Plumbing and Electrical fit off complete

The electrical, air conditioning and plumbing fit off have been completed today.  

Next week I believe our main floor tiling should commence, along with the carpentry fit off and the Tyrells Inspection.

The tiling is complete

Our tiler came back today and finished off the bathroom and ensuite. He has now laid the feature tile, the tiling around the bath and completed the grouting. I must say, it looks pretty good if I do say so myself. I am very impressed by the feature tile. I was concerned that it wouldn't look any good but now that it has been laid, I am extremely happy with our choice.

 

I am really pleased with how the tiler also laid the white tile all the way around the vanity instead of leaving a gap as was intended.  He had done an amazing job.

 

Grouting

The tiler started grouting the floor tiles today. They look awesome. I really can't wait to see the entire house finished now. 

Photos as promised

Here are some photos of our stone bench tops as promised. The lighting was not the best as it has been overcast and raining for a week.

Ensuite vanity

Kitchen (obviously)

Kitchen 

Kitchen

 Main Bathroom

Laundry

 Laundry

An update on the tiling

J & I dropped in at the house this afternoon to check on the progress of the tiling, and to our surprise, our tiler had actually done most of the floors in both bathrooms.  It is looking pretty awesome too, if I may say so myself.

Main Bathroom

Ensuite

Stone benchtops

I was extremely surprised and excited to see (via the internal camera) that our kitchen, laundry, ensuite and bathroom stone bench tops have been installed.

I can't wait to go past and have a look this afternoon.

I will post some photos once I can get inside and take some.

Waterproofing

The water proofer was at our house at 6:45am to continue with the water proofing that he started yesterday afternoon.  Within two hours, the job was complete.  

Here are some pics of his handiwork.

Laundry

Main Bathroom 

Main Bathroom

Main Bathroom

Main Bathroom

Ensuite

Ensuite

Ensuite

Ensuite

Research for our flooring & bathroom selections

We must have gone to Di Lorenzo half a dozen times leading up to our appointment, just to try and cement our ideas.

I never thought that choosing a colour scheme for your home would be so hard. The selection of standard bathroom and flooring tiles at Di Lorenzo is actually pretty good. The feature tiles though, we didn't find anything that really grabbed us.  In the end, we chose a feature tile that was not part of the standard package.

We spent hours wandering around trying to decide on what we liked.  I think it wasn't until the 3rd for 4th visit that we came to a decision on what we wanted. The feature tile we weren't too sure on at first, but we finally decided on Option 2.

Option 1

Option 2

Flooring (shiny tile for main floor area) & smaller tile for bathroom, ensuite & laundry

We wanted similar internal colours to those used in the Drysdale 27 on display at Homeworld Kellyville.  Below are some photos taken of the flooring in the display home.

These are the samples we had to choose from.  We ended up going with the carpet on the left (in the first picture below).