" width="425" /></a><br />
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This is our separate toilet. We did think about it and debated it, however decided it was beneficial especially for the matrimonial harmony it would provide. This toilet has an extra strong exhaust fan lol. (It really does have an exhaust fan... just not extra strong). <br />
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The balcony primed for waterproofing and looking fabulous. It had rained overnight, yet the balcony hadn't gotten wet at all. <br />
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The boys bedrooms all look brilliant. They were all trying to decide where their beds were going along with their TV's (which they don't have) and other furniture in their rooms. This photo is a view from Ryan's room looking over to the bridge on Riverbank Drive. <br />
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This is another brilliant idea from our architect. This is the kid's bathroom area. It is a three way bathroom in that there are three areas - not three ways of entering. So this will be the toilet that you can see with a vanity along on the left hand side. This way someone can be in the toilet and other people can still be brushing their teeth or washing their hands. <br />
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This is the door that we are installing for the pantry. Love it. This was not a cheap upgrade but we are positive it will look a million dollars... well not quite. :) (Cost to upgrade was around $500)<br />
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* hang all the doors and finish the carpentry inside (architraves and skirting)<br />
* carpet and flooring getting measured up<br />
* electrical rough in<br />
* tv antenna installed<br />
* benches to be installed<br />
* tilers booked within the next two weeks<br />
* and the painter has been booked for the end of October.<br />
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We are so impressed and happy with our builders and especially Dean who is so helpful. We have already started packing over the school holidays with things that the boys won't need over the next few months. We are hoping to be moving in around the first week of December. <br />
*Bel and Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09952064203170157352noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884285729880997773.post-37859735443743822772011-09-23T21:28:00.003+10:002011-09-24T22:37:37.789+10:00Ezy Clip FencingWe had the first of our 3 fences installed today. I was very impressed with the professionalism that Michael Jones and his two tradies - Troy and Dave displayed at all times. I am very happy with the job that they have done. We wanted to get this fence up due to our northern neighbour already moved in.<br />
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The steel posts are in a long way down and we also decided to have the 200mm sleepers under the fence. It looks great. Enjoy the photos.<br />
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See Links for Contact info for Ezy Clip Fencing..<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taken from the other side of the yard.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking down the side of the fence.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Bel and Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09952064203170157352noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884285729880997773.post-53761516190022205392011-09-22T22:23:00.003+10:002011-09-23T07:47:20.902+10:00Gangbusters<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The front facade of the house... as it is now anyway. </td></tr>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: right;"></div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Our title is really the only description that is suitable for our house build at the moment. The wonderful guys from Modernview Homes are working so hard to try to get us in as soon as possible. Over the last 3 weeks we have had:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">* </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">all of the roof finished (including the bottom floor)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view from the park across the creek.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">* </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">all bricks cleaned (and the blue steel flash bricks are looking fantastic)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">* </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">eaves and guttering done for the first floor</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">* </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">scaffold down</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">* </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">timber posts on the balcony</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">* </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">cladding on and painted</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">* </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">eaves painted</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">* </span><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">sliding doors hung inside</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">* </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">electrical fit out completed</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">* </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">whirlybirds installed for the roof</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">* </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">insulation installed for walls and ceiling including the additional for soundproofing</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">* </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">various internal carpentry</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking from the stairs to the quiet zone and balcony</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">* </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">all waterproofing done to internal areas</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">* </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">pipes installed for the ducted vacuum (which will be purchased and installed later)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">* </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">alarm rough in</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">* </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">video intercom rough in</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">* </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">ducted air conditioning roughed in </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">* </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">gyprocking started</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">*</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">magnificent site clean completed</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view from the last vacant block around us at the back of the house.