Arrrrrrrrrrghhhhhhhhh (a pirate I be)

Now I remember why I abandoned this blog the first time. I just cannot get the hang of the formatting. It is fine until I post photos or change the formatting in any way. When I post photos I cannot seem to get the text to sit consistently below them. And then I'm typing away in one font and it will suddenly jump into another, or change colour or size for no apparent reason. Then there is the evil line spacing demon who takes my sentences and spreads them at varying heights! I can sometimes fix it by editing the html code but then it just goes mental again. I think hotmail used to be a bit like this years and years ago before it wasn't crap anymore. I just find it extremely UN-user friendly. Apparently I should just type in plain text blocks like this and stop trying to insert photos and change things around. And another thing... why can't the photos go where I'm up to instead of at the beginning of the post? This space is too small for dragging and dropping. It somehow messes with all the rest of the formatting. Obviously I am doing it all wrong feel free to educate me.

PS - I really want to make this text pink but daren't.

And for the insides...

Internal selections:

Paintwork - Dulux Whisper White

Doors - Corinthian Balmoral

Door harware - Gainsborough Lianna leversets in brushed chrome

Kitchen cupboards - Classic White laminate
Handles - long brushed silver things you could hang a tea towel on, all horizontal
Benchtops - Polytec Aspen Stone

Taps - silver things TBA exact brand

Splashback tiles - Dark purple mosaic tiles with a metallic gold swirled through them

Oven - Electrolux Pyro
Rangehood - Electrolux
Cooktop - Electrolux induction

Bathrooms
Vanities - same colours as kitchen (no choice "boo")
Showers - silver semi-frameless

Tiles to ensuite:
floors - black 300x300
walls - white 600x300
black & silver glass mosaic feature

Tiles to main bath:
floors - light stone 300x300
walls - white 600x300
french grey & silver glass mosaic feature

Laundry
Floor tile - same as main bath
Bench - same as kitchen
Wall tile - mocha 100x300 stacked horizontal
Linen - classic white built-in

So... what's the plan?

The plan is to build an awesomely good house. Well the builders will build it and we'll just watch and fret and pay for it. And then afterwards we'll do all the work we're too poor to pay other people to do like flooring, light fittings, furnishings and landscaping. That sounds like enough work to me.


External Selections :

Roofing, gutters, fascias & windows - Colorbond Monument
Eaves - Off white
Render - Paperbark
Carport doors - Colorbond Paperbark
Front Door - Corinthian something (I don't know!)
Gable Infill - Timber stain to match front door
Bricks - PGH Caffe Latte



It should look something like this:

And so it begins...

Just so you're warned... yes, this is another load of ramblings by someone excited about their home build. Yes, I may blather on about the virtues of rectified tiles, pyrolytic ovens and semi-frameless shower screens but hey.. it's pretty exciting to me so gear up I'm going to blather anyway. It'll be nice to have a record of our home building journey. It will be our first ever home of our own and we've saved pretty hard to get to the beginning so let's hope for the best!

• The block

We have a decent frontage. From the left our boundary starts at the middle of the T junction and ends just after the road before the green box on the right of the pic. The photo was taken at 6pm and the western side is looking nice and shaded by the trees on the neighbouring block. According to our builder that light pole should be smack between our block and the block on the left but it looks like we get a pole in our face, a bit of a worry when it isn't the same as the plan the builder has. They keep telling us not to worry, so.. we won't... much! As long as it doesn't block the driveway I guess. A bit annoying. Nice to see the house going up nearby. Not too much longer till they start ours so they tell us.