Photos from week starting 7th November

The finishing off jobs have continued this week and the remaining joinery doors have been installed.  Maybe one more week and then it should be done!

Opening the front door for the first time

This is the view that the whole house has been planned around.
The replacement glazing unit for the glass panel on the left will be delivered next week

The door is 75mm thick!

The joinery units either side of the fireplace are now finished

The cupboard doors in Peter's room have been installed but they are still missing the handles (which is why there are gaps between the doors).  The handles had to be returned to the powder coating company for a third time because the quality of the finish was not acceptable

Cupboard doors in the hallway

Drawer units in the main bedroom

Wardrobe doors in the 3rd bedroom

We are really pleased with the Tung Oil finish on the floor.  It is not too shiny

The floor in Peter's room

The kitchen is virtually finished as well

The swimming pool equipment has been installed.  On the right is the pump, in the centre is the cartridge filter and on is the Enviroswim unit

The rainwater tank overflow pipe work has also been installed (the pipe system for the tanks is far more complicated than I ever imagined)

Photos from week starting 31st October

This week there has not been such a huge amount of progress, compared to the last couple of weeks, as the work has focused on finishing off jobs.  Two exciting steps forward are that the mirrors were fitted in the bathrooms and the fly screens were fitted on the opening windows.  They both look great, however I don't have any photos yet as the floor was being coated with its second coat of Tung oil on Saturday morning so we couldn't go in the house (and we won't be able to until Tuesday).

This is looking through the study window across the still wet Tung oil

The balustrade wires and handrail have been fitted around the courtyard

Completed balustrade along the east terrace 

Balustrade around the north terrace

The water pump and cartridge filter have been installed

The manifold pipe that connects the rainwater tanks to the pump

The valve between the tank and the manifold.
The hole in the slab is to enable the tank overflow pipe to be installed under the slab

Our 'space ship' light has been re-installed at the correct height

The island bench light has also been installed at the correct height

The triple downlight unit has been installed in the lounge

The lights have been fitted on steps from the car park to the east terrace

The light has been installed on the column outside the garage (I am really looking forward to seeing this working)

The downpipe has been installed from the louvre span unit

Matt wasn't happy with the joints between the blue boards on the south facade and has resealed them

The washing line posts have been installed on the terrace next to the vegetable beds

The rework of the landing at the top of the courtyard steps is nearly finished

View of the east facade.
The only thing missing now are the three roof downpipes (they should be fitted next week)

View from the north east.  It looks fantastic