Granny Flat Almost There

 I knew I hadn't updated my blog in a while but when I checked I hadn't done anything at all this year! So time to update. There was a break over December for 3 to 4 weeks and then work began again. The granny flat was at lock up stage before Christmas so work was certainly progressing. It has been a bit all consuming, choosing tiles, paints, layouts of kitchens, wardrobes etc but it has all come together and we are very pleased with the results and our builder has been great to work with.

Painters are ready to go- we have Hot Tamarillo on the vertical cladding and Woodland Grey on the horizontal. Dougie was our painter and he did the the painting on our extension nearly 12 years ago, lovely bloke and a real character.

Waterproofing for the bathroom. This was one of the few things that went wrong, it had to be redone-but the builder was on top of it, the whole floor was waterproofed. The line for the shower also had to be moved and that wasn't done correctly and didn't find out till the tiles were in and the guy came to measure for the shower screen but again the builder was able to come up with a solution that didn't involve a complete retile.

Next came the tiler, it was all starting to happen and getting an idea of what it was going to look like. Amy chose some "bling" tiles for the shower recess- it had rose gold in it which she loves.

The kitchen was going to hold things up as it was going to be delayed however they had a cancellation which meant our kitchen could go in.

Really pleased with the look of the kitchen and our splashback tiles

Painting is continuing on and then the Alfreso and Ramp Area went in. This outside area will be meshed in an will provide an outdoor area for the birds.

Painting is nearly done

Wardrobe inserts are in- we tossed up about getting Bunnings or Ikea inserts but ended up going for the made to measure option as it made better use of the space and once it went in there were no regrets, only that my wardrobe is not as good as this one,

Bathroom vanity and mirror goes in 

Amy wanted a feature wall that had glitter paint on it, should not have been suprised!

Starting to look like a real bathroom now!

We needed to make sure the concrete slab was nice and smooth before the guys came in to lay the vinyl planks. It wasn't too bad a job and almost medative scrapping away. Couldn't find Amy one morning and she was out in the granny flat scrapping away.

Flooring in and pleased with the look.

Paving under the alfresco is in and we are enjoying sitting outside. There is a lot of gardening ahead to be done.

The electrician (Lachlan ) has been around and now all the lights are in and the power is on.

The view from the sliding door in the main house 

Found a solid concrete table on Gumtree which should be pretty parrot proof we hope

This alfresco area is going to be great.

We had the inspection on Friday by the certifiers to see if everything was in order. We passed that, now there is some paperwork to be done by the builder submitting various certificates and then we will get our certificate of occupancy. We still need to mesh in the outdoor areas and the paver is coming back to do some paths and then some paving out the back of the granny flat and then I can get to work on the garden.