Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building the Lennox with Celebration Homes in the South 228Oct 19, 2015 10:07 pm MalSannie Wow JMCL I love your feature tile they've done a really neat job on all your tiling haven't they? How exciting to be moving sooner than expected too! Regarding the automatic moving of things when you extend benches etc - I've had similar. In our scullery is a cabinet that was meant to go up to the doorframe and now don't. This was where they'd wrongly sized the door and when we pointed it out, the cabinet stayed the same size and we didn't pick up on it Also I had to pay a variation to get the basin in the ensuite centred over the cabinets. I thought what we'd asked for made perfect sense, but it obviously didn't Oh well, I'm sure in every house there will be some things you'll look back on and wish you'd caught! Your bathrooms look beautiful - and I had to look to see what you meant by it anyway, so it's only because you're aware of it now. And you'll soon get used to it and it won't bother you anymore! Looking forward to seeing moved in pics next Oh Malsannie, I can't imagine you forgetting anything - you are the most organised person on the homeone forum, lol! Since its been a few weeks I'm starting to 'get over it' now! I was actually at the house when they were putting the shower screens in and the man putting them in said he had the same sized cupboards and put the sinks in the same way as us - 3 equal sides around the sinks instead of centring to the cupboards. He made me feel better but I think it still looks overall better being centred? Thanks for you're positive words, you are always so kind and positive Re: Building the Lennox with Celebration Homes in the South 229Oct 19, 2015 10:12 pm livpal5 Wow what a few weeks you have had. No wonder everyone was manic. Well done packing everything. Parties and play dates would have been sad. Thats one thing im not looking forward to. Saying good bye to everyone and everything we know Argh!!! Anyway everything is looking smashing. The grout def makes a difference. Love the double shower. I dont mind the basins off centre it gives u more bench space either side. And like u said if thats the only thing then i thing that has gone wrong u have done extremely well. Especially considering u r living so far away from ur build. Cant wait to see ur next stage. So excited for u. Oh livpal5 I've been off the forum for a few weeks now so I'm not sure where you're up to with your build but if you haven't moved interstate yet I hope you have a wonderful few weeks saying goodbye. It is soooo sad but I really hope you enjoy creating those last few weeks of memories together! Thanks for all the kind words about my tiles - I can't believe how terrible tiles look without grout! That look SOOOO much better with grout! I'll have to check out where you're up to with your build, I know it will be exciting whatever stage it is up to Re: Building the Lennox with Celebration Homes in the South 230Oct 19, 2015 10:28 pm Well, where do I begin? So much has happened? Here are some updated photos - Here is my gorgeous ensuite shower Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Kids bathroom Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ View of the kitchen island Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Full view of kitchen - we will be doing our own overheads and redoing a full splashback when we move in Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Close up of the stovetop and oven Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Close up of the sink Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ How the larder looks at the moment when you open the doors - there is a space for a wine fridge under the counter on the left and then we will put a wine cabinet above the wine fridge and extra shelving around the top. There will also be the same tiled splashback in here as the kitchen Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Kids toilet Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Instantaneous gas upgrade system Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Building the Lennox with Celebration Homes in the South 231Oct 19, 2015 10:37 pm Here is a close up of our feature tile in the shower. The photo makes it look like a weird stripe but in real life it doesn't look like that - strange! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The driveway was paved 2 weeks ago Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ And so was the patio Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Here is what our garage door looks like Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Our main floor tiling started on the 10th October Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The view through the keyhole before it was grouted in! It looks terrible but it is actually a beautiful tile Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Building the Lennox with Celebration Homes in the South 232Oct 20, 2015 4:16 am JMCL Oh Malsannie, I can't imagine you forgetting anything - you are the most organised person on the homeone forum, lol! Since its been a few weeks I'm starting to 'get over it' now! I was actually at the house when they were putting the shower screens in and the man putting them in said he had the same sized cupboards and put the sinks in the same way as us - 3 equal sides around the sinks instead of centring to the cupboards. He made me feel better but I think it still looks overall better being centred? Thanks for you're positive words, you are always so kind and positive What a lovely thing to say - wish people who knows me in real life saw this hehe - they'd probably not recognise me! He's absolutely right too and I'm glad it isn't giving you headaches. Your house is looking so lovely! Are those 60cm tiles? Even without the grout it looks great. You have such an amazing kitchen - it is huge!! Re the wine fridge and storage.... unfortunately that would be a complete waste for us - wine never last long enough to be stored hehe Re: Building the Lennox with Celebration Homes in the South 233Oct 20, 2015 9:19 am How exciting!!! Looks fabulous JMCL! The kitchen looks amazing! I'll be upgrading the hot water too (four kids does that to you ) . Re: Building the Lennox with Celebration Homes in the South 235Oct 20, 2015 10:40 am Wow jmcl loads of progress! IssyandOzzy ____________________________ Our New Gen build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=73924 Building: The Maxum Builder: New Generation Homes Estate: Springtime Estate, Xavier ____________________________ Our build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=73924 Re: Building the Lennox with Celebration Homes in the South 237Oct 31, 2015 11:59 pm Thanks for all the lovely kind words everyone! I have no internet at the moment so I haven't been on here since I posted my last post. I was hoping to write a long post about how everything was going and some tips for building with celebrations but I still haven't had time? Hopefully soon Anyway, we had our slab laid 34 weeks ago and PCI is FINALLY booked for this Wednesday Hopefully we get keys early the following week. Carpet was laid in every room but one bedroom last week. Fly screens were put on last week. Door handles were all put on yesterday, we finally got to see our front door handles, woohoo! And the NBN and other smart wiring on the house was done last week. A few touch ups of paint was also done last week but I noticed today that the linen closet and my WIR still need some shelving painted. Hopefully there isn't too much to be done when we have PCI? Here are a few more photos - My incredible linen closet - this room almost makes me cry because I will finally have storage that won't be IKEA bookcases Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ My larder doors when closed. I added 180 degree hinge so they can be flush up against the wall when open. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The larder doors when open - Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Underlay of the carpets Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ This is a photo of the 2 different shades of carpets we chose. The black was actually a light charcoal colour for the cinema room but its mysteriously really dark, almost black ????? I am going to look into this because I don't like black at all and I'm sure it wasn't that dark when I chose it?????!! My husband loves it though and thinks it's perfect for the cinema room. I really like the mocha colour we chose for the rest of the house. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I will let you know how PCI goes - hopefully well and we find out our move in date on the day too I will also try and check out everyone else's builds when I get my internet back. I'm hoping to see a few finished houses Re: Building the Lennox with Celebration Homes in the South 238Nov 01, 2015 5:04 am Woo hoo. Cant wait to hear how pci goes. It all looks fab so im sure it willl be fine. Love that linen so much storage. Great idea with the larder doors. Good luck. Re: Building the Lennox with Celebration Homes in the South 239Nov 02, 2015 12:13 am I was so sure I'd replied to this - I LOVE your double larder doors it looks great and ye gods that linen is the size of a small room! Wish we had one of those We have a charcoal carpet throughout (well, where carpets go in the bedrooms and theatre) and I'm really worried it will be too dark! Ours isn't as nice and fluffy as yours either I'll keep fingers crossed for your PCI - good luck! 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