finished photos

Hi Beanie,
Sorry i haven't updated the thread in ages!! will try and put some pics up of the finished house.
Chelbrooke have honestly been really good. The construction went really…

had our handover today and all up it took about 2 hours and we didn't feel rushed at all. The builder was more thorough than we were, picking up stuff…

Hey guys,
no move in date yet, they seem a little reluctant to lock a date in just yet. Still a few fiddly things to be done that i guess could…

I haven't been on in ages, sorry have been very slack Thanks for the reminders rebekah
SO, a fair…

Thanks Rebekah,
I guess we just didn't realise that the vanities would be so "stripey" from looking at the sample we had. Although after saying that i can see that it…

undercoats have been done by the painters and kitchen cabinets and vanity cabinets are in. Tiling hopefully this week.
front door has been stained
kitchen
tv room
main bathroom vanity, ensuite is same. Not…

That is what happened with our frame and slab so i think it is fine Nothing wrong with ours, so far.
Good luck with the build

CONGRATS!!!!
won't be long and you will have a front door of your own

Thanks guys, will see what i can do for your husband rebekah Your retaining wall is looking good, only two more sleeps to go…

Thanks thorney, it really does give the house such a "housey" feel now that there are walls up you can't see through.
My fiance was trying to organise with the builder…

we've been plastered!!
we've also been rendered on the front. Not the finished colour yet.
plastered!! looking from kitchen through to tv room
tv room
front door from inside for at

hey thanks jess, great minds think alike
Hi at,
I have been trying to see what type of door ours is but all it says in the…

guess what? we have picked bamboo flooring as well, must both have good taste

Fingers crossed for fast approval, a week or two off starting is sooo close!!! But at the same time it is sooo far away. Sometimes it is so frustrating!!
I love…

Glad to hear the tap works You must have good builders :p
My fiance and i are building on the gold coast with a small…

Congrats on the ownership of your tap :p Looking forward to seeing the progress on your house. It really is a wealth of info on here, i was just reading…

looks fantastic thorney,
bet you can't wait to use the bosch dishwasher The splashbacks are really great, the one for the sink is so cute!!
DId…

Thanks evolved, bet it won't be long before you're bricked and roofed! I love the santorini, we looked at building that but they wouldn't do it on our block

pics on the blog look great evolved. Looks like a nice block you've got there, plenty of trees around Can't wait to see the…

Thorney,
The mosaico is a whitish colour, can't really remember exactly what it is like i'll try and upload our colour selections some…

Hi PinkFairy,
just wondering if your SS has given you a rough date for when you guys will be finished? Can't believe how quick your build is going, it looks great.

Hi Thorney,
colours look great, it looks like a proper house!! I also love the front door.... wishing we went a double front door now.

won't be long ozzy and things will be motoring along. Looked at your blog, the colours look great!

some pics of the progress, i've been slack!! These are as of last weekend.
Since the last update we've been windowed, bricked and bagged on the rear of the house and…

Hi at, we think it looks good too
The roof colour is surfmist, You got it right!
Our render colour is Bristol mosaico and then we are…

we have a roof
Took them 4 days to put the roof, guttering and anticon blanket on.
While we were there noticed our doors and windows have arrived and are waiting in…

Ha ha, thanks for the help back then Thorney. It was great to get some feedback and have some people to talk about the plan with

Hi Pink fairy,
Your house looks awesome, i love how neat your site seems in the photos. The builders must be pretty tidy!
I went and had a look at our build…

No problem Darryl. Where are you looking at building?
We had a budget that we took to them and they ended up coming in under the budget which was nice!!
Ozz,
yeah…