23-08-08 Splashback, vents and wires

We went up to the house over the weekend and met up with the concreter, 'A', to plan the driveway. We have decided on exposed aggregate for the drive, path & will also have this at the front entrance which will include a step up. While 'A' was there, we also talked landscaping ideas with him. Haven't discussed prices yet, but just thought we'd suss it all out. Where possible we would like to have someone do the landscaping for us this time. Yeah I know there is the whole thing of feeling satisfied & a sense of accomplishment if you are doing it yourself, yarda, yarda, yarda, but we really have achieved that with the house that we are currently in & I basically have busted my kahoonas always building this & fixing that & quite frankly, I need a bl@@dy rest! We figure that if we can get someone to do it for us ‘where our bank account allows us of course’, then why not? We have 2 beautiful little cherubs & we really want to enjoy this precious time as a family while we can.

Upon inspecting the house we found that the Sparky had returned and the electrical fit-off has commenced. Shown below are the 'Chinaman Hats' that come standard with PD light fittings (unless otherwise specified). These have been fitted on the lights upstairs and in the rumpus as these are the areas where we will be getting our own sparky to install the downlights post handover.


Our heating and cooling vents have also been installed across all the rooms. In the photo below you can see the larger vent used for the cooling and the smaller one for the heating. The square heating vents are used in the larger areas and the small round vents (not shown) are used in the smaller rooms like the bedrooms.


And here is couple of photos of the infamous bronze mirror splashback, now installed to every one's surprise, even PDs!! Mummy will be able to see all now!!

You'll notice there are a couple of wires hanging down in front of the overhead cupboards in the kitchen. We had asked for downlights to be fitted in the overhead cabinets to shine down onto the benches. Seems like the sparky has misread the plans and thought they were to go in the ceiling - whoops. More patching to be done for the plasterer. They're gonna have a devil of a time wiring the lights into the cabinets from there....

Here is shot of the ensuite vanity at the correct height AND with the correct basins - YEA!!


They have also installed all the exhaust fans above the showers and in the powder room. These include a self closing system with retractable blades to stop warm air escaping or smells/cold air coming back in.


Some of the wall switches have been installed as well, including the powerpoint and aerial outlets.



PCI has been set for the 12th of September with H/over on the 19th - one week later. Hmmm, things that make you go hmmmmmmmm....... Happy to take any bets?? Offering good odds ;-) Finger's crossed!!

Last but not least...
We were very happy, excited & intrigued to have contact from our neighbours on lot 716. Wow - how strange, (like you said) to have found us through our blog & not at the front of the house. J & S, thanks for making contact with us & we look forward to meeting you ‘& the assorted hangers on’ sometime soon ;-) Must mention that we were also contacted by another nearby neighbour Kirsty, who had found our blog & we will be introducing ourselves to her also, (thanks)! J & S - Good luck with your new building ventures too. :-)