Hi everyone!!
No, I havent disappeared off the face of the Earth, BUT we have been trying to settle into our new home! We've been moved in for just over a…

Hi hels.. yes the paint in the living room is textured.. it's like it's got little grains of sand in the paint so it feels kinda rough-ish, but not too…

Hey everyone!! World's worst updater finally updating!! LoL!!
We've been busy little bees for the last couple of weeks with the house.. and here's what's…

YAY ROOF!! That's awesome! Looks really good.. cant wait to see the bricks up!!

Congrats Joles!! Just one step closer to a finished product!!

beautiful joles.. just beautiful.. CONCRETE NEXT!! It's great your house will be flush with the land at…

Your colour scheme is lovely Hels! It's very cosy!! You seem to have rocketed along since I havent been on H1 for a while! …

ooOOoo!! Looks like the BSS guys have been through to do a frame check before plaster! How exciting!! I remember when there was pink…

Yay! Looks great Hels! It matches your kitchen overhead cabinets and a nice contrast to your lower ones! Dont you love the Oriental White? We've had our skirting boards and…

YAY Erin!! Jeez your house has just appeared out of the ground!! Fantastic to see all the plaster up already!! Cant wait to…

OMG JOLES I CANT BELIEVE IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!! …

Woo Hoo!! The frame looks really good!! Except for the FAIL bits.. we had a few of them too.. but let your SS know and he'll get those chippies to…

YAY!! PAINT!!! Your place is looking really great!! The bricks are brilliant!! I know how you feel about…

WOW.. 14 weeks?? That's crazy talk!!
As for the invoice, we got ours before each of our stages were finished. But it was good cuz…

it's looking great erinleigh!! it's so exciting that to see the roof tiles on!! bricking wont be far off!! and boral jarrah is the most awesome of them all!!

Congratulations on the slabbing lisanne!! I actually wish I had your smarts and left some imprints on our concrete when it was wet.. we were RIGHT THERE when the concreters…

Hi thebhebhes,
We used an independant inspector during two stages of our build.. pre-plaster and pre-handover. He picked up so many things that we, as lay-people, did not see and I'd…

Thanks guys! We cant wait to move in.. but just thinking about the stuff I have to pack up from my place AND partner's place and I'm starting to hyperventilate!…

Congrats on the sell Hels!! Hopefully your beautiful Illoura will be finished soon so you can move in!!

Hey there everyone!
Just thought I'd do a quick post and let everyone know that handover went off without a hitch.. YAY US!! We've finally got the keys and groovy garage…

Thanks guys! We'll be needing all the luck we can get!
havingfun - dont you worry! Once it starts you'll be flying through and soon you'll be where we are!!…

I would have LOVED to have jarrah, but it's just too dark (and expensive) for our place! We looked for so long at so many species of timber flooring that…

DO IT!! I would have also chosen option 4, but hey.. I dont act my age either so why should you!! I also…

Thanks kek.. Believe me, we're trying to get as many of these little bits and pieces fixed before handover as I'm sure I wont have the time or the patience…

Hey there jolie. We had to increase our ceiling height to 2700m due to estate covenants, and we ended up getting higher doors as well. We thought the standard…

Thanks Hels.. here's hoping that it's really and truly Tuesday. I guess the thing we want most is to have everything perfect before we get the keys so we dont…

I believe the words I used in one of my previous posts were “barring complete disaster”… WELL.. It is now Friday afternoon and we haven’t signed any papers and don’t…

shaz - Hey neighbour!! Thanks very much for the offer. We cant wait to get in there! But will have to wait for the flooring…

yay hels!! that's awesome! minus one thing on the worry list. and yay again for the plasterers starting!!

Well guys.. it's been a long year.. a long, painstaking and sometimes heartbreaking process, but we are finally getting handover THIS FRIDAY afternoon!! Bar any complete disasters with the minor…