Garden setting arrived

Today the outdoor setting arrived, using it in the meals area 'till our current dining set gets moved. Kitchen working out well, nice large bench tops and lots of room to move about.

Some good news on the solar panels so hoping for that to be resolved soon.

 Not sure about light fittings yet, but this is one option.

Powder room still needs hand towel rail and light fitting.  Standard power point might need upgrading to match light switch.


North facing windows looking out to pool, already on cool days this area warms up from the sun, very nice on chilly winter mornings.

Surge arrester and double GPO for HWS now installed.

Still moving in

Still moving into the new house and working out how we are going to live there.  Blinds installed on most windows now, small details like magnetic door stops on the interior door that kept slamming.

Electrician due to replace single external power point for HWS with the required double point.  

Bit of a saga with the Solar HW panels, but that should be sorted soon.  

Expensive weekend with purchase of rainwater tank, lounge suite and outside dining set.  

Rained over the weekend which exposed a leak in the storm water system, good news is that the location of the leak is obvious.  Hoping it can be easily fixed.

Gas Heating Working

Today the Gas heating (and cooling) was completed, works very well heating the house up in only a few minutes.  Winter will not be cold in this house!

Haven't tried cooling yet but no reason to think it would be any less effective.

Joys of first night at a new house, found it to be light, and very confortable.  Even without heating it is not cold due to large north facing windows.  Heating and cooling to be finished tomorrow.

Have now road tested the kitchen and bathrooms, kitchen works well and showers divine.

Oven fixed

Today the oven was fixed under warrenty, A/C should be done Next week.

Builder advised that single external power point will be replaced by double- required for solar HWS.

red kitchen

Dropped in this evening, kitchen looking good with timber floors.

Gas now connected and working so there is hot water.

Fault with the oven but that should be fixed under warranty.

handing over

After being away on a short holiday we are now back and lots has happened.

Handover went very well so we have now taken possesion of the keys! Special thanks to person A (you know who you are).

Appliances have been installed albeit with a couple of problems. Power lead for hotplates is too short so power point will have to be moved.



Oven makes a terrible noise when switched on, we supplied this so will have to go back to the supplier.

Gas meter was scheduled for install while we were away but there was a problem with a damaged pipe. So builder is fixing that so we can get a meter fitted.

Solar hot water should be installed but today the panels are not anywhere to be seen on the roof!

Carpets and timber floors all installed so the place is looking better. Pictures to follow soon.