Updates -late March.. dismal results

Came back from 4 weeks of holidays to only peer through the window to see that the holes in the roof have been unmended although it was verbally said it will be done before I left..... hmmm.

Some new updates- Render is done, but not painted yet.

An attempt to fix the cut out so it actually is centralised..

The rails were put in.

Decking partly done. Can see holes through those.

hmm.. roof is replaced with floor tiles?

mirror's put in for ensuite

and common bath. Thats it. I would have thought handover being in less than 2 months, more would have happened!

Found in Singapore.. homewares worth a look.

Found all these in a mall in Singapore.

I would love to have this to dry my dishes, but was not able to bring this back... what a waste!

This one would be an option to put near the door where we can hang keys, slot letters and place our coats up.

Love this one better at the front door.

And these mirrors would look stunning grazing the wall leading downstairs- only a dream for now.

I sort of think these are pretty outstanding.

Anyhow, there were plenty to see but not enough to carry back to Aust!

Window Treatments

I finally arrived in Singapore and checked out the embroided blinds I saw, and they are too expensive I must say.. not to mention how I was going to tug blinds back over 2m long!

These are the choices of embroidered blinds from Korea.

I saw this one that sort of matcheed with the colour scheme of the house and was embroidered as well but they were curtains. Hubby didnt like them.

In the end, I went for this shimmery feel - curtains for the meals, family areas and the alfresco door.

This one we saw at Spotlight & were happy with but at $72 a metre, its ridicuoulsy expensive!

So, we managed to confirm something afterall!

Current Home for Sale - sad to see it go....

Having started our 1st home and lived for most of the time here in Australia, this is our humble abode.

We are upgrading but would love to keep this home as it serves us well. ( not served because it still is serving us well now)

Which makes it kind of sad, here is our kitchen. We are hoping that a lovely family take this over and make sure its well taken care of. 

Here is our rumpus room - which is the games room. A very handy spare room to have!

Our dining area - Dave has landscaped the side garden with a vege patch consisting of a few herbs and includes a nectarine tree. What you can see is the swainy bamboo with a little Japanese Garden concept outside.

our bed room.

Daniel's bedroom. The other bedroom is simialr in size but decided not to post up. too many pics!

The side and back yard is really nice for the dogs to run around and for Daniel to spend time in.

Alas, this home is for sale, and pray that the family who buys this will treat it with the same care we did.

Plumbing taking shape

Its starting to take shape.. I am not going to think abt my roof at this stage. too scary!

Sinks are going in - thats the kitchen area.

Looks good - I think I might have to contact Claytons Kitchen to get another pc of board to cover up the are where the dishwasher was meant to go as we are not having one installed.  No point when we have hands! :)  We have one in our current house for the past 8 yrs and never used it once!

Thats additional storage for us!

Toilet bowl in. Check.

Laundry sink in. - check.

Broken plaster - done to get the plumbing in - check.

( I would have thot they cut in and not smash it?)

Showers in - check.

Hope there is more progress to see in the next week!

This is embarassing!

On the 4th of Feb, Melbourne encountered very freakish weather and it poured more than 100mm in 20 mins. This is the aftermath.

Note: This is the bottom storey ceiling!

Welcomed by a waterry entry..... drips everywhere.

The entire garage is filled with water stains on all plaster walls.

Upstairs-  all the floorboards were wet - and now watermarks have formed.  Thats' Daniel's room.

Master Bedroom entry also showed signs of water...

I havent noticed this before... hmmm..

Water stains on stairs too...... this is really embarassing coming from a renowned builder, I am somehow worried about living there in this? It better get fixed and inspected. This is just wrong.

Beauty..... the right colours at last!

This is great- went to have an inspection today and we finally have our whitish looking kitchen cabinents! The wrong one that they gave us at first looked pretty bad..

Tiles and mostly done and the home is in FIX UP stage now, so its looking closer to looking like a home!