The bathroom mirrors have been installed, unfortunately the one for the ensuite is chipped and needs to be redone so the poor guy who was there all by himself grunting and straining to lift the damn thing on his own had to carry back to his van again. He was not impressed.
The replacement study door and handles have arrived so they need installing and staining. The stairs will also need to be stained and a few minor corrections needed to be done around the place from the last time we were in. I want to go in again to check on couple of things but haven't been able to get in the house for a while, it'd be nice to measure up for some window treatments so we can get an idea of how much we need to spend and to see if some of those small issues we'd picked up on have been rectified. I think if I don't hear from the SS soon about PCI I'm just going to push for a site meeting. He actually hasn't spoken to us since the last one, what a big baby he is. I will definitely telling Metricon that his attitude and behaviour in the past few weeks has not been pleasant and I would not do business with him again. Shame because the house is awesome.
Showing posts with label Bathrooms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bathrooms. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Finishing Touches and Tidying Up
The final push to finish our homes continues. The shower screens and bathroom mirrors have been installed and the totally over flowing site bin has been cleared away. The rest of the site is still a tip so we presume they will do a final site clean a little closer to PCI/handover.
I plan to speak to the SS tomorrow to see if we can set a definite PCI date so I can book the building inspector as well. We will also be going out to check out some furniture while everywhere has sales on. This is the sort of thing we'd like for the family room.
We (I should actually say Sandy) worked tirelessly yesterday ringing for quotes on gas, electric and building insurance as well as finalising what fencing we are having and getting us an new quote. It appears that we will now be having frameless glass fencing for around the pool and we have seen aluminium fencing that looks just like timber that would be awesome for a privacy/feature fencing. No maintenance and no wood stain bleeding out and dripping colour onto the granite pavers. aluminium slats gallery
It is so surreal that almost a year to the day that the land auction happend we will be moving in to our new home. Crazy.
I plan to speak to the SS tomorrow to see if we can set a definite PCI date so I can book the building inspector as well. We will also be going out to check out some furniture while everywhere has sales on. This is the sort of thing we'd like for the family room.
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| King Furniture - Kato Deluxe - In Grey? |
We (I should actually say Sandy) worked tirelessly yesterday ringing for quotes on gas, electric and building insurance as well as finalising what fencing we are having and getting us an new quote. It appears that we will now be having frameless glass fencing for around the pool and we have seen aluminium fencing that looks just like timber that would be awesome for a privacy/feature fencing. No maintenance and no wood stain bleeding out and dripping colour onto the granite pavers. aluminium slats gallery
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| Looks Like Timber But Is Aluminium |
It is so surreal that almost a year to the day that the land auction happend we will be moving in to our new home. Crazy.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Where Are The Photos?
My apologies for getting really behind with posting photographs, I was away at a workshop for a few days and had left the camera with the family so they could follow progress. There now follows an awful lot of pictures as I wasn't sure whether to add them to previous posts or just put them all in one big photo journal.
See photo journal Parts 1 -5
See photo journal Parts 1 -5
Monday, September 5, 2011
Tile-rrific
The tilers are continuing with the floor to ceiling tiles today in the wet areas which includes the showers and sides and edges around the bath. I'm really liking are tile choices, I think the bathrooms look smart and cozy all at the same time and I can't wait to be in there having a long soak in my bath with my essential oils and candles. We only have a shower at our apartment and it really doesn't do it for me. The tilers have also done the floor on the balcony area of the master bedroom, they are a similar colour to the wall tiles in the bathrooms. As I was checking things over I noticed a couple of tiles had slipped so I was teasing them about the joins not been straight in the bathroom so one of them came and pushed them back into line for us. They were only a couple of millimeters out but he agreed they needed to be perfect - nice guys, very professional and good fun.
The plasterer was in Saturday morning (and boy was he grumpy!!) finishing under the stairs and taking the cornices in the bathrooms off. Unfortunately he did the ones in the toilets too and the tiles are only a skirting in those so he'll have to come back and put up some new ones! I couldn't see any sign of a door for under the stairs will have to check that with the SS again.
The timber doors and bi folds are being stained mahogany and the painter will start painting for real tomorrow. The timber looks quite striking now it is more of a contrast against the white walls.
We asked the SS if we could have another row or two of tiles for the butler's pantry and he said if there are enough tiles on site he will get the boys to do it. There was an extra pack of tiles in the garage and a few more had been stacked on the bench in the pantry so I think they will have enough to do that for us. Excellent.
So what is left to do?
