So in our return to normal coverage, here is the walk through after some crazy plasterers did a weeks work in a couple of days!

Here is the front entrance.

Where the front door will be one day!

The entrance hallway - we are so happy with the high ceilings!

The home theatre area.

The view from our bedroom into the ensuite!

The media alcove in our bedroom.

Our new laundry.

The family room and dining area.

The pantry.

The kitchen.

More family room.

Spare bedroom.

Our sons new bedroom!

The window in our sons room!

Our new bathroom!

The shower!

The alfresco area.

Alfresco into the garage.

The view from the family room back to the dining area.

So all in all, a super busy week, and our house is really looking like a house!

A crazy busy month

It has been noted by my friends that I have not updated this page for a while. It has not been due to a lack of action by our builders... so much has happened, but I have just been busy! Sorry!

Here are some pictures so you can see what happened during the last month.

So we have selected our screen doors and we are going for this invisi-guard stuff.

The brickwork is all done.

 The bricks look quite dark here, but they are not that dark in real life.

The front of the house has taken shape. 

Guttering has been put up. 

Stuff was put up to stop our roofers falling off the roof.

This is exhaust pipe for our rangehood. 

There are air-con ducts everywhere.

Cables hanging from the rafters.

Rendering out the front was completed.

 Our front porch starting to look pretty.

More rendering.

The cables for the outdoor alfresco area.

The air con unit.

I think our house should be nice and chilly in summer.

More rendering.

 The micro-switch for the pantry light.

Our pretty house!

Our insulation.

Bricklaying Progress Update

Here are some progress photos from last Saturday, demonstrating what the brickies managed to achieve within a day.

We had originally chosen chose a raked finish on the mortar, but our helpful SS and brickie contacted us to recommend that we went with an ironed finish when they saw the bricks. We followed their advice, and are super happy with the result.

Brickwork on the front of the house, outside the Home Theatre.

The side of the house - you can kind of see what the final colour will look like - the bricks need a good clean, but we are happy so far.

Another view of the Home Theatre: 

The side of the house showing the corbelling. 

The ensuite window:

We are happy with the progress, and the brickies should get a round of applause for cracking on with the work!

Frame is up, plumbing done!

The framing was finished this week.  The plumbers turned up at the end of the week, and have finished running all of the water and gas lines.

View from the back of the house:

The garages:

 Our future bathtub:

The stacker door out to the Alfresco:

The view from the front:

The alfresco area: 

The future outdoor kitchen:

Word from the SS is that our bricks will be delivered this week, and the brickies should start on Thursday. At this stage the weather looks like it will be good for bricklaying!