Merry Xmas - We have a second floor and trusses

Merry Xmas to everyone - We know we had a good one.
We had a few friends over for Xmas dinner - Wow 9 kid sin our rental esp when the kids played inside was sure interesting
Cannot wait to move to our place and have the kids play outdoor in the alfresco area
Even more exciting is the thought we would be in our place next time this year
The kids and we have already started planning what sort of external Xmas lights we want to use
We have been going for walks checking out Xmas lights to get ideas for next year
Nothing much has happened in the last week
The roof trusses went last week Since then Zilch absolutely nothing - Guess it is Xmas time
So nothing would happen
The brickies is supposed to start on Jan 5
We are waiting for that - We have chosen Labassa - Boral with orange sand which turns out to be light brown mortar
Hoping the bricks will not be too dark
The roof tiles is walnut flat roof tiles - also from Boral
The plan for Jan is that the builder gets the scaffolding done - Scaffolding is for 4 weeks
When scaffolding is there they plan to finish roof tiles, bricking and also paint the eaves in the first floor

Front Of the House



Left Side View



Left Side of House - Can see the left side front verandah



Right side of the house
Steel Beam is part of the garage to be built
The Master Bedroom is above the garage



Our Big.... Alfresco from Family -



View to Meals and Family
Can see the entry to the WIP



Walk in Pantry - Hard to imagine
But it feels bigger then we expected (Not that we r complaining)



Kitchen - Window is opening to alfresco




Home theatre Room



Upstairs Play Area



Master Bedroom looking to the street
Waiting to see how the cathedral windows turn out....




DS bedroom - HAs the same cathedral window as the Master
This is to keep the front facade symmetrical



DS daughter room
Has 2 windows but a bigger WIR
Guess being a girl u can never have too much of WIR space



Dining/Study Downstairs



French Doors when they come leading to alfresco from Meals



Lounge looking onto street
No frame yet for the arc window....(Wonder why only this was not done)
Hard to visualise it without the window frame



Entry to Guest Bedroom or study in plan



Red Area when removed would be part of the void -




Entry Verandah to the house

Frame Survey By Us

Armed with our trusted fiend - the measuring tape and calibrated eyes we set off to see if the frame and dimensions were right- They had it all spot on except for 1 issue - We realized that the doorways were framed for standard door sizes.
We had upgraded to higher doorways
Spoke to "L" this morning who sorted it out on the spot
"L" has been a pleasure to deal with
He understands that "building a home is an emotional event for a family not just bricks and tiles " - that were his words to us
So far it has been a pleasure dealing with the builder where we are a person and not a number
Direct access to the drafts person to make changes to drawings
Get answers straight away without having to wait weeks
We are meeting him tomorrow to discuss what happens next

Framed but happy about it

We drove to the block to have a picnic and take photos of the slab
And were dumbstruck by what greeted us
U could have knocked us over with a feather
There goes the plans of a slab picnic and remote car racing
"L" our supervisor and "Roseleigh" beat us in this race - He had other plans for the slab
Yes that had started framing the next day
But slab to frame was overnight Mmmmmmm
Wonder what the curing period for a slab is to be - Guess Roseleigh know what they are doing.

This is where all the great food is going to come from one day(???!!!)Kitchen and Meals Area



Entrance looking at the street



Family Room - A nice quiet place to sit back and relax(One can hope ....)


A place to keep the guests away from us (downstairs bedroom)


Looking at t he room "DH" is going to be living in (Home Theatre)


Looking at the lounge

Lets Party - We have a giant grey cake

Wednesday Plumbers did their bit and left the block as mounds of sands and pits
So when we visited on Thursday this is what greeted us - That sure was a surprise
Quick work on someones part - Level soil and the frame being put for the slab







On Friday - the land we saw the waffle pods all put
This gave us a true idea of the size of the house
"DS" thinks that's a good way of making a living playing with giant sized lego blocks
The waffle pods did look like LEGO pieces
After the week when there was no activity things have started to fly
Friday was waffle pods









Over the weekend we went so the kids could play on the sand
Monday Slab was poured
We had forgotten to take our camera
But we said we would go back on Tuesday to take some snaps
We are planning on having a slab picnic complete with remote controlled racing cars on Tuesday
Few friends kids and ours are all excited to do that as well....