Had our awesome sparky here today installing lights, ceiling fans, etc.
Here's a sneaker of our kitchen bench with our new strap lights
Our formal dining

And the "UFO" in our entrance way

18 December 2018 - 183 days (Week 26)
After so much drama with M and our bank, we finally got our keys!!!


We found some minor defects that were not fixed…

My coffee, SodaStream and toast station in the Butler's Pantry...
I'd wanted to plumb the SodaStream to a big carbon dioxide bottle under the bench, but it was too hard to…

Starting to get the soil levelled out.
And first of my three kitchen pendants is in (and I love them).

Now looking like this

Pics from my phone off the fencing thus far. This side should be finished today...
Hope so, given the neighbour with the open yard has a big f-off dog!!

Well we're in. It's still pretty chaotic and we have few odds and ends to collect from the old place still. But we're here, the pets are here and we…

We own a house

Yep, they are a different brand of stain used for exterior vs interior timbers.
There are stains that are very close though. Our stairs are Black Japan, and our doors…

Inspector went through yesterday, report very thorough though most things had already been picked up by the SS. Lots of paint touch ups to do. Expansion joint on the portico…

We sneaked in on Saturday to have the last look before we flew back to Darwin. Internal painting almost done and our stacker door has been stained!

Painting touch ups underway today. Driveway and front path done. Just need oven and floorboards now.

To be honest, we didn't bother - my best mate is a retired builder, who only ever worked on multi million dollar builds, and he's been happy with Metricons build…

Hey Brad, thanks for following our project, its certainly been fast and the feedback from others is that we're one of the faster builds. Building in the warmer months certainly…