Sterling custom on 10 acres Adelaide.

Our roof is gully too and it's amazing how much it changes in the light.

Excellent colour!

I hope everything is okay with Claypot clan and your building project

Woohoo - you are cruising. It's good the trades are good especially when you are so busy yourself. Looking forward to pics.

Hey all,
Sorry for the delay...
Things have been going really well.
Plaster board is on, kitchen, laundry, ensuite, bathroom and storage cabinets are in.
Wet areas have been completed. Walls sanded.
No one was there today but hope that's cause they were letting the wet area's dry.
Noticed a couple of small things such as soft close only fitted to the drawers and not the cupboards.
The laundry cabinets should of been the same high gloss as the rest of the cabinets but are a standard white.
The plaster board in the living area is a little wavy due to the tie downs not nailed hard up against the timber.
So have emailed the builder and waiting a response.
And we're even locked out of our own house....
Our agent told us to expect hand over late Feb / March 2016, but things are going really well.
What a ya reckon in before Christmas or dreaming?!
Pics to follow.

Oh yeah, we got two punctures in one tyre, one nail and one screw early on in the build so have kept the cars away from the site. I cruised round the site with a beer in hand a large magnet on a string in the other.

Look, I got half a tin of punctures.....


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Looks great and I love grand designs Australia!! Especially because we are building, looking forward to following your build

Hey all,
Sorry up dates have been few and far between…
Things have generally been moving along nicely.
It has been pretty quiet on site over the last week or so.
But has been nice to get down there for a bit of piece and a break from suburbia, without the tradies there.
We are living one street back from the beach and a 2 minute walk to an awesome Indian café. So it’s been awesome to take the dog for a walk on the skateboard with a beer in the back pocket and watch the sunset. Our street would have been perfect BUT for the noisiest neighbours on either side and a holiday rental at the back. So between the 3 there is always someone leering up – karma….
So yes for us the novelty of suburbia has worn off and I think it’s done us good. I don’t think we’ll ever take our place for granted!!
The tiling is well under way, and the bath was fitted today. A bath YES a bath, we’ve not had a bath in our house for 5 years or more. We’ve got pic’s of the kids bathing in big plastic tubs in the shower when they were little!
I managed to rescue some insulation left over and from the skip and put into the roof space as we didn’t pay to have the garage done. I got a couple of bales cheap off gumtree so will have enough to complete it. I was hoping to put some around the bath too as I’m gunna spend HOURs in there!
When the SS told us he was aiming for Christmas there was much panic..
Flooring to be finalised and committed too, septic tank to install, retaining and paving prior to flooring. To be honest I was a little relieved when the building inspector called BS on Christmas hand over.
We have decided to go with the Karndean, Classic Oak, glued vinyl planks (cheers MnT!) in the living and hall areas and a mushroomy carpet in the rooms.
I was planning on doing the retaining myself but time isn’t on our side and there are a few coins left in the tin. Fortunately we’ve a couple of landscaper mates we can call on.
At this stage looks like Kanmantoo bluestone boulders and steps at the front. Spread apart to avoid creating a snake haven.
Timber look concrete sleepers at the sides, the back will be tapered back.
I wanted to use exposed aggregate concrete but I’m a little concerned it will crack given the clay soil. So will most likely be pavers. – 160+ mt2 worth ouch.
Oh yeah, then there’s the storm water to lay as well fortunately a mates kindly offed the use of his little excavator.
I’ll try to get some pics up soon..

Yay glad to help. We love the colour and are very happy with the feel underfoot too.