Tile Progress Update #3

Well, nearly all tiles are laid (minus grout) and our tiler has said he will be all wrapped up by Saturday. We are extremely stoked with our tile colours, appearance and most of all our tiler. Maybe, if money wasn't a factor we would have done more, but for our budget we believe we made the best of it.


pic: Floor Tiles ________ pic: Portico Tiles
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I am sure that the painters are next and we are really looking forward to seeing the Facade painted.

After that I have no idea. I like not knowing what will be done next as it creates a sense of excitement and suprise each visit.

One thing that does create excitement is the looming fact that soon, very soon it will be finished and we will be living in our dream home.....

Tile Progress Update #2

Things are moving along nicely. Here a few pics of what has happened since last week.

pic: Floor Tiles, well underway


pic: Kitchen Benches On (Unveiling Soon) + Kitchen Mixer


pic: Our New Bath

Looks inviting... :)

Tile Progress Update #1

Well today was supposed to see the start of our floor tiles, but it was not to be :(

Not all bad news though because our Ensuite is all done (minus grout) and the main bathroom would of been completed by the end of the today. Surely our tiler will grout everything tomorrow and do our porch tiles as well. It is my hope that the end of the week brings better luck ......? and our floors will have been started?????

In the meantime the painters are starting to ramp up. Today saw the preparation of all the window frames & door jams for their first coat in the next couple of days.

Joe(S/S) has ordered our showerscreens, which we have been told is a good indicator that our house is 4 weeks from completion....OH YEAH!!!!

Below are some tiling progress pics.

pic: Ensuite

pic: Ensuite with Feature Tile

Tiles....Yes Please!

This is nice, once again it feels that there is something new to show every week.

Our tiler started last week and so far he has completed the floors & walls of the ensuite, bathroom, laundry and toilet.

We love the colour of the floor tiles (2 Desmo), it is such an appealing tile as it seems to change colour from aubergine to coffee in different lighting conditions. The wall tile size (300x200) is perfect for skirting tiles and looks really nice on the walls too. The black vertical strip that you see looking at the main shower walls is for our feature tiles, we think they are really going to look great.

However Wednesday is the real test of our tile selection, thats when our living area floor tiles are scheduled to be laid. We know they will look great, but you just wonder? Luckily the wait won't be long....

pic: Ensuite

pic: Main Bathroom

pic: Laundry

Now We're Cooking

It has been a couple of weeks since our last post but as it seems, just after you first begin internal work there is very little visual progress to report on. I mean white walls with white cornices and white doors look great to us but dull to the one's checking out our blog. Things have been happening here and there and now we can show everyone something interesting.

Introducing our next milestone. As of today we have Kitchen Cupboards, Vanities for main & ensuite and Laundry Cupboards :)) We are very happy with the layout of the kitchen and the colours of all the cupboards and vanities.

pic: Kitchen


For those who know us, would say we are both tall (6'6 & 5'10....it isn't that tall? c'mon). In every house we have ever lived, we have had to be contempt with bench heights that "we" considered too low. When we sat down for our initial client variation requests, raised benches were one of the items at the top of the list. Now all our bench surfaces throughout the house are 1m. ....I'm in heaven... :))

pic: Vanities

Left:Ensuite Right: Main Bathroom

Our main bathroom vanity has been custom built with 2 drawers and may I say, money well spent. I feel it is so much neater and practical to keep toiletries in a drawer rather than cupboards and since we have 2 daughters that will become teenagers in years to come, tidy & practical is a "Must!"

pic: Laundry Cupboard


Other Wisdom Bloggers that have gone with this option, will probably agree that it was a must. M fought with me (nagged) to get this cupboard & bench top. Thats ok with me because she will be using it a lot more than me... ;))

Hopefully the visual progress will keep rolling on but it would seem that our express train has certainly slowed :( We hope next week our tilers will finish their last job & start ours? It will be very exciting to see our tile choices laid before our eyes.

It's All ... Locking Up... From Here

Bad Joke, I know but I couldn't help it ;)

As the title of this post suggests, We are at Lock Up....yeah! It has been almost 2 months to the day since the slab was poured....Wisdom are Smokin!!....

Since our last post we have had all the doors fitted, Cornices put up and signed off on our kitchen + vanitys, hopefully they will be be installed for photos in a week or two.....? Its good to be this far advanced but now our little sneak peaks & photo shoots on the weekend have come to an end... :( Good news is, our S/S Joe is very accomodating, he will always make time for a walk through when you give him a call and arrange it. We hope to bring you more pics soon?

Below are some pics of our our front elevation (with garage doors) and our Front Entry Doors. Its funny, we thought our Entry Doors would have had 4 slimmer glass panes on each door but after our initial shock we love what we have. The larger panes mean more natural light into the entry/ foyer during the day. Best thing is that we opted for obscure clear glass finish. As you can see, it gives a very stunning look from inside the house.

pic: Garage Doors 'On'

pic: Entry Doors:- 'Inside & Outside Views'

Our Cloud has a Silver Lining

Once again Wisdom give meaning to the saying "Full Steam Ahead". I went to go check out the house on Friday with our S/S and there was an army of plasterers (7 I think?) going like the clappers. In just over a day they had finished the internal linings minus the cornices (they get done tomorrow).


Sounds great right? We pray that our express building bubble does not burst. Everything is happening like a dream at the moment. We would like to give a big thanks to Joe our S/S for that.

However, it would seem that Wisdom is building faster than the Cabinet Makers can measure up and build our kitchen for installation. If the kitchen drawings come to us with no major alterations required then we are laughing, if not progress may stall....D'oh!


I feel for a lot of our fellow Wisdom Builders who await that elusive start. We hope that when you do start you get the same express train like us?


As promised here are some pictures of inside. I thought I would show some before & afters.

pic: Entry/ Foyer Before & After Lining

pic: Dining/ Leisure Before & After Lining

pic: Dining/ Leisure (Reverse) Before & After Lining