Tonight is really cold and we have a ceiling and insulation above our heads but no tiles. They came off today with Peter, Strawb and Bob Boyes helping out. It was pretty hard work I think as it is 7.42 and Pete is having a little lie down in bed. They put the tiles in Scott's tipping Ute and took them to the tip, which is happy to have them for free to make into road base. I am not sure I will sleep very well worrying about rain but Peter assures me that it won't rain and if it does a couple mils won't do much damage anyway. Strawb suggested I wear a raincoat to bed. I will post pictures shortly.
The house is progressing quite well and we are really happy with how the front yard will be. The shed has created a fantastic wind break to the south west and the sun shines in from the north. We have decided to capitalise on the veranda by creating tiered seating that will be the steps down into the garden area.
The shed is marvelous as well and is currently housing a kitchen we purchased in Perth for $3800. It is vinyl wrap beech but includes heaps of drawers, 2 pantry sliders with Blum hardware, Miele gas cooktop with stainless bench surround, A Domain wall oven, Blanco rangehood, microwave and a fridge/freezer with ice maker. We are thinking it is probably better for downstairs but time will tell. We can make it fit into either space.
The driveway is made from exposed aggregate concrete and looks fabulous. I bought a couple of interesting metal gates and it really suits the whole look. We just need decide on colours now. I am feeling that we should paint all the scion stria boards the very dark grey blue to match the colourbond. The render on the house will remain cream. The timber decks are jarrah (can you believe it was the cheapest option?) and we have painted the pine structural timbers on the shed veranda with a jarrah stain. I am starting to think that we should have some highlights in dark lime green. It would match well with all the other colours but add some brightness. I was thinking of some deep red for highlights but I think it would not look as good as the green with the jarrah.
Hopefully the next few days will bring no rain so we can get the roof timbers off and replace with floor joists, flooring and then cover with a plastic layer before the framing, waiting in the driveway, can be be put into place.
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