tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22526387932255315842024-03-17T20:03:27.973-07:00Building our house and making it a homeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07401089649810965327noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252638793225531584.post-19188891448113528452017-02-05T03:43:00.001-08:002017-02-05T03:43:27.158-08:00More BackyardThis summer we have really tried to get the backyard finished off. Hubby built an outdoor bar - somewhere to drink his beer and catch the summer breeze :) we brought a few pots and a blackboy. We would love to get an outdoor lounge - but the birds come in to check out the dog food bowl and make a mess so we don't want to risk it just yet.<br />
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Bar made out of decking boards and he welded up the frame. Barstools purchased from Super Amart - hopefully they last outside <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We re potted this little guy and killed it :( be very careful if you ever have to move these plants RIP</td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07401089649810965327noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252638793225531584.post-51618756932973262722016-11-18T21:25:00.003-08:002016-11-18T21:25:35.477-08:00Landscaping Progress - Out the Back<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">When we first moved in and keen to just get rid of the dirt surrounding the house we put bark around the plant along the side of the house next to the alfresco. What a mistake that was!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">It only looked good for the first week! After that we were battling the dog digging in it, every time it rained and the dog would walk through it and then bring the mud/dirt under the alfresco. When it was dried up it would create dust. It fades really quick and the dirt, rocks from the build, leaf matter all got mixed in amoungst it. It looked horrible!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">We put up with it for 2 years before hubby finally got over it and changed it over for he river pebbles 40mm - What an amazing difference it makes! He shifted 2.5tonnes of rock to fill this space. and we love it! And will never have to re-do it. Best part of all the dog cant move the larger 40mm rock. so no more digging!</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07401089649810965327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252638793225531584.post-22112873586283080072016-10-18T05:05:00.001-07:002016-10-18T05:07:44.977-07:00Im on Instagram<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Ive
started an Instagram page, from the lack of posts on here you you can
prob tell i don't have time to keep updating this blog, so Ive turned to
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is to share my pics as i start to furnish my home hopefully one day i
can say "im finally finished" - i thought buying a new house would mean
less work once we moved in. 2.5 years later were still going. We will
get there one day :) For now were happy and settled and love our home. </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07401089649810965327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252638793225531584.post-55969226842194925432016-10-18T04:00:00.002-07:002016-10-18T05:03:00.551-07:00Light me up!<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Two years after moving in we finally got our lights sorted and got rid of the batons. I claim a "minimalist low fuss look" with the baton install - but hubby didn't buy it, it was time to get the downlights and pendants. Trying to research what was the best downlight was hard - too hard so i didn't bother trying to confuse myself with Lumens and colour of the light or what was best and what to steer clear of. There is far too much information out there that its just a little too overwhelming for me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Speaking to some electricians some will tell you the trend is daylight and some will tell you the trend is cool white - it's "just what you prefer" they would say..............</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">So that's what i did - work out what type of colour i liked. Speaking to Harvey Norman lighting in Penrith they were so helpful. They let me borrow a daylight and a cool light option to take home and hold up in our house. I knew i hated the yellow warm yellow lights so that option was out. And we settled for in between cool and warm "daylight 4000k" The brand we brought has a samsung chip and Harvey Norman said its their best seller. A great quality bulb. We are very happy with them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Adam from Adspark <span style="font-size: 11pt;">(0414 858 213)</span> a local Electrician installed them for us. He is a great guy and we were happy with the job that he did. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The pendants were purchased from Beacon lighting. A bit of a loss for me (cant win all the battles) i didn't get the pendants i wanted. I wanted the white scandi looking ones, but hubby wanted the plain classic glass ones - atleast they wont' date. And its good to just get something hung in the kitchen and foyer. and they definitely wont clash with anything in the house being so neutral.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07401089649810965327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252638793225531584.post-53691020106782542242015-05-13T05:29:00.000-07:002015-05-13T05:29:17.094-07:00Concrete Pathway in the Backyard<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">This post is rather late considering we had this done in November. Better late than never. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Once we had completed all the landscaping we were left with the path down the side of the house which needed to be covered. The dead side of the house is the only access we have to get hte lawn mower thorugh, and it also stores the bins, and access from laundry to the washing line. So it is used a fair bit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">At first we were going to do rocks and pavers to create a stepping stone effect</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">But this wasn't practical to drag the bins and mower over so that idea quickly turned into the possibility of paving it. We looked into the type of pavers that were available and had quotes on costs to have it laid. It was far to costly to spend so much on something that no one really sees. And paving concerned me with the ground movement, i didn't want my paving lift in a couple years time and look messy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">We then started to explore concrete options. A stamping pattern to create the look of pavers both appealed to us, and concrete is so easy to maintain. and will stay in place to create a nice even surface.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Here is an example </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">We then started to get quotes. Hubby decided to go with a local concretor that seemed confident and was going to offer us a good service, he was keen and had plenty of photos to show us. I wasn't to sure as i couldn't find anything on the web about him. But left this one upto hubby to organise so went with the flow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">The concrete is a fantastic choice, and its super cheap compared to the paving. The stamp we went with was called FLEMISH, and the colour was a one colour choice called Bluestone. Many people opt for a 2 tone effect to create shadowing, but we wanted to be able to colour seal it in the future so went with 1 colour.