Just wanted to say thank you to everyone that has viewed my blog and to my followers. I am absolutely stoked having received over 20,000 views.
I can't wait to start sharing more info, advice and pics with you all, but things haven't changed at all on the job front so nothing more has been done to the house since my last post.
Both myself and Pete are still out of work. I can't believe that we have applied for over 650 jobs between us since July and have only managed to get a couple of interviews each. It is so unbelievably hard out there. I have never had to go through this before as I have always been lucky enough to get jobs straight away. Things are incredibly tough for us right now. I really don't want to celebrate this Christmas this year as its all too much and is so upsetting. Trying to stay positive but its very hard. Fingers crossed the new year brings some exciting news for us and hopefully we will still have a house in January.
Anyway, I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a safe and happy New Year!
Praying for a miracle :(
Nai
x
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
26th November 2013
The weeks seem to passing by so quickly. I cant believe we have been in our house for almost 3 months. There is still so much to do, but due to the both of us still being out of work, trying to get everything finished is proving very difficult.
Nothing much has changed since my last update apart from our grass being greener. The recent downpour has been a saviour as we have been watering twice a day every day for the past few weeks. We have racked up a nice water bill just in time for xmas :(
Thanks to those who have been voting for our kitchen on the McDonald Jones Facebook page. We would love to win as we could really use the $1,500.
Below are some pics of the house over the past few weeks. I have been taking pictures of the facade at different times of the day as the colour seems to change a lot. We recently repainted it in the Colourbond colour 'Dune'. Some days it looks grey, others more creamier and sometimes it even looks like it has a bit of brown in it. The only time I havent taken a photo of it is first thing in the morning. I'll try and get one soon.
The difference in colour amazes me. In today's pic, the roof looks more blue and the facade paint looks almost white.
Nothing much has changed since my last update apart from our grass being greener. The recent downpour has been a saviour as we have been watering twice a day every day for the past few weeks. We have racked up a nice water bill just in time for xmas :(
Thanks to those who have been voting for our kitchen on the McDonald Jones Facebook page. We would love to win as we could really use the $1,500.
Below are some pics of the house over the past few weeks. I have been taking pictures of the facade at different times of the day as the colour seems to change a lot. We recently repainted it in the Colourbond colour 'Dune'. Some days it looks grey, others more creamier and sometimes it even looks like it has a bit of brown in it. The only time I havent taken a photo of it is first thing in the morning. I'll try and get one soon.
Oct 2013 - Original paint + no shutters or grass yet
Nov 2013 - Fence being built
Nov 2013 - Fence being built
Nov 2013 - Fence being built
Nov 2013 - Fence being built
Nov 2013 - Fence being built
Nov 2013 - Fence being built
Nov 2013 - Fence being built
Nov 2013 - Fence + Grass
Nov 2013 - Fence + Grass
17th Nov 2013 - Facade with new paint colour 'Dune'
17th Nov 2013 - Facade with new paint colour 'Dune'
17th Nov 2013 - Facade with new paint colour 'Dune'
Nov 2013 - Downpour
Nov 2013 - Downpour
Nov 2013 - Downpour
Nov 2013 - Kitchen with new 'Ghost' Stools - probably temporary ones as I don't think they suit
24th Nov 2013 - Facade with new paint colour 'Dune'
24th Nov 2013 - Facade with new paint colour 'Dune'
24th Nov 2013 - Facade with new paint colour 'Dune'
26th Nov 2013 - Facade with new paint colour 'Dune'
The difference in colour amazes me. In today's pic, the roof looks more blue and the facade paint looks almost white.
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
13th November 2013
Feels like ages since I've posted on here.
Things have come to a bit of a standstill seeing as me and my other half are both out of work. I was made redundant back in June and my other half lost his job in July. Things have been really tough of late. Rather than work on the house, our days are spent looking for jobs :(
We did end up painting our facade in the colourbond colour Dune. It does look better. I still don't love it, but its better than it was. We also put our MJH sign up, which has lifted it a bit more. The grass is coming along nicely and really starting to join together and green up with the recent rainfall. Looking forward to giving it its first mow. I love mowing! I also love watering it. I find it so relaxing. I love my grass...lol
Oh and we ended up hearing back from Nick Scali about our crappy lounge. We did ask for a replacement as the lounge came back from its upholstery clean in the same state if not worse. Nick Scali decided they would replace it rather than give us our money back, which is ok. We do love the style of the lounge. We ended up changing the colour of it though as we are paranoid about getting the exact same one and having to go through the same thing again. Because its such a light colour, its more than likely going to have marks on it again from handling. We decided on Chocolate Chip, which is a lot darker. I really hope it looks ok in the media room. What sux is that we have to wait another 9 weeks for a new one, so it looks like it will arrive after xmas unfortunately. They have at least been nice enough to allow us to keep the current one until the new one arrives so we can at least sit down and watch TV.
Thanks to our awesome neighbours, they have offered to pay for our halves of the fence until we are both employed again. Our side fences will be put up over the next 2 days. Can't wait till they're in. That way I can start working on garden ideas. I can't wait to do my gardens. We also have leftover bricks from our build and some other lovely neighbours have offered to give us their leftover bricks, which we will use for our retaining wall out the front. We will have a masonary wall about 4 to 6 rows high. We would have loved to have asked our MJH brickie to come back and do it for us, but due to the lack of finances we are going to give it a go ourselves.
I will post a pic of the front facade tomorrow now that I can get outside and take a photo without being rained on.