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view from our balcony to the rain garden</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">All of this in just THREE WEEKS. We love Modernview Homes. They are trying to get us in for Christmas. Let’s hope so. Dean (our site supervisor) continues to be fantastic. He keeps us in the loop and constantly updates us on what is happening and what will be happening next. Not only that, but we found Dean out there assisting in the site clean today helping get it ready for us. He is doing a magnificent job and going well beyond the call of duty. Jason is, as always, very patient. We have had some changes to our balcony recently. We changed our mind with how we wanted the balcony. Luckily, that part of the build hadn’t been ordered, so with a minimum of fuss, we were able to change that to a stainless steel handrail. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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The Blue Steel Flash bricks are looking amazing. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our bedroom</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">We’ve had a lot of help over the last couple of weeks and have met some wonderful tradesmen. Especially Mike Jones from Ezyclip fencing .Todd and his team – Ray and his son - the electricians who were very knowledgeable and gave some excellent advice. They also helped us with our Foxtel and TV points. Contact details will be provided. Andrew Mortimer from AM.AV Integrated Installations, who specialises in home theatres and home antennas was also most helpful in relation to our antenna and tv audio setup throughout the house with excellent advice at the right price. We will put up contact details and links for these tradespeople shortly. The three gyprockers who started today were powering along. We were so impressed by their dedication and hard work, Phil got them a couple of cold beers for the end of the day. They were very appreciative. <o:p></o:p></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The roof getting gyprocked in our family room downstairs.</td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">The fence on our north side will be going up tomorrow and we got 12 tonne of turf underlay delivered today. We actually had the back yard scraped and levelled when we got the site excavated which made cleaning up the back, getting ready for the turf a hell of a lot easier. We had the dirt delivered today because the fence goes up tomorrow and access will be significantly reduced. Dean seemed to think that it would be ok to get the lawn down in a week or so, so that the grass has time to grow and take before we (and the dogs) move in. This has made it much easier for us and Modernview Homes have been so flexible in allowing us to organise this. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front view from the side fence. This is where the fence is going in tomorrow.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The last load of our sand/soil mix delivered today.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Can’t wait to see what the next week will bring (but we know it will be gyprock and before we know it – hopefully- we’ll be locked out)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Our south neighbours have commenced their build and had their piers done and drainage. We are expecting to see their slab poured any day. Looking forward to meeting them again. <o:p></o:p></span></div>Bel and Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09952064203170157352noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884285729880997773.post-50195448273595997562011-08-27T21:41:00.001+10:002011-08-27T21:42:36.887+10:00Lid's on!Yes folks, that's right! We have a roof. We also have our top storey bricks washed. We are so happy with the way that the colours have turned out. Cladding has been delivered and Dean has informed us that it will be put up early this week (weather permitting of course). It will then be painted shortly after that. <br />
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Even though it seems to be taking forever to us, it is easy to see each week the progress that has been made.<br />
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It appears as though we won't be in for Christmas due to the large amount of work to be done inside. At least we know now and we are thinking around February. It will be a tight Christmas.... we may just delay Christmas until the 25th March at our house. We will just give the kids IOU's. They will need new beds when we move in. That will be their present :). We may be giving ebay a hammering then.<br />
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Our next door neighbours on the south side have been pegged out and I'm sure that they are anxious to be started as well. Our neighbours on the north side look like the house is ready for them to move into. Our neighbours behind us are going well (hi Matt and Caz) and they are about a week or two behind us. It's good to see Thigee and Ben moved in and we see them frequently when we go over to check out our house. <br />
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Now to the pictures and details. <br />
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The roof is Monier Horizon Flat tile in Kava with an A line ridge capping.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo taken of the north side. You can see the cleaned bricks on the second storey. This is C's room.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The southern side of the house, waiting for cladding. D and T having fun. Cladding to be painted in Shale Grey - the same colour as the garage.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This shot is from across the park. I think that the lovely sandstone suits our house beautifully. </td></tr>