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">As you can see from below there is so much choice. PARCHEM in penrith has osme stamps on display outisde that you can view to get ideas. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Here are the before shots of the area we had to concrete.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">The concrete has just been poured and stamped. Awaiting the colour seal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Colour Sealed again with the Bluestone, massive difference between Bluestone colour through concrete and the actual colour sealer.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">He also added some grit product to it as it was so slippery. The concretor promised to do it but he didn't so keep in mind if considering the concrete stamping.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Hubby has now painted the retaining wall in the Woodland Grey (Same as the fence) Looks really good! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">And just because i love before and after shots, and looking back at old photos when we first moved in and admiring what we have today i found some to share with you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">All but a distance memory now! i know im writing this 1 year after we moved in so 12 months ago we were experiencing the photos below, and today we can go and enjoy valuable family time with the kids as our yard is so easy to maintain and its all finished! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">In summary all im going to say is pick you concretor wisely! Make sure you can 100% trust them once that concrete is poured it can not be removed. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07401089649810965327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252638793225531584.post-8134529080094425282015-05-13T04:47:00.003-07:002016-08-27T23:56:32.762-07:00Alfresco & Portico Tiling<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Something I didn't think we would be able to get done for a while was the Alfresco tiling. It was last on my list of things I wanted to get done as it wasn't urgent. One day I decided to get quotes to see what it would be worth, thinking we couldn't afford it. The quotes came through reasonable so we were able to go ahead quite quickly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Given that i rarely have any spare time on my hands, and dragging the kids through countless tile shops is not something i wanted to do, i set off on my own to check out the local tile places and picked out my favourite options. Once i had narrowed it down to about 4 possibilities we had the kids looked after for a couple of hours on Saturday morning - this was our chance, we had to select something that day - and hardest part of all hubby and i had to agree - that's the biggest challenge right there :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">First tile shop was CTM in Toongabbie - he hated everything i liked,off to a great start! Next place he selected something i hadn't considered and i didn't mind the texture of it, so we had a possibility. again he didn't like my choices at the second place (Lexatonia Tiles). The 3rd place was Beaumont tiles and the ones we liked were way out of our price range.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">In the end we selected the one that he had picked out, I was able to borrow a sample for the night to see if it suited the tones of our house, and it did.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The tiles were purchased from Lexatonia Tiles in Seven Hills on Abott Road. Great service and a great price too. The tiles ended up being $26sqm. Pretty good considering Beaumont tiles were up around the $60sqm price range.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The tiler even said the tiles we picked were so hard to cut, he believes they will be near impossible to crack. We have spares just in case.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The area we had to tile was just under 40sqm to cover the Alfresco and portico. The tile is a 600x300mm porcelain tile called PROVENZA ASH and it is rated for outdoor use.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The tiles so far are easy to maintain ( I mop with a <a href="http://www.enjo.com.au/floor-care/outdoor-floor-fibre.html#" target="_blank">ENJO</a> outdoor mop) the grip on them isn't that extreme rough sand paper feel so grit doesn't stick to them to badly. They are beautiful to walk on too. The colour is a prefect choice for an outdoor space. It doesn't show the dirt and doesn't show the doggy paw prints too badly either, which is a bonus for someone that is a little bit OCD when it comes to cleanliness. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Our tiler suggested to lay them length ways in a brick pattern, which was the total opposite to what i was thinking, as i thought of lying them horizontal in a straight pattern so the space <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">would</span> appear wider.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I know i haven't posted about the laundry fit out yet, and that will come shortly, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">we </span>also did the tiling for the splashback in the laundry. 600x300mm tiles</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Its gone so fast. I'm totally in love with our home. There is nothing i would want to change. And there have been no major issues.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Since my last post we have completed the Concrete out the back | Laundry Fit Out | Tiled the Alfresco | Couch for home theatre.</span></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Next on the list when we can get around to doing it will be the study fit out, home theatre wall hung cabinet and our lighting. We still have just batons through out the home because i cant find anything that i like.</span></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I will get around to updating the blog with everything that we have done. Just have to find some more hours in the day.</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07401089649810965327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252638793225531584.post-54767955527357158722014-12-14T03:45:00.003-08:002014-12-14T03:45:53.810-08:00The Main Bathroom<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The main bathroom is my fav room, its only small so didn't take much to decorate. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Id like to find a new plant and pot for in there, perhaps a succulent as the one i have now doesn't like it too much, and id like a vase to sit on the bath hob. Just waiting until i come across the perfect one for the space.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The venetians were installed by Nepean Blinds Theyre the poly Venetians, so hopefully no problems with the steam and moisture in the room.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The towels, Laundry Hamper and wall art are all from Adairs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The soap Dispenser is a plastic one, perfect for the little kids so they wont break it, but i love the colour. That was from howards Storage</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">You can see further pics on the bathroom <a href="http://drysdaletheridge.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/settlement-pics.html" target="_blank">IN THIS POST</a> and also <a href="http://drysdaletheridge.