A Splash of Colour

It's been a while - having problems with Blogger again. What a pain in the butt.

Anyhoo - over the last week or so we have again seen some 'bigger' changes to the house - the outside has been painted, and the verandahs are taking shape. The tiling is just about complete inside, as is the painting, so really all is left is for the three bathrooms to be fitted out, kitchen put in, light fittings installed and flooring put in. And we're done. To be honest it has been fairly painless really. You hear horror stories of people building houses, but we haven't faced a major drama yet (well... if you don't include me changing the inside colour of the house from 'off white' to 'whisper white' while the painter was on his way to buy the paint)... but that's it really.

I have to say it has been nice having the house take up a lot of our thoughts and energy over last few months, it's been a great distraction from the adoption. But how will I be when we move in and I can see baby girls room just sitting there - empty? How many months will I have to look at an empty room? It will be the only room in the house to remain unfurnished - well until we know we are only a couple of months away from referral... which is the biggest question of all - when will that bloody happen?

We're getting there...

I haven't posted too much about the house lately because the changes are now in the detail and can't really be seen on a photo... or just don't really look like much. A lot of what is happening now is on the inside of the house. All the electrical work and plumbing is complete, the reverse cycle airconditioning has been installed, and we have walls! Even since the pictures below were taken we now have most of the doors hung, and the architraves and skirting is on. The under tile heating in the bathrooms has been installed and the bathrooms have been wet-sealed ready for tiling. Outside the verandahs are ready to be poured, and the water tank base and walls have been poured. This week the bathrooms will start to be tiled and we should see the start of the verandahs, which once again will make a big difference to the look of the house.

So we're getting there. It's been about 4 months since the slab was poured, and we were delayed by about 3 weeks with the rain. So Speedy Gonzales Chris (the builder) has done a great job in such a short time... and he tells us we should be moving in about mid September, just in time for spring and some warmer weather - so in about another 5 weeks we'll be living in our dream house, on our dream property in our much loved town.

And I can't wait.

This is looking toward the family room and kitchen from the games room.

This is standing in the 'yet-to-be' kitchen looking out the front of the house.


And this is the water-tank-in-preparation - the concrete is poured between the 2 walls - then the metal casing is removed. Then all the earth is backfilled around the tank and then we get some water delivered to start us off and pray for more rain!

14

Well what is there to say? Fourteen months logged in today. To be honest I don't have much to say about that sorry state of affairs other than to note it on my blog. So consider it NOTED.

That's all folks.