Bricks completed and $32,375 bill!

I went down on the weekend and I was very excited to find the bricking completed. Here are the photos:

Main Bedroom:

Lounge room and little sister:

Spare bedroom:

Bathroom:
Ceiling:

Back of house (kitchen and spare room)
Kitchen:
Side of house and two bedrooms:

Front of house (Main bedroom and lounge):
I wonder how long it will be before something else happens. It looked like the timber was in there for the window frames.

I have a roof now and end date

I went down on the weekend for a meeting with a few of the other cottage owners and found that the roof had been done so here are a few photos.

Last week the builder emailed us all finally giving us an estimated move in date for the cottages. They are hoping for 100% completed by the end of August so fingers crossed. Some cottage owners don't think they will be finished by then, but who knows...

Small changes

Today's visit I found that the verandah has been started, which is the blue bit in the photo. I also found that a lot of the wiring for electrical and hot water had been done. I was hoping for the colourbond roof to be on, but nope not yet. You can see in the background some of the others have been put on.

I think something strange is going on as it pours with rain each time I make my way down there...

Found the chairs

Four chairs and they go really well with the table. I just need to sand back and reupholster the seat. I was so excited I started last night sanding and pulling the seat base apart.

Here is the photo:

Bimbimbie Cottage - Place of many birds

I have decided to name my cottage and after a lot of searching my friends on homeone helped me by supplying a list of aboriginal words and the meanings.

I like the sound of Bimbimbie Cottage and love the meaning - Place of many birds. I am hoping to plant vegetation to encourage birds to my garden...

Almost finished dining table

Here is the finished product almost. It just needs one more coat of estapol and I haven't put the extension bits back in as I can't do it on my own without scratching it.

It was $109 for the table inc delivery
$70 for sander, which will be used again
$60 for supplies (stain, varnish etc)

So a very cheap table, but now on the lookout for secondhand chairs that I like, which I can do up to match the table stain. It's not perfect, but I am very happy with it. The colour I used is Wattyl Wood Gel Wenge.

New Old Dining Table

I bid and won this dining table last night from ebay for $109 delivered. It will be delivered Thursday night and then I can look at sanding it back and restaining a nice chocolate/walnut colour. I am also thinking of buying new or secondhand chairs to go with it either highback timber or fake leather chairs.

Here it is: