Wow, it's been over a month since my last update but this time that's not due to a lack of activity at the build, I've just not kept up with keeping the blog updated.
About a week after the stone went in, the tilers returned to commence tiling downstairs. This meant the guest ensuite, the powder, kitchen and scullery splashbacks as well as the vast majority of the ground floor and alfresco. They also had to do the upstairs kitchenette splashback. The team doing the tiling was Ross, Chris and Jordan from Causerano Tiling. I honestly couldn't be happier with them, they take great pride in their work, ensuring everything is clean, straight as a die and level. They actually screeded the entire ground floor (and alfresco) before setting the main flooring tiles to ensure a perfectly level finish.
The tiling crew worked away for around three solid weeks, finishing mid September. The finished product looks so good, especially the main floor. At one point, they were at the build on a Saturday and we happened to drop past and they let Josh and Imogen help with the grouting to the kitchen splashback. The kids were very excited to be able to say they helped.
We have also had other bits and pieces of finishing work happen around the site. First we had the temporary front door replaced with our final front door selection, which is an oversized wooden door with horizon glass windows. The bar area cabinetry was installed, balcony balustrading installed, various electrical bits and pieces finished off, all the toilets, sinks, showers, etc fitted off and connected, now all fully operational and the rendering team return to render the entire downstairs area. It's really starting to look like the finish line is getting close now.
As the finish line is approaching, that also means we've needed to get ourselves into gear and think about everything we need to do after handover. So we've been busy working with Lifestyle Wardrobes on all our bedroom robe designs, TV units, study fit out cabinetry, mud room cabinetry and games rooms cabinetry. We've also purchased a new King size bed and mattress as our housewarming gift to ourselves, re-engaged the landscaping team that did up our initial design to get a quote for build works, appointed a building inspector, signed up for carpets and bought a rug for the master bedroom.
Finally, in the most exciting news yet, we have a date for PCI! It's booked for 8am, Friday October 18th, just over three weeks time from typing this. Two weeks after that and we should have keys (somewhere around Nov 1st).
