We caught up with the site supervisor this week, only the second time we have met him. As we hoped, the plaster defects have been rectified before the painter applied the first coat. If everything goes to plan, the SS estimates another couple of months to completion. Last year, I had hopes that we would be in by July - August at the latest. Funny! We are now hoping for mid to late September. I am holding out to have my holidays then, but I am absolutely exhausted - haven't had a break in a loooong time so it better not be too much longer.
The wall colour in the photos isn't quite right. Looks a bit green in some, yellow in others. It is actually a white colour with a bit of "warmth" called "Beige Glow". The light and shadow in the rooms changes the appearance. This is also the undercoat so the top coat will show the true colour. Painter was a nice man, and very thorough. Also, very neat, tidy and careful, which pleased me no end!
The windows were all carefully taped up with plastic. This is the view in the family area, sliding timber doors under plastic.
The front doors - the painter covered them up as he thought they were stained on the inside. At colour selection, we really didn't get a choice with this - we were told that the inside would be painted and the outside stained. The painter said he would be happy to do either - but in the end we agreed to stick to specs to prevent any trouble later on!
The painter in action - with Dave looking on.
Lounge room windows taken from the foyer. On the left you can see the wall protrusion where the gas log fire will go. This weekend we will go and have another peek around and see how our painter went. He anticipates finishing next week with tiler to start the week after. There are also some external work such as render, expansion joints to be filled, some eaves to be painted and the garage to be finished off. Looks like we are still making reasonable progress.
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