The house....now 11 months on

 It's been a few weeks since we've visited and we're getting closer to the projected handover date so we thought we'd head over and have a look at the state of play with the new house.

We're not planning to move in until February 2016 so it'll give us time to get the decorations right, finish the kitchen fittings and make sure that when we do finally move in, everything's ready.

We've been giving some serious thought to the kitchen in particular and it's quite nice having a blank canvas to work with. It's also daunting in as much as we don't want to screw it up.

Currently we want something a bit like this......

 As for the rest of the house, well doors are just about all on, walls are starting to be undercoated and generic floor tiles are being laid (we may yet change some of the floor tiles, still thinking)

Here are some pics to give you an idea...

The last of the bamboo scaffolding about to come down

currently this area is going to be for a bbq but in time it will potentially be a room for a live in maid which many Indonesians choose to have 

We're planning a false bookcase to go in front of this door to the bbq area, a bit like this kind of thing .....

 

I think October is optimistic for completion!!

...but they are starting to lay tarmac