Painting...

The painter has been very busy this week.  He did apologise as it may take him longer to paint the house as he had to let some workers go due to losing work through a large housing company going broke (BBC Homes).

Set up in the living area.

Undercoat in main bedroom.  It is still slightly wet.

The doors have also been painted thankfully not monument as they had originally thought.

  The two doors in the middle are bedroom doors, while the door on the left is the butlers pantry slider and the one on the right is the linen cupboard door. 

Our bench top has also been installed but has been covered by all of the painters material. 

We promise we only had a quick look took a couple of photos and returned everything to the way it was :) It is a bit dusty but you can get an idea of the colours.

 

The gas connection.

Daniel spoke to our SS last week and asked about getting our own down lights and fans put in during the electrical fitout.  He was unsure but said he would look into it....true to his word we recieved a phonecall from the electrical company assuring us that 'yes' they are able to do that for us - for a small fee.  HOORAY, one less thing to worry about after handover.  

 

Tiles and kitchen.

We met with the Tiler on Tuesday morning and he went through our tile selection with us again confirming that they were the right tiles, where they went and what direction we wanted them laid.
He was really helpful, going through all of the bathrooms and  looking at our plans, he offered us other choices with how to lay the tiles.  We were stoked!! 
In our ensuite we had selected a Dark Grey tile for the floor and wall with a pebble strip as the feature in the shower - he asked 'why only one strip?' to which we replied 'the price'. He informed us that he gets paid per metre so it does not worry him what tile he lays where, so if we wanted he would be happy to change the layout.
Here is a look at our decisions - these ones are now final!!!

We changed the pebble strip to the whole bottom of the shower - which is what we had originally wanted but could not afford.

Here is another look at it, the floor tiles will also go up the walls.  Obviously the cabinetry has been put in.  Cupboards colour - Burnished wood

Bench top - Ebony Marble

Laundry.  Cupboards are all the same colours - Burnished Wood.

Main Bathroom with Pebble strip along the front of the bath.  This is what you will see as you walk into the bathroom.

Feature finished. 

Really happy with how flexible and accommodating our Tiler has been.  Definitley worth a carton of Coronas tomorrow!!!

The Kitchen has also begun to take shape.

Kitchen cupboards are again Burnished wood and the bench top is going to be Caesarstone Night Sky.

Butlers Pantry

Close up of the bench top colour. 

Overall very happy with the colours so far.