</tbody></table>This week (weather permitting) will see the cladding installed, maybe painted, the scaffolding lowered and the roof done for the lower floor (specifically the garage, front loungeroom, family room and alfresco. Big week. As always - hoping for sunshine for us all. :)Bel and Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09952064203170157352noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884285729880997773.post-86402027917747244212011-08-27T21:22:00.000+10:002011-08-27T21:22:28.191+10:00FlooringWe have just realised that we haven't yet updated our blog about our floors. We decided to take the floors out and do them ourselves. <br />
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I did have my heart (Bel) set on solid timber floor and had even chosen to have red gum laid - BUT - there were some issues that we were having in relation to this issue, primarily how to protect the floor until handover, price and getting it sanded along with waiting the time after handover. At the end of the day and weighing up the pros and cons we decided to go floating floorboards. <br />
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Then came the decisions... colour (my first love was Spotted Gum floors and we couldn't have them in solid timber due to the climate at The Ponds) and then do them ourselves or through the builder.<br />
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We shopped around and decided to go with Harvey Norman at St Martin's Village, Blacktown. Tom was so helpful and did us a fantastic deal. So now we are having Spotted Gum Boral Engineered timber floor and our carpets are Smartstrand IQ-150. It felt amazing. Our first preference for colour was Atlantic Fog although Tom has assured us that we do have some flexibility to change our mind prior to him having to actually order it. <br />
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The service that Tom Connolly (Manager) gave was fantastic and he bent over backwards to help us and answer our questions. The deal that we ended up getting was the best around. We would highly recommend him to anyone looking for carpets or timber floors for their home.Bel and Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09952064203170157352noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884285729880997773.post-81476496401573195202011-08-11T21:05:00.000+10:002011-08-11T21:05:18.553+10:00We are BRICKED!! An A++++ jobOur bricking is finished and we are so rapt with the job that our extremely capable bricklayers did. The workmanship is top quality and we are so thrilled. They did some mitring ( I think that it is spelt like that) on the balcony and in Phil's opinion it looks a million bucks. <br />
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We are so happy with the professionalism that Rob, Fred and their crew displayed. If anyone is looking for fantastic bricklayers, contact Rob and his father Fred on the number that is displayed in the side bar. We cannot sing their praises enough. They had some great suggestions to improve the look of the brickwork and we were happy to follow their advice which was brilliant. <br />
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Phil can be very fussy and he was completely bowled over by the precision of their work. Now we are just waiting for the gutter and the facia to go in (hopefully the end of next week) with the roof and cladding on shortly after that. <br />
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We are happy with the brick colour that we have chosen and we're sure it's going to look fantastic when the bricks are cleaned. <br />
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Now to some pictures:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is from our back yard looking to the alfresco. We are so happy with the way that it looks.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fred laying our final brick on the house..... A celebration indeed.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our amazing brickies with Tristan who has been so interested in the whole build process but especially the bricklaying. He is thinking of doing this as a career.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The front of the house looking at it from the Riverside Drive side. The balcony has the most amazing detail.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The front view of the house.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>We are so excited to be further along on our journey. The cladding is to go on the left hand side and around the side and along some walls on the back. Our Site Supervisor, Dean, continues to be supportive and is always ready to answer any questions. In fact, all of the guys from Modernview Homes have been amazing. Their customer service and willingness to help is exceptional. We are so pleased that we have chosen this amazing company. We would highly recommend them. <br />
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It's very exciting to hear about all our neighbours and their progress. Matt and Carolyn's bricks are going gangbusters. Ben and Thigee are gearing up to move in. Our next door neighbours are almost at PCI. Skypie has had his top storey bricks cleaned. Things are certainly moving in Waterfall 9.<br />
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Hope everyone else's builds are going great and we continue to hope for fantastic weather. Goodness knows we've had enough bad weather since we started.Bel and Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09952064203170157352noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884285729880997773.post-11372830063557383232011-07-26T19:42:00.000+10:002011-07-26T19:42:40.519+10:00Bricking going well...and watch out for that Fox...Belinda and I are very happy with the brick work, we also love the look of the blue steel flash bricks. The north side of the house looks like an lap pool at the moment so lets hope the rain stays away. I received a text from Caza and Mat today saying that they saw a Fox in one of our neighbours homes on the weekend.<br />
Its all happening in our area..Mat and Caza's frame was finished today, which is great..<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">South side of the house next to the 69er's, Mat and Caza house is the one at the back..</td></tr>
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Weather forecast is looking better next week.......<br />