Exterior cladding to complete
Downpipes
Water tank
Hot water system
Air con
Painting
Electrics
Baths and showers plus screens and taps
Toilets
Tiling and carpets
Appliances
Concrete for drive and paths
and I think that is it...... oh my goodness it's going to be finished before we know it.!!!
The plasterer was in Saturday morning (and boy was he grumpy!!) finishing under the stairs and taking the cornices in the bathrooms off. Unfortunately he did the ones in the toilets too and the tiles are only a skirting in those so he'll have to come back and put up some new ones! I couldn't see any sign of a door for under the stairs will have to check that with the SS again.
The timber doors and bi folds are being stained mahogany and the painter will start painting for real tomorrow. The timber looks quite striking now it is more of a contrast against the white walls.
We asked the SS if we could have another row or two of tiles for the butler's pantry and he said if there are enough tiles on site he will get the boys to do it. There was an extra pack of tiles in the garage and a few more had been stacked on the bench in the pantry so I think they will have enough to do that for us. Excellent.
So what is left to do?
Exterior cladding to complete
Downpipes
Water tank
Hot water system
Air con
Painting
Electrics
Baths and showers plus screens and taps
Toilets
Tiling and carpets
Appliances
Concrete for drive and paths
and I think that is it...... oh my goodness it's going to be finished before we know it.!!!
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| Doors Stained |
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| Under Stairs Boarded - Where's The Door? |
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| Tiles in Bathroom Shower - Recess Will Be In The Dark Tile Too |
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| Smart Tile Drain In Shower |
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| Bath Surround Tiled |
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| Balcony Tiles |
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| In Close Up |
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| Ensuite Tiles - Are You Sure They Are Straight? Teasing! |
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Its Starting To Look Like Home
So the cladding isn't finished, they are waiting for some more brick capping to come before they can do more but what cladding there is has been painted along with the sofits. There was a solitary painter on site who was kind enough to let us in so we could check on progress.
When Sandy when for the site meeting yesterday the tilers weren't actually given a lot of information as to what goes where and which tile is which (that's worrying!) so she gave them our tile samples showed them which tile was which and also gave them our plans from the Tile Studio which were much more detailed. That way they have no excuses for any potential stuff ups.
The wet areas floors have been tiled (we are having floor to ceiling tiles so there is a lot for them to do) and thankfully we are happy with the colour choices as the tiles used for the powder room will be the same as we are having for the entry, hallway and family kitchen dining spaces so they are going to taking up a lot of square meterage. They have laid the shower areas in a diamond layout which I'm not that keen on but its really hard for them to get the fall right if they lay the tiles square and you can end up with water pooling in all the wrong places. I'm sure once the shower screens are on and the other tiles are done it'll look fine. The splash backs in the laundry and butler's pantry have also been done, hopefully the butler's pantry gets more tiles than are currently there as two rows looks quite stingey. We went for white in the laundry and a greyish tone in the pantry which looks very smart. In the kitchen the island bench is completed and the upgrade sink is in (nice). In fact I think all the sinks in the bathrooms have also been fitted. ( I had a super fast whiz through the house as the painter was getting ready to go home and I didn't want to hold him up).
The study doors have been hung, they are the same style as the front door but with translucent glass and of course they look fantastic, I should think so too the cost enough!! Initially we are planning to use the study as a playroom for our son so all his mess can stay in there and be hidden away with one swift slide of the door.
Under the stairs the framework has been started for the space to be boarded, the SS told us a few weeks back that they will put a door on here so we can use it as a storage cupboard will have to keep an eye on that to make sure it happens.
I think that's pretty much it for progress thus far, I can't believe how much they have done..... the bill for lock up will come shortly and as they have done so much inside they next stage will be completed almost as soon as we pay for lock up so it's going to be bills, bills for us.
Are we pleased with our build? Yes. Have we been happy with Metricon? Yes. We have no complaints and everything has been handled swiftly and professionally so far. Let's hope we can say the same once the build is complete.
Warning Lots of photos again:
When Sandy when for the site meeting yesterday the tilers weren't actually given a lot of information as to what goes where and which tile is which (that's worrying!) so she gave them our tile samples showed them which tile was which and also gave them our plans from the Tile Studio which were much more detailed. That way they have no excuses for any potential stuff ups.
