POWER IS ON!
The painter called me today to chat about the hallway wall (painted first coat on it for us to check out), and…

PAINT COLOURS
After talking to our painter Friday about colours we went and checked out his own build (currently being painted). He had originally chosen Dulux 'Half Silver Tea Set'…

UPGRADING OUR SKIRTING BOARDS
We already had chosen 'Half Splayed', but instead of the standard 67mm we have now upgraded them to 92mm. For the full house was a…

READY FOR PLASTER
Because we asked for a specific plasterer for our build, we've had to wait a week or two for them to finish another couple of jobs, but it's…

BATH 'PROTECTION DEVICE'??
Finally the mystery timber box that appeared a few weeks ago onsite has been explained! My wife and I were both a bit puzzled as to what…

ADDITIONAL AIR SEALING WORK
Although our builder already tapes the windows externally, we wanted to better insulate/seal them internally so after some discussions with both our chippy and site supervisor we…

ROUGH-INs ALL DONE
Our site supervisor has been really organised and calling us most days to stay in touch so couldn't be happier with how we're being treated so far during…

WALL WRAP, SOME EXTRA INSULATION & SEALING
This morning when I drove past the block the chippies were back even though they weren't due until next week (turns out they had…

ROOF IS ON
After a minor delay sourcing the new Bradford 'ProctorWrap' sarking, we had our roof installed today. I think the roofing crew was made up of around 5-6…

FRAME PICS
Thought I might post up some random pics of the wall frames and roof trusses. Next stages are roof, wall wrap and windows/doors. Should be done in the next…

COLOUR SELECTIONS
This has probably been our biggest headache and still not 100% finalised, but with the help of a great staff member at the tile shop we have nailed down…

Did you end up building with this builder? If so, how was your experience and quality of the house?