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Bring on sunny days.Bel and Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09952064203170157352noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884285729880997773.post-79908671772719492352011-07-18T16:53:00.001+10:002011-07-18T17:05:47.757+10:00Bricking started and more photo's<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking into the back half of the house Family & Alfresco. Meals is to the right of the photo and the kitchen is to the left.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Belinda's study. 3.9m x 3.5m</td></tr>
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There were only two blokes working on the house, however they did an amazing job even in some difficult weather conditions. We were a bit worried they were going to be blown off the top storey in that horrific wind last week... but they weren't. <br />
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Our frame has been completed as you will be able to see. Our windows are in. Our bricks are delivered. Our cement and sand is there as well. The plumber is coming tomorrow (Monday) to do the pipes roughing in. The bricklayer will be there tomorrow doing his termite protection thing. (This is all hinging, of course, on the rain staying away). The bricklayer and his team will then be back on Tuesday to start bricking. WOO HOOOO!!!<br />
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All of the upgrades / changes / finer details have now been chosen or sorted. Jason has been fantastic and assisted us in every way possible over the last few months. Dean (our SS) has also been excellent and made some fantastic suggestions that we have taken on board. This has included (just in case people are reading this before they start building) a bulkhead to the foyer to assist in giving the foyer the 'WOW factor' we are after. This is in addition to recommending that we install downlights in our family / kitchen / dining area. This was something that Phil had been seesawing about since we started looking at lights. So... we are now having down lights in this area.<br />
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We also picked up an error on our part. We had increased the height of the front door previously and we had thought that we had increased all other things.... and we did... except the bulkhead (2 metres from the front door) and door into the front lounge room. <br />
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We are having 9 foot ceilings (2700mm) downstairs and the bulkhead from the foyer into the stair area was at 2.1m. Luckily we picked this up at this stage in the process and it's not too expensive to fix up. So we then thought we should increase the size of the lounge room doors and also lifted up the display niche - so they will all now be the same height in the foyer area. <br />
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Some of our upgrades include:<br />
* Smeg 900mm freestanding oven (my mother's day present :) )<br />
* Amazingly beautiful tiles from DiLorenzo (my ensuite feature tile was my birthday present)<br />
* Square set cornices for the downstairs areas (except the laundry)<br />
* Laundry fit out<br />
* Fancy door to the pantry<br />
* Lighting and electrical upgrades (all those downlights)<br />
* Front door and lock upgrade<br />
* Upgraded staircase (stainless steel balusters, spotted gum bottom step (in line with the timber floor we are now having) and maple handrail)<br />
* Tiling to the ceiling in the powder room<br />
* Extra width to all of the bathroom vanities and drawers added as well<br />
* Kitchen upgrades (including under mount sink, additional pot drawers, another row of overhead cupboards, bulkhead, microwave tower and a hidewaway deluxe pull out bin)<br />
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If you are interested in costs or why we've chosen these, please private message us and we will be happy to provide further details. <br />
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Now for the pictures. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking towards our front door with the balcony roof on. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking from across the road. You can see the bricks that have been delivered in the front yard. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking from our porch through to the back of our house. In the foreground are our Blue Steel Flash bricks. </td></tr>
</tbody></table>We are getting so excited watching our house take shape. Phil is meeting the plumber on site tomorrow morning at 7am so he will be getting some 'inside' photos. This journey is so exciting.Bel and Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09952064203170157352noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884285729880997773.post-65442392426958192582011-06-21T20:12:00.000+10:002011-06-21T20:12:37.589+10:00We are SLABBED!!!!!Yes, our slab went down on Saturday (Bel's been madly writing reports since then). It's all really starting. Hopefully things are going to zoom along now. I couldn't understand why people would take so many photos of a slab. Now I know. It's the start of the dream. It's really happening. We (well Phil) can actually visualise the rooms. I'm not so good at visual spatial stuff. I'll just wait for the frame to go up - then I can 'see' the rooms. :) <br />
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There is a lot of action happening in our section of The Ponds at the moment. Action happening for Yopz (Skypie), Thigee and now Matt and Caza - our back fence neighbours. Everyone is zooming along so quickly. It was great to meet more people from our neighbourhood on Saturday. That is of course in addition to 'our' rain garden that they are so kindly landscaping for us (across the road near the creek). This is in addition to the work that they are doing on the 'pond / creek' up on the corner of Waterfall Boulevarde and Meander Crescent. Our other next door neighbours are now in council too. Woo hoo. <br />
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So to the pictures: (Don't worry I won't upload the 100 + photos I took - as I said... I understand it now :) )<br />
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There was / is still so much mud around the site. Hopefully more of that has dried up now. Next step drainage. Our SS indicated that the plan was to do it on Friday. Hopefully the weather doesn't delay us anymore. We (and Matt and Caza) just need about a month of good weather. Overcast is fine - just no rain till the roof is on and the bricks are done. I'm sure Skypie is hoping for that too. Along with all the other builds that are happening in our little neighbourhood.<br />
