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Our First Week
We have now spent our first week in our new house, we actually got the keys around a month ago, and spent the first 3 weekends building the deck. Last weekend we moved out of little 2 bedroom du… more →
Scott and Renes House Build
Our First Week
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scottchappel wrote 1 month ago: We have now spent our first week in our new house, we actually got the keys around a month ago, and … more →
Tiling of floors done with grout
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ourhousebuild wrote 1 month ago: The floors have been tiled and grouted. However, the floors look really cloudy as the cleaners now n … more →
Rendering to front completed
ourhousebuild wrote 1 month ago: Today the rendering to the front of the house was completed. The colour is from Dulux and it’s … more →
Front cladding feature finished
ourhousebuild wrote 2 months ago: Today the front cladding feature using merbau decking was completed. We need the wood to weather sli … more →
Painting has started
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ourhousebuild wrote 2 months ago: The painting started yesterday, with the the protective sheets etc. going over the cupboards and doo … more →
Garage door and cabinetry
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ourhousebuild wrote 2 months ago: The garage door and cabinetry was installed today! The Kitchen still needs the stone benchtops, but … more →
To build a deck
scottchappel wrote 2 months ago: The first thing you need is plenty of friends and family that are willing to work for peanuts. … more →
Front cladding feature almost complete
ourhousebuild wrote 2 months ago: Our front cladding feature is almost complete. Today the blueboard went up. Front cladding feature n … more →
We have the keys
scottchappel wrote 2 months ago: Well on Thursday October 1st, we officially received the keys for the house. I must say Metricon do … more →
Only 2 weeks to go...
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scottchappel wrote 3 months ago: Yep, that is right, according to our SS, we should have the hand over of the house on the 2nd of Oct … more →
Plastering work completed
ourhousebuild wrote 3 months ago: From here on in, we will only be posting a few pics as we want to be careful not to give too much aw … more →
Nearly at lockup
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ourhousebuild wrote 3 months ago: The frame is complete now and the roof almost complete. They have removed the roof trusses and the o … more →
Practically Complete
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scottchappel wrote 3 months ago: Things are still steaming a head with the house build, to such an extent that on Thursday our Site S … more →
US Volunteers Building Hope in Tirau
habitatcni wrote 3 months ago: In less than two weeks Habitat for Humanity will build a home for Tony and Marama Pala at 24 Goodwin … more →
Tiling and stone
scottchappel wrote 4 months ago: I stopped by the house this afternoon, just to see how the tiling is going, and to my surprise the c … more →
Roof tiling almost complete
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ourhousebuild wrote 4 months ago: The roof tiling is almost complete. They got through a fair bit today. The winds really picked up th … more →
Its been a while…
scottchappel wrote 4 months ago: ..since I have updated the blog. I keep taking photos, but just don’t seem to find enough time … more →
Roof tiling started today
ourhousebuild wrote 4 months ago: The roof tiling was started today. Everything looks set-up and ready to go for tomorrow. Tiling star … more →
Guttering - adding some definition
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ourhousebuild wrote 4 months ago: The guttering and bi-fold doors went on today… we are almost at lock-up stage – woohoo! … more →
