Not long now…

So things are still ticking along although not at the lightning speed they were travelling at the start of the build.  I think anyone who has built will tell you that this is the stage which seems to take the longest and is the most frustrating.

Boutique continue to be fantastic and we really can’t fault them.  We have had more minor issues including our render colours being applied the wrong way, incorrect number of internal doors being ordered, one door size incorrect and mosaics missing from our tile order.  All of it though hasn’t effected anything from our end although no doubt our supervisor is frustrated with the people responsible for ordering.

So far the colour choices seem to all fit.  We were concerned that the kitchen cabinetry base colour would not work with the floor however it appears to look ok.

The floor (once all the crap has been removed from it) should look beautiful.  The only snap shot we have of it at the moment is where the painters have removed the tape from around the skirts.

We are very happy with the job the painters did.  I would recommend anyone who is building with a volume builder NOT to go in whilst they are half way through painting.  The house was a mess.  Our team of painters barely spoke english making communicating with them about smoking near the house etc difficult and there was crap everywhere for the couple of days they were on site.  Having said this, if we had not been there everyday we wouldn’t have seen this and the finished job seems excellent and they have tidied everything completely.

The colour we chose seems to be ok, albeit a little greenish.

I think the green will disappear a little once furniture and light are introduced.

The tiler is now in the house (day # 2 today) and is powering along.  The outside of the house is yet to be painted but will no doubt happen over the coming week or two.  Our bench tops shouldn’t be far away as they were ordered a few weeks ago.

Our site supervisor thought we might be in by the end of September, however being the 16/09 today I think that is a bit optimistic.  I think realistically we are still 4-6 weeks away.  The build time has been very reasonable (although certainly not ridiculously quick like some volume builders) but I must say, although it doesn’t matter when we get in, I am starting to get very keen.

Below are some more photos of the house.  The next lot should be soon after or just before we move in. 🙂