Finally... the long wait paid off!

21st March 2009

Last night I received delighting news through the phone. At last, the sub-contractor informed about their plan to install the double staircase railings today. In the afternoon after picking my wife from work, we anxiously went to the house together with the kids.

We are truly happy to be greeted by such a satisfying view... a peace of mind knowing that we no longer have to keep on nagging about when the end result would be revealed. Overall, we are happy with our design choice, elegant but simple and not too much, perfectly still giving an airy feeling of the area.

Enjoy the pictures below, taken by my wife as she was experimenting her techniques using our humble Canon Ixus camera.

Pretty sight, isn't it?

Our youngest visitor to the house

20th March 2009

Recently, my sister came by for a visit and she brought along her 7 month old baby... my chubby niece, Nazrah. She was excited to see her cousins running around and probably couldn't wait until she can walk and run with them too!

With regards to the house, unfortunately the stair case railings have not been installed yet. I kept on calling the sub-contractor now and then and the answer is still the same: they need time to do all the curves and bends. My wife and I are getting more impatient as time passes, because apart from the installation of the walk-in cabinets (which is progressing quite well), the railings is the only fixture overdue!

It is now a month past the construction due date, and moving in seems to be still far ahead. Even when the railings are finally installed, we still have to wait for a permit from the government and also for electricity supply to be connected to our house.

On the bright side, now the workers quarters has been cleared up, and we can finally have an interrupted view of the left side of the house, viewed perfectly from the adjoining Pasar Borong (pictures below). Drain covers are also being installed and we are happy that they agreed to install metal grills for our gas compartment for free.

Flooring in the master walk-in closet already installed.

My wife is delighted to see this shoe rack that I designed.

A simple pattern

The TV room is looking good too!

Hehehe... Funny that the kids like to climb up and down the cabinets every time they come for a visit. Doors please!

The drain cover... still needs some paint touch-up

5th March 2009

On our quick visit yesterday to the house, some workers were busy installing aluminium glass doors for the shower areas in all the bathrooms. The company responsible is the same as that who supplied our window frames, as such there is a striking resemblence as to quality, colour and design. The master bathroom though will have thick glass doors and hopefully the installation will take place soon.

With regard to staircases railings, we were told to wait for another week before we can see the result. I guess all those curves makes it very difficult for the workers. Let's just hope that the end product will turn out to be fantastic.

Syafi's shower... I'm sure he'll be excited once we bring the kids over!

The shower doors in the playroom is the only one square-shaped

Safiya's shower

Hope our guests will like the black-and-white bathroom

Green theme colour in the spare bedroom

At the same time, glass panels are also put into the sliding doors which will separate the main living room, dining room, dry kitchen and prayer room.

The race against time

1st March 2009

Presenting the latest look of our house... finally with a set of main entrance doors! Work has been progressing quite well. Almost all electrical items have been installed, as well as plumbing works. The built-in cabinets is progressing fast too, and soon the worker will start installing that in the dry kitchen. We really can't wait to start cleaning up (even though this is normally done by the contractor) and moving in...

Enough said, enjoy these pictures...

Shower head installed in the master bathroom... Quite an investment needed in order to have my dream shower, straight from the ceiling!

Our IKEA wash basin finally put in its place.. We bought a rotating mixer tap on purpose to ease bathing a baby in the future... No need for the normal plastic bath basin anymore!

Shower taps in the play room

A close up shot of the shower head brought back from Brisbane

Syafi and Safiya will enjoy their showers as both their rooms have this huge shower head I bought here in Brunei

Wet kitchen sinks and mixer already installed

After the long wait... finally the in-sink erator has been installed... also brought in from Brisbane

We also instructed one of the workers to install some mirrors in most of the bathrooms

Laminated timber flooring laid out in a fast pace

With the main doors already fixed, we finally had the chandeliers installed in the formal living room

A close up view... It took two months to arrive because it was a customised order

Matching chandeliers in the adjoining dining room... I like the reflection of the floor tiles on the fan

On a final note, our best regards especially to Gembo and family... we are very sorry to hear about the meningitis infection and we pray that you get well soon.