Jen, I am surrounded by construction and new estates. Did not see any tradies today anywhere... next doors R had no one on it and no SS to be sighted.…

Tarsha.... hope your dog is feeling a little better today..

Hi strangers, yes I am still here secretly reading all of your entries each day.
Hoping the R get back to building your homes real soon.
All is great, finally am completely…

Hey Jen, you poor thing.. I was just thinking about it.
Do you think one of your neighbours complained so thats why council came out to visit ???

Jo0807 - thanks for the comment on my kitchen splashback. Depending on the light they shimmer at times. Like a little disco.
Once our SS saw our uneven look tiles before…

And Tarsha.. those tiles in our kitchen are beautiful and YES so easy to clean. They catch the light in different times of the day and glisten especially late afternoon…

Glad to hear about the PEGS Jen and the DOOR

Munchi - are you in the Hunter Valley ?? Ring Pgh and see if they can give you address of houses where the brick has been used close by.…

Jen so sorry to hear about the further delays... You poor thing.
One thing at least is the SS agrees with you and he is just as annoyed...
Fingers crossed for…

Munchi and SL 1977 - I love our espresso bricks. Last house we built we had PGH MIld Steel which is a medium brown/taupe colour. This time I really wanted…

Cass,
that looks great. It looks really nice with the turf around the pool and cooler under foot with littlies always help.
Also looking at your pool I am glad we…

Hi Everyone,
I have been reading through trying to catch up on all the goss..
So many newbies on here... WOW... By the sounds of it…

Re- Pendant light over the bath.
I think you guys might have saw it on our thread or my blog.
I had bought a pendant for over our bath - the electrician…

Starlite - we received our electrical bill last week - Handover was 17th August. It was dated from when the electrical metre was installed and read. for us it was…

AND ALSO STILL WAITING FOR NAWKAW TO COME AND FIX THE BRICKS
10 weeks, they were meant to…

Hi everyone, yes i'm still around catching up on all of the R builds and goss.
Everything going well over here. We have been working on the backyard trying to get…

Cass,
How does the pool look now its full.... waiting for pics ....
Glad to you are really happy with it, reassuring for me to continue.

Kan,
We were required to cover it with planks ( chipboard I think we used ) DH ran beams accross the pool and timber supports underneath as well. Pool is…

Hi Glen,
We moved into our new Rawson home just over a month ago in Beaumont Hills. We built a highly modified Clifton 30 and are really happy with our new…

Dusseldorf, thats shame about the Ponds Committee, it amazes me when I drive through the Ponds on some of the houses they actually already passed. Would love the see the…

Guys I really don;t think they will install it with a join if it its under 3 metres. We went through 2 pieces of stone. First time incorrect overmount sink…

Cass, looks fantastic.
As gogo said its nice to see the pool without the waterline tiles. We added them then removed them from the contract as our pool is not…

Sohneao, Yes cut and fill and execavation are the same thing. Your block has been cut at the front and filled at the back to make it level.
Just wanted…

Tarsha - fantastic news. And no major delays, great work ! Look forward to seeing those go up.
Dusseldof - I'll remember the magic of collective positive energy in case I…

Cass,
All looking so good. So nice to have grass and plants at the front. We have started the other way around and done all the planting and grass at the…

Pool looks great, after seeing your coping I am sold o the Travertine. Trying to get going on the pool ready for Xmas. Keep posting those pics , love to…

Cass
Looks great, are you doing any pavers around the pool.
Is it filled yet ????
Had our pool fence quoted yesterday. looking at a mix of framess and semi framesless…

Tarsha, thats pretty huge natural variation. Hopefully Austral can help in some way.
If you get stuck I can forward you some pics of 2 storys in our estate as…

Yay... thats fantastic ...Meerryyy Christmmaaassss.

BigJo not to far from you ( just saw your blog). We are over at Beaumont Hills. Hopefully they have a few SS in this area...