5-8-08 Tiles arrived and walls repaired

Caution: Long post and lots of pics - enjoy!

Not a great deal has happened in the last week - we were told the Tiler had been lined up for last Tuesday, but it appears he may have had a better offer (?) The tiles have arrived as you can see from the images below. Lots and lots of tiles....

The shot below is of the floor tiles. These will cover all of the lower level (bar the study, lounge and rumpus) The tile is exactly what we hoped for and we are very happy!


Here's a peak at the tiles for the alcove bench splashback. We think these will match the glass splashback and kitchen perfectly as they have flecks of silver, brown and white throughout.


Just on the Splashback, we have decided to source our own splashback after handover through Lou’s step Dad (who is in the glazing industry). He has been able to get the price down to less than half of what PD wanted to charge us - Thanks VERY much. We will receive a rebate from PD for the additional cost of the mirrored version we originally requested, so it may work out well after all :-)

It would appear that 'SS' has been busy checking the walls for accuracy and 'plumbness' as there has been an awful lot of repairs going on. When your 'Chippy' tells you that "this has been the fastest house he has built!", don't be happy that the build schedule will be shortened and that you will be in sooner; be concerned as the time it takes to rectify his errors may far outweigh the time he saved. It seems like almost every room has to be repaired in some way. All the built in robe doors along with the Master, study and rumpus double doors don't close, so they are going to have to skim some off the edges, which will mean that they will need to be re-painted again.

As can be seen below in the family room, they have had to re-screw the plaster to the wall in an attempt to bring them in a little.


Along with the skirting being removed.


In the rumpus, they have ripped down the entire bulkhead and wall, reframed one of the bulkhead corners and then replastered it.


The nib wall in the kitchen has also been attacked and new edging and plaster added.


This shot shows the side view.


The hole in the laundry wall has now been patched up (this is where the taps used to live for the washing machine - these are now in the cupboard out of view)


The entry to the foyer has also had some additional work done..


...as has the entry to mater WIR.


The games room didn't escape unscathed either. Here they have had to chop out and patch a section which was bulging over the skirting boards - possibly due to the plumbing for the ensuite vanity.


A section of the games room cornice as also been removed - no idea on this one?!


On the bright side, Lou went out last week and paid for our Carpet - all 62.8 meters!! Here are some pics of the cherubs with the 2 rolls. One they are laying on... ("yeah this is cool mum")


and the other they are standing on each side of...


And here is a shot of the colour. The colour looks a little lighter here, because the loops have all been squashed, it gives a different representation here.

We are rapt with it though!

Here's a thought...
"it's not what you get that makes you valuable, it's what you become along the way"