Back To It Then!!

They're finally back at work after the Christmas break. It really dragged for us because we are so keen to get into our new house. Adding to the anxiety, the house we are renting sold last week. After being assured that we'd get 90 days, we got a letter yesterday saying it was only 60. Honestly, after what we've been through, I'd never get Stockdale and Leggo to sell my house! 

Anyway, back to far more exciting things!!

The tilers have been very busy. The floor tiles are down now. We decided that we would leave the tiles in the hall way, as that area would get a lot of foot traffic and it would show wear in no time. They have also started tiling the laundry (below and bathrooms).

The tilers have  made a big mistake here. The feature tile, you may agree, looks ridiculous! It was supposed to be laid vertically. From what the site supervisor said they seems to find horizontal and vertical a bit confusing! Anyway, I am sure it has been fixed by now!  They also laid the feature tile about the vanity vertically... and wait for it, they cut them in half so they would be the right height!! How funny! That will be fixed too. 

The following pics are tiny, but they show the awesome work our excavating guy did over the break. You may remember from previous posts that we had a pretty revolting site cut... well not any more folks!! The redgum sleepers for the retaining wall will go in over the Australia Day long weekend. It is going to look amazing!! 

 A flat part of the backyard. Now we just have to chose an appropriate laws seed and get it all nice and lush for the kids to play on... easier said than done, I'm sure!!

So, it looks like things are well underway again. I hope we will be in sometime in Feb. They have to fix the kitchen where the plasterer has omitted the bulkhead above the cupboards for some reason. Thanks for pointing that out Andrew!! Sometimes I wonder if they read the plans at all!!

The baths have arrived. The carpet goes in just after Australia Day and then its just the appliances to go in, some electrical and plumbing work. I think that's it, but it's probably not!!

Very, very exciting times!!