Backyard Paving Slab

The concreters came on Saturday to put in out paving the backyard

Transformation of an interior space

I have not been so excited about the construction for such a long time! Sheeting up the interiors have transformed the spaces dramatically - what a difference it made! Now finally I can see the progress...we are 'moving forward'!  We are so happy to see how the spaces are turning out...

Our master ensuite 'pod'

The master bedroom

 

The study area 

The gallery space

Our open living space

Getting ready to plaster!

The new wall insulation is in!

The ceiling furring channels are getting fixed in place

Sheeting up the ground floor ceilings

J admiring how it's all starting to come together...

Acoustic lagging

Our own attempt at lagging the pipework before they get concealed within the wall and ceiling cavities.

We wrapped insulation around all the stormwater and sewer pipes to help dampen the noise from the hydraulic services.

More demolition

George, our plasterer, and his team, moved into the space to begin the first step of transforming the interior space. But first, we needed to see more demolition work done to the front house.  The existing hard plaster was stripped to allow the walls to be plumbed and straightened, creating a clean base for the new plasterboards.

Sunday clean up

Over the Christmas break, we received notice from council that a complaint was filed by our neighbours regarding the bluestone laneway.  As it turned out, the renderers had left a mess behind, with cement and render all over the rear bluestone laneway.  Our builder had gone on holidays and was uncontactable!  As a result, we had to go and clean it up ourselves otherwise we would receive a fine from the Council!

It was extremely frustrating...can't believe we were doing this on a perfectly sunny Sunday afternoon!

Muck stuck on the bluestone

Dried up render over the bluestone

Breaking up the render and muck and sweeping it up!

After an hour of brushing, already it looked a bit better.

Jason hosing down the laneway

Hopefully it will satisfy the Council!

Rendering

The renderers here to start rendering the exterior.  

Pictured here protecting the window and frames.

Base coat done in the lightcourt. Feels different already!

Setting up at the rear

Final coat done. (although can't believe they have missed some parts of the rear elevation!)