The Beach House
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These are pics of the New Kitchen taken yesterday.
The bench is almost 6metres long with a 60mm rolled edge using Crea for the benchtop's.
This one would be about $7500 to $8500 he reckoned.
Hope that help's
I just love the way they use the shiny black benchtop's as a work bench.
BB
The bench is almost 6metres long with a 60mm rolled edge using Crea for the benchtop's.
This one would be about $7500 to $8500 he reckoned.
Hope that help's
I just love the way they use the shiny black benchtop's as a work bench.
BB
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We have deep draw's under the stove for pot's if that's what you mean???
Inside the cupboards are shelves, no draw's on runner's or other flashy stuff.
Additional deep draw's would have cost hundred's not thousand's, certainly not ten's of thousands.
Granite was going to add about an extra $4500 for that MASSIVE bench top.
BB
You are a gem....can you give me a name and ph number please?
Love your kitchen, handyandy. Great idea having the cabinet adjacent to the fridge with access from the wide side. I'm having a kitchen built atm for a little 1br unit and am having a cupboard built in the same position but opening from the narrow side for broom storage etc. I'm about to phone the cabinet maker to see if it's too late to change that cupboard so that it works like yours with maybe one door opening to broom storage and the other to shelving. Wish I'd seen your pics a couple of weeks ago!
Cheers
Cheers
Update 8/7/07
It's been a busy week for the tradies...Bless them! ...and I can now race up and down the ladder like a rat up a drain pipe! No stairs yet...I think the timber for the stairs was delivered, and the builder is sending it back...substandard. Good on him.
Sparkies have demolished the old switchboard and installed a new one, and pulled every wire out of the place. Then we met on site, so I could tell them where I wanted to put all the new lights, switches, fans and power points. They were a bit surprised I didn't want aircon...LOL...but so close to the beach, there are always sea breezes.
Chippies have been busy with decks, cutting holes in walls, and putting in new roof battons.....see pics.
It's been a busy week for the tradies...Bless them! ...and I can now race up and down the ladder like a rat up a drain pipe! No stairs yet...I think the timber for the stairs was delivered, and the builder is sending it back...substandard. Good on him.
Sparkies have demolished the old switchboard and installed a new one, and pulled every wire out of the place. Then we met on site, so I could tell them where I wanted to put all the new lights, switches, fans and power points. They were a bit surprised I didn't want aircon...LOL...but so close to the beach, there are always sea breezes.
Chippies have been busy with decks, cutting holes in walls, and putting in new roof battons.....see pics.
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Well done Sailor!
I have been following this thread with interest since the start, the place looks a million bucks already
Keep up the inspirational work.
Regards, Chris
I have been following this thread with interest since the start, the place looks a million bucks already
Keep up the inspirational work.
Regards, Chris
Slowly at present. I've been a bit busy and not posted phots. Will do so tonight. No stairs yet...I've been painting them with oily stuff prior to them being put in place. Easier to do on the ground than up a ladder.Hi Sailor,
Hows the Beach house coming along? Any stairs yet, so you can climb up and crack that champagne on the balcony?
Cheers, Nadia
Have the champers at the ready!
Update 18/8/07
It's been a big couple of weeks:
Sparkies came to lay out the wiring through the roof, as the tradies removed the original roof. Unfortunately we had some light rain during this period.
But now the new roof is on with new gutters and barges (yes ... Sailor is learning about a different sort of barge...which unfortunately does not float)! (see pic)
And I've been painting (oiling) steps in preparation for the stair installation. Unfortunately after my first coat, some tradies walked all over my steps and left footprints for me to clean off before doing my next coat. Go figure!(see pic)
Just as well I was on site yesterday when the gyprockers started work, as they pulled through light and fan wires from the ceiling...in the wrong places...so that the line up was like a dog's hind leg. Then they pulled the fan wire for the balcony into the loungeroom ceiling. Good grief.... "sh@t for brains"! Fortunately the sparky was able to come over straight away and fix it all. These guys haven't yet worked out "tis a team effort" and they need to pay attention to detail. What would they do without me!
Fav reles have just bought a reno, and said I could have all their garden edging rocks. So have been collecting rocks and loading up the sports car (AKA tiny red truck) transporting them back to The Beach House for landscaping.
Time to go check on the tradies (mine work Sat mornings), and do another rock-run.
PS Forgot to tell about the dishwasher saga this week. Bought a lovely Bosch dishwasher during the May sales. Kitchen people wanted all the kitchen white goods to be able to have accurate measures etc, whilst they are building it in their workshop. The dishwasher delivered to kitchen people, wasn't able to accommodate the insertion of a decorator panel in the door. And this after I'd checked it 3 times with the retailer and once with the manufacturer to ensure that it would. Finally found out from the retailer, that manufacturer had modified the design and sent up the new model. Fortunately the retailer had the one I wanted sitting on the floor of the showroom. Tis mine now!
It's been a big couple of weeks:
Sparkies came to lay out the wiring through the roof, as the tradies removed the original roof. Unfortunately we had some light rain during this period.
But now the new roof is on with new gutters and barges (yes ... Sailor is learning about a different sort of barge...which unfortunately does not float)! (see pic)
And I've been painting (oiling) steps in preparation for the stair installation. Unfortunately after my first coat, some tradies walked all over my steps and left footprints for me to clean off before doing my next coat. Go figure!(see pic)
Just as well I was on site yesterday when the gyprockers started work, as they pulled through light and fan wires from the ceiling...in the wrong places...so that the line up was like a dog's hind leg. Then they pulled the fan wire for the balcony into the loungeroom ceiling. Good grief.... "sh@t for brains"!
Fortunately the sparky was able to come over straight away and fix it all. These guys haven't yet worked out "tis a team effort" and they need to pay attention to detail. What would they do without me! Fav reles have just bought a reno, and said I could have all their garden edging rocks. So have been collecting rocks and loading up the sports car (AKA tiny red truck) transporting them back to The Beach House for landscaping.
Time to go check on the tradies (mine work Sat mornings), and do another rock-run.
PS Forgot to tell about the dishwasher saga this week. Bought a lovely Bosch dishwasher during the May sales. Kitchen people wanted all the kitchen white goods to be able to have accurate measures etc, whilst they are building it in their workshop. The dishwasher delivered to kitchen people, wasn't able to accommodate the insertion of a decorator panel in the door. And this after I'd checked it 3 times with the retailer and once with the manufacturer to ensure that it would. Finally found out from the retailer, that manufacturer had modified the design and sent up the new model. Fortunately the retailer had the one I wanted sitting on the floor of the showroom. Tis mine now!
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At a discount I hope, It was display stock after all, and an old model as well
Have to ask sailor, why did you not continue the balcony around the corner?
Dave
1. Better security for front balcony.
2. Would have had to make the side balcony narrower to conform to council site dispensation rules.
3. Something to do with the roof being too lower at the extreme outer edge.
Good grief! .... and damage my car? Gosh...hope not.
Should withstand a car...tis rated to cope with a CAT 5 Cyclone.
Are we talking about the same corner ??
Don't get me wrong, it's still great, just don't understand how this would make a difference to site (side?) dispensation rules?
You would'nt have made it wider in anyway
Dave