The wet areas floors have been tiled (we are having floor to ceiling tiles so there is a lot for them to do) and thankfully we are happy with the colour choices as the tiles used for the powder room will be the same as we are having for the entry, hallway and family kitchen dining spaces so they are going to taking up a lot of square meterage. They have laid the shower areas in a diamond layout which I'm not that keen on but its really hard for them to get the fall right if they lay the tiles square and you can end up with water pooling in all the wrong places. I'm sure once the shower screens are on and the other tiles are done it'll look fine. The splash backs in the laundry and butler's pantry have also been done, hopefully the butler's pantry gets more tiles than are currently there as two rows looks quite stingey. We went for white in the laundry and a greyish tone in the pantry which looks very smart. In the kitchen the island bench is completed and the upgrade sink is in (nice). In fact I think all the sinks in the bathrooms have also been fitted. ( I had a super fast whiz through the house as the painter was getting ready to go home and I didn't want to hold him up).
The study doors have been hung, they are the same style as the front door but with translucent glass and of course they look fantastic, I should think so too the cost enough!! Initially we are planning to use the study as a playroom for our son so all his mess can stay in there and be hidden away with one swift slide of the door.
Under the stairs the framework has been started for the space to be boarded, the SS told us a few weeks back that they will put a door on here so we can use it as a storage cupboard will have to keep an eye on that to make sure it happens.
I think that's pretty much it for progress thus far, I can't believe how much they have done..... the bill for lock up will come shortly and as they have done so much inside they next stage will be completed almost as soon as we pay for lock up so it's going to be bills, bills for us.
Are we pleased with our build? Yes. Have we been happy with Metricon? Yes. We have no complaints and everything has been handled swiftly and professionally so far. Let's hope we can say the same once the build is complete.
Warning Lots of photos again:
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| Powder Room - These Tiles Will Continue Throughout Most Of Downstairs |
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| Stud Work Prior To Boarding Under Stairs |
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| The Island Bench |
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| Kitchen Sink |
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| Laundry - Plain White Tiles |
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| Butler's Pantry Splashback - Will It Only Be 2 Tiles High? |
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| Study Door - Fixed and Sliding Panels |
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| Caution! |
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| Ensuite Vanity With Sinks and Extra Holes for Electrical Socket |
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| Ensuite Floor Tiled Note Diamond Pattern In Shower and Cut Outs for Smart Tile Wastes |
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| Looks Like the Cornice Has to Go |
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| Dark Tile (left) For Shower Wall and Brown Tile (Right) for the Rest |
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Bench Tops, Tiles and Photos
The cladding work has been at a stand still, don't know where they are or why they aren't on our job they packed up and left lunch time Friday and haven't been seen since. Positive - not at lock up stage until the cladding is done so the money gets to stay in the bank longer. Negative - the scaffolding stays up longer and excavation work for the pool gets delayed again. I know it will get done eventually but I find it difficult to comprehend why they start something and don't finish it when it only looks like there is a days work left to get it completed. I know they get scheduled to do other jobs and can't be in two places at once but still....hang on oh let me do a double take what's that up on the scaffolding......could it be...yes it is it's the cladding team.
And well pardon me for thinking nothing had been happening on site. Inside is a very different story... the chippie has finished all the skirting and architraves and put shelves in the wardrobes, linen cupboard and butler's pantry. The floors have been cleaned (to a degree anyway), the floor and wall tiles have been delivered and are now taking up most of the garage and the team from a marble and granite company were there installing the Cesarstone bench tops. They were in the middle of doing the island bench for the kitchen when we arrived but had already finished the bench tops for the bathroom vanities and the rest of the kitchen.
Yummy they look beautiful and very luxurious. We went for a colour called ice snow which as the name suggests is mainly white, but it has small off white to grey flecks in it which goes really well with the cupboard colours and hopefully the tiles we picked from the standard range. As the bench tops were part of the promo package we only had 5 colours to choose from but luckily we really liked this one.
The tilers have started the wet areas today, the rest of the flooring will not be done until after painting which will be starting in a bout a week. The doors for the study have been delivered and installed, we went for a fixed glass panel and a big slider with translucent glass, really smiko (no photos yet sorry). And our SS said we can keep the bricks, we just need to put a note on them saying "leave for owner" and move them out the way. Hmm that's going to be fun just the two of us and a wheel barrow through the mud.
Update:- yes you wont believe your eyes but our house should be finished in about 9 yes 9 that's nine count them 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 weeks!!!!!! No way 9 weeks plus 13 weeks (already gone) makes 24 weeks wow that is one speedy build. Better start repacking our things... We were given that information straight from the horses mouth the construction manager (CM) was on site and that was what he told us.
By the way we asked him if he knew why the builds in Vic and NSW take so long and he told us that the CMs from up here had gone down to find out why and to try and rectify the situation so that things can be sorted out. I know that doesn't help you guys who have had 40+ week builds but it looks like Metricon realise that there is a huge problem down south and have sent the Queensland boys to show them how its done. Might make a difference to those of you just starting out, it will be interesting to see if things improve.
