Hamilton on Chestnut Drive: Stress

They say that building a house is nothing but a stressful event and then once you're actually in you have a lifetime of work ahead of you. I guess you could look at it that way if you really were that negative or if you chose the wrong builder. Clearly we have made the right decision in Coral. Ok, the first six months was frustrating as it seemed for us that nothing was happening as we couldn't see anything tangible on our block. However, now that we are in the process of construction, it seems like those six months were a million years ago and really we are grateful that all the issues were sorted then to avoid having that stress that so many others seem to suffer during their build.

This is my second build and Matt's first. I remember very clearly first time round not knowing much and just expecting that they would do their job properly. That was my first mistake. It's hard to get someone to fix something once they're gone, particularly someone who made a point of saying how little he was getting paid in the first place. I truly remember it being a long process that ended in a lot of hassles.

This build has been the exact opposite. The only stress that we have had has been the stress of making sure we go out every afternoon and have a look because if you miss a day you seem to miss a whole section of the house transforming. It has been seven weeks today since our build started and by started I don't mean the slab being poured, I mean the pad being cut. This week we are looking forward to seeing tiles go down and by the end of the week we will meet our painter. It's all a blur. Our site supervisor has said that we seem to be on track for a mid February relocation to our new home. We can't wait!!!

Here are some photos of our gorgeous new kitchen and laundry that were installed last week thanks to the wonderful work of the brilliant Michiels family at Fine Design Furniture. Although they knew the rough date of our install, it crept up very quickly and Clinton and his team did an amazing job to finish both the kitchen and laundry in just over a week. Considering it usually takes this long just to build the furniture and then it has to go off to the polisher to be finished it was a truly fantastic feat. I would encourage anyone looking for cabinetry or furniture for their home to go and have a chat to the fabulous folk at Fine Design Furniture and see what they can do to help you out.

Our stunning kitchen.