Recent Blog Posts
Stick a fork in it....
post a comment | posted Nov 5
Originally posted at Tandaland
....I think it is DONE!
Our house is now officially complete! We thought it was a bit touch and go there over the last few days...especially with a public holiday in the way. Some things on the list were not quite finished, last time round, and a...
It's a boy!
post a comment | posted Oct 26
Originally posted at Tandaland
Hi All! We just got back from our 20 week scan (19 weeks and 4 days, but whatever), and we're happy to announce that our baby is a boy!! The video of the scan is above. I apologise for the lack of audio, but I think the doctor must've forgotten to...
Occupantsy Permit
post a comment | posted Oct 24
Originally posted at Tandaland
I actually didn't think it would be that hard to find a cartoon of an octopus wearing pants! Anyway... wasn't really worth the effort... WORST PUN EVER!!
WOW!
Ok, well anyway.... we have on Occupancy Permit!! WOOT! This means our house is official...
Not-So-Recent Blog Posts
round the outside, round the outside
post a comment | posted Oct 23
Originally posted at Tandaland
We dropped by the house last night, not to see the house this time, but to see the fence! We got a call from "u need a fence", it turns out that they were doing Lot 1's fence this week and asked if we were happy to have ours done this week too!! W...
1st Inspection Done
post a comment | posted Oct 17
Originally posted at Tandaland
I was about to go to bed, but then Thuy reminded me I haven't posted about our inspection yet! (I'm sure it could've waited until tomorrow... but hey).
Overall we're pretty damned happy. We had a bundle of sticky dots, but overall we really struggl...
Friday on my mind
post a comment | posted Oct 14
Originally posted at Tandaland
Right now I should be writing a post about how excellent our inspection was, but alas it has been moved to Friday. Certainly not a big deal for us, they're a month and a half early anyway!! Apparently they needed to redo some of the paint which mea...
Nearly there...
post a comment | posted Sep 29
Originally posted at Tandaland
This post is actually a bit behind schedule. Thuy and I have both been a bit sick lately. I just got over one cold and jumped straight into another one. Thuy would yell at me if she knew I was even posting right now!
Well, let's jump straight into ...
So many decisions!
post a comment | posted Sep 15
Originally posted at Tandaland
Whilst we're still unsure about exactly when handover is, we know it is close! In the next week or so we're hoping to hear when our first official inspection is. If all goes well, about 2 weeks after that we should have the keys to our new home!
I...
So many tiles!
post a comment | posted Sep 11
Originally posted at Tandaland
I really feel sorry for the guy who is doing the tiling in our house. Our tiles are 300mm square, and we have about 100sqm of tiled floor space. That works out to be over 1100 tiles throughout our house....not including showers and the like. The po...
I can't see clearly now..
post a comment | posted Sep 9
Originally posted at Tandaland
I can't see clearly now, the entry's gone,
I can't get past obstacles in my way
Gone are the open windows that I had climbed
I wanna see the tiles (tiles), tiles (tiles)
New shiny tiles
I wanna see the paint (paint), paint (paint)
New shiny paint
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