Photo time:
And well pardon me for thinking nothing had been happening on site. Inside is a very different story... the chippie has finished all the skirting and architraves and put shelves in the wardrobes, linen cupboard and butler's pantry. The floors have been cleaned (to a degree anyway), the floor and wall tiles have been delivered and are now taking up most of the garage and the team from a marble and granite company were there installing the Cesarstone bench tops. They were in the middle of doing the island bench for the kitchen when we arrived but had already finished the bench tops for the bathroom vanities and the rest of the kitchen.
Yummy they look beautiful and very luxurious. We went for a colour called ice snow which as the name suggests is mainly white, but it has small off white to grey flecks in it which goes really well with the cupboard colours and hopefully the tiles we picked from the standard range. As the bench tops were part of the promo package we only had 5 colours to choose from but luckily we really liked this one.
The tilers have started the wet areas today, the rest of the flooring will not be done until after painting which will be starting in a bout a week. The doors for the study have been delivered and installed, we went for a fixed glass panel and a big slider with translucent glass, really smiko (no photos yet sorry). And our SS said we can keep the bricks, we just need to put a note on them saying "leave for owner" and move them out the way. Hmm that's going to be fun just the two of us and a wheel barrow through the mud.
Update:- yes you wont believe your eyes but our house should be finished in about 9 yes 9 that's nine count them 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 weeks!!!!!! No way 9 weeks plus 13 weeks (already gone) makes 24 weeks wow that is one speedy build. Better start repacking our things... We were given that information straight from the horses mouth the construction manager (CM) was on site and that was what he told us.
By the way we asked him if he knew why the builds in Vic and NSW take so long and he told us that the CMs from up here had gone down to find out why and to try and rectify the situation so that things can be sorted out. I know that doesn't help you guys who have had 40+ week builds but it looks like Metricon realise that there is a huge problem down south and have sent the Queensland boys to show them how its done. Might make a difference to those of you just starting out, it will be interesting to see if things improve.
Photo time:
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| Cladding In Progress |
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| Gas Lift Cabinet |
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| Miles of Tiles |
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| Butler's Pantry Bench Top and Sink |
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| Shelving in Butler's Pantry |
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| Yummy Kitchen Bench Top |
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| Vanity With Caeserstone |
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| Sinks |
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| Manhole and Architraves |
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| Cladding and Flashing Over Garage |
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| Hollywood Robe Master Bedroom (we don't have this many clothes!!!) |
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| Capping on Balcony |
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| Linen Cupboard Shelves |
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| Island Bench Awaiting Waterfall Edges |
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Lots Of Activity
While we've been away it has rained a lot but the tradies have been busy on site doing lots of little things and completing tasks that were already underway. There were about 8 blokes working away at the house when we went in on Monday. So what progress did we see?
The kitchen installation continues
The cabinets have handles on
Doors have been hung (some not all)
We have door handles and locks on the exterior doors (our son wants his keys now!)
The floor prep has been done for the bathrooms
Laundry sink is in
Holes for lights, switches and other electrics have been made
Architraves are being cut and fit
The brick work is finished
A new kicker has been made for the ensuite vanity
Ensuite vanity has been moved (amusing photo to follow)
The tiling should start soon however the last we heard the tiles are not in the country yet so no guaranteed timeline can be given on that one.
Its looking good and really starting to come together as a house and not just a build now.
The kitchen installation continues
The cabinets have handles on
Doors have been hung (some not all)
We have door handles and locks on the exterior doors (our son wants his keys now!)
The floor prep has been done for the bathrooms
Laundry sink is in
Holes for lights, switches and other electrics have been made
Architraves are being cut and fit
The brick work is finished
A new kicker has been made for the ensuite vanity
Ensuite vanity has been moved (amusing photo to follow)
The tiling should start soon however the last we heard the tiles are not in the country yet so no guaranteed timeline can be given on that one.
Its looking good and really starting to come together as a house and not just a build now.
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| Front Door Handle |
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| Rear Garage Door Hardware |
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| Translucent Glass Door to Powder Room |
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| Butler's Pantry Left Kitchen Right With Cavity Slider Middle (No Doors Yet) |
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| Laundry Sink, Laminex Seal Bench Top |
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| Island Bench With Space For Dishwasher |
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| Close Up of Door Handles |
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| Island Bench From Another Angle Note Silver Kicker |
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| Bathroom Floor Prep |
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| The Balcony |
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| More of the Balcony |
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| Cut Out For Light (This One Is Patch) In Wrong Place |
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| Look They've Repositioned The Vanity!!!!! |
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