Your house is finished and you’re singing it’s praise – we certainly are that’s for sure. Our first free-standing home that we can finally call our own. Despite commuting the distance that we travel each day to work, I wouldn’t trade moving back to our apartment. The space is…
It’s taken over 2-years and 5-months for this home to finish – from the day we purchased our block of land and waited for it to be registered, to now settling and being given the keys to our new home. The house build alone took approximately 11-months including…
These small changes are getting me excited. With carpet now installed, it means our home is nearing completion – I actually can’t believe this is all finally happening. Our plantation shutters have also been installed by Abbey Blinds and they look amazing. We’re very happy with having these…
As the days are nearing to own our home, we popped by over the weekend and noticed the driveway is down. Just as an FYI, your open space at the front of your home can become an automatic dumping ground from strangers. Yes, it’s true. We had random…
Take all the time you want on this. It took us four hours. Yes I’m serious. Ridiculous I know, but we both have OCD tendencies and you’re just about to sign your life away on a very expensive mortgage. Trust me, don’t feel rushed what-ever you do.. in which case,…
The remainder of this month has been floor tiling completion. Today, we’ve also been served with the final invoice – wowsers, it’s certainly near and this home will soon be ours. This part of the process is to finalise settlement and final inspection. What a year it has been,…
In a brief drive-by of the house, we noticed the tilers were working on the floors today as the front door was open! So of course we stopped – as you do – and with a quick sneak peek, I captured a shot of the entry hall tiles still being…
The last few weeks have been remaining outstanding jobs required to be finalised by the trades; final coats of paint, plumber fit off, electrical fit off, shower screen and mirror install. From our last inspection, we raised the following concerns which are currently being reviewed: One of our…