Frame is almost Finished! :)

The front door.

The front master bedroom windows

The lounge room.

My partner loves taking credit for the corner windows, which will provide lovely views to the outside decking area.

The dining room.

Both walls will have a 'D' stack door leading onto the outside decking.

The Frame is Progressing!!!!

Visited my 'soon to be house' today. Got to see the wonderful progress my builder has made today with the frame. Almost all walls are up. Only a few little bits and pieces still need to be bolted in. Trusses should be next.

The feel of the house was very pleasing. We put ALOT of thought into the layout, but as the plan was designed by my partner and myself, we have never actually walked through a 'display' of this houseplan. We were a bit concerned for a while, but today those concerns were put to rest.

... You should have seen the smile on my face when I saw the frame today :) :) :)

The view of the kitchen & dining room from the lounge room

The lounge room

The kitchen.

The view from the backyard of the (soon to be) decking, which will wrap around the dining & lounge rooms.

What a beautiful sunset.....

The view from the back yard



My builder likes to keep a clean site, so he burns of any unusable off-cuts.
Also allows him to keep warm.

The front entry.

The master bedroom wall.

The front entry

The view from inside the garage.

Forum- Red splashback... ?

http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=35224&p=506738#p506738



Still debating over the red splashback ..... ????

Frame has Started!

The frame started Monday 21/06/2010.
By Tuesday 22/06, the walls were starting to reveal a house.
Can't wait to see plaster! :)

The Sparky

First wall goes up in the 3rd bedroom!

The view from the back bedroom looking towards the front.

My builder hard at work!

Welcome!

WELCOME TO ALLY'S CASTLE

Finally, after a long delay with the settlement of the land, my Castle is starting to come together!

My original plan was to buy an established home as an investment. However, the outragous house prices turned me off. After much research, I began to look into constructing. Then I discovered this little plot of land in Melbourne's western suburbs in June 2009. My decision was clear! Build my first home. The 'waddy' name of the street name convinced me. :)

I signed the Contract of Sale for the land in July 2009.

Filled with excitement, my partner and I spent many nights designing the floorplan. We got our hands on a fantastic program that allows you to create your own floorplan. With hundreds of features, including a 3D option so that you can 'walk' through the house, this program was great!!
We ended up with about 16 different floorplans, as we tried our best to include drive thru access to the garage (for my partner, of course). However, this seemed impossible with a block of only 12.5 metre frontage.

By August, we decided on a plan and sat down with our builder, Franky from Lifestyle Building Services. He allowed us to bring in our own plan and helped us achieve our goal. We found a smaller builder to be much more personal and flexible compared to bigger builders. Top marks so far for our builder!! :)

It was not until March 2010 when the land FINALLY settled!

The slab has been poured!!

What a wonderful job the lovely concreter has done!!! :)

My block required a 'P' class slab. This picture shows the several holes filled with concrete before the slab was poured.



My tree!!! :)