Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Time to start the family history
It has been a while since we last posted a blog, January in fact. So I thought that it was timely to add what has been going on.
The boys started at their new school this year and so far they are having a great year and we can say that we are so happy with the school we chose. They both have come a long way since joining this school. They have both made a lot of new friends however they are always talking about there now longer distant friends, there have been a few trips up the road for the sleep overs and the parties and I spose the reflection of the time past, but watching when they get together you wouldn't know of the days past in between visits and they just pick up from where they left off last time. They have got some school friends that are local to home and we find that we are a little less strict on where they can play (must be due to the country feel). The path next to our house is a great link around the neighbourhood without the need to cross roads.
Our gardens and lawns have been put in place and although a little sparse in the plant dept we are keeping our options open as well as our eyes because there are some great gardens being put in around our house and we might just have to borrow some of their idea's and put them in place at our place. I think I have mowed the lawn at least 10 times with the same mower that I had previously(time for new one), the size of our lawn now is around 4 times bigger than what we had at Lara. Plenty of room for whatever.
We have filled our house with some new furniture and also with some old stuff that we brought with us. It was only 2 weeks ago that I put some shelving up in the shed to store some our stuff, and what a day that was; let me say 28 mice dead by days end in the shed alone! We are having a bit of a mouse situation here at Eynesbury(not just at our house all neighbours are the same, seems to be the topic when talking over the fence). I will go on record and say that we now have 19 mouse traps in play and we are emptying 2 times per day on average(1 way to keep the mother in law away! only joking Helen). I know we are are keeping the supplier of ratsak in business also, I am considering just putting the boxes out there and then letting them help themselves. During all this we have only had 1 stuart little(mouse) in the house, they infilltrated our fortress by entering in through a fly wire screen, yes they chewed through the screen to get in. We relised that we had left the window open just as we were going to bed and Mel went to shut the window and discovered the intruder. 1 trap and 5 minutes later and he was caught. The only one to get in, we sometimes see them looking through the glass to get in but they can't.
Well the next time we add to the blog we will include photo's of where we were to we we are now, It is amazing the progress that has been made around Eynesbury, if you look at the early photo's of the block and see the whole street is empty of houses , well now there are only a couple of empty blocks in the street or infact stage 2. Progress has been made on stage 7 with people already moving in with around 100 houses being built and stage 3 about to be released within weeks.
The boys started at their new school this year and so far they are having a great year and we can say that we are so happy with the school we chose. They both have come a long way since joining this school. They have both made a lot of new friends however they are always talking about there now longer distant friends, there have been a few trips up the road for the sleep overs and the parties and I spose the reflection of the time past, but watching when they get together you wouldn't know of the days past in between visits and they just pick up from where they left off last time. They have got some school friends that are local to home and we find that we are a little less strict on where they can play (must be due to the country feel). The path next to our house is a great link around the neighbourhood without the need to cross roads.
Our gardens and lawns have been put in place and although a little sparse in the plant dept we are keeping our options open as well as our eyes because there are some great gardens being put in around our house and we might just have to borrow some of their idea's and put them in place at our place. I think I have mowed the lawn at least 10 times with the same mower that I had previously(time for new one), the size of our lawn now is around 4 times bigger than what we had at Lara. Plenty of room for whatever.
We have filled our house with some new furniture and also with some old stuff that we brought with us. It was only 2 weeks ago that I put some shelving up in the shed to store some our stuff, and what a day that was; let me say 28 mice dead by days end in the shed alone! We are having a bit of a mouse situation here at Eynesbury(not just at our house all neighbours are the same, seems to be the topic when talking over the fence). I will go on record and say that we now have 19 mouse traps in play and we are emptying 2 times per day on average(1 way to keep the mother in law away! only joking Helen). I know we are are keeping the supplier of ratsak in business also, I am considering just putting the boxes out there and then letting them help themselves. During all this we have only had 1 stuart little(mouse) in the house, they infilltrated our fortress by entering in through a fly wire screen, yes they chewed through the screen to get in. We relised that we had left the window open just as we were going to bed and Mel went to shut the window and discovered the intruder. 1 trap and 5 minutes later and he was caught. The only one to get in, we sometimes see them looking through the glass to get in but they can't.
