Do weekly updates get much better than this?

Dan and I say that we won't be happy with the weekly update we receive by email until it says "your house is ready, please pick up the keys" (though actually we have LOVED the weekly email updates our builder sends to us!).

However, I reckon this might have to be the best yet...

- The tiling has been completed
- The painter is starting on site this week
- The stone benchtops are about 2 to 3 weeks from being installed
- The carpets and timber flooring are booked to be installed in due course
- The handover will be before mid June when your rental agreement runs out

You beauty!

We had the penultimate bill yesterday too which means we are now forking out 90% of the cost of the house (thankfully interest only) on top our our rent. Being the optimists we are though meant that we actually cheered to receive this bill as it means we really are on the HOME STRAIGHT!

The final countdown...

Yesterday we were advised that the house is about 6 weeks from completion. This is a rough estimate but is still something worth getting excited about!...

Tiles and tourists

Popped to the site on Sunday to check on progress. Great to see the tiler had ben busy at work and was in the process of tiling the ensuite, bathroom and laundry.

Great news that our back garden had finally been flattened. Next door have started their site preparation now - the interesting news being that it is going to be two-storey! We have mixed views on that!

The best bit of the trip to site was that my mum and dad had arrived the day before (from the UK, via the USA and Cook Islands) and the last time they were there it was a flat piece of land!

Mum, Dad & Dan in the newly flattened garden!


Grey bathroom tiles


Matt white ensuite tiles (grout not yet added)


A perk of building a house in a wine region - lovely lunch after site visit!

And we're in! (and so is the kitchen)

We could tell you how we managed to get into the house on todays visit, but then we'd have to kill you. Instead it shall remain a tightly held secret...

But anyway, today we managed to get into the house to have a look around and I would like to declare that the visit today was THE BEST YET!

It was great to see such progress since we'd visited two weeks ago - our amazing super-wide front door had been fitted (still to be painted); the gorgeous 'Espresso' kitchen units had been fitted and looked stunning; the beautiful 'Fudge Stream' bathroom units and basin had been fitted; and my favourite of all our 'Olympia Red' ensuite units and double vanity basins had been fitted and look stunning!

I will let the photos do the rest of the talking... PURE AWESOMENESS!