I went up to the house today as the kitchen was to be rectified. Well some of it is rectified.... and some of it isn't. Our kitchen was delivered on the 10th of September and installed on the 11th. I informed everyone straight away that there were problems. They have not left enough clearance for the pot drawers to clear the oven handles. I was very specific when we did the kitchen plans.... and they were still wrong.
The drawers underneath the bench for the internet nook are far too deep. So deep that it is impossible to use for it's purpose.... they have raised it by 10cm.... this is not an answer. I cannot use a laptop at 900mm with a 15cm drawer underneath (try it at home.... NOT comfortable). I want my my 800mm high benchtop with around 7 or 8cm deep drawers. I could handle the 900mm height, but then my chair would have to be higher, so the deep drawers have to go.
They have also failed to alter the cut out for the sink... and the wrong sink has been delivered. I will let them know again before the stone is ordered and cut too big.
On the bright side, the bulkhead is in over the appliance tower. The cornice needs to be added and it needs to be painted.... and they'll need to repair the cornice they chipped putting it in. The under sink cupboards have been altered to the correct size in the pantry. Looks so much better.
I'm just a little concerned that it has taken this long for part of it to get rectified.... I can only hope they get the rest fixed in the next three weeks.
And I have been thinking about my Tri-Locks since I posted earlier and something wasn't sitting right.... and suddenly it has hit me. They are the wrong ones.... all of them. They have installed the Precise Leverset instead of the Angular Leverset. At least they got the satin chrome part right. lol
You can see the difference between the two in this link...
http://www.gainsboroughhardware.com.au/hc_TrilockSeries.aspx
We picked the Angular to go with all our other internal door handles and because we preferred the look. They will have to be changed.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Lots and lots of pics.... and an official date!
We have been given a handover date of November 30th. Porter Davis have changed their procedures, and now handover happens on inspection day as long as nothing is wrong. My SS has said he likes to do an inspection with the clients a few days earlier anyway, just to make sure handover will be smooth.
We are nearly finished, render still to be painted. The garage door almost looks like Surfist in this pic.... it isn't. lol
All the staining has been done. French doors from the ensuite.
Bi-fold to the alfresco... the ensuite doors are further around to the right of this pic.
Bi-folds from inside.
Front door. As we have higher doors, I got them to put the door handle a little higher so that the handle went over the wood rather than over the glass.... OCD much?? lol
Another Gainsborough Tri-Lock. We have four in total. Front door, French doors from the ensuite, laundry external door and this one on the pedestrian door from the garage to the mud room.
All our internal door handles are Lamaar Mecina. I absolutely love them.
Shower screens have been delivered.
These lights will have to be altered... the two in the kitchen are too close together. The one closest to camera has to come this way a bit and the pendant over the island has.... ummm, missed the island. lol
Our extended garage with workshop storage area. Worth every single penny. I'm thinking of picking up a cheap second hand kitchen off ebay to fit out here along the wall. Much, much cheaper than installing shelving. Something to think about.
The rear garage pedestrian doors and laundry door have been painted Evening Haze. Eventually the rear doors will be changed to metal colourbond doors. Mum had that at her house and we like the security of them as opposed to the cheap wooden ones. Our downpipes still have to be changed over from zincalume to Colourbond Evening Haze.
The back yard from the rumpus room.... what the hell are we going to do here?? Whatever we do will just have to wait anyway. lol
We are nearly finished, render still to be painted. The garage door almost looks like Surfist in this pic.... it isn't. lol
All the staining has been done. French doors from the ensuite.
Bi-fold to the alfresco... the ensuite doors are further around to the right of this pic.
Bi-folds from inside.
Front door. As we have higher doors, I got them to put the door handle a little higher so that the handle went over the wood rather than over the glass.... OCD much?? lol
Another Gainsborough Tri-Lock. We have four in total. Front door, French doors from the ensuite, laundry external door and this one on the pedestrian door from the garage to the mud room.
All our internal door handles are Lamaar Mecina. I absolutely love them.
Shower screens have been delivered.
These lights will have to be altered... the two in the kitchen are too close together. The one closest to camera has to come this way a bit and the pendant over the island has.... ummm, missed the island. lol
Our extended garage with workshop storage area. Worth every single penny. I'm thinking of picking up a cheap second hand kitchen off ebay to fit out here along the wall. Much, much cheaper than installing shelving. Something to think about.
The rear garage pedestrian doors and laundry door have been painted Evening Haze. Eventually the rear doors will be changed to metal colourbond doors. Mum had that at her house and we like the security of them as opposed to the cheap wooden ones. Our downpipes still have to be changed over from zincalume to Colourbond Evening Haze.
The back yard from the rumpus room.... what the hell are we going to do here?? Whatever we do will just have to wait anyway. lol
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Electrical fit off done!!
The electrical fitoff has been completed. No pics... just boring little shade things and energy saving light bulbs.
There's a few little problems.... a junction box instead of a flood light (I'd say the sparky was one flood light short.) A double in the pantry where there should be a quad.... island bench light not really over the island.
Little easily fixed things. All getting closer now!!!
There's a few little problems.... a junction box instead of a flood light (I'd say the sparky was one flood light short.) A double in the pantry where there should be a quad.... island bench light not really over the island.
Little easily fixed things. All getting closer now!!!
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Is it wrong to be in love with a tile????
There are a ridiculous amount of tiling pics to follow. I love, love the tiles. I really do. The upgrade price was scary... we got flooring in the promo, but to go to these tiles which were not standard was a lot of money. But they are worth it. I love them. I love the feel they give, I love how the place looks... I love how they go with the other selections. There has been a little bit of anxiety as to how the tiles would look, so I am very happy! All the floor tiles have been grouted, but the wall tiles have not.
We may have achieved what we wanted, a green/grey colour scheme that actually has a little bit of warmth and isn't too cold. I'm very, very happy with that.... so far!
Still the splashback and the carpet to come.... we'll see how I feel after they are installed! lol
Sorry some of the pics are so dark.
Ensuite toilet. There is a concealed cistern here. Behind the toilets is the only place the wall tiles and floor tiles don't match up. The centred the grout lines... I guess it would have looked odd with the grout line down one side. Hmmmmm.
Pantry with tiled skirting. The fridge is going in here with a water point, so we decided to tile the skirts in here as well.
Powder room toilet, again with the concealed cistern, and again with the grout line centred.
Powder room vanity.
In the bathroom, there ends up these weird gaps between the splashback tiling, the shower tiling and the bath tiling. As we were getting the tilers to do the tiled skirting and we were using the same tile everywhere, we got them to just do the whole wall between the three areas. The mirror will extend right across the bath from the vanity.
This area has been left, except fot the bit of tile to hold the top tile while it dries. The mixer for our bath tap was faulty.... the SS has been waiting for a replacement part for quite a while now. When it comes, it will be installed, wall will be plastered and the tiling can be completed.
Between the vanity and the shower.
I love how it looks. Cannot wait for the mirror to go in. Even though it's greeny/grey, the room will lend itself to a lot of accent colours. Orange, red, purple, yellow... not all at once though! lol
Grouted tiles from the entry way looking towards the rear.
Meals, family, kitchen and through to the rumpus. You can see how evenly the tiles have been laid. Absolutely awesome job. We've been extremely fortunate with the tradies we've had.
Kitchen.
Laundry... with a different tile! hahaha
They have not been grouted yet... this pic is the truest representation of the colour.
The laundry is actually one of my favourite rooms in the house. I absolutely love it.
We may have achieved what we wanted, a green/grey colour scheme that actually has a little bit of warmth and isn't too cold. I'm very, very happy with that.... so far!
Still the splashback and the carpet to come.... we'll see how I feel after they are installed! lol
Sorry some of the pics are so dark.
Ensuite toilet. There is a concealed cistern here. Behind the toilets is the only place the wall tiles and floor tiles don't match up. The centred the grout lines... I guess it would have looked odd with the grout line down one side. Hmmmmm.
Pantry with tiled skirting. The fridge is going in here with a water point, so we decided to tile the skirts in here as well.
Powder room toilet, again with the concealed cistern, and again with the grout line centred.
Powder room vanity.
In the bathroom, there ends up these weird gaps between the splashback tiling, the shower tiling and the bath tiling. As we were getting the tilers to do the tiled skirting and we were using the same tile everywhere, we got them to just do the whole wall between the three areas. The mirror will extend right across the bath from the vanity.
This area has been left, except fot the bit of tile to hold the top tile while it dries. The mixer for our bath tap was faulty.... the SS has been waiting for a replacement part for quite a while now. When it comes, it will be installed, wall will be plastered and the tiling can be completed.
Between the vanity and the shower.
I love how it looks. Cannot wait for the mirror to go in. Even though it's greeny/grey, the room will lend itself to a lot of accent colours. Orange, red, purple, yellow... not all at once though! lol
Grouted tiles from the entry way looking towards the rear.
Meals, family, kitchen and through to the rumpus. You can see how evenly the tiles have been laid. Absolutely awesome job. We've been extremely fortunate with the tradies we've had.
Kitchen.
Laundry... with a different tile! hahaha
They have not been grouted yet... this pic is the truest representation of the colour.