Well the next time we add to the blog we will include photo's of where we were to we we are now, It is amazing the progress that has been made around Eynesbury, if you look at the early photo's of the block and see the whole street is empty of houses , well now there are only a couple of empty blocks in the street or infact stage 2. Progress has been made on stage 7 with people already moving in with around 100 houses being built and stage 3 about to be released within weeks.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Well we are in our house and have been for 5-6 weeks now. We moved in on the 20th of november 2010. Our site supervisor did a great job getting us in before xmas and before i went to wa with work. Apart from an issue with our tiles we moved in with all issues sorted. Thanks to Danny for his help with moving our stuff in that we got in and slept our first night on the friday night. we are well and truly into setting up our garden and lawn area's, i have also built a retaining wall at the front of the house to get our lawn level with our house, i have been very busy with work and it feels that everthing was happening at the one time, i am now on holidays and hope to finish some jobs off and spejd time with the kids before they start at there new school. We hope to have photo's soon up for you to see. if you are building and nearing completion here at eynesbury get onto telstra now, i will tell details later on, you will understand what i mean when you call them.
bye for now
bye for now
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Time is close
Well we are nearly there, I the Optimist and Mel the Pessimist and we are both saying different times that we are going to be in. I am saying this week and Mel doesn't think that that will happen. Time will tell! Rain has halted the progress of our fences and should still be completed by the end of the week, we need some dry days so the driveway dries and then we can unload all of our stuff inside. No Photo's as yet as not much has changed since last report, just the little things.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
It's not a light, the tunnel opening is near!
No Pictures today because we didn't take any photo's when we went inside our house for our inspection. I will say that the work that has been done in our house has been of a High standard and the Jared (site supervisor) has done a great job with our house, not only has he kept us informed through the whole process he has answered all our queries in a quick and timely manner. Only once was a job put on hold because of our query relating to skirting board design and that was rectified within 24hrs and the job was back on.
Jared has a small list of issues to resolve but they won't take long to complete. Being our second house we spent more time going through every room looking up at the ceilings and then the corners then the walls then the skirts then the floors then the doors; you understand what I mean. It was a good feeling to look around and not find anything to serious. We also took into consideration that we do have 3 months after handover to find any issues that we might have. Excitement does effect your eyesight and because you don't usually see through the house of a nighttime you might not see what the lights in your house highlight!
Fences have been organised with one neighbour and our other fence should be sorted soon with our other neighbour. We then have to organise our driveway, we are using crushed rock as a base with a lily dale topping as the top product. This will keep us for a while until we save for concrete or something similar.
Inside we have organised our tiles and Tiler to come in after handover which won't be to far away. Around 4 days it should take to complete then we will be able to start moving in and then that fun will begin with our front and back yard and then and then and then and then. No I don't stutter but that is how my list of tasks are stacking up. We are looking forward to the challenge ahead.
The boys have started an induction program with Exford primary School, where they spent a few hours with the kids that they will be in class with next year and they also met there new Teachers.
Next time I will have photo's of inside the house, we might be in? well we have to pay our final bill before we can move in! Like our heading states, we can not only see the light we can see the tunnel opening.
Jared has a small list of issues to resolve but they won't take long to complete. Being our second house we spent more time going through every room looking up at the ceilings and then the corners then the walls then the skirts then the floors then the doors; you understand what I mean. It was a good feeling to look around and not find anything to serious. We also took into consideration that we do have 3 months after handover to find any issues that we might have. Excitement does effect your eyesight and because you don't usually see through the house of a nighttime you might not see what the lights in your house highlight!
Fences have been organised with one neighbour and our other fence should be sorted soon with our other neighbour. We then have to organise our driveway, we are using crushed rock as a base with a lily dale topping as the top product. This will keep us for a while until we save for concrete or something similar.
Inside we have organised our tiles and Tiler to come in after handover which won't be to far away. Around 4 days it should take to complete then we will be able to start moving in and then that fun will begin with our front and back yard and then and then and then and then. No I don't stutter but that is how my list of tasks are stacking up. We are looking forward to the challenge ahead.
The boys have started an induction program with Exford primary School, where they spent a few hours with the kids that they will be in class with next year and they also met there new Teachers.
Next time I will have photo's of inside the house, we might be in? well we have to pay our final bill before we can move in! Like our heading states, we can not only see the light we can see the tunnel opening.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
The inside Scoop
Only 1 photo of the outside and that is of the Roller door that was only just fitted. All our colors have come together. Our Gutters Match our Doors and windows including the roller door, Our fascia matches our cladding and down pipe colors and hopefully the bricks are a good match for all. We have had quotes done on our fencing and they should be done within 2 weeks (temp fences come down next week) Everything has really come together and we are really pleased with the work done so far and hope that it continues for this last final stage.
