We finally had our flyscreens installed today, so we are now bug free and am able to enjoy the evening breezes we get. It also means we can let the kitten out of the laundry and stop having to dive for our 1 year old and save him from falling out the sliding doors. He was unlucky a few days ago though as we missed him by about a second, meaning he face planted the ground in the alfresco area. He was lucky to only have received a few scratches. It could have been a lot worse.
We also had our Basswood plantation shutters installed. They have totally transformed the house. They look amazing. So glad I chose Basswood and not white. We love them so much. They are worth every cent. A shout out to Ritchie and the boys at Shade Elegance for the great job they did and their fantastic customer service. If anyone is interested in shutters, make sure you call Ritchie.
His details are:
Ritchie
Jayasekera
Shade Elegance
NSW
Sydney NSW
2768
( 02
8824 9951 / 0431 928 109
Gemma, our Electrician also popped in for a visit today to check out what lights need to be installed. Hopefully this will happen early in the next few weeks.
Pete has spent the last 2 days outside in the heat digging 14 x holes for our retaining wall out the back. We need a wall about 800mm high to retain the soil. We ended up hiring an auger, but the soil is so ridiculously hard (like concrete) that even the auger couldn't cut through the soil. He had to use a crow bar and whatever else he could. Tomorrow we will start putting in the posts. It is supposed to be a scorcher though, so we will play it by ear. Can't wait till the backyard is done. It still feels like we are living on a construction site.
The colour of our facade is still bothering us. Its too white looking, so we bought some paint from Bunnings a few days ago. I am going to try and brave the heat tomorrow and repaint it. We picked the Colourbond colour Dune. Hopefully it looks good. If it doesn't I guess I'll be painting it again.
We also have Premier Tint coming out in the morning to give us a quote for tinting to the front windows and rear sliding doors.
Some pics of our shutters, screens and backyard:
Laundry Door Flyscreen
Dining Room Sliding Door Flyscreen
Dining Room Sliding Door Flyscreen (outside looking in)
Master Ensuite Shutter
Bedroom 4 Shutters
W.C Shutter
Media Room Shutters
Activity Room Shutter (looking in from the kitchen area)
Master Bedroom Shutter
Hall / Activity Room Shutters
Activity Room Shutters
Activity Room Shutters
Hall / Activity Room Shutters
Main Bathroom Shutter
Bedroom 2 Shutter
Activity Room Shutter (over study nook)
Hall / Activity Room Shutters
House Front
House Front
House Front
Retaining Wall Holes
Its looking fantastic! you must be so happy, what kind of fly screens did you get for the sliding doors at the back of the house? I have been researching and I was thinking of getting invisiguard security doors but they look a bit pricy, and I like the look of the ones you have chosen.
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Wow young lady, you should be very proud of yourself...it's looking amazing well done to you both. I loooovvvve the shutters they really do bring the house to life don't they. OOOOH I can't wait to see what the dune will look like. We are having ours in dune too (hopefully soon) but I can't wait to see it in advance, I'll watch yours with anticipation good luck and keep me posted.
ReplyDeleteThanks Alice & Michelle. The flyscreens we got through 'Samrite Screens'. Contact is Sam. He is a lovely guy and his prices are very competitive. His prices were half of what competitors wanted to charge. To give you an idea, our 13 x window flyscreens were $300, our laundry door was $230 and our sliding door screen was $470. He charges $35 if you want locks on them and because our colour is monument, it was an extra charge of $200 for the powdercoating, as monument is not a standard colour. The screens looks great. I wanted them as plain as possible. I'm not a fan of those old fashioned security grills.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to paint the facade today, but the forecast is 35 degrees, so I will play it by ear.
Oh wow that is so cheap, MDJ has quoted over $1000 just for the windows, I think we might get that done after handover now! So many things to think of.....Any advice you have for us would be great! we are building the same house as you anything we should be aware of?
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