The laundry is actually one of my favourite rooms in the house. I absolutely love it.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Some render options.
We officially have Self-Destruct as our render colour. I was reading an interview with the Dulux colour head and she was saying this colour has subtle green undertones.... we will see how it works.
I'm thinking I want something a bit darker, but not too full on. I definitely want greeny grey, even if others think it won't look very good.
Here are some pics with some options... one is Dulux Barnfloor, it is one shade lighter than Army Issue (my original choice and my splashback colour). The other is double strength Evening Haze which is a stronger version of our guttering, fascia, downpipe and garage door colour. Tonally, these go really well with our bricks. Paperbark would be very, very wrong. hahahaha
I'm leaning towards the Barnfloor, which is the darker one.
Overview of the facade with the two colours.
Against the uncoloured render.
Against the bricks.
I'm thinking I want something a bit darker, but not too full on. I definitely want greeny grey, even if others think it won't look very good.
Here are some pics with some options... one is Dulux Barnfloor, it is one shade lighter than Army Issue (my original choice and my splashback colour). The other is double strength Evening Haze which is a stronger version of our guttering, fascia, downpipe and garage door colour. Tonally, these go really well with our bricks. Paperbark would be very, very wrong. hahahaha
I'm leaning towards the Barnfloor, which is the darker one.
Overview of the facade with the two colours.
Against the uncoloured render.
Against the bricks.
Monday, October 19, 2009
More tiling pics.
Some pics of the tiled skirting. It is standard to have the normal skirting in the wet areas with Porter Davis. I have that in this rental... and I hate it, it's all starting to rot and looks disgusting. Fro this reason, I wanted tiled skirts. I organised it with the tradies to have the normal skirting left off and the tilers are doing the skirting in both bathrooms, powder room, mud room and laundry.
Powder Room
Ensuite
Ensuite
Facade with the garage door. It's Evening Haze, but it looks very light here!
Powder Room
Ensuite
Ensuite
Facade with the garage door. It's Evening Haze, but it looks very light here!
Friday, October 16, 2009
Floor tiling pretty much complete.
The floor tiling is basically all done now. Wall tiling still to come. We are particularly boring.... the floor tiling will be on the walls in both bathrooms and the powder room. No feature tiling whatsoever.
We have a different tile for the laundry splash which I think will look fantastic with our selections. It's just a standard tile... a bit speckly and textured, but I don't have a sample unfortunately.
The pantry splash is Wet Cement which will almost perfectly match our glass splashback in the kitchen.
The tilers have done an absolutely awesome job. I have run my hands over the tiles and there is no height difference at the corners where the tiles meet... they have been laid so smoothly and so perfectly. Can't wait to see them completed with the grout. Looks like I will be the one and only PD client to get these tilers. They will only work for my SS and his houses are all out in the outer North... the tilers told me today it is a bit far for them to come, and when they told me where they live I completely understand!. I am so pleased with their work.
Anyway... some more pics. And regardless of what some dodgy people (they know who they are!!!) would have you believe, the tiles are greeny/grey.... NOT BROWN!!!!!!! lol
From the front doors looking down the hallway.
Kitchen.
Looking from the meals across to the family room.
Powder room. We have a concealed cistern in here and the tiles will come up the wall behind the pan.
Main bathroom across to the bath.
Shower in the main bathroom. It is 1200 x 900 in size, as is the shower in the ensuite.
Ensuite looking across to the shower and the french doors.
We have a different tile for the laundry splash which I think will look fantastic with our selections. It's just a standard tile... a bit speckly and textured, but I don't have a sample unfortunately.
The pantry splash is Wet Cement which will almost perfectly match our glass splashback in the kitchen.
The tilers have done an absolutely awesome job. I have run my hands over the tiles and there is no height difference at the corners where the tiles meet... they have been laid so smoothly and so perfectly. Can't wait to see them completed with the grout. Looks like I will be the one and only PD client to get these tilers. They will only work for my SS and his houses are all out in the outer North... the tilers told me today it is a bit far for them to come, and when they told me where they live I completely understand!. I am so pleased with their work.
Anyway... some more pics. And regardless of what some dodgy people (they know who they are!!!) would have you believe, the tiles are greeny/grey.... NOT BROWN!!!!!!! lol
From the front doors looking down the hallway.
Kitchen.
Looking from the meals across to the family room.
Powder room. We have a concealed cistern in here and the tiles will come up the wall behind the pan.
Main bathroom across to the bath.
Shower in the main bathroom. It is 1200 x 900 in size, as is the shower in the ensuite.
Ensuite looking across to the shower and the french doors.
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