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/bathroom-selections-cooks-plumbing-and.html" target="_blank">IN THIS POST TOO</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07401089649810965327noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252638793225531584.post-57216524107505021292014-12-08T03:39:00.000-08:002014-12-08T03:39:57.787-08:00Plantation Shutters - YAY!<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">From the very first day i knew i was building i had decided that i wanted plantation shutters in the front windows. I was so excited about it, they look so clean, modern and keep a room looking spacious and neat. Yes - they will probably go out of fashion! but you cant always steer to the safe side of trends and neutral tones, if and when they become a daggy accessory for a window i will think about options then - that could be a decade away! so for now, im sticking to what i have always wanted and what i have saved up for.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I wasn't always certain what i wanted in the rest of the house, it was a toss up between the Block out rollers or the shutters.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I spent countless amounts of hours asking people what they preferred, those that had both and what they liked and didn't like about each option. I visited display centre's, people's homes, show rooms, i met with 4 different shutter companies to see what information i could get out of them that might sway my decision to one way or another.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The general consensus was 50% rollers and 50% shutters, so after all my research there was no clear winner. Those that had shutters LOVED them, and those that had Rollers LOVED them too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I then had to weigh up my own options, take all on board that i had heard and draw my own conclusions.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Shutters</span></b><br />
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<b>Pro's</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">1. Clean, Sleek and modern - They are defiantly on-trend</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">2. Greater flexibility for light filtering</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">3. Can leave the windows open, shutters wont bang in the breeze</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">4. No cords for kids to play with</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">5. If little hands grab hold of them they cant crease like a roller would</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">6. Can angle the louvers to allow more or less light in</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">7. They look nice from the outside too</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Con's</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">1. May not let as much light in on a highlight window - room stays darker, especcially on the south side.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">2. Might be difficult to clean each panel</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">3. More expensive and harder to replace as trends change</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">4. Cover more of the window, so they make a smaller 600 deep highlight window even smaller</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">5. The gaps between each louver may let more light in, and you have to fiddle with them to close them properly</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Pro's</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">1. Can roll the full way up to let in max light and air flow</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">2. No cleaning</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">3. Cheaper - although if you liked the nice fabric like i did the price difference was minimal per window</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Con's</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">1. Gap in the sides of 20mm each end do let the light in</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">2. Less options for light filtering - its either up or down</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">3. They bang around in the wind if he window is open</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">4. Dont dress a window as nicely as a shutter will</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">5. Risk of damage if the kids touch them and crease them, or dirty hands</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">If i had of wrote this post at the time i was doing my research im sure thre would be a lot more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I decided that due to the fact that it gets quite breezey here, i wanted the option that would allow me to leave a window open at night without it banging, my previous home had rollers in the bedrooms and on a hot summer night we could never have the window open as the roller would bang around.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">During the day i swing open the doors on the shutters to open them out completely and let as much light in as possible. Because theyre highlight windows i dont have to worry about them hitting furniture or our heads!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I still dont know if i would of been just as happy with rollers in the other bedrooms, but i can say im really happy with the shutter sin the bedrooms, so far they have lived upto my expectations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">In the end i have ended up with shutters to the home theatre, and all the bedrooms. I chose a block out blind for the stacker doors and living room windows so that they could be up all day to let as much light in as possible. Even though we dont have much of a view the living room windows face north and its important that we allow maximum sunshine in during the day to warm the house through winter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I also wanted to have a consistent look and if i had of had shutters on the windows and rollers on the stacker door i don't think i could have coped with the different window coverings in the one space.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I have gone with a BASSWOOD Shutter. It has better thermal properties, and is less likely to warp over time like a PVC would. The wood is also lighter than the PVC which puts less strain on the hinges.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The colour i chose was called SNOW. This is where the love for my shutters ends! Unfortunately the colour i chose was not what i had intended. I chose a colour from a swatch about the size of a credit card. And for those that have had experience choosing colours you know how much they change in certain light. During the building process i would take weeks to choose a colour, id carry swatches with me every where in different lights until i had decided which one i liked best.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">For the shutters i had about 12 different shades of white, first i removed all the yellow/cream ones and i was left with about 6 to choose from. I didn't want stark white so removed those and i was left with 3. I then went around to a few of my windows in different rooms and held the swatch up. I didn't think of the fact that the light was behind me so it did change the tone of it - just wasn't realising this at the time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I settled on what was named "SNOW" and the consultant was on their way. I then had second thoughts and was questioning the tone of it, there is no way i anted something that appeared yellow in any circumstances. This was one thing i am dead against as my house is grey and white tones. I could view the colour in large format, and there were no photos to go by, so i just had to trust my little swatch that i saw.