Tomorrow's the Day!!!

Some good news folks! My final payment has been approved and my PCI is set for tomorrow afternoon at 3pm!!!

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!

So if everything goes according to plan, I will be back in bunno town by 2.30 (hopefully we don't get held up at the airport!) and it will be straight to the house to meet the builders and the folks and then if I don't find any problems, the exchange happens!!!

I should be able to start moving my stuff in straight away!!! It helps living only a km away already with the est of my furniture either getting delivered or is stored at my uncles place just a couple of km's further down the road. So overall it should be a pretty straight forward move!

Nearly Finished

So I'm at work atm eagerly awaiting the end of my swing. By the time I get home on Thursday arvo, I'm expecting that the house will hopefully be finished! If it isn't, then it definitely won't have much left to do. As of last Monday morning, the painting was finally finished and the remaining jobs were;


- Floor Coverings
- Blinds
- Fly Screens
- Air Conditioning
- Security
- Smoke Alarms
- Paving
- Garage Door


The painter took 6 weeks (by himself - 7 days a week) to paint my entire house inside and out. I had to change the external contrast render colour because the original selection was an internal paint only, meaning that it would've faded from purple to pink! I was talked into something a little less bold, which when I first saw the finished job, I hated!!! However, after a few days of staring at it, and other houses (that had what I wanted) and listening to people saying how good it looked, I've decided to not paint over it later and to keep it. There are a few houses with bold colours around, but none with the end result I've got. I'll make it work for me.

My HBC liason said at our brief Monday meeting that the A/C would most probably be the last thing to get done. After the meeting I went straight round to the house for a look, and lo-behold, the guys were there putting in the A/C ducting, etc! When I dropped back later that arvo, they hadn't finished (needed an electrician) but the fly screens had been done too, along with batons on the floor for the carpet and all the blinds in every room!
Tuesday morning saw the flooring dude back again, and by that arvo he'd finished all the carpets and was progressing well with the vinyl.

The builder was estimating to have their inspections done early this week sometime, and hoepfully that means I can have mine before heading back to work Tuesday next week. The only hold up might be the garage door company which had been giving them some grief apparently, but they would let me know if there was a problem and I haven't heard from them yet! Hope it stays that way too.


Overall, I'm surper impressed with the workmanship so far of all the tradies, and can't wait for the finished product!

Here's a list of what I've ended up with throughout the house.

The paint on the internal walls is Solver White Cliffs (0870). It's a darker shade of white/cream but I like it. Suits the rest of my house well I reckon, and stands out against the stark WA White ceiling paint. Interior Finishings;
Carpet - Coventry Spartan (8218) to Bedrooms & robes
Vinyl - Authentic 150 biscay 11/Alu Brown to Entry, Theatre, Kitchen, Family, Dining & Rear Passage
Roller Blinds - Malt to Theatre, Dining, Family & Laundry
- Plaza Express to Bedrooms
Glass Splashback - Exquisite Elura Metallic
Kitchen Bench - Wilsonart Satin Silver (4829-07)
Cupboards - Polar Whilte: Silk Finish 200
Wall Tiles - Impress Wavy White
Floor Tiles - Enviro Flint
Border Tiles - Black Peral Mix (8219 DHT)
Bathroom Benchs - Wilsonart Feldspar Shimmer (XM054-07)
Laundry Tiles above Trough - Phuket White

The Exterior colours are;
Main Render - Solver Vitesse (0869)
Contrast Render - Solver Orkney (0873)
Roof - Solver C/B Jasper
Garage Door - Pattern: Madison, Colour: Dune