TomCat's new digs!

[love_the_life]

we don't have any in the shower - we were a bit scarred by leaking showers in the past.

Advice to Tomcat - go overboard with wet sealing!!

Yes, it was a niche in the shower that that tiler was not happy with - think it was also something to do with the grouting. He did an excellent job and even ground down some of the tiles that weren't dead flat/even.

 

[blackcat20]

The land in the photo looks rich and fertile so you should have great success with growing plants and trees.

Yeah, good farm land.

 

[love_the_life]

Yeah, good farm land.

Oh I didn't know you were going into primary industry at the new place

 

[vetrade]

.........By the time we came to do the extension and second house I was a total control freak who trusted no-one and checked everything (or thought I did).................

Excellent advice.

Definitely trust no one in the building industry. My father was the building industry equivalent of a Red Adair and the screw-ups he had to rectify were so frequent (and sometimes so disastrous) that anyone building a house should scrutinise everything their architects / builders / tradies do meticulously. Irrespective of how good their reputations are you need to check and recheck everything they do and make sure you get any changes costed in writing. Have a tape measure with you and get in the habit of using it. And don't fall for the story that they changed something to make it better - that's always double speak for the fact they don't want to rectify something they screwed up. When building our house I had a face to face with every tradie before they started and made them sign an acknowledgement that they understood that even the most minor variations to the plans / specs they thought advisable had to be agreed to by me in writing in advance, with no exceptions. Only one refused to sign so I sacked him on the spot.

 

[jb747]

Your garage is too small.




Doesn't matter how big you've planned it already....

 

[JessicaTam]

Your garage is too small.




Doesn't matter how big you've planned it already....

I am sure there is a law that says your stuff will expand to exceed the available space.

 

[TomVexille]

Or money

Japanese toilet, have we discussed this yet? It's on my must have new house list.

That's a definite must. Just need to decide if I get an entire unit or just a washlet seat to fit myself.

Your garage is too small.




Doesn't matter how big you've planned it already....

Unfortunately the land isn't wide enough to expand it.

 

[Katie]

Pot drawers are a god send.
Soft close are even better.

I need to retrofit soft close into ours!!!

 

[blackcat20]

But how does one slam the drawer shut with soft close?

 

[Deleted member 29185]

But how does one slam the drawer shut with soft close?

It's remedial therapy and induces deep breaths and counting to ten when dealing with the other half.

 

[blackcat20]

It's remedial therapy and induces deep breaths and counting to ten when dealing with the other half.

Fortunately I'm not the drawer slamming type

 

[TomVexille]

It's remedial therapy and induces deep breaths and counting to ten when dealing with the other half.

That sounds highly unsatisfying

 

[blackcat20]

Well the land development is coming along nicely. The stage adjacent to ours has titled which means our street actually exists now. The road through our stage has been pegged out and services are being installed (eg stormwater drains).



Selection appointments are booked in to pick out all the fun stuff like bricks, tiles, taps etc. And we've already purchased the pendant lights that we're going to put over the kitchen bench.

 

[love_the_life]

How exciting for you. It's great when things start happening. It looks like the area was a farming one before subdivision - green paddocks.
I like the lights - very swish.

 

[blackcat20]

How exciting for you. It's great when things start happening. It looks like the area was a farming one before subdivision - green paddocks.
I like the lights - very swish.

Yes, my understanding is that it was farm land, plus our block will back onto that paddock in the photo.

Just locked in our appointment for the build contract today so things are well and truly moving along.

 

[Pushka]

Good to see the progress. Every bit helps.

 

[donovan301]

Selection appointments are booked in to pick out all the fun stuff like bricks, tiles, taps etc. And we've already purchased the pendant lights that we're going to put over the kitchen bench.

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I presume that you chose the Pendant light in order to be able see where to install the new vinetec cellar fridge

 

[TomVexille]

I presume that you chose the Pendant light in order to be able see where to install the new vinetec cellar fridge

I may be angling for a larger one to complement the one we have

 

[JessicaTam]

I may be angling for a larger one to complement the one we have

What, no climate controlled room?

:shock:

 

[TomVexille]

What, no climate controlled room?

:shock:

Well it turns out we couldn't afford one of these...