Santa says "no house yet" :(

The sad news is that we will not be getting a new house handover by christmas. At this point we are expecting early February delivery if we dont hit any further hurdles. Having a house built is definitely a marathon and our patience has been stretched and sometimes I find myself  asking "what was I thinking building?....I am trying to focus on the end product to help retain my sanity (yes I do consider myself sane despite some who know me and are shaking their heads).

Since mid October the bathrooms have their bathes and vanities, including the undermount basins in ensuite courtesy of another variation.Our kitchen joinery and stone bench and island are in and the pantry is complete. The stone island and the finger gripper on drawers and cupboards with softclose on everything has been executed well by our cabinetmakers.

 Kitchen Joinery with finger grippers instead of handles and Essastone wrapped to waterfall edges

Ensuite undermount basins in essastone

All gyprock reveals for our windows have been finished and are looking great, and with the doors and their architraves being installed now the house is really taking shape and starting to look like the computer model that we built prior to embarking on this project.

View down the hallway from family room

The feature wall has been clad with stonesheet ready for the 20mm thick travertine marble that should be installed soon. The Rinnai gas log fireplace has been installed and my IT rack space behind the wall is a good size for all our electronic stuff.

Feature wall soon to be covered in 700 x 350 x 20 travertine marble

The 920mm front door is in and the portico has been tiled yesterday and looks great, no grout and of course a good clean is needed but I reckon the selection will come up a treat and we are liking the tilers work already. And last week our panel door was installed on the garage and we think the contrast choice in colour helps to highlight the excellent stonework.

Portico tiling with the 300 x 600 matt tiles (600 x 600 semi gloss to be used for main floor inside)

Contrasting panel door

Well we dont expect much over the next couple of weeks but the tiler is keen to get the bathrooms, alfresco and all other rooms completed and expects that it will take about 6 weeks. Painters electrician, plumber and Landscaper are expected in mid January so finally we feel the end is in sight.

A note of thanks to our site supervisor, yes the job may be a little behind the projected finish date but his attention to detail has been excellent and we have always felt that he understands the quality and look we are after and he has imparted this to the various tradies.

Happy xmas everyone.