miles from home: "Minafon"

Big day today. Mandy phoned this morning requesting a conference at the house to discuss the design of the "niches" (storage spaces in the ensuite/bathroom for towels etc) as "the boys are under the impression that the shelves will be mdf and that is just not going to happen". Also needed to discuss some building inspector worries re the laundry ramp so over we went. Three hours later we got home having decided on the shelving/storage construction of the "niches" (should look really good) and ascertained that the non-slip tiles we had chosen for the laundry ramp are OK by the building inspector so all good. Another "milestone" today - the timber french doors, sliding doors and the front door were delivered this morning and they look every bit as good as we expected - Graham has done a beautiful job - they go up sometime next week when the internal lining is done.
Scott told us that things really start coming together next week. They will spend Mon/Tues at another house getting the roof on and then they come back to ours to finish internal lining and start on the external cladding/putting in the doors. We are then at lock-up and the rest really gets going apparently with flooring, kitchen and bathroom fit-out, internal doors all (apparently) happening quite quickly. This is really getting to the interesting/exciting stage!!! Really pleasing also to see that the inside has plenty of light - now that the lining is up we can see how the inside actually feels and it is great - no problems with dark hallways, rooms etc.