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Here's hoping for lots of sunshine from now on.Bel and Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09952064203170157352noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884285729880997773.post-76937662640287565732011-06-07T22:00:00.000+10:002011-06-07T22:00:19.337+10:00We are piered....... :)Today we got piered. We now have the piers deep in the ground under our soon to be slab and then house. It was an emotional day...... excited on the one hand that real things are happening....... sad on the other hand that so much money was getting buried under ground............ SOOOOOO much money..... but - then ... on the other hand...... if the foundations aren't good.... then the house isn't good. Our foundations have cost us over $8 000 more than was allocated in the tender. This is because of the "H" class slab and the extra 65 lineal metres of piering... or 59 piers at an average of 2.4m each. At least we know that we really do have buried treasure under our house :) <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On another non related note..... our tile nightmare has continued. Due to unforeseen circumstances we had to rechoose our tiles at DiLorenzo as requested by our builder. Talk about a kid in a candy shop. So many choices....... We have pretty much stuck to our final choices at the previous tile place, however couldn't match the floor tile within budget. We have also changed our mind about the feature tile in the ensuite along with the niche tile in the powder room. We are anxiously awaiting the quote from them to decide what we can do. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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Bel and Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09952064203170157352noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884285729880997773.post-55072372796455205272011-05-27T22:49:00.000+10:002011-05-27T22:49:47.237+10:00Day 1Well today the site was excavated. Woo hoo!!!!! <br />
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We had the land cut to the back boundary today. It is very exciting. We also have a fence now as well. We decided to level the whole block while they were there today to save angst and money further down the track. We also want a flat back yard. This meant that there was a little more fill to get rid of but only 70 tonne - so not too much in building terms. More money though, :( although we did get a good deal. <br />
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This is from the back of our block looking towards our rain garden. <br />
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We have been busy with our choices. We have changed our mind about our bathroom tiles and this has been giving us some grief (along with Maria (from the World of Tiles) some grief too - although she has been totally professional and wonderful). We have decided to treat all 3 bathrooms as different identities as they all fulfil different needs. We have decided to have the mirror for the whole length of the wall and our feature tile (very special feature tile) running the length underneath along with being in the shower niche. The tile going over the bath is the same for both bathrooms. <br />
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The bath tile:<br />
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This will be laid vertically over both baths. The feature tile in the ensuite will be:<br />
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The feature tile in the shower niche in the main bathroom is:<br />
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Their feature tile is essentially the bath tile in a mosaic pattern.<br />
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The feature tile in the downstairs bathroom will be on the wall as you walk in (in the shower and behind the toilet. This is essentially the white option of the bath feature tile for the upstairs bathrooms. <br />
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The tile in the shower niche for the downstairs bathroom is:<br />
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The laundry splashback tile (which we will be getting extras so that when we eventually fit out our laundry we can have it running the whole length)<br />
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We are still trying to decide on our upgrades to our stairs. The first quote was a bit scary. So now we need to decide what we will cut. We are definitely having the stainless steel balusters and the stained timber handrail, however the bottom red gum step will probably have to go :( What do we want more... is what it came down to. <br />
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We have also done the electrical plan and are happy with our compromises there. We have decided not to have downlights everywhere downstairs..... just in some feature areas. We have also submitted our plan for the kitchen design and we are now just waiting to find out how much more it's going to cost. <br />
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We are very excited and can't wait for our dream home to be built.Bel and Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09952064203170157352noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884285729880997773.post-48711348153815025302011-05-04T20:43:00.003+10:002011-05-04T21:19:54.501+10:00Ready........ Set........ GO!!!!!!We have today, received notification of the first progress payment being made to the builder. This is it! Engineering drawings almost done. We have almost finished the selections. We are all very excited and worried simultaneously. <br />
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We are hoping to start this month. Fingers crossed.<br />
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We have been looking at stairs. We had no idea how many options or choices there were available. We think we have decided on our final choice, however, of course, it's an upgrade. <br />
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We have changed our mind from ceramic tiles for the bathroom / laundry floor to glazed porcelain. They look amazing and we'll just need to get some rubber backed mats. They will also be used for the laundry splashback. We still love our feature tile.<br />
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We have started to look at all of the upgrades that we want............ Some difficult choices will need to be made although we have saved some money by opting for tiles as the splashback. We have also checked the quote for our beautiful timber floors and discovered that it was cheaper than we had planned. We have decided to go with Timber Floors at Smithfield. We are having hardwood 100m Red Gum Timber floors sitting on hardwood battens.<br />
