okjorg's build

HAHAHAHA! Hopefully I'll get a little more inspiration tonight. . . let's build you some bathrooms!

T. . . love you too!

This may become the "spread the love and fix up the bathrooms" thread.

We TOTALLY take picnics out to the block!!! Not sad at all!!!!! but alas no picnic for mama today.

Word of mouth is how I've found a lot of builders so far....... I feel this will be how we decide too...... someone who has built locally.
I am very confident we will choose someone soon.
April 30th is the end of the $10 000 Queensland Building Boost. So I am hoping we can get serious after that.......
A lot of builders have been trying to cram in as many contracts before the end of the week as they possibly can....... I feel there is a lot of rushed houses being built over the next 3-6 months.......

We have the double shower, I'm thinking have one blasting on my back and one on my front. Or its always fun for hubby and I to share the shower. Each side has its own flickmixer and shower rose and they work individually.

Funny you mention picnics we used to take the kids down all the time and take a picnic with us. We mowed our block every two weeks trying to keep the grass lovely and green... when the builders moved in it all got destroyed.. so don't spend too much time prettying the lawn lol.. lesson learnt.

Waiting on Larry the Electrician to give us a shopping list so we can go pick and choose lights

My kitchen is being assembled this week and then hopefully it'll go in after the plasterers have finished.

Don't be afraid to mix and match brands when it comes to your appliances.

We went for a cheaper rangehood that looked the same as the dearer one and did the same job.
We went with JJ Kerrs for our appliances, they will do a great rate for you.

Oh and Harvey Norman has 50% off canvas prints right now for mothers day, I took advantage of it today and ordered some nice prints of my family and kids to put up in our living areas.

Darren has a 5000L raintank as standard but we upgraded to a 10000L. It doesn't cost that much more.
Our neighbours have 3 x 20000L tanks just on their shed...

Get an external tv point and power point on your back patio.. we've done that so the boys can watch the footy outside when State of Origin is on.

hmm... thinking.. will put more up when I think of it.

Dont' forget to get the plumber to put plumbing behind the fridge even if you don't currently have an ice/water fridge. The cabinetmakers actually recommend a 1m opening to allow good ventilation around your fridge also.

We also got a tv/powerpoint in our bedroom even though we won't use one.. if we ever sell, that option is there in the room.

Best to have all that done now before walls are completed...

Thanks okjorg. . . will work with 800. I think if the fridge isn't as deep as your hole, just set if forward a bit. . . I don't think it will move back, and if it does, you can just put a bit of timber in between the back and the skirting board. .. Gawd. . . I am FULL of good ideas!

Hey Leece, there's a wonderful thread on things you may have forgotten when building. . . somewhere. It includes plumbing water behind the fridge, and extra power points. .. there's stuff there that you'd never dream of. .. okjorg will lead you to it if you ask her nicely. Power points in the eaves at the front for Xmas lights, power and a light in the roof for if you have to do any work up there or want to store stuff . . . sounds like you've thought of a lot of it already though .. . good work!

So I'll have a 1m2 space for my fridge.......

Whoa...