Today's update!

Well a couple of things happened on-site today,

Tell me if you can notice what's missing from this picture???

Ok, well it's our big green dumpster bin!!!
Yes the neighbours will be upset (collective awwww pls)!!!
Although it still doesn't stop them from leaving rubbish there anyway so it seems????

But it has been taken away....that's a pretty good sign right???

Also the extra rails were added to our WIR today, so another thing crossed off the list.

Heres a pic of one of our termite boxes that was installed yesterday, we actually have 4 of them around the house....LOL....oh well those nasty critters are not coming anywhere near our place by the looks of it!!!



Ian's meeting with our S/S "D" tomorrow morning to discuss the outstanding issues, so hopefully i'll have more updates for you soon.

Update from Sat 17 May

We went down to the house this afternoon to check on progress on Saturday.

The site has been sort of cleaned...well the pile of bright red brick sand has been shovelled and spread about everywhere....Looks lovely - LOL well not really, i thought they are supposed to clean the site, not shovel the brick sand around???





The windows have been cleaned....and the inside of the house looks cleaner, but not sure if it's the final clean???

We also had our 1st inspection today and there are a heap of red dots everywhere...which is to be expected i suppose.

The bathrooms are looking lovely:

Towel rails are in as well as internal door handles and door stops etc...

We're getting there!!!!

Today's update!!!

Wooo Hoo more happening on-site!!!!

The "security" fencing has been removed:

The piles of rubbish have been removed from the front of the house too....

The house looks so very different without the fencing and other distractions

The mirrors and shower screens have also been installed and they look great....
Glad we went with the chrome look screens....as they compliment the tapware nicely.

Here's the ensuite:

And the bathroom:

And some odds and sods around the house like the fill panel over the back sliding door and the side flashing for the roof of the garage....

We should be getting the site cleaned this week and the internal clean as well....

Hoping to hear some good news soon as to dates.....but not holding our breath just yet!!!

There are still some issues that require resolution.

Update from Sat 10th May

We noticed that our port-a-loo has been removed today!!

And hopefully the fencing will also be gone soon.

We should have our first inspection hopefully sometime next week....exciting now!!!!

So this is what it looks like today:

We're getting there!!! ::lol:: ::lol::

Update from Thurs 8th May

And after visiting this afternoon, we had another surprise with the plumbing work completed on-site.

Here are some pics.....it's all coming together now!!!!

Ensuite:

(Realised after looking at the pics when i got home tonight, that the wrong flickmixer tap was installed on the spa - easy fix - will need to chat with them about that.....)








Bit of an issue with the location of the toilet in the ensuite....it's off by 10cm, which you might say is ridiculous of us to pick up....but we redesigned the ensuite by repositioning walls in an effort to move the toilet over more towards the door. All this so that the shower screen can open without hitting the toilet...... We won't know for sure until the shower screen is installed if we've got a problem or not....But either way it's not to the plan....
The only way to fix this we've been told is to rip up the tiles and jackhammer the slab and reposition the plumbing and rebuild it all again.....:evil: :evil: Not happy at all.....

Laundry:

Bathroom:

Toilet:

Kitchen:

Can you see my sparkle? :wink: :wink:

AND...... we now have lights on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ceiling insulation will be installed in the next few days, scheduled next week is the house and site clean, which will make a BIG difference.

And wooo hooo we'll be losing our toilet and fencing soon too!!!!! :shock: :shock: :? :?


Our electrician needs to come back as there are a few issues with the positioning of our garage/porch lights.... but nothing that can't be rectified!!!

How many sleeps to go now????

Update from Wed 7th May

The tilers were back on-site today. The spa and bath are now done and the tiling looks pretty good.

I'm not sure what else is planned for this week on-site, i think it was the insulation perhaps???

Here's some pics of the spa in the ensuite:

And here's a better look at our WIR, still some more rails to be installed.

There are 3 sections to each side. We're organising some drawer inserts etc and extra shelving for shoes etc ourselves and we're going to be ordering that shortly. Ian wants to get right into it after handover....

Update from 6 May

WOW....... well today has seen some dramatic changes around the house...well we think so anyway!!!

The Caesarstone benchtops were installed....YEAH!!!!

OMG!!!!

How i am so glad we selected the Nova Aurora with the sparkles...it is just DIVINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am soooooo happy!!!!

Plus we upgraded to 40mm benchtops so it looks even better!!!!!!!

We would have regretted it if we had got 20mm and would have always thought "we should have"......so in the end i'm glad we did upgrade....It looks so much better in our kitchen!!!!

The bathroom and ensuite are Ice Snow and also look great.
Can't wait to see it with the chrome taps and white basins.....

The Robe inserts were completed:

Also we had out ducted heating vents installed throughout the house.....

The electrician was on-site as the downlights are all in, the power points, light switches, junction boxes etc are also installed but still a bit more work to do there...so a return visit req'd.

AND....we had out gas meter installed today too....

Hows that for a productive day on-site!!!!!

Tilers were not on-site today - probably because the Caesarstone had to be in first for them to complete their tasks.


But still very happy. Although we're still being told a June handover....we're hoping that they will exceed our expectations....

OMG.....that's next month!!!!!!

So far the progress has been excellent!!!

Update from May 5

Well, here's an update.....

We spent some time on the weekend looking at exposed aggregate mixes and thought we had made a decision on Mont Brown....



which is the black base, black stones and brown quartz....but it still had too much cream in it for us.... and after seeing it on some driveways, we're still not happy. So back again to look for another mix....maybe it'll have to be a custom.

I went for a drive to the house today and our Caesarstone is now being installed tomorrow...but the guy(s)?? had been in and set up the controller and return air vent for the heating/cooling.


Some pics:

So with the Caesarstone arriving tomorrow morning, the house will be busy if that's the case as the Electrician is due back tomorrow as is the tiler, so hopefully they can all work around each other? The tiler needs the C/Stone in to complete the tiling in some places too....


Also while at the house today, i came prepared with some flooring samples which i wanted to try and see how they looked together:

Tiles/carpet (where they meet in the Master B/R):

Tiles/timber
(where they meet in the bathroom/corridor & meals/laundry):
(Spotted Gum)

Where the timber & carpet meet up:

So back again tomorrow armed with camera to take more pics...LOL...of course!!!

Ian's going to ring the office tomorrow to ask for a handover date....

Wish us luck!!! :wink: