| When we first saw our house during the 3rd week of June 2005, it was still very much "a building site". Although the structures and internal finishing of both homes on the sub-divided block were complete (carpets were just being laid), there were no fences nor had any landscaping been attempted. Within a very short space of time both issues had been remedied although we were appalled at the dismal attempt at levelling ground and laying turf. However, we didn't let that worry us too much as we knew the garden would change dramatically once we got to work on it. Obviously, the house was the all important factor. If that was right for us, the outside could be developed over a period of time. |
| The house is ideal for our needs being a compact all electric 3 bedroom villa-style property. There is no wasted space whatsoever. New homes are either timber or steel framed with the option of various external claddings and internal gyprock partition walls. Roofing is either tiles or colourbond steel. Our home has a timber frame with a pleasant brick veneer and a colourbond roof. Apparently the Australians love their steel roofs because the sound of rain on the roof is "music to their ears". We have a complete open plan living area, a common feature of the more modern Australian homes, 3 bedrooms, a 3-way bathroom (shower and bath/wash basin/WC all in individual private areas) and laundry room going off the kitchen area with a second W.C. All the bedrooms have built-in wardrobes and there are lots of cupboards throughout. Carpets and roller blinds were included in the specifications along with an inbuilt hob-top and oven in the kitchen. |
| The opening windows are sliders and have fly-screen attachments for summer conditions. There is a patio-style sliding door, with fly-screen, which gives access to the outside from the living area and a door from the laundry room to a path along the eastern fence. Cooling or heating come from the split system reverse cycle air conditioning unit in the living area and we have added a smaller one in the main bedroom which looks out into the front porch, faces west and is very hot during the summer. |
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The
integral
garage can be accessed through doors from the front porch or rear
garden court yard area. (It is the only garage we've ever seen that
has coving and skirting boards.) |