Project Regent

Well we have pipework, cabling and equipment ready for the three above services.

Basic pipework is in place for all of the tap fixtures, including our dumper shower in the ensuite bathroom. And as things stand, they all look like they’re in their correct place. You can really clearly see now that the door in the laundry is wrong with the tap fixtures in place. On that note, we asked our Site Supervisor about that today and he said that the doors are due to be corrected and flipped so that the correct door opens the correct way. Likewise with our muddy sliding doors - at lockup, will be realigned, so fingers crossed they come out looking (and sliding) like new.

We also have yellow pipes throughout the house which is for gas - an outlet at the stove area, and an outlet in the centre of the roof space for the gas heating.

And on the electricity front, we have a solar panel on our Northern-facing roof - which is great as it gets the optimal amount of sunshine. Start charging, baby!

Our brickwork, originally scheduled for Monday 28th, will now commence Wednesday 30th, with more electrical, door, plastering, cable and duct placement due all over the next two weeks, so it looks like we’re on schedule to reach lockup around the 8 week mark.

Sunny skies over Melbourne

No Smoking inside the Master Bedroom

The Dumper plumbing installed

Bath and Vanity in Main Bathroom

Main Bathroom Shower

Laundry Pipes and Door

North-facing Solar Panel

The Eastern Side

Pipes for Water and Gas

Oh my! What a busy, yet exciting day.  We had both our Electrical and Colour selection appointments.  It’s all happening pretty fast.  Within a week of having contact from Porter Davis we had two of our three selection appointments not only set, but done!  This is rare, and to have them both on the same day is not common!  We’ve been lucky.

The day started with a visit to National Tiles, and no we didn’t see Frank Walker (Melbournians would get that reference).  We thought it would be a good idea to at least have a look at what tiles we like before finalising our colour selection.  We found what we like and the only upgrade here will be a small amount for the funky glass feature tiles we talked about in an earlier post.  We also managed to set our tile selection appointment - April 21st!

Brown Terrain Bricks

Time Capsual Render

Windows, Gutters, Down Pipes & Garage Door

Roof Files (Barramundi)

Then it was off to Hopetoun Interiors for our electrical selection.  This was a fairly simple process untill I decided to ask about networking the house.  We had already got a quote from an electrician to do this independent of Porter Davis as we though this would be cheaper.  The quote was just over $2000.  Stragely enough Porter Davis could do it for $790!  We love saiving $1300, although we spent that on other bits and pieces and we still have 10 data points through the house.  All up we added about 10 double powerpoints, 1 outdoor double power point and a single outdoor powerpoint.  We also added 2 additional TV points and 2 phone points.  In both bathrooms we’re adding IXL Tastic light/fan/heat units - a must for those cold winter mornings.

Our next appointment was for all the internal selections (except tiles).  All up this only took just over an hour.  Seeing that we had been to Hopetoun Interiors 3 times before we pretty much knew what we wanted.

Kitchen Cupboards (Burnished Wood)

Stone Bench Top (Ice)

For the outside of the house we’ve selected Brown Terrain bricks, Woodland Grey for the windows, garage door, guttering and downpipes, and  Capsual for the render on the portico posts.  Roof Tiles will be Barramundi which is a dark grey.

Everytime you bink while at Hopetoun Interiors it seems to cost you money.  We had to pay more to have translucent glass in the front door and side windows.  Not sure how much that will cost yet.  We also upgraded our carpet underlay (about $300).

All up for the interior there are 15 pages of colour selections for everything, so I won’t list them all, you’ll just have to come visit when we move in!

Now we just have to wait to see how much it all came to.  Not too much we hope!

We have our colour and electrical appointments booked in with Hopetoun Interiors.  They’re both this Thursday 9th April.

Just goes to show how you need to be careful what you ask the Universe for.  We wanted to get all these done quickly, but this week is the week from hell for work!  If we didn’t take these appointments it would be Electrical next week and then Colour wouldn’t be for another 2 weeks!

Oh well.  It’s still all very exciting and will all work out.