As per my normal daily routine, I drove past our house at around lunch time and didn't see much going on, although I did see some tradies in the house. And as per my normal daily routine, I took the boys to see the house after school. We were thrilled to see our windows and front door have been installed! It is looking so awesome and I love that we are able to see the house change and develop every day.
The chose aluminium window frames in woodland grey, all with flyscreens with fibreglass mesh. The bathroom windows are a satinlite finish, not clear glass. I'm really glad I decided on the satinlite finish because the windows are quite large and initially I was going to choose clear glass, but privacy is a bit of a priority for me, so I'm glad I changed my mind :-)
I was also worried about the look of the windows on the front of the house because I kept changing my mind about what I wanted. But in the end, it's a panelled window and it looks fabulous. The rumpus room and living room windows are huge but because they aren't one single pane of glass, they look smaller than they are. I'm not sure I like them though. But we will have venetian blinds over them, so hopefully it will take away the divided window look. I did want a breeze through the house which meant I had to choose the divided window with sliding openings. I will just have to wait and see how it comes together at the end.
All the cables for the lights and fans were done today and I had a long chat with Tim, the electrician. Apart from the fact that he was quite dishy, he gave me some good insight into how things work and the difference between a single and double story home and the differences between a timber and a metal frame, with respect to the electricals. He also offered to come and put our pendants up in the kitchen, once we have decided on them. I didn't like anything M had to offer when we did all our selections back in February, so I am able to choose my own and Tim offered to put them up for me at a fraction of the cost. I might just take him up on that offer!
The bath frame in the main bathroom is in and the bifold door frames for the living/dining area out onto the outdoor room have been delivered. The stacker doors and frames and flyscreens for the rumpus room have been delivered too. It's so thrilling to see so much happening, I'm really glad I am able to visit the site daily to see all the progress.
Watch this space for the next exciting episode :-)
C xx
P.S. I have just realised that I am now calling the build our house and not the land anymore!
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