Things have come to a bit of a standstill seeing as me and my other half are both out of work. I was made redundant back in June and my other half lost his job in July. Things have been really tough of late. Rather than work on the house, our days are spent looking for jobs :(
We did end up painting our facade in the colourbond colour Dune. It does look better. I still don't love it, but its better than it was. We also put our MJH sign up, which has lifted it a bit more. The grass is coming along nicely and really starting to join together and green up with the recent rainfall. Looking forward to giving it its first mow. I love mowing! I also love watering it. I find it so relaxing. I love my grass...lol
Oh and we ended up hearing back from Nick Scali about our crappy lounge. We did ask for a replacement as the lounge came back from its upholstery clean in the same state if not worse. Nick Scali decided they would replace it rather than give us our money back, which is ok. We do love the style of the lounge. We ended up changing the colour of it though as we are paranoid about getting the exact same one and having to go through the same thing again. Because its such a light colour, its more than likely going to have marks on it again from handling. We decided on Chocolate Chip, which is a lot darker. I really hope it looks ok in the media room. What sux is that we have to wait another 9 weeks for a new one, so it looks like it will arrive after xmas unfortunately. They have at least been nice enough to allow us to keep the current one until the new one arrives so we can at least sit down and watch TV.
Thanks to our awesome neighbours, they have offered to pay for our halves of the fence until we are both employed again. Our side fences will be put up over the next 2 days. Can't wait till they're in. That way I can start working on garden ideas. I can't wait to do my gardens. We also have leftover bricks from our build and some other lovely neighbours have offered to give us their leftover bricks, which we will use for our retaining wall out the front. We will have a masonary wall about 4 to 6 rows high. We would have loved to have asked our MJH brickie to come back and do it for us, but due to the lack of finances we are going to give it a go ourselves.
I will post a pic of the front facade tomorrow now that I can get outside and take a photo without being rained on.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
30th October 2013
We finally have turf! Looks so much nicer now and hopefully the dust that keeps making its way inside eases up. We are really happy with the outcome. It took a few hours to lay and am definitely now feeling the after effects. Feeling tired, sore and sunburn't. Can't wait to put the gardens and retaining wall in. Two of our boys were so excited they decided to have some fun under the sprinkler.
Our front windows were also tinted today. They look really good and will apparently block out 60% heat and 99% UV, which is great. If anyone is interested in knowing which tint we got, we went with Ultravision 40 from Premier Tint. It cost $375.
Thinking about painting the facade tomorrow. Hopefully I won't be too sore from todays efforts.
Some pics:
Our front windows were also tinted today. They look really good and will apparently block out 60% heat and 99% UV, which is great. If anyone is interested in knowing which tint we got, we went with Ultravision 40 from Premier Tint. It cost $375.
Thinking about painting the facade tomorrow. Hopefully I won't be too sore from todays efforts.
Some pics:
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
29th Oct 2013
Big day today! We got a bobcat in to level our land, spread a bit of fill and finish with some turf underlay in preparation for delivery of our turf tomorrow. It took about 8 hours. It was a nightmare of a job as our soil is basically clay, so in some areas it was like cutting through concrete and in other areas it was soft and boggy. So glad its over. We cant wait to get turf!
I ordered Sapphire turf, which will arrive tomorrow morning. I had Sapphire at my last house and I loved how soft, thick and lush it looked. We are hoping we win lotto soon so we can get our front and rear deck done, get the retaining walls up and put in some garden beds. There is still so much to buy, but with both of us being out of work things are becoming extremely difficult.
Our lounge ended up coming back from Nick Scali's upholsterer's, only to arrive in the same condition with dirty marks all over it. It actually looked worse because whatever they used to clean the upholstery has scuffed it and now it feels rough and you can see the scuff marks. Unfortunately, we have asked for a refund. We loved the design of this lounge, but unfortunately it just isn't what we saw in the showroom. It has been a really disappointing experience. I guess we were one of the unlucky ones. Now we are just waiting to hear back as to whether we can get a refund or not.
We aren't having much luck with Milan Direct either. I ordered some bar stools last week, but two of the stools were missing rubber feet when delivered so can't be sat on. I also order two office chairs and one of the boxes was missing a whole set of screws so I can't put one of the chairs together. I have been told that they just ran out of screws and that it will take a whole 10-12 weeks to get some new ones in. What a joke! Not impressed at all. Waiting to hear back from them too.
Needing some luck and money :(
Some pics from today:
I ordered Sapphire turf, which will arrive tomorrow morning. I had Sapphire at my last house and I loved how soft, thick and lush it looked. We are hoping we win lotto soon so we can get our front and rear deck done, get the retaining walls up and put in some garden beds. There is still so much to buy, but with both of us being out of work things are becoming extremely difficult.
Our lounge ended up coming back from Nick Scali's upholsterer's, only to arrive in the same condition with dirty marks all over it. It actually looked worse because whatever they used to clean the upholstery has scuffed it and now it feels rough and you can see the scuff marks. Unfortunately, we have asked for a refund. We loved the design of this lounge, but unfortunately it just isn't what we saw in the showroom. It has been a really disappointing experience. I guess we were one of the unlucky ones. Now we are just waiting to hear back as to whether we can get a refund or not.
We aren't having much luck with Milan Direct either. I ordered some bar stools last week, but two of the stools were missing rubber feet when delivered so can't be sat on. I also order two office chairs and one of the boxes was missing a whole set of screws so I can't put one of the chairs together. I have been told that they just ran out of screws and that it will take a whole 10-12 weeks to get some new ones in. What a joke! Not impressed at all. Waiting to hear back from them too.
Needing some luck and money :(
Some pics from today:
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