The shower in the En suite. The shower head is hanging down the wall, it is able to be used while in your hand or it attaches to the rail on the wall, I only hope that it can go High enough that I can stand under it. The main tiles are a beige type color and the decorative tiles are different shades of browns.
Our En suite has double vanity and cupboards, we have also put down lights in here as well above the sink area's. It has a large mirror and I think is finished off nicely. You can see the red dot in the photo that indicates a blemish in the paint. I had a look at some of them and couldn't really see what it was there for but some of them were really obvious, they should all be fixed by next week.
The boys bathroom, we have kept a lot of the colors right through the house from tiles to cabinetry. The color of the floor tiles is what is going to be in most of the house. This photo was taken in the morning so you can see plenty of natural light coming through even though it is obscure glass.
The Shower in the Boys bathroom, we have had fitted an adjustable shower head that can slide down the rail for small people or you can take the shower head and hold it in your hands, This may help with cleaning!
The Bath with the decorative tile pattern, the bath is nice and deep and the tap is at the end not in the middle like ours currently.
Our island bench has room for a dish washer and a micro wave. We got a larger double sink than normal, usually they are 1 large and 1 small sink , we got 2 large sinks.
Looking at the kitchen from the dining room, the front door is wide open with plenty of light coming through. The door at the end of the island bench is the pantry. I have left some jobs to do once we move in that include a shelf system above the the fridge, we might have to get a new fridge (our current we have had since we got Married, believe me that was a while ago).
The new walk in pantry has 8 shelves, 4 on either side. The pantry has an upgraded door seen in a previous picture which goes with the timber look of the kitchen.
Mels new Linen closest is massive, we were able to make it bigger because the Garage was moved to the back of the house. The normal entry to the garage would have taken up half of this space with an extra door. Considering that our linen closest is the size of the right hand side of the picture from the middle support.
Our walk in robe has the one shelf and hang rail that covers 2 walls, there is a small section also behind the door that is the same. Fairly plain and we spoke about upgrading later on to include more shelving and also a bottom shelf for shoes etc;
The shower in the En suite. The shower head is hanging down the wall, it is able to be used while in your hand or it attaches to the rail on the wall, I only hope that it can go High enough that I can stand under it. The main tiles are a beige type color and the decorative tiles are different shades of browns.
Our En suite has double vanity and cupboards, we have also put down lights in here as well above the sink area's. It has a large mirror and I think is finished off nicely. You can see the red dot in the photo that indicates a blemish in the paint. I had a look at some of them and couldn't really see what it was there for but some of them were really obvious, they should all be fixed by next week.
The boys bathroom, we have kept a lot of the colors right through the house from tiles to cabinetry. The color of the floor tiles is what is going to be in most of the house. This photo was taken in the morning so you can see plenty of natural light coming through even though it is obscure glass.
The Shower in the Boys bathroom, we have had fitted an adjustable shower head that can slide down the rail for small people or you can take the shower head and hold it in your hands, This may help with cleaning!
The Bath with the decorative tile pattern, the bath is nice and deep and the tap is at the end not in the middle like ours currently.
Our island bench has room for a dish washer and a micro wave. We got a larger double sink than normal, usually they are 1 large and 1 small sink , we got 2 large sinks.
Looking at the kitchen from the dining room, the front door is wide open with plenty of light coming through. The door at the end of the island bench is the pantry. I have left some jobs to do once we move in that include a shelf system above the the fridge, we might have to get a new fridge (our current we have had since we got Married, believe me that was a while ago).
The new walk in pantry has 8 shelves, 4 on either side. The pantry has an upgraded door seen in a previous picture which goes with the timber look of the kitchen.
Mels new Linen closest is massive, we were able to make it bigger because the Garage was moved to the back of the house. The normal entry to the garage would have taken up half of this space with an extra door. Considering that our linen closest is the size of the right hand side of the picture from the middle support.
Our walk in robe has the one shelf and hang rail that covers 2 walls, there is a small section also behind the door that is the same. Fairly plain and we spoke about upgrading later on to include more shelving and also a bottom shelf for shoes etc;
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