Before the "cut in", West to East.
Looking north down the hill.
Looking up to the top of the hill again.
Our extended family at the block.
Us again with the northerly aspect in the background.
Our family less one, she arrived the following year.
Looking south back up the hill.
Looking on an angle from the bottom of the block, North to South.
Same as above.
Another shot of the scrape.
West to East.
The "cut in", looking from the back of the block towards the road.
Looking towards North-east again.
Keely
Jayden
Lani
The formwork begins.
Already for the slab to be poured.
South side of the house.
Front of the house. Garage not in view.
The formwork in place.
North side of the house.
Bottom floor frame begins, front of house again.
First and second floor frame, including the scaffolding. The house is really starting to take shape.
Frame minus the garage which will be done at a later date.
North side of the house again.
The second story frame goes up.
Looking down over the house from further up the hill.
Another view looking down on the house.
Roof tiles are on.
South side of the house. Roof tiles on and bottom of the house is wrapped.
West side.
North side yet again.
Looking to where the garage will eventually be.
Brickies working on the garage
Internal garage door and garage brickwork
brickwork wrapping around to the lounge room
brickies in action
bricks continuing to the master bedroom and along side the south/dead side of the house
another picture of garage, front and lounge brickwork
a close up of the bricks
half of back garage wall and lounge brickwork complete
In alfresco, looking towards where the dining and bifold door will be
lounge brickwork complete, living area above
Outer garage walls bricking begins
bedroom and half of dead side complete
front entrance with side lights, front door to be fixed later
back wall of garage with external garage door and kids navigating their way through building rubble
side and back external garage walls
sunglare making it difficult to clearly see front view of house
better view of front of house, including garage
Jayden in foreground with side garage wall complete
side and back of garage bickwork complete
dining room external door to alfresco area
front of house, brick pillars have begun
front facade beginning to take shape
internal garage door
front brickwork
scaffolding ready for 2nd story brickwork
north side of house, garage, lounge, dining and alfresco
back of house brickwork
south side brickwork
plaster and insulation has arrived
looking from inside to the front entrance`
view from 2nd story
closer up to the front brickwork
Top floor brick work - front of house
living area upstairs brickwork complete
south side top brickwork, cladding still to be done
another view of upper brickwork
Front facade upper bricks cleaned.
Back/South of house, top bricks cleaned.
Kitchen and living area plastered.
Living area adjoining kitchen plastered.
Meals area plastered.
Lounge plastered.
Front entrance plastered.
Master bedroom plastered.
Upstairs living area plastered
Stair area plastered.
Living area downstairs.
Powder room plastered.
Laundry plastered.
North side of house bricks cleaned.
Alfresco roof plastered.
Plaster has been stopped.
Bedroom 2 plastered and stopped.
Cameron and Lani going up the stairs.
Front facade infill boards being done.
Facade again, half of the infill boards done.
Stairs have been installed.
Stairs and stair void.
Bifold door.
Looking from living area to front entrance.
Feature post at bottom of stairs.
Top of stairs, looking down.
Kids bathroom.
Bedroom 4.
Walk in robe for bedroom 4.
Internal doors.
Locked out view of kitchen cabinets.
Internal garage door, garage side.
Locked out view of door to study.
Master ensuite vanity/basins different angle.
Master ensuite vanity with wrong vanity basins.
Kitchen cabinets/bench.
Kitchen bench from the front side.
Walk in Pantry with sink!
Laundry with extended bench.
Laundry trough
Powder room basin
Kids bathroom vanity.
Upstairs linen/storage cupboard.
Front facade infill boards done and finial.
Front facade with no scaffold. Finial and arch bar.
Front facade from different angle, with sun glare.
Painter had literally just started painting ceiling of living area off kitchen.
Front facade again, scaffolding packed and ready to be taken away.
Bamboo display-Home Innovations Centre, Oakleigh
Cameron checking out the display
North side of house-Garage roof trusses on
Front entrance painting done
Study painted
Master bedroom painted
Lounge painted
Meals area painted
Living area painted
Powder room painted
Laundry painted
Laundry door painted
Kitchen painted
Living area upstairs painted. Hi Keely.
Upstairs living area again
Upstairs bathroom
Bedroom 3 painted
3rd bedroom walk in robe. Hello Keely again.
Bedroom 2 painted
Roof trusses on garage and view
Looking up hall towards stair dwarf wall
A shot of the stairs from above
Taken from the living area upstairs.
Looking down on the house from up the hill
Wall cladding on top level painted
Kitchen QQ bench top installed
QQ 'Royal Base' up close
Another view of QQ bench.
Pantry painted
South side of house. Retaining wall to be done along with concrete and garden
South side again looking from back to front
Tiles delivered and ready to go
Front entrance
Ensuite floor tiling
Ensuite shower tiling
Powder room floor tiling
Powder room tiling
Upstairs shower tiling
Upstairs bathroom tiling
Upstairs toilet tiling
Ensuite Shower tiling
Final coat of front render, lights installed.
Garage roof completed
Front render,garage roof and front lights from a different angle
Ensuite basins and mirror installed
Ensuite shower installed
Bath in the walk in robe
Kitchen sink with vegie sprayer
Powder room mirror and tap installed
Powder room toilet, same as ensuite toilet
Water on laundry floor, I think from plumbers testing if the taps were working.
Laundry taps
Upstairs bathroom - Shower screen and mirror installed
Upstairs shower
Balcony tiling, render final coat and balcony railing still to be done
Pantry sink and tap
Ensuite toilet
Wardrobe fit out - left side
Wardrobe[hers] - right side
Pantry shelving left side
Pantry shelving - right side
Store/Linen shelving
Just having a look around
Upstairs linen cupboard
Upstairs robe fit out
Front balcony tiles, no balustrade
Front entrance, balustrade installed
Balustrade again
A view of kitchen splashback through a window and in the sunlight, it's green!!!
Another view of splashback, different window, still with sunlight
Front of house, block cleaned, no garage door.
Front of house and south side in view.
West side, block cleaned, no tank yet.
South side, no fence.
North side.
Kitchen - glass splashback 'Triamble'.
Splashback from different angle.
Splashback again.
Handover hamper from Porter Davis.
Bath in upstairs/kids bathroom.
Door to front balcony.
Bamboo floor ready to be installed.
Grinding some high points on the slab.
Bamboo floor has begun to be layed, yellow is the underlay.
Concrete driveway formwork and base.
Concrete preparations begin and garage door 'Colourbond Dune'.
Jayden, Keely and Lani pose for a photo at front of house.
Carpet in the lounge, colour is aubergine, purpley/brown.
A close up of the carpet, not true to colour.
Carpet in the study.
Bamboo floor in kitchen.
Bamboo floor in the meals area. Carpet underlay in the rolls.
Bamboo floor in the pantry.
Is that a ufo? No it's the showerhead in the master ensuite.
Another view of the showerhead/shower.
Driveway almost complete
Close up of driveway. Exposed aggregate.
Stairs carpeted.
Stairs, from the top.
Full view of the stairs, with bamboo floor also in picture.
Looking from family room towards the front entrance. Almost completely finished.
Driveway the following day, beautiful blue sky in background. Driveway still to be cut and sealed.
Concreting with front path in view.
