Update from 8th July '08

Hey everyone!

Yes we settled on the house today!

We met Luke, our Handover Supervisor at 9am at the house and the normal 20 min. inspection actually went for a lot longer. We ended up at the Sales Office in Narre Warren to do the obligatory handover of the bank cheque. It all went well actually and we returned to the house at about 10.30.

There are a few things to rectify, which are being dealt with at the moment, and i have the maintenance guy turning up tomorrow at 8.30 to do most of those. The major ones are the garage door panel with handle that requires replacement and is presently on order and the other issue is the ceiling insulation has not been installed properly, meaning, it does not extend to the outer section of the roof eaves. Kevin picked this up and it needs to be rectified. Kevin will return to confirm it and the other things have been done correctly.

As mentioned, Ian returned to work shortly after handover and i made a couple of trips back and forth to the house with the car full of clothes and things that i have been accumulating (some via ebay!) over the past 12 months....lol

What did i achieve today??? Well i brought the laptop and cranked up the music LOUD and worked away like mad!!! I cleaned the benches and shelves, swept and vacumed the concrete floor, stocked the pantry with some basic groceries, hung the clothes in the respective robes and unpacked boxes and put the stuff away in their new "homes". Ian brought more stuff for the house when he arrived after work. He installed 2 of the chocolate window blinds and the balance is scheduled as his job after work tomorrow....

Here are some pics:

Luke, Ian and Matt at the inspection:

Our Laundry:

The kitchen:

Our WIR (a work in progress there):

More chocolate blinds going up (this time in the theatre):

Tomorrow, i'll be meeting the timber floor installer and the Henley maintenance contractors at 8.30 on-site, so another busy day planned. I'll keep unpacking more boxes and seal the grout if i can.

We've only just got home and I'm really, really, tired, so am about to hit the sack....

Hmmmm........now the hard work starts......no more sleep-in's for me i think!!!