Wednesday 3 July and we headed to Geelong to meet with our draughtsman. He had sent through the first draft of the sketch the week before and we needed to meet to discuss it and modify it accordingly. We had spent some time working through the plan and really only made one change. In the first draft we had a cupboard in the laundry that protruded behind the laundry wall and consumed part of the walk in pantry. We decided that was kind of stupid, brought the wall back out and gave the entire space to the pantry.
Food > brooms.
The meeting was not scheduled until late so we met with our Masters before lunch. A long conversation about designs, products, contracts, etc etc ensued. All very useful, and again we feel in very very good hands with them.
And then more shopping.
Doors. So many doors. Naturally they did not have the door combinations we wanted in the height and style we desired, but we made do and chose the internals. The front door will require a bit more time as we need it to match the rest of the facade.
Door handles. So many door handles. But the choice did not take long.
Door locks. Good bye keys, hello remote! No longer will I be juggling things in my hands, nearly dropping bags or my phone as a struggle to unlock a door. Bleep bleep, that is the sound of the future my friends.
Skylights without the sky. Amazing. I can't find the website of the product so I'll post it another time. Super cool though.
To the window guys. "I'll take that one." Two minutes later: "I'll take the other one". It was great seeing the windows up close and personal. And not that difficult to make a decision. Even if it was the second option.
Barwon security was next. Sam walked us through the security, ducted vacuum and data cabling options and we made our selections. A dog wont be able to crap anywhere near my house without me being aware of it.
I can hear you all now, 'ducted vacuum? But you have your robot, you greedy bastard.' That's true, and we would not have opted for ducted vac except for this awesome dustpan outlet that you put in the floor. Kick it open, push the dirt in and its gone. Perfect for the kitchen and laundry. IG-88 can hunt the rest of the dust to his droid-hearts content.
And not to rub it in to my country-folk friends, but data cabling is important as we will be connected to super-fast NBN. Just sayin'.
Then off to our draughtsman. Excellent meeting. We confirmed the windows, doors, deleted the laundry cupboard. There was a long discussion regarding the powder room and how to effectively fit a wash-basin in there. In the end we reworked the laundry-powder room design a lot, and we are really pleased with the result.
We should have the final sketch at the end of the week.
A quick stop to finish the day at the plasterers. Ceiling roses, wow, I never thought I would be selecting a ceiling rose. To be fair, I left most of the selecting to K, she was quite into it. And she is right, a period passage way require ceiling roses for the hanging lights to hang from. I agree, I just cant quite bring myself to an enthusiastic state.
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