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Welcome to my blog about Owner Building My Home in Western Australia. With no experience in building at all, it should be interesting.

Friday, 10 June 2011

Week 5 = House

Week 5 - oh it's a big one!!


Entry - left is outer wall of Games Room. Right is Study


Recesses for pictures


Games Room is now finished.


Garage with big ass Lintel


Hallway from the Garage down to all the 3 bedrooms. Toilet door on the left

Hallway complete. Laundry left. Toilet (no longer visible) and bedrooms down the hall


Laundry left. Toilet (Powder room) Right


1st complete bedroom with Walk in Robe


Inside the bedroom.


Garage - bricks have now been completed over the Lintel


Fire place is the to be completed on Monday. It's coming along.

All finished. I don't envy them the job of building a fire place that big, almost 60 courses high.. hell no.. Good luck boys!! I think I might need to buy some beers..

Just a little update - the timber for our roof has been delivered, smack bang in our driveway, but at least it's all ready to go.

Fantastic brick work, its beautiful. Very pleased!!

Week 4

Week 4


Standing at the back of the house with the bedrooms on the right and the Garage at the end.


Walls of our Games are just beginning. Entrance hallway on the right


The front.


Open plan Family Area, Pantry on the left.

Not much left to do now..



Rooms - Week 3

Week 3


Study (right) Theatre Room (middle) left doorway is the entrance into the Open plan Family area


Kitchen Door and entry to Master Bedroom (left)


Down the hallway - Fireplace at the end


Looking at the Kitchen


Doorway of the Theatre Room and the Study on right


Kitchen

It doesn't look like much now, but you wait!! 



Tuesday, 7 June 2011

Walls - Week 2

Week 2
The shell of our house starts to take shape


The Front door with the Study window on the left, and the Games Room window on the right.



The Theater room - two small windows


Doors for our laundry (left) and two bedrooms.


At the front - Garage on left - Front door with Study and Games Room on either side


Left side of the House


Kitchen (right) entry to Master Bedroom (left)

We are full steam ahead now

Bricks - Week 1

Week 1


Our Master Bedroom is taking shape in the distance


The Fireplace is in the middle, it's allot bigger than I thought it would be. Guest Bedroom coming along on the left


Entrance to the Guest Bedroom


The outside of the Guest Bedroom


Sliding Door into our Master Bedroom


Fireplace on your left and Guest Bedroom straight ahead

ooh it's so exciting