Tiling

Finally got access to the house today as I've been working a lot last week.

Jason, the tiler, was doing the travertine floors to all the bathrooms and toilets upstairs. He is also doing the wall tiling in all the wet areas such as the prep area in the kitchen, all the bathrooms as well as the laundry.

Absolutely delighted with how it's all turned out. Just the floor tiles to be grouted and the sealant to be out on.

Lighting

Went to the lighting shop to order the lights, pendants etc for the house.

35 downlights, 9 oysters, 4 front lights, 5 back lights, 9 pendants later and the bill is astronomical. The guy was lovely and discounted everything by 10-15% and I paid the deposit.

Just as I'm about to leave he reminds me that I need to buy the bulbs - approx $500 worth - aaarrrrgggghhhhh!!

Wall sealant

The painters were back yesterday to put sealant on the outside walls and they managed to get the back and side wall painted white.

Today the garage floor was poured.

Bath installed

The house is all locked up so it's difficult to get pictures. The builders have a construction key to access all the houses that they are building at any one time. Good idea but means that they don't like owners having access to them. So, I need wait until there are workmen in the house to gain access.

Kitchen

The kitchen man has been hard at work today.

Officially excited!

The kitchen man has been installing the cabinets today - slowly but surely. The bath was delivered and is sitting in the theatre room.

Not too sure about the worktop - it's quite creamy but hopefully it will go with the travertine.

I picked up three carpet samples today and they all turned out to be almost the same colour! I took it to the house but because everything is so blindingly white the carpet looks very chocolatey. So not sure what to do.

Kitchen cabinets!

OMG got a shock to see the bathroom and kitchen cabinets all made up in the family room. Some of the worktops are there too - not sure about the colour but might look fine once the floor tiles are in :-)

Pictures too of the door panelling and front door that has just been spray painted with an undercoat.

Doors installed

Front door and internal door have now been installed. The carpenter has been and put all the wardrobe and cupboard shelves in. I think we might need to paint the wood parts white as I'm not keen on the colour.

The painters were in today spraying the ceilings and coving.