On the tiles

Our timing was excellent again today as we went past the house and had our noses pressed against the glass as the tiler arrived. Took a few happy snaps, and we are very happy with the progress.

Not sure about the tiles in the ensuite - it seems that the vanity in this room is determined to give us some grief! As you can see, at the moment the taps don't quite line up - not a great deal in it, and not normally noticable, except that it's near the top of the tiles. We asked the tiler about putting another row in - but he wanted to have a chat with SS first to see if the mirror has already been ordered. Fair enough - we will see what happens!

Should look great with the white tub revealed

Shower niche has been fixed - looks great!

Even the bath has been done - this room still to be grouted

Finally, things are looking as we want them in here!

Extra Pictures

Today we went to the house and took a few extra pictures. Bernadette decided that it was time to do a bit of a clean through - some of the tradies who had been through had a thing for fast food, and there was rubbish all over the place.

Rear cladding looks great!

Bath has been delivered - we went for the longer 1700mm one - standard is around 1500mm.

Ummm. A stack of bricks.

Lining the overhangs of the alfresco.

After the cleanup!

Magpies. There seems to be a lot of these bird hanging around the site. I counted 20 of them yesterday. During the week the reason became clear - one of the local residents feeds them every day. As a result, every black roof in the area has bird crap all over it where maggies sit on the tv anetenna. They never leave, because they get a free meal every day!

Closer and closer

If you read the title, you might wonder... closer and closer to what?

Answer: Lockup, and the next big invoice from Porter Davis.

Today the plasterer and chippie were on site, along with the friendly neighborhood brick stacker.

Plaster is making good progress, as can be seen below. The upstairs fill work has been done, and the downstairs is in progress. After that, it's the cornices on both levels.







Speaking to the Site Supervisor (who also visited the site today), it looks like the staircase isn't too far away. The scaffolding will be coming down soon, and a site clean will then happen which should transform the look of the house.

The rear cladding was installed today - the photo below was taken while in progress. We will upload a completed photo tomorrow.


Some of the eave lining has also been done (the fiddly bits at the back of the house) and the front eave lining will happen tomorrow or Monday.

Our bath as also been delivered. No photo... we really didn't take enough photos today.... something to do with moving a couple of packs of bricks!