Trixee's Passive Solar Build Perth

Hope you have had a lovely xmas Trixee, your home is looking sensational! Wow. Loving the curtains! Hope you are enjoying the new house

Trixee that kitchen and ensuite!!! Loveeee!!

Hi everyone! Sorry I've been away for so long, I didn't have internet for a couple of weeks and discovered real life again! Haha. I'll try to reply to comments and upload photos shortly, but, we moved in just before Christmas and we're loving it! Still heaps to do of course, and we're stuck with our old furniture until we get the necessities done and find more money


Thanks BS12 - didn't go nearly as quickly as we would have liked!


Thanks MrsJM! The kitchen cupboards are Cleaf Yosemite Nero. I do like how they look, but fingerprints and smudges abound. And they chip easily.

I'll go catch up on other threads, then load some pics.

It looks amazing Trixee. I am sure you are enjoying your new home. Looking forward to more pics.


Our building journey
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Love love love your curtains!

Thanks Ourmansion, Presidente, leni, and joannek!

I was hoping to make a huge dent in our to-do list but it's just been too hot to get much done, so the house looks pretty much the same as it did when we moved in! The most annoying thing about the lack of progress is that the house still kinda looks like a building site, and we get all sorts of random people parking in our driveway!

Our rainwater tank has finally been connected and is 1/3 full from the last rain we had, so that's nice. SHWS hasn't needed the booster since we moved in, so that's nice too!

Made a bit of progress in getting quotes. It's been nice to see the bank account recover a bit but it's about to get hit again soon.

The builder has given us a 12-month maintenance schedule, which is kinda nice but some things will need to be fixed before then.

Still enjoying the house, will post some more pics when I have something interesting to share

Any news Trixee?

Hi Pobie, yeah I haven't been doing many updates of anything, I think I'm still recovering from the build!
I think the tiles/floorboards combo is working well. It just feels a bit nicer underfoot to have boards in the bedrooms, although to be honest I don't mind tiles in the bedroom either. I think in winter a couple of foot-rugs would be nice for near the bed. I haven't really lived with carpeted floors much to be honest. We had carpet in the bedroom at our last place and it was nice for a while but a pain to maintain. I much prefer tiles and floorboards. I think tiles are a bit more forgiving maintenance-wise for living areas, but it's more about what you prefer. Although for us the passive solar thing came into it too - tiles absorb heat which they transfer to the slab in winter, keeping the house warmer, whereas wood insulates the slab.

Alrighty, here are some progress pics!

One of many cocktails being enjoyed in the kitchen!
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We decided to go with Elfa for the pantry, it's mostly in but some bits are yet to be delivered.
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Water tank half full from one day of rain the other week!
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And this is how far we've gotten with the firepit. The gabions are filled with moss rock andv we'll have silver travertine paving.
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