Finishing off the roof tiles

So this week has seen the roof tiles finally being finished off and now the can concentrate on getting the internal stuff done. First of all will be the electrical rough in and then the linings (Gyprock) can be installed

Painting continued...

There's been more progress with the painting this week when we went up to see what they have done.

Nothing else had been touched as we thought but all in all, progress is slow I guess

The painting begins

We went up to see what or if anything had progressed on the house last night since the weather this week has turned awful

Our first thought as we drove up the service road was that nothing had been done, then as we got closer to the house we were shocked to see that they had started painting...woohoo

We were actually gobsmacked at how good it actually was and wondered if it was just the first coat or not cause as soon as we got out of the car to take a closer look, it started raining

Still, the photographer in me couldn't resist :) Nor could I resist getting a pic of the rainbow!

After we got home, I was going through the pics on my phone and noticed that the gable on the garage was done too, yay. Hopefully this means the alfresco trusses are on too and they'll start putting the tiles on them

Can't wait to go up again on Saturday and see how much more they do, until then...

Rendering

After a week and a bit of no activity, finally the renderers started and apparently there were up to 15 guys working on the house!

We were going to go up on Sunday (my day off work) but I just want to see it now so we drove up at around 6pm to take a look

They say the devil's in the detail and boy they weren't wrong, we were shocked to see how much detail had gone into it and seriously not knowing that there would be so much...yay

Hopefully they'll be back today (Saturday) to finish off and then the carpenters can come back and finish off the roof and gables

we are yet to see what they do around the laundry side of the house as they said it would be done in some type of light weight material! We assumed that would be something like 'Blue board' since that was delivered last week with the stuff they use for eaves but it looks like it was used on the face of the gable...see 1st pic below

Speaking of the eaves, most have been done and I noticed that they had delivered some (I thought they might have been the skirting) boards which were lying in the kitchen/meals so not sure what they're for

I'm not sure what type finish I want for the 4 gables but love, love, love to have some type of decorative finish in timber just to break it up

This is the side that's waiting for the light weight material

We even get some detail in the outdoor kitchen!

Ridge capping on

We went up to the house after I finished work yesterday and noticed that the ridge capping had been done on the house and we were stoked

All of the tiles had been fully done on the top level and now it's just the lower level to go and then they can start the internals woohoo

Sooooo much mess around the house though which is Geoff's pet hate but I can totally understand that these guys aren't going to pile broken tiles just to please us! They'd rather throw them off the roof than to get the apprentice or someone to neatly drop them in the onsite bin lol

The house looks so much more impressive now that you can see how the façade will come together too

Can't wait until they finish off the rest of the gables and the roof tiles over the garage, then it'll feel and look the way we envisioned it

Check out our balcony...woohoo

This is the side that will have the Hebel on it then it'll be rendered...a cheaper alternative and saves having to add another steel beam

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Couldn't quite get the whole house in the frame on close up lol

Everyone loves a side portrait 😉

Another positive week

Another great week sees the house with a lid, you guessed it, we have tiles woohoo 😎

We went up to see the progress on the guttering and fascia and that had already been done and to our surprise, the tiles were getting installed

What a difference they make already and given that they are only doing the very top floor for now, they make the house look a little more complete

Hoping the renderers will start on the top floor next week and not too sure if the tilers will come back to do the remainder of the roof then or do it now! The carpenters need to come back and finish off the rest of the trusses to the alfresco and garage which is strange that they haven't done it all in one go!

The gables over the front porch, guest bed and garage need to be installed too so not sure when they will get done

On another note, I replaced the handles in the kitchen and scullery as the variations came back quite reasonable so I can allow a little indulgence

I also changed the design a little so am waiting on the new drawing...can't wait

Facia and Guttering

They've started the facia and guttering's sometime this week and I could not be happier with my colour choice

I love having the contrast of the dark charcoal guttering - (Monument), against the white (Surfmist) facia, looks so good

Can't wait to see the (charcoal) roof tiles on and how the render will look with them, a nice contrast in itself really

Bruce and his son were up there finishing off the rest of the brick work and even put in the step in the foyer and in the garage where you enter the laundry from

They'll still need to come back and finish the last pillar out the front when the scaffold comes down

I also noticed that the bracing for the roof tiles were on and the battens had been delivered so assuming they'll start the tiles this week coming

The plumbers had drilled all the holes and the pipes are ready to go in!

I still want to adjust the width of the opening to the study so I can later put in some French doors, hopefully the carpenters can do it with no fuss....always seems easy until it aint!

We assumed previously that the side wall where the decorative window is would be bricked, but it's light wall apparently! But that'll be rendered so it ties in which will not affect the look...hopefully!

Looking forward to seeing the house again next week...