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It will look amazing on the bottom floor and is also one of the most hard wearing timbers (kids and dogs). This timber also is well suited to The Ponds area due to the levels of humidity and changes in temperature particularly in summer. We have been very happy with the service we have received and if you want more details as in contact or prices quoted to us, please pm us. <br />
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We have also pretty much chosen our benchtops. We are going with white shimmer Caesarstone in the kitchen and night sky Caesarstone in the bathrooms. It is all really starting to come together........ finally :)<br />
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We are getting more excited every day and can't wait to see our dream come true.<br />
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The stairs we like, but with no timber stained baluster top.<br />
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The Red Gum Floor to the Entry, Foyer, Hall, Meals, Family, Kitchen & Pantry.<br />
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The builder gave us our selections books which has been a rather overwhelming process to realise ALL of the things we need to make decisions on, although the guys at ModernView have been more than helpful. We are going through the book and making decisions and will have a meeting with them in the next week or so to discuss what we have chosen.<br />
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We went to a lighting shop the other day just to get some ideas. It was a new one on Sunnyholt Road Blacktown, Sunnyholt Lighting Warehouse (Phone 02 8678 4353) and the lady who helped us (Naomi although spelt differently to this) was very helpful. (Incidentally some of the lights that we saw here were almost half the price of the same lights in other stores that we have seen in and around Castle Hill. Check them out.)<br />
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We also went to the World of Tiles today to get some ideas for our tile selections. Wow - on a number of levels. There was such a great choice of tiles and we had superior customer service from both Maria (our style guru) and Joe. <br />
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We explained to Maria the kind of look we were after and what we wanted and she guided us in the right direction - even after Phil came up with a 'great idea' that Maria and Bel had been discussing and had agreed upon. It was very funny. <br />
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So our choices - although these haven't been totally agreed upon yet, we are confident and very happy with our choices. <br />
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This tile really blew us away for our kitchen splashback. It really does look better than this picture indicates. This tile is 600 x 600 mm so we would just have one tile height as our splashback behind the stove and along the benches. Phil loved this at first sight, whilst it took me a little longer to like it. I think it will look stunning with the Caesarstone benchtop and the high gloss white cupboards. Very impressive. (It is a glazed porcelain tile although it looks metallic).<br />
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The service that we received and the helpfulness that all of the staff displayed were excellent. If you are looking for tiles, we would highly recommend that they are worth a visit. <br />
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A little further along our fantastic journey and it's all starting to become real for us.... finally.Bel and Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09952064203170157352noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884285729880997773.post-59755664685659401222011-04-17T20:30:00.000+10:002011-04-17T20:30:15.722+10:00New parks to green The Ponds - Environment - News - Rouse Hill Times<a href="http://rouse-hill-times.whereilive.com.au/news/story/new-parks-to-green-the-ponds/">New parks to green The Ponds - Environment - News - Rouse Hill Times</a>Bel and Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09952064203170157352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884285729880997773.post-55008064557213980292011-04-15T11:37:00.000+10:002011-04-15T11:37:53.826+10:00Kitchen and Bathroom IdeasWe went looking for ideas / inspiration for our kitchen and bathrooms. These are the top contenders...although nothing is decided upon yet.<br />
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We like these feature tiles for the kitchen with the light cupboards and white benchtop. This would be instead of a glass splashback. Still not sure which way to go yet. We also liked the idea of having the feature tiles just behind the cooktop. Our timber floors are planned to be Red Gum so the black / white theme will be predominant especially downstairs.<br />
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We like the dark tiles on the floor with a bit of a feature tile around the baths (both bathrooms upstairs have a bath). We would then repeat these tiles in the niches for the showers. The tiles on the wall would then be a classic white.<br />
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This will be the door to the pantry in our kitchen. We like the white door with the reddish timber floor. We only have 1 door into the pantry. Eventually we would like to replace all the doors for the media room and the entry into the living area at the back... which for now, due to costs, are all standard doors.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJXVfPqEv1_YQkpdmpHky0rcPKN3kfjh4nfPWKEM0nkM2nOwekmXBWY_V-b0yCHVUVU9aNsw34OsrtTNiRZjhLf4ADyQmaovVT-EdOoEzvwLfBx1g4aF0pizHb_2Pb3RqNAyAF3gj3HWI/s1600/100_4252.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJXVfPqEv1_YQkpdmpHky0rcPKN3kfjh4nfPWKEM0nkM2nOwekmXBWY_V-b0yCHVUVU9aNsw34OsrtTNiRZjhLf4ADyQmaovVT-EdOoEzvwLfBx1g4aF0pizHb_2Pb3RqNAyAF3gj3HWI/s320/100_4252.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>We like the benchtop and the sink - I can't remember what this is called... but I like it.<br />
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Still thinking and deciding.Bel and Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09952064203170157352noreply@blogger.com3