Re: Building in Aveley - Living, one year on...

I know , it looks really lovely in the pic, hopefully when I open the box the real thing would look just as great! We have been looking at a replica version of this chair for so long and finally found one within the price range that we are after. Some replicas we have seen cost a lot more than we would have wanted to pay for.

Hopefully all's good when it arrives (we purchased it online) because the dining table that we purchased online from over East came with a fault in one of the table legs. The company has agreed to get it repaired to us locally, but I am yet to hear from the local repairer...



We are so happy with the progress so far, even if bricks took a bit longer than we anticipated. At the meeting the brickies were still finishing off the garage pier and some small items, but we had a list of items to clarify with the SS, and we marked those areas off on a copy of the floorplan using different coloured highlighters

We are glad to say that all of our concerns were addressed very satisfactorily. In one of my earlier posts, I highlighted an area below the dining window that had not been bricked properly. That was addressed too and that area now looks much better. The brickie had to remove the bricks under the window to redo that area, but it was done

There was a recess in the entrance wall in which the opening was bricked at 940 instead of 970. We noted this but the SS was already on it. When we returned after the brickies had left, they cut the bricks to the correct opening size (970).

There were also some areas where bits of mortar were missing (we could see the gaps in the bricks) and they filled those areas up before they left. Our laundry/scullery area has a gap between the slab and the brick, which the SS said would be rectified (filled in with concrete) by the tradie who would be pouring the garage grano.

Your SS might conduct the meeting differently but my advice would be to ask any questions that you may have, even how minor it might seem, so at least you get some clarification if you have any doubts

Congrats Hootie, it's looking good!

Excellent! I imagine this stage will take a couple of weeks. It'll be interesting to see the skillion go up.

Wow Hootie it's going up so quickly now! Looks great

Thank you everyone! Work continues... The roof chippies were still working when my wife drove past today, so did not manage to get shots other than these "drive-by" shots taken by my daughter:

Timbers everywhere! Look like they have done some more timbers internally:

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Hint of a roof pitch going up in our Master bedroom area:

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By the time I got to site today it was too dark to take any photos so more detailed photos would have to wait another day. There are about 5 to 6 guys working on the roof so we hope they will take no time to put the roof timbers up!

In the meantime, the wife and I have been planning on some furniture for the house...yes I know, mostly from Ikea

Proposed Living Room Sofa/Chaise - Ikea Kivik:

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Proposed Living Room TV Unit - Ikea Besta Burs:

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Proposed Theatre Sofa (2 seater because we are brining our leather recliners over) - Ikea Kivik:

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Proposed Theatre TV unit - Gogo Maxwell:



We also purchased the Theatre system several months ago but they are still unopened in the box as the warranty does not kick in until we advise the Bose Store that we have opened the items :

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It was a good deal at the time and we managed to bargain with them to include this system plus an additional Soundtouch into the price, so we have a Soundtouch 20 and a Soundtouch 30. The sale was over sometime ago but we got a really good bargain with also the speaker stands included and free installation of the rear ceiling speakers when the house is ready. Service at the Bose Store in Subiaco is awesome!

We managed to purchase 3 mattresses over the weekend and come in below budget for our bedding due to the sales that are going on now...any money saving is good!

INSPIRATIONS

My current inspirations have been from the House Nerd website, can't believe I only came across her site and FB page recently!

Lately the Ultraswank Architecture and Interior sections keep me busy after the kids have gone to bed at nights

I also keep favourite ideas on 2 boards on Pinterest - For The Home and Wows. Feel free to comment

It's getting dark early these days, makes it hard to get good photos

House Nerd is great, isn't she?

omg i love the elephant! Want want want! Please tell me its cheap!

omg that's awesome! Thanks Hootie! Buying one right now! (hope you dont mind!)

Haha nice elephant!

Haha what a cute elephant drainer! I'm so NOT showing my OH your bose systems Very jealous