August 2008
Monthly Archive
These guys certainly don’t mess around. The painters look like they’re almost done already! The ceiling is all done and the walls look like they need another coat (maybe two?). All the woodwork has had the enamel gloss done as well. This week apparently the tilers will be in, which will mean most of the floors and wet areas should be done pretty soon!
Probably the biggest change this week wasn’t actually in our house, but in the main road!
Inside the place is looking much more like a house! White paint is so much nicer than plaster board!
bathroom being waterproofed
garage painted. foam for fills
lounge looking significantly whiter
Bathroom looking a little nice
If painting and tiling is finished this week, which may be wishful thinking, we’d then be down to electrical/carpets/appliances left! Wow!
(I realised that I’d been forgetting to my stupid images up!)
I couldn’t resist, so I had to go out and meet our cabinets! Now I’m back with photos! 
Cabinets, benches, built in robes, vanities etc are all in. Unfortunately the painters are already in and have covered most of the stuff on plastic, including all the windows 
I think Thuy likes her new WIR
Ensuite vanity, sans sinks.
The place looks like something out of E.T. or some sort of Ebola virus movie…. 
Looks like the decontamination unit has been in
The step up for the theatre room has also made an appearance since last time we were there.
Also, looks like they’re getting ready to do the render. The corners of the brickwork all have a metal strip running the height of the wall, and there is a heap of foam in the garage for the few infills that require it (the garage, alfresco and lounge windows).
Just as we were leaving the waterproofing guy turned up to paint blue stuff all over our bathrooms as well
It turns out that our place was supposed to be finished fixing on Friday but the cabinet maker had some “issue” and so didn’t get to it. He is now apparently finished, and NOW they’ve finished the fixing stage!
Very excited!
We’re heading out to Thuy’s folks for dinner tonight, so we will swing by and take a look at all our nice cabinets. Hopefully we’ll have some photos of it isn’t too dark!
No they haven’t finished fixing stage Someone from Urbanedge has us confused with number 1.
Such a shame!!
Oh well… they’ve made good progress anyway, besides…. we thought fixing stage being complete was too good to be true!
Here are a HEAP of photos
Cupboards, skirtingboards and architraves
alfresco waiting for render
rear windows waiting for render
Rear of house (can finally get there without gumboots)
Looking from lounge to dining/kitchen
Hall cupboards and front door…nice colour!
We’re expecting cupboards and vanities this week
ZOMG NO, SERIOUSLY! WHAT THE *BLEEEEEEP*???????? ALREADY!?!?!?!??!
WE JUST GOT AN EMAIL FROM URBANEDGE SAYING FIXING STAGE WILL BE FINISHED TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THUY AND I ARE FREAKING OUT!!!!!!!!!!!11!!1!!!!!!
DSFGDFSGH DFGHERYTUERT YSDGH DFHJ FJKFG HDSFG ;DSLFKGH DSUYTRPIRHUWET;KJ23423Q4TQW;S AOUWRYPA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We were thrilled with the progress last time we visited the house, but were perhaps a little disappointed that we couldn’t get in and show the folks around. We took the other side of the family through yesterday, and whilst on the surface not a lot appears to have happened, on closer inspection they’ve done quite a bit in the last week.
For starters, the roof looks to be now pretty close to finished. All the points are done, and it looks like they’ve been pulling up bits of tiles to finish off the gutters as well. The walls are now all full bricked all the way around and whilst we’re still waiting for the sills to be done, everything else looks like it is pretty much done outside. It’s not until I look back at the photos that I realise that they’ve also plastered up under the eaves, and look to be prepping the garage lintel for rendering as well! So hopefullythat will happen this week too.
Outside just about complete
Inside, all the cornices are up, and they’re in the process of doing the skirting boards. The plaster is all filled, patched, puttied and ready to be painted.
The alfresco is now pretty much done, with a roof and the external roof supports removed..also looking like its being prepped for render and paint.
Alfresco just about done.. just a coat of paint now
The floors are all hideously dirty… but we assume they’ll clean those before they do the floors
Theatre room nearly ready for painting
All of our internal doors have arrived, and are ready for installation!
The windows have had the joinery around the outside of the frames…and again, everything looks like it’s getting ready to paint.
Windows all framed up nicely
So whilst on the surface it looks like not much has happened, after a good look around they’ve been really quite busy! We still aren’t officially at lockup, but they’re already quite a way into doing the fixing! Go Urbanedge!
