Showing posts with label driveway. Show all posts
Showing posts with label driveway. Show all posts

Wednesday, 24 September 2014

Driveway - Day 3

On the way to work this morning, my fantastic bestie, whom picked me up to take me to work, drove past the house to check out the progress of the driveway (and to check out her own house just across the road). They had the sand down and were starting to unpack the pavers. 

One thing I noticed on Tuesday once they had poured the cement is that they put down a foundation for our bricked mailbox. I was thinking that it was too close to the house. It was only a metre or so away from the front pillar whereas the neighbours's mailboxes are at least a metre closer to the kerb.  I asked J to give our SS a call and ask him if it was correct. He said it was. Interesting.... 

Later in the day when J went past, Outback had started to brick the mailbox. J asked them if it was in the correct position, and upon measuring it, realised they were one metre out from where it should be. As it happens, I am not as silly as I may look :)

J picked me up from work and we took our usual drive past the house to find our driveway and portico completed. I was concerned as to how it would look once completed, but I am pleasantly surprised.

Here are some photos.














Tuesday, 23 September 2014

Driveway - Day 2


Yesterday when Outback Landscaping formed up the driveway they didn't take it out to the outer edge of the garage. However, this morning they have corrected it.  They told us that they would be pouring the concrete today and commencing the paving tomorrow.

Today I received a text from one of our neighbours (they moved in yesterday) telling me that the kitchen and laundry glass splashback were being installed.  She also sent a photo of the driveway after it had been concreted.  Needless to say, all I wanted to do was leave work and rush there to check things out.

Our gas meter was installed today. 



Kitchen


Kitchen


Kitchen


 Laundry Splashback (not happy with the colour against the stone bench top)


 Ensuite


Ensuite


 Main Bathroom Shower


Pathway 


My little man 






Monday, 22 September 2014

Week 16 ....... Driveway - Day 1

We have reached week 16 and I am amazed at how close we are now.  Our SS has given us a settlement date of 10th October 2014. I am super excited now.

Today Outback Landscaping was on site nice and early forming up our driveway to be poured tomorrow.   

We are having Outback do a paved pathway down the side of our house, as well as some stairs at the laundry door. This work should be done by Saturday.

At the last minute we have decided to widen our driveway so that it is the full width all the way to the kerb. I think it will be much more practical for our family in the coming years with the number orfcars that we are inevitably going to have.

This week our SS has scheduled the driveway, site clean, house clean, window service and carpet install.

The house clean was done today. Our main floor tiles are still covered with protective black plastic as the grouting has only just been finished but the rest of the house is relatively clean.

I am looking forward to the end of the week!






Looking down into the backyard



The step up 





 Laundry door

HOUSE CLEAN