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">8 weeks past and the shutters went in. They looked fantastic when they were going up. The installers took about 1.5 hours to do the rooms, and i was given a quick run through on how to care for them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Once they left i walked outside and was shocked that i was starring at this weird yellowy/greeny - maybe slightly white shutter in the window. I was so disappointed It wasn't the look i was going for, and for those that know me well, colours MUST blend nicely with each other. The tone of the curtains didn't match the off-white mortar and it looks like i have purposely introduced another colour to the front facade.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Almost a month down the track and im still not used to it. Dont think ill ever be. I just have to live with it now. I guess ive made it this far - 18 months in from paying deposit on the house and htis is my first regret! Pretty good effort to get this far with no errors when so many colours are from so many different trades and retailers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Moral of the story is - White isn't always white, and white isnt always what it seems. Its such a tricky colour. Ive learnt the hard way, and ill never try and mess with the tones of white again. Next time ill be so careful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">When choosing your shutters put swatches on a white piece of paper, carry them to different rooms under different light. And if you can keep a swatch then ask for it so you can take it around with you. Its worth the extra effort because then when your shutters go in you can love them for life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Sorry for such a long post! there is so much to say about window coverings. It took me 6 months to decide what i wanted. And many nights of reading. I hope i have given some worthy feedback for those of you reading and trying to decide what to get. It really is a difficult decision, and an expensive one. We all have so many windows, and the costs add up quickly. You have to be happy with your choices.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I ended up choosing <a href="http://www.nepeanblinds.com.au/" target="_blank">Nepean Blinds for the Shutters</a>. The rollers were done privately.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Here are the pics! thank you for reading :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I probably need to show some with them open too.</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07401089649810965327noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252638793225531584.post-27883270286631653482014-12-01T02:39:00.002-08:002014-12-01T02:39:35.980-08:00Feature Post for the front hedge<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Hubby purchased some hardwood posts from Hudsons, had them cut to size and stained to match the front door. The idea is to get the hedge to grow level with the top of the post and act as a feature in between the green hedge. I love that the wooden elements match the front door and break up the greenery a bit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We still have a space in front of the first bedroom window, id love to add some more wooden feature posts here with something to act as a feature of the garden, whether its an oversized pot, or a grass tree, ill think about it for a while before we finish it off. Watch the current plants grow for a year.</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07401089649810965327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252638793225531584.post-36469708811935591732014-11-07T18:28:00.002-08:002014-11-07T18:28:42.049-08:00Mail Box<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Next on the list Hubby wanted to get sorted was the mail box. Not much else to say about something that only stores our mail! This one was from Bunnings</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Next on the list to research was the plants! We knew we wanted natives, needed to be something that wouldn't grow to big, easy maintenance and also look semi formal - or at least neat! We have a small family and the last thing we want to be doing every weekend is spending hours in the garden! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I had narrowed my search down to a few of the Lilly Pilly / Acmena varieties and after ringing some local nurseries i discovered that none of them sold the plants i wanted. Thinking this meant they weren't popular for the area i was back researching some more varieties.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Our final selections were both available at flower power, although normally an expensive place to shop for plants they had a sale on so the pricing was as competitive as the local nursery and they had the qty we needed in stock so we could buy all the plants at once.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Lilly Pilly BackYard Bliss</b> - to screen out the 2 neighbouring properties, these prune well to shape, and can be easily maintained at fence height with a width of 1m. so in a small space they seem like a good choice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This Acmena variety has a natural dense growing habit, and only reaches about 70-90cm. More commonly the smaller side of the heights. It doesn't need much pruning, is psylid free and im hoping will form a nice natural front hedge with hopefully not too much maintenance as far as pruning goes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">And here is the front garden after hubby had finished working on it! We both had a vision of how we wanted it to look and i think he has made it come to life perfectly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The mulch we chose was a Cypress Mulch, Its pretty fine, so might end up getting something a little chunky next time, will just wait to see how long it takes to break down. we dont want to be replacing it every year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Next on the list was the mail box........... Will post when i get the chance! And that will complete our front garden.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07401089649810965327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252638793225531584.post-24664690611458864252014-11-07T03:50:00.000-08:002014-11-07T03:50:06.775-08:00Front Yard.......Turf<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Now that the kids were happily playing in the back yard and enjoying the grass it was time to focus on the front yard. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">To Begin with we purchased the Link Edge Aluminium edging from masters. Its designed to almost look like an invisible edging once the landscaping is complete. It looks nice and neat and "minimal" just the way i like it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Hubby found it pretty easy to install too, which was a bonus!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Its a small space and didn't require too much turf so i had decided to order the grass and the underlay from the soil place to save on the delivery fees. They offered the Sapphire too so it seemed like the best plan. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Only thing is the first weekend we ordered it, time was ticking away and we get a phone call at midday to say that the turf hadn't been ordered so they couldn't deliver the grass today. This leads to a very annoyed husband who had planned his weekend and we were so keen to see grass.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">As he wasn't able to lay the turf, that's when he got stuck into doing the pathway instead.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Worked out well in the end as a guy down the road was also doing sapphire that same weekend had some spare rolls that he was able to give to us. So we laid down half the turf. This meant we could change our order, reduce the soil required and they threw in free delivery for the stuff around. Saved myself $100 - Winning!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The next weekend rolls around and they had promised to deliver the soil by 7am.........7:15 i joke to hubby and we both laugh wondering if they have forgotten us again. Hubby decides to call - guess what they FORGOT to place the order again! So by now both of us are annoyed. Were both on the phone to the soil place making sure they can find a turf farm that can cut some grass for us, we only needed 15 rolls to complete the front. Thank god they were able too, and later that morning the turf and the soil arrived with another gift cert for our troubles. All worked out well in the end. But it was so frustrating at the time. We plan our weekends so carefully so we can make sure we get things done so when things don't arrive when they should its easy to become frustrated.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Hubby spent the first couple of weeks giving it a good water, and we had some beautiful warm pre-summer weather which helped it too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It was down about 5 weeks i think and he was able to give it a mow, its growing so well, and really starting to thicken up now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This was months ago now, but at exactly 13 weeks our CSA contacted us to make the appointment for the maintenance review. The appointment was scheduled for about 1 - 1.5 hours but from memory i think the guy was here about 3 hours. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I had a pretty list list to go through, although most things were minor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We have previously had a leaking pipe in the main bathroom fixed, some down-pipes fixed externally and our down-lights replaced in our kitchen overheads as they had blown only 2 weeks after settlement. If we had an issue that i wanted fixed straight away our SS Steve was always right on top of it, i didn't have to wait for anything to be fixed which was great to receive that level of service - as i always did from our SS.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Our 13 Week Check list looked something like this:-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">1 window sill roughly painted</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Bedroom door swings open by itself if its not fully closed</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Chipped floor tile (we didn't have spare tiles so i decided to leave this as is, due to the pattern in our tiles im lucky it doesn't stand out. I was told that different batches of tiles may produce slightly different colours and this would stand out more)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">chipped skirting tile under vanity</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Ceiling paint peeling above towel rail</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">WIR door doesn't always lock closed</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Scratch on window frame</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Crack to plaster above ensuite window</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Patchy paint under GPO near front door</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Movement cracking on internal garage door</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">1 wall patchy under certain light in diff spots</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Groove in plaster on the RHS study wall</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Bad peeling paint near our stacker Alfresco door </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Door frame near games room really rough</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Door frame has dull patches (should be smooth and shiny as the paint is semi gloss)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Cornice near square set peeling</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Lefthand side CSD to WIP roughly painted</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Skiritng under TV point rough</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Sliding door frame is also peeling</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Patch on the top of the door frame dull not covered properly</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Parts of the robs not painted smoothly</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Rough skirting boards</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Toilet & Bathroom</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Toilet window frame bottom roughly painted</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Patchy wall paint on one of the toilet walls</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Missing grout on the first feature tile in shower</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Scratched Tub</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Top of the laundry door not sealed - after a repair from another trade who had to plane some of the door during PCI - it was never repainted.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">EB agreed to fix everything on my list. I thought it was pretty small but was told that i had a fair bit to fix.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Within a couple of days we were given the schedule for the trades to come and fix everything. It was all done very quickly. I was happy, and felt like now i could finally get settled as it was the final stage of the building process.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I am pretty happy with the wall paint though out the house, the maintenance on these was very minimal. There are patchy lines in the ceiling but it doesn't bother me too much. The window frames weren't the best. Nearly all of them weren't perfect but i got the worst ones fixed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The most disappointing was the skirtings. through out the house the painter has hit nearly every single skirting with the roller when doing the wall paint, and then painted the skirtings straight over the top and its left them looking like orange peel. The painter has tried to fix the main ones during the maintenance visit but its still not 100%. I think its worth mentioning it as i don't think this is very good practice to paint a house this way, the skirtings are really nice and they're ruined by the carelessness of the painter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The peeling of the paint near our stacker doors has started to peel again, its frustrating i don't know why its peeling, I'm keeping an eye on it and if it gets worse ill call EB to see what can be done, its looks like the paint just doesn't want to stick to the certain section of the wood and i think the "no more gaps" stuff they use has something to do with it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">At the time of maintenance we only had the few movement cracks i detailed in the above list. But now there are even more appearing, and some are quite large. Perhaps this is due to the change in weather and continual movement of the land. Not to happy about it. When i built i was under the impression my house would look fresh and new for a few years. But with the cracks in most corners of the skirtings and cornices its not looking very fresh at the moment. Lucky they can only be seen on close inspection. No one would know they're there, but i know they are and it annoys me a bit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I love our beautiful glossy down-pipes, but they chip so easily. while we have been doing the landscaping etc and wheel barrows hit them as we get down the tight boundary spaces. We will need to do a touch up, but it will ruin how smooth they look.