Day 66: Cabinets, We Got Cabinets

Happy Mother's Day!!!!

And N was really happy to see the kitchen cabinets and benchtops. She kept on bragging that she chose the colour combination and they look beautiful. Who knows what will happen if I disagree.

You know what's wrong with the photos above.. I ORDERED A BULLNOSE EDGE PROFILE!!!!! Need to quickly sort this out with E.R.

The ensuite that N keeps on saying has a ridiculous colour combination. I reckon its perfect. Guess who chose the combi. :D

Laundry

Bathroom

Master bedroom door (WRONG DOOR STYLE!!!!)

Bedroom doors (WRONG DOOR STYLES AGAIN!!!)

A few more updates and photos below..








Facade is taking shape..

The expensive pergola

They finished the bricks in the garage

Well, still got a few issues. The lintel above the alfresco door has not been installed and they already put the bricks on and the plaster, so I am not sure how are they going to put that in. I saw that the framer already had the lintel made but it was just in the alfresco floor. And also the issue with the doors and the benchtop profile.

Gotta email E.R. quick. :D

Day 60: Plastering has started...

Went to the site to check on the outstanding issues with the pre-plaster inspection and was surprised that they have started plastering the walls. My initial reaction was, oh no, they hurriedly put the plaster on so that I won't be able to check if they fixed the issues. Well, they still have not fixed some of them but the critical ones (like the missing wall batts) they already did.

First off.. the facade taking shape.

Side bricks almost done

View from the entrance

Bricking still not done at the back of the house

These wall sarking got ripped and I had to fix them myself

Day 54: Pre-plaster inspection report..

I got the pre-plaster inspection report today from NHI and there are a few issues listed. I met D.X. on site and gave him personally the inspection report and as usual, he doesn't like it but he said that he will have them fixed.

I also went inside the house and found another problem, they did not put a foil (the green paper) at the corner of bedroom 4 and it already has bricks. Showed it to D.X. and he promised that he will have them fixed.

Day 49: Pre-plaster Inspection

First off, photos for the electricals:

Also, they installed the ducted heating tubes.

I arrived early on the site and waited for D.X. to appear, but NOOOO, he didn't even bothered to call me to say that he won't be there for the pre-plaster inspection as he said yesterday so me and R.D. went ahead with the inspection. R.D found a few issues, some were serious, some are aesthetics. The more serious was the kitchen bulkhead was attached to the trusses and he said that this is no good.

While we were there, the insulation guys came and started putting the batts on the walls. And they were using this:

They also added the green paper between the entry and the lounge so that they can put the batts.

They have also replaced the garage post with the treated pine so I sent the frame stage payment.

One annoying thing was that when I came back that afternoon, D.X. arrived but didn't even got out of his car. I waved to him while he was parked outside the site but then he just drove off without even getting out of the car to ask how the pre-plaster inspection went. I had to call him on his mobile to say that there are a few issues. I will be meeting him tomorrow morning to discuss them but I won't be having the report yet.

Day 47: Electricals started..

Got a call from Carlisle (Tanya) today following up the payment for the frame stage. Told her that I will wait for the issues with the slab and frame to be fixed before I send out the payment and that I already talked to E.R. about it. She's happy with that. :D

Went to the site to meet D.X. to see how if the frame and slab issues had been already addressed. The concreter was there fixing the slab but him and D.X. were reluctant to grind the slab overhang on the side of bedroom 4. Lucky I was there as D.X. just told the guy to fix it.

Also, the electrician already started putting in the wires. It seems that he already finished the lot but found that there were a few points still missing, mostly in the wet areas (bathroom and laundry) so I am not sure if they will do it later. The wires are there but no brackets.

Also found an issue with the fridge power point, it is almost in the middle of the fridge space. Might have problem putting the fridge all the way to the wall.

I got no photos but will go back to the site tomorrow to have another look, hopefully to meet the guys from Argus as I have a few questions from them.

Also, D.X. told me that plaster will be done on Friday so I have to schedule the pre-plaster inspection to be on Thursday. I am really doubting that they will finish all the pre-plaster work before Friday. They still need to do the batts, fix the wall sarking, do the smart/structure wiring and the heating.

Oh, and it is really pouring heavy tonight so will be interesting to see tomorrow if there are any leaks again. :D

Day 44: Oh No!! LEAK on the roof..

There was a light rain yesterday and guess what, since they have not yet finished the roof, we got some leaks on the roof and the roof sarking got wet. I don't know if there will be any effect in it's insulating/reflectiveness but it sure did it's job as a rain protection. :D At least the ceiling will not get wet if we ever have a problem with the roof tiles..

Oh, and they rearranged the bricks getting them ready.

And, really glad I upgraded the roof tile profile. LOVE the roof!!!!!

But I am not too sure about the decision on upgrading the alfresco doors. Now I don't have any walls on the side, it's all glass sliding doors. Well, at least that will make it look a bit more spacious. :D

Day 42: We Got Roof!!!!

Well I have not visited the site for days just because it gets dark too quickly in the afternoon. But today, I am very glad to see that the house actually has a roof (though not complete yet).

We also got the wall and roof sarking. Wall sarking is not yet complete (missing in the garage) and there are some tears outside.

The above tear is just an example. There are a few other places with worse tears than this.

Bricks has been also delivered. Not sure of the colour though. It says chocolate in the pallet but it seems that the one in the display home at Williams Landing is a lot nicer than these bricks. Maybe after they cleaned them.

And this is the damp proofing that they used.

View from the back of the house.