Halfway there

13 February 2009

The builders have started with the plastering.

Halfway there

We were dissapointed to find that the rest of the building has been locked up but at the same time, we are also elated with the progress.

The Garage

Kitchen & Dining

We had to peek through the windows for glimpses of the inside.

Master Bedroom

Too used to looking at skeletal walls & roof trusses, we now found the spaces a teeny bit cramped with the installation of plasterboards & ceilings.

Corridor from Laundry

After rambling on and on about which is what, I suppose it is time to publish what is which. I apologize for the size of the image below: -

Ground Floor Plan

This is the very stereotypical Aussie home plan, if I may say so myself. Double garage, 2 living areas, sometimes called Lounge, sometimes, Rumpus Room. The Master Bedroom should be accompanied by a Walk-In-Robe and of course, an ensuite. A shed is almost an essential finishing touch to the standard Aussie abode.

The reason that this plan was favoured was because of the minimal space allocated to circulation. We want every inch to be usable. It is of course, a little different from what we were used to. We seldom have entry that opens directly into the living area. We usually tuck our bedrooms at the back of the house or upstairs. The Living is almost always segregated from the kitchen or we would have the kitchen as a separate entity altogether. The reason? Chinese cooking perhaps.

Still, we will try our best to embrace the 'challenges' posed by living in a different plan. Up till now, we are still familiarising with the notion of a foreign home.

And one for the album