Handover and Almost In !

Bamboo flooring begins in the meals area.

Bamboo floor in meals area completed.
Underlay for carpet to the right of photo.

Driveway formwork and base in preparation
for concrete pour.

Kitchen with bamboo floor. We love it,
it has come up really well.

Carpet in study. Not a great photo for
true colour. 'Eureka' is a purple/brown colour or
aubergine. We love this also. So far we have been
so pleased with how our flooring choices have come
together.

Driveway up close, exposed aggregate.

An almost full view of the driveway.

It is very new and still has a bit of finishing

off to go.

A shot of the bamboo floor, looking towards

the front door.

What a beautiful blue sky! The driveway again,

the next day.

A shot from the top of the stairs, with

carpet and bamboo floor in view.

Looking down stairs from the top.

Looking up the stairs from the bottom,

just in case you couldn't work that out.

Well there it is! Handover went very well.

Most of the post handover stuff has been completed. Not bad considering we only had handover on the 10th of August.

Last week was full on!

Handover Monday, bamboo floor Tuesday, Wednesday, Carpet Thursday, Friday and then finished Tuesday just gone. Concreting was also done on Thursday and finished Tuesday.

Now all we need to do is move! This should happen in the very near future. Not looking forward to packing/unpacking but can't wait to get into the garden.

I am hoping to keep posting on any progress but this may take a while, things will probably move a bit slower now.

Relle.

Handover Postponed

Today was to be the handover for our home but our SS called earlier in the week to let us know there was still a few things to be finished. Handover is now set for Monday 10th August.
That was okay by us as we would rather things be finished properly than be rushed for handover.
It has buggered up post handover stuff a bit, as we had arranged for bamboo flooring to be delivered this afternoon and installation for Friday and Saturday.
We are now hoping that the bamboo floors can be done on Tuesday, Wednesday because we've got carpet organised for Thursday, Friday. If all goes well it'll all be happening next week. If not, we'll just have to set things back a few days.
Fingers crossed for all things to fall into place!!

One week to PCI and Counting

Front balcony, balustrading done

View of kitchen splashback through a window

and with the sunlight. Colour is green!!!

Kitchen splasback again, different angle

Store/Linen shelving, didn't expect this

to be shelved so we were wrapped when

we saw it

Walk in robe[hers] shelving

Left side of walk in robe

Pantry shelving - right side

Pantry shelving left side

Just a quick update with only one week to PCI. As you can see from the photos more finishing touches have been added. In recent times we have been locked out so it's hard to see what else has been done or still needs to be finished. The main things that I can see that still have to be done are, the water tank, lots of paint touch ups and the garage door. I've noticed that many of the issues we may raise at PCI have already been noted and rectified. There has been a site clean, inside and out, fly screens have been fitted to all opening windows and it really is starting to look almost complete. Fingers crossed for a fairly non- eventful Practical Completion Inspection!!!

I Don't Know What's More Exciting...

Pantry with sink and tap, could I
be any further away?

Front balcony tiling, balcony
railing still to be done

Mirror and shower screen installed
in upstairs bathroom

Laundry taps fitted, from afar again

Powder room mirror and tap

Powder room toilet, same as

master ensuite toilet

Kitchen sink with vegie sprayer

Bath in walk in robe

Final coat of render done

Garage roof done

Render to facade done, lights fitted

Ensuite shower installed

Ensuite basins and mirror installed

As you can tell by the title and by the pictures, I managed to get in and get some shots.

It really is true, I don't know what I get more excited by. The fact that I get to see the progress that's been made or the fact that I can get inside the house.

Things have continued to move along and it looks as if many of the issues we may pick up at PCI have already been addressed.

Electricians have been in, plumbers have begun, rendering has been completed and whoever puts in mirrors has done their job. As each thing is checked off our list, it seems to become more and more real.

Three weeks to PCI and counting.

Tiling, PCI and Handover

Ensuite shower tiled, grouting had not been done as yet.
Upstairs toilet

Upstairs bathroom

Upstairs shower

Powder room

Powder room floor tiles

Ensuite shower again

Ensuite vanity and floor tiles

Tiling has been completed although the above pictures do not show tiling with grout. I will take more photos next time I get a chance to go inside.

Had a call from our CSC advising us of the PCI [Practical Completion Inspection] and Handover dates. Exciting but scary to think it isn't that far away. Our PCI will be on the 30th July, then handover on the 6th of August, if all goes well.

Called past the house on Tuesday and could see the electricians were there along with some other tradies. Didn't have time to go in so, will try another day.

Still in the process of organising flooring and concreting, the pressure is on now!!!

Kitchen bench, New SS and Tiling begins.

QQ Bench top - Colour is 'Royal Base'

Close up of bench, hard to judge from photo

Bamboo display at Home Innovation Centre

A view of all bench tops

Tiles delivered and ready to be layed

Hi everybody, not much has been happening so there's not a great deal to report.

The kitchen bench was installed some time last week. The colour [royal base] has come up well and is a good match to the cupboards.

Met our new SS on Monday, he seems to have caught up on the whole build and is continuing to oversee the slow but steady progress.

The tiler starts on Thursday and it shouldn't be too long after that PD can give us some definite timelines for PCI and handover.

We've recently started to look into flooring options and I have organised some concretors to come out and do quotes this week.

Should we be worried?

Our CSC called yesterday to check where our building variation for the ensuite basins was and to give us a few updates. Unfortunately, I did not get either the call to home or to my mobile. Upon listening to the message I thought, should we be worried?

She said, "our SS had moved on from the company and that we now have a new SS. He was currently getting up to speed with all the jobs and will contact us when he has done so".

I said "Oh sh*@ we are nearing the final stage of our build, what impact is this going to have on us"?

From reading other blogs it seems not uncommon to have at least one change of SS. The positive thing is, that it can often be a change for the better. We hadn't met our SS but he kept in fairly regular contact and seemed to be very much on top of things. Our CSC assures us that our new SS is experienced and very good but, isn't that what they say about all of them?

I guess we are about to find out. We had requested an inspection with the last SS, so now it will have to be with the new guy. I feel for him in a way because he comes in not really knowing or understanding the history of the build.
Oh well, time will tell, fingers crossed it will all turn out for the good.

PAINTING and The Garage Roof

Master ensuite painted

Stairs being painted/stained

Laundry.

Paint colour is Turkish Bread 1/2 strength

Powder room.

Sorry left side is a bit dark

Wall colours - Turkish bread 1/2 strength.

Ceiling is Wattyl supercover white, doors,

architraves, skirts colour is oriental white

Kitchen in a better light

Dining/Meals doors - Dark Oak

Master bedroom in poor light

Study

Garage roof trusses on

Stain colour is Dark Oak

Exterior paint colour is Colorbond 'Dune'

Garage roof from the front

Another view of the garage roof

As you can see the painting has almost been completed, no wonder when the painters work all day Sunday on a long weekend.

C [husband] doesn't really like the exterior colour 'dune', which is a worry because the garage and render colour is that colour too. Good thing that he does like the interior colour especially because he chose it.

I like the dune, only wish the windows were more a stone colour than beige. The colour of the windows is 'stone beige'. As for the interior, I like the colour but I would have rathered a cooler brown more so than the warm brown of 'turkish bread half strength'.

Overall, I think it's all coming together pretty well. The next big thing to see will be the splashback, hope it goes with all our other colour choices.