January 2017 - Framing finished, windows in, tiles on, bricks begin

Tuesday, 10th January 2017 

Monday, 16th January 2017 

Wednesday, 18th January 2017 

Thursday, 19th January 2017 

Tiles nearly done in one morning

End of the day

Tuesday, 24th January 2017 
Bricks have arrived ready to go and house has been wrapped up 





Al Fresco

Friday, 27th January 2017
First bricks are laid and internally, hard to see but we have been told that the vacuum installers have put in our ducted system and some electrics and heating has begun. 

Monday, 30th January 2017

More bricks laid down the side - we are loving how they are looking and the brick layer has done a lovely job of varying the colours of bricks evenly. 

 Tuesday, 31st January 2017 

reached rear of house 

8 December 2016 - Site start and frame begins

8 December 2016


Exciting to see the site being cut today, looks fantastic

We  have been told we will have a slab before Christmas


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9 December 2016


Plumbing and drainage has been put in

13 December 2016


Slab preparation in the morning

Progress that day

 

 Boxed in ready for pouring

Front of house from porch

14 December 2016


Waffle pods in place

 
close up of porch footings

15 December 2016


 The slab being poured and smoothed

The finished slab!

Friday, 16 December 2016


Pre-fabricated framing delivered

Monday, 19 December 2016


Up goes the frame in the morning

Drove by in the evening  wow! We didn't expect it to be up already. Last stint of work before the Christmas break.

Cheeky look at the framing - looks great!

Guessing these are just settlement cracks??

Our building journey in Victoria with Simonds

We thought we would create a blog to document our first home build with Simonds in Victoria.

We have quite traditional styles and were grateful that Simonds could accommodate for this.

We chose a single storey home which we were able to customise and enlarge to approximately 30 square metres which will be built on a plot of land which is approximately 1000m2 in rural Victoria.

This is a very rough edited design of what our house will look like - however, colours are not the same as we will have all cream coloured window frames and same with garage and a few other things.

  
The house facade is based on the below double storey facade as seen in the below photos:- 

Masterpiece - (Camberwell Vic)

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Oxford

We spent a lot of time going through the available house plans and in the end we chose a Dakota but made a lot of amendments. Here is the Dakota with the available fusion options:- 

This is what we ended up with after months of editing and back and forths:- 

Our aim was to create a home with ample storage room, including a huge WIR for all of our clothes! We also wanted double frontage and symmetry as you look at the house. 

We can't wait to see our home come to life!