Dear timber yard owner...

When someone calls looking for a specific piece of timber in a specific size (220x75x1500), its not the best idea to email them back saying "We can supply timber at 220x75. 1500 will cost $97" when that size actually doesn't exist in stock.
When the customer arrives to collect the piece of timber you said you can supply and your staff discover that it doesnt actually exist at that size, the customer is going to be a bit miffed when told we take this bigger bit of timber and machine it down to the size you require. Machining costs $100 and it will be ready in 5 days. WTF?!?!?!

A little bit more information about the details around how the timber can be supplied at the required size wouldn't go astray you know. Especially after the customer phoned you to ensure that the timber WAS PUT ASIDE because she was going to be driving 2.5 hours and was ready to leave to come and pick it up today.

Of course said timber wasn't put aside and your staff and myself had to spend half an hour with a tape measure searching for something to suit. I can't speak highly enough of the staff who went out of their way to help me and arrange with one of the machinists to stop what he was doing, machine an oversized bit of ironbark and then load it in my van.

While your staff were doing this, you made sure to have a go at me while I was waiting around (actually browsing the floorboard display because I *was* considering purchasing them from you too).

Apparently it was my fault till I showed you that one line email on my phone from you stating that you could supply the timber. How the timber comes to arrive at the size you said you can supply is not my issue and if you had at least mentioned that while you don't have the actual size I need, you do have someting larger which can be machined to the correct size, nobody would have been inconvenienced now would they!

/vent

PS it is a beautiful piece of ironbark though and I can't wait to see it in situ. Might not paint it beautiful. Once the front door is repaired we will be officially at lock up stage :)

Just some pipes and stuff...

Nothing much all that exciting ;) that's mah ensuite right there...woo hoo!

We have plumbing, electrical and heating rough in done! The insulation is almost done too (after i took this photo of course) and boy that makes a difference already. For sound as well as warmth :) The shower bases are in yay!
Got a bit more fussy tweaking stuff to do before the big day on Monday. What's the big day? Well that would be the day that the plasterers start!

Hello underground power...bye bye old verandah!

A bit of an all in one update post because I've been too busy to sit down and blog. We've been trying to get the rest of the doors painted which is a bit tedious because they are big and heavy to move (being double glazed bi-folds panels), and we're trying our best to be neat about it so taking plenty of time.
There was a bit of rain so finishing the rest of the roof was put off in favour of getting started on the plumbing rough in so now we have pipes and shower bases installed :) We had to wait until our new meter box and underground power was connected to remove the verandah and the timber cladding off the front of the house.
The power was sorted out last week and the electrician started his rough in :) So now we have the gas and water plumbing done and the electricity started, with the job expected to be finished next week.
I popped up there yesterday to take a photo of the meterbox, to discover that Trev had been in a demolishing kind of mood and had pulled down the verandah and torn off the cladding and removed the windows!


Looks kinda sad with the front all naked like that but it won't be long before it's fixed up all pretty and new again :)
What do you think of the shiny new roof and gutter? I think it looks fabulous and I can't wait till the new verandah is done. The best part about the new verandah is no more paranoia about the box gutter leaking like it did during those epic storms we get!
We are getting some new/old windows for the front too and they should be ready to be picked up very soon.

There's a squatter in my kitchen ;)

How long does it take for butterflies to hatch from the cocoon?

Look at mah pretty painted shiny white kitchen windows.

Robot boy!

Love his imagination lol This one deserves it's own post!
Love what a day at the house with no electronic toys can make them do :)

Painting....

The weatherboard stop.

The vertical line in the boards to show where old meets new. Although it's technically "in the wrong spot" because the back of the old house is actually where the laundry door is now. There was a slight issue with levels and the walls not being straight enough so with some consultation with the building surveyor, we came to an agreement to have the weatherboard stop at the line of the original house and not at the end of the rear lean to extension that was done "possibly in the 60's". I hope that makes sense?