Sunday, April 26, 2009

It's Chocolatey!!!

25.04.09 - After 2 weeks of Blog inactivity, here are latest pics ... as you would see the earthen hues of the house is showing prominently, outside and the inside :-)



With the scaffoldings coming down last week, here's what the sides of the house looks like right now.





The Garage Roof Tiles are now complete.




The Telephone Trenching was also completed this week with the Telephone Junction Box already in place beside the Main Electric Junction Box


We were "lucky"? to find the doors unlocked and were able to take a peak inside the house. The stairs are already completed



The Chef's Place showing more brown hues of the house. the Kitchen Cabinets are already built with the island bench slowly taking shape.


The Bathroom Cabinet are also in place together with the sink. Look at the similarities between the colour hues of the kitchen and bathroom cabinets ...


The Laundry area showing the cabinet where the Washing Machine will be placed, same colour hues as that of the kitchen and bathroom as well ...


Looking at the 2nd floor's Master's Toilets, the colour hues of the cabinet and sink is the opposite as that of the 1st floor and the common toilets



The Spa and Bathtub at the 2nd floor




The rooms are slowly being completed, with the cornices and skirting being put in place ... They say the fixing stage is the slowest stage in the house development, so we will take it 1 week at a time to see the progress ... the waiting game begins ... for the Chocolate House on the Rise :-)

Monday, April 6, 2009

Palm & Plastered ....

05.04.09 - We visited the house today, without any expectation of changes after the Friday inspection, we were treated to a nice surprise when we noticed that the Plaster Boards have been installed on the 1st Floor as well.

The Main Entrance (Taken from the Entrance Window )



The Wall Niche at the Hallway (Taken from the Living Room Window)


The Dining Area with the Fridge Niche


The Kitchen


The Rumpus


So far so good ... and here's thanking Above for the progress on the house ... speaking of which today is Palm/Passion Sunday ...

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Lock it in ...

03.04.09 - As we received another invoice from our Builder I decided to visit the house early Friday morn. At a first glance, it seems nothing has changed outside ... but if you would look closely, the Upper part of the Bricks have been acid washed


A closer look at the Acid Washed Bricks


Weatherboards at the back has been installed


The Evaporative Cooling as well as the Heaters are also installed in the roof


The Permanent Front Door has been installed, with the glazed design though the colour is still not finalized


Going inside the house is a bit tricky now, as part of the inspection, we were accompanied by the the Site Super and had the chance to take some pictures inside the house. Plaster Boards on the 2nd Floor is almost complete.

The Master's Bedroom

The Spa in the Ensuite


The Activity Room


The Bath in the common toilet


The 1st Floor is still work in progress, you can see the insulation being placed between the frames and the Plaster Board


The Heating and Cooling Vents ...


The stairs will commence installation and targeted to be finished within 2 weeks ...


The scaffolding's are coming going down next week ... the Lock-up Stage is Complete, next Stop ... the Fixing Stage ...