Many apologies for not keeping you all updated on the build. I was away for two weeks (you can check out that travel blog at http://www.noratraverse.blogspot.com/), and hubby didn't have the energy or time to keep it going. And when I did get back, it was full on with other things.
We did meet with the SS the second day I got back and if I liked him on the phone, I liked him even better when we met. He walked us through the house, explained everything and answered all our questions. I can't wait until we meet up with him again when we have walls up.
In terms of the buiding since I last blogged a lot has happened. The roof and guttering are on and I really like the colour combination (evening haze for roof and monument for guttering). If you remember I was a bit anxious about the whole colour thing, but now that I see it all up and together, it looks good! Yay!!
The bricking is also now complete, the render is on and most of the cladding for upstairs is on. We are only rendering the front part of the house and I am not sure I really like the brick..it's too creamy and yellow for my liking. Perhaps the bricks will grow on me...or then again, we may end up rendering it completely later on.
But the rain has slowed things down a bit, and it is supposed to rain again on and off this week.
Unfortunately I don't have photos to showcase...tomorrow I shall showcase I promise. As I haven't been inside in the last few days I am not sure what is going on..wouldn't it be great if the plasterboards were up?
In the meantime, hubby and I need to start thinking about the pool. Hopefully when we get back from our overseas trip (yes I am off again!!!) in May, we will start chatting to pool companies to discuss our options. Personally I am happy not to have the pool (a savings of $30K), but the kids would be very unhappy. We have a pool now in our present house and it is very loved and used in the hot months. Here are some inspirations:
As you can see we love more the free form, informal pools or lagoon styles (like our present pool). We love tropical plants so I guess it is natural we want a "tropical" style pool with a waterfall, of course. But as we have a pretty small space to work with, we may only end up with a lap pool..boring...fingers cross we end up with something like the pool in the last photo.
What do you guys think? Have you built a pool in a small space?
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