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So here we are! All maintenance free and still working on the landscaping and nothing has been done internally as yet! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">6 months in, im so in love with our house! Id love to write a full review for anyone out there thinking of building with EBH. Hopefully one day i will get around to it! (only took me 3 months to update you on the maintenance check)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Not really much else to say the pictures speak for themselves, and for a couple of hours on a sunday morning he was able to achieve this look and were all very happy with the outcome. We get lots of nice comments on it too. Cant wait to get some nice plants along the front and the entrance way will be complete.</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07401089649810965327noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252638793225531584.post-3704853397437430802014-10-16T03:31:00.002-07:002014-10-16T03:39:56.825-07:00"Vinyl Planks are Not Lino" says Blogger Lime&Mortar - So True!<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">When my friend in WA had built 2 homes and used vinyl planks it made me start researching them to find out what they were all about. She swore by them and would never consider anything else. Then another friend in the building game stumbled across them a couple of years ago and laid them in his house and has never regretted. Both have small kids, and with a young family of my own i didn't want to spend the money on real wood and be paranoid that it would get damaged. The more i looked into it the more i felt it was the right flooring solution for us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">And for those that have followed my blog you would have read my posts on the vinyl install - <a href="http://drysdaletheridge.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/in-goes-our-flooring.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">HERE</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">And check out Lime & Mortar post <a href="http://www.limeandmortar.com/2014/10/vinyl-planks-are-not-lino.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LimeMortar+%28Lime+%26amp%3B+Mortar%29" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">Lime&Mortar - Check this vinyl Out</span></a> she further explains what vinyl actually is, and also shows some pretty amazing photos of how good her vinyl planks look.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">No regrets here! and so glad she put me onto it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07401089649810965327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252638793225531584.post-89877521300063897112014-10-09T04:03:00.001-07:002014-10-09T04:04:18.853-07:00Backyard Grass - Sapphire<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Finally a bit of green action happening in the backyard. I was well and truly over the dirt in the yard and ready for turf. We hadn't had any rain for SOOOOO long and right before we want to turf it rains for 2 weeks and we couldnt get anything laid...it seemed even the gods above didn't want me to see a yard with grass. But alas the ground tried up, we got our turf underlay down and purchased a beautiful stack of Buffalo "<a href="http://sapphireturf.com.au/" target="_blank">Sapphire</a>" from All year Round Turf in Wilberforce. Cost us $6.50sqm plus delivery</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">When i look back at the old photos i have quickly forgotten what we had when we first moved in and 5 months on we have the beginnings of a proper backyard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Lets take a moment to remember those good ol' days of dirt.............</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Now This.......</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We were originally going to pave the top section near the alfresco, but decided to turf it for now, softens the edges, gives the kids some grass to play on and i can see them playing from the living room. Im sure the dog will love sitting up there in the sun too</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Its been just on a month since the turf has been laid in the back yard. Hubby was keeping the water upto it a fair bit over the first couple of weeks, and now it has firmly established itself int he ground and is growing happily. Time to pull out the mower soon!</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07401089649810965327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252638793225531584.post-15196850572741885622014-08-05T04:35:00.001-07:002014-08-05T04:35:27.736-07:00Finally a fence on all 3 sides of our block<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We now finally have a fence all around our yard! Its literally taken a couple of months to track down fencers and get quotes organised and then decide who to go with. Most fencers were too busy, or didn't seem interested in the job because it was only one side. In the end i could only get 2 companies out of the 10 or more that i rung that gave me quotes! I guess when your trade is in high demand you can pick and choose your work! Half their luck, as a business its a great position to be in, but lots of businesses out there certainly aren't earning any brownie points with me due to their lack of interest to want my job!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The chosen company was Bill Gibson Fencing. Michael was great. Really friendly and offered some great advice and feedback. Was willing to listen to what we wanted and didn't just want to do it "his way" there was a wait of approx 2 weeks from the time we accepted the quote. The fence took 2 days to put up. The boys dug the holes and set out the frames on the first day and then did the panels the following day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So happy! I feel more secure now, dont have everyone looking in. and we are just that little bit closer to getting our dog back into our yard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The boundaries are tight thats for sure! I remember when the house was first sited on the block and the boundary was 900mm on the RHS. The clever person at EBH decided to atleast go 950mm to make the boundary that litlte bit bigger for our bins. At the time i didn't think much of it, I knew that it would be tight down that side, but we didn't want the house to be any closer to the boundary on the LHS, so agreed with the 950mm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Now that we are in and ordering the gate im realising just how lucky we are that we did have the 950mm.