We are loving our new house and have been enjoying some well earned time off work to set it up and make it a home. We still have a long way to go with decorating etc... but I am pretty happy with what we have achieved in the 9 days since we have moved in. All went well with handover and most of the things picked up at PCI were sorted, though as you would expect there is a growing list of minor bits and pieces for our maintenance period, but most of those are paint issues. A couple of our lights have died but the electricians are onto that.
Very happy with the carpet though not impressed that they have scratched walls in every room that carpet was laid - before they cut the carpet to size they had the excess lengths sitting up against the walls which caused scratches to the walls - we will definitely be getting those fixed when our painter comes back at the end of the maintenance period, some look really obvious. So if you do carpet after handover, look out for that! We have had our double roller blinds installed and just waiting for our plantation shutters to come in. I am a little disappointed in the blinds as the opener thingys are plastic and feel like they would break at the drop of a hat, we will just have to be extra careful when we are opening and closing!
The night before we moved was chaotic as my sister in law went into labour and we were "on call" for when that happened as we needed to look after my niece whilst my brother and his wife were at the hospital. So I looked after her whilst poor Vas spent the evening disassembling our furniture without my help - but luckily his Dad helped him out :) we were blessed with another beautiful niece, Lola Eve. It was a very late night then an early morning for the move, then after the removalists had been we were dying to go meet our new niece, so we went up to the hospital for a cuddle. Wow, what a hectic 24 hours that was!
Anyway, here are some pics. Once again a big shout out to our SS, Iain - he made our building experience enjoyable and we would definitely build with McDonald Jones again.
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| How amazing are our temp blinds haha. Still a lot of accessorising to do... |
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| Love my theatre room lamp! |
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| That chandelier is coming down unfortunately - it sits waaaay too low :( |
Wow it all looks amazing! I love all the colours. Congratulations Nat :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you!!! We love it too :) hope your build flies along!
ReplyDeleteFabulous news Nat, enjoy your beautiful home it looks gorgeous :) Congrats! xx
ReplyDeleteCongrats guys! Looking forward to seeing the rest of the house come together.
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone!!!!
ReplyDeleteLooking fab Nat..re: your plastic blind Thingys - I have had double blinds previously with a metal cord and had to have the cord replaced at one stage & it took the guy 2 mins to change. Maybe they could replace with metal ones when they come back to do shutters - for the right price of course. Just a suggestion :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Bop I might have to look into that!
ReplyDeleteNat your home looks beautiful! Congratulations, you must be thrilled after all the waiting. Your splashback is stunning and I'm so impressed with how much you have finished in a short time!
ReplyDeleteThanks Mel!!! I'm quite impressed with how much we got done too haha! Went back to work today, no idea where that 2 weeks went!
ReplyDeleteCongrats Nat! It is looking fantastic!
ReplyDeleteHave you started on your landscaping yet?
Not yet Brad!! Still aren't even in council for the retaining walls but should be submitted this week fingers crossed, so the walls won't go up til the new year I'd say. But we have our driveway and will look to start our decking hopefully by the end of the year. Turf will prob wait til retaining walls are done :( looks like you've made progress on the outside!
ReplyDeleteLove the floors! Which Gerflor planks did you use?
ReplyDeleteWe used Deep Forest :)
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