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Once the fence went up that gap between house and fence closed into 900mm, and once we add the 2 posts for the gate the gate closes in too approx 780mm - a large garbage bin is 600mm and a lawnmower pretty close to that as well! Not much else will fit through their due to downpipes, and electrical boxes make the squeeze even tighter!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It will do! And once all the yard is done we wont have a need to bring anything wide through there! and if we do maybe we could bring it through our 1200mm wide front door and out the back that way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Fence is Gramline Branded the colour is Slate Grey - Same as Woodland Grey colorbond.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Not much else to be said! A fence is a fence! lol</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Pictures are always good though :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I wasn't overly impressed with the fencers and their attitudes, lets just see if the fence actually stays up when we get some big winds ripping through over winter. I wont be using them again, have since selected another fencer for our last remaining boundary fence. Hopefully they're better guys than the previous lot.</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07401089649810965327noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252638793225531584.post-58186941033025452912014-07-03T05:15:00.001-07:002014-07-03T05:15:09.413-07:00Interior update<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We really haven't had much time to think about the interior. The Financial sales have come and gone, all i brought was a new doona cover. Will save up for the boxing day sales and hope to get a bargain then!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Saving all the spare cash to make sure the outside things get done, still one boundary fence to go, then the grass, then paving and stones. Might leave the plants until a bit later as its not urgent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So keen to get some nice plantation shutters in, i have got some quotes and its just a matter of working out when i can go ahead and order them, if budgeting is tight we will put up with the blankets for a little while longer. I have my heart set on getting them across the front windows. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br />The rest of the rooms still have sheets up. All part of the joys of having a new house is dealing with unsightly blankets and sheets for a few months. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We are going for the minimalist look and still have plain light bulbs for our light fittings - some might call that trendy lol - honestly though they are the last thing on my mind, so no rush for those.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I have had my laundry measured up and keen to see that go in, a few hiccups with the planning, the size of the bench that will fit int he space is 2cm too short for a 45l tub. not to sure i could of been more particular in the planning of my laundry and requested the door to be 2cm further to the right so it didn't impact the bench. Not a huge deal, just means i will have to get used to soaking things in buckets. as i will now only get a 30L tub instead of 45L.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The laundry is set to be installed around my birthday! what a great bday present - hhhmmmm some might call it weird that im getting excited about getting a laundry as a birthday present! but i honestly couldn't think of anything better! We need all the storage we can get!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We got a bed for the spare room. Purchased from Domayne during the financial sales. Im quickly falling in love with white furniture now that i have a lot of white in the house, its so fresh and leaves the room looking bright and clean. Will post pics of it in the room when its all set up properly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">the furniture we had originally brought from the old house fits into the living space perfectly. </span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07401089649810965327noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252638793225531584.post-17640455183081769142014-07-03T04:41:00.000-07:002014-07-03T04:41:48.718-07:00Concrete Sleeper Retaining Walls<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Retaining walls was always something that played on our mind from the very first day! We had removed the drop edge beam from our plan, so had to retain our soil and slab with walls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We didn't want wood, and couldn't afford the block walls installed by landscapers - for our 25m approx we were getting quotes from 9-12k just for one boundary. So we had to look for a way to do it cheaper, and something we could install ourselves. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We came across concrete sleepers. They had many designs to choose from, but i liked the wood look ones. The supplier was <a href="http://www.fyshwickcement.com/" target="_blank">Concrete Sleepers Canberra</a> they supply all the bits and pieces you need to build your wall. There are instructions and guidelines on their site so you know what parts you need to order to build the walls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The day after we moved in, the boys (hubby,dad and uncle) had to take down the current boundary fence and prep for the walls. Such a big job ahead of them, and the sleepers weigh a lot so lots of digging and heavy lifting. There were many beers drunk each night to ease the back pain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We hired a post hole digger to help with the digging, some holes had to go down 600-800mm and through the thick clay too. at one stage the thing was really stuck in the ground, and just wasn't budging, we didn't know how we would be able to get it out, it was stuck for a couple of hours, thankfully they were finally able to get it out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">When digging the holes we quickly realised that the supplied drainage plan was totally wrong, we thought there would only be one sewerage pipe in the way, which already had been uncovered and damaged previously when some fill had been removed, so we could see that one clearly. Each we dug uncovered another pipe. For those that have to dig around in the yards be really careful for the pipes that could be underneath. We had to repair 3 in the end.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Diagram shows in the red where our pipes were uncovered - to where they lead to we dont know!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Once all the holes were dug the boys had to then put all the steel posts in the ground and get ready for concreting. This involved making sure every post was at the correct height in needed to be for the sleeper to fall in place. It took them a while to careful position each of the posts in place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> putting the sleeprs in seemed to happen really quickly. The longest part of the process was setting it all out and making sure the posts were level. It was great to finally see the wall coming to life, and creating some much needed privacy for us and our neighbours.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Once the walls were up the next stage was getting the boundary fence back up again. To fix the fence onto the wall we had to buy extra posts and concrete them in behind the wall and then screw the fence onto them. The sleepers aren't the same length as a normal fence panel, and we didn't want to cut all our fence sections down to 190, so this was the next best way we could think of doing it. Lets just hope it doesn't fall down on us!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">In the end it took about a week to complete. Im relaly happy with how they look. We havent decided if we will paint them or just leave them natural. Ill decide this once the rest of the yard is looking a lot less like a building site.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Dad has helped hubby with retaining walls and leveling the back yard, plus some shelving in the garage, mum has helped clean the house and get it to some sort of state of organisation for me. When they left they surely should of went on a holiday - they will be glad to get home and relax. Although as dad would say "there is never enough time to relax" he is always on the go.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So with the retaining walls finally done and our neighbours fence back to 6ft instead of 4ft high off the alfresco we have our privacy. its so much better, and to top it off the walls look great. I have to find the time to upload all the photos and share with you all what we have done so far.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The fences are next - rear fence to go in tomorrow - its been nice to have an extended view from the backyard, but looking forward to getting rid of the site fence and gaining even more privacy. The last section of the fence will go up in a few weeks once the house next door has its exterior completed and moves inside to internals - the tradies have needed the extra space down the side - they pack the houses in pretty close in these new estates. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">As far as the house goes, i haven't come across any major issues. And for all the EBH builders following the blog - you will be happy to read that we are really happy with our home - totally stoked! can not wipe the smile off my face, and count down the hours & minutes until i can be home from work and relaxing in our new home. The kids love the extra space, and so do we! Its a beautiful home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">There are minor paint issues where its patchy, or hasn't covered smoothly on the window sills, toilet seat is loose and doesn't seem to stay on, Couple of chipped tiles in the ensuite, and on splashback in kitchen, a key in our sliding door doesn't work properly (getting fixed tomorrow), we had a cracked pipe out the back which required the plumbers urgent attention and was all fixed really quickly. My list is small and hopefully it stays that way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I hope to be sharing photos again soon to show you the progress of our backyard! Sorry i dont have any tonight - i know everyone loves seeing pics! but just wanted to update you quickly on what has been happening.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Its been a long wait to see the vinyl floors get laid. They're such a new product, and after a few recommendations decided to give them a try. Hours of researching and reading up about the product, and then also ordering samples and visiting our flooring guy (<a href="http://www.choicesflooring.com.au/store/blacktown/" target="_blank">Choices Flooring Blacktown</a>) to check out all the samples he had in his showroom. If you're after flooring yourself go and visit Tony, he is so helpful and a great guy too - he will point you in the right direction and give you some really good advice along the way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">But now that its in all i can say is AH-MAZING! i LOVE it! it feels so soft and warm to walk on, and leading into winter i am quite grateful im not walking on cold tiles. Friends who have told me about this product ahve said they will never go back to tiles again - and i can kind of see why.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- Wet area step ups do become rather large. the standard angle they use is 40mm, the floor is think so leaves a step up of 35mm. this really bothered me to begin with and have been trying to think of ways to hide the step, but now that its done i think ill just leave it, we will get used to the big step, and its better than to cluttered the streamlined effect with a ramp leading upto it - if we start tripping over it we may have to look into something.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Ive had several trades comment on how good it looks - some think its wooden tiles, others think its laminate. They are shocked when i show them its a vinyl plank. Now that its laid you relaly cant tell until you touch it and walk on it. Its quiet too, which helps when im getting ready for work and dont want to wake the kids, or when the kids are playing and running through the house its not loud like the laminate flooring can be.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07401089649810965327noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252638793225531584.post-33213426450075101792014-04-29T05:56:00.003-07:002014-04-29T05:56:44.717-07:00The house is all ours......Settlement 28th April<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Im so excited to announce that the house is now all ours! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Settlement has taken place and we had the keys in our hands by 10:30am yesterday 28th April!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Could not be happier right now! Settlement went well, met with SS at 7:30am yesterday morning and he went through the PCI list so we could double check to make sure all the things we brought to his attention had been done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">There were so many sticky dots for paint and gyprock repair during PCI how would i truly know if they have all been done. All i do know is the house looked amazing. Couldn't wipe the smile off my face.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Any further things we discover we can have fixed during our 13 week maintenance check.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">After meeting with SS we drove to norwest to meet with our CSA for the last time, AM went through all the paperwork for the house, and gave us all the certificates that belong with it too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">After we handed over our final cheque we were presented with our keys and a lovely giftbox with a set of white towels in it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So for now we just get to enjoy our new home - well not quite yet! we need to do our flooring. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Tony from Choices Flooring, Richmond Road Blacktown will be doing all the flooring for the house. Im meeting with Lee tomorrow so they can begin the install! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Will be one happy duck when the floors go in, and i CAN NOT wait for carpet with underlay! i think we have 1mm underlay in our current house and my dream has always been to have lush thick underlay to walk on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Here is a key that symbolises not only 12 months of the biggest emotional roller coaster ride i will ever be faced with, but also the key to our new chapter in life, a brand new start for my family. And i cant wait to start living it!</span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Thank You so much Eden Brae! You have just made me realise that dreams do come true!</span></i></div>
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