Love your work Chippies!

Start of a big week I believe..........

Monday and roof trusses on Garage and Alfresco - like your work chippies!

Did I mention though that I am so eager to see some more happen on the inside (greedy I know), it is just that when you know it is due to happen this week, I just want to see it!

Week 13 - Feels like a slow down

Sum up of this week is pretty easy:

1. All the cornices installed.
2. Bi-fold door installed out the back.

That's it!!!

Apparently we are due to be at "Fit Out" the end of this week, well there is an awful lot to do to reach that:
1. Door and window frames
2. Doors to be hung
3. Stairs to install
4. All cabinets to install

Along side, carpenters also supposed to be get a move on to the garage and alfresco roof, were supposed to be there last Weds (weather dependent) - well weather was fantastic, so not sure where they got to???

Lets see

Week 12 and What's to come......

Summary of this week as been completion of the rendering outside - still need the bottom level to be painted though, all gyprock hung and the actual plastering completed.  Once again with a visit to the house on Saturday, we found all the plasterers in action.

Best part is - scaffolding has been removed and the unveiling of the house without it!

Next steps.....

This coming week
 - the 'Fixing' of everything - cornice, architrave, doors hung
 - Carpenter to return and get stuck into garage roof and alfresco roof now scaffolding down
 - bi-fold door installed - "finalise lock up" - also means I will definitely be LOCKED OUT!

Following week 
 - Fit out - staircase and cabinetry (kitchen/bathrooms/laundry)
 - Roofing onto Garage and Alfresco

Week after
 - Painter begin

Week or 2 after that
 - Tilers


Plastering photos:

Looking from Kitchen across dining to back bi-folds

Looking straight to Front Door

Family Room

Laundry - Linen to the left, will be full length
bench down right

Main Bathroom - Shower Nook

Master Bedroom

Master Ensuite

Master WIR - LOVE it!

Games Room and Study Nook

Study Nook outside Master Suite (left) and Stairwell (right)

Games Room (Upstairs)

The Rubbish Pile!
I can not believe the mess of food waste/packaging that the tradies just throw onto the ground all around the house and in the house.  

Plaster Galore...

I drove past this morning and noticed the same van as the last couple of days, thinking it was the renderers still.  However this afternoon on driving past again, there was no van, so I quickly stuck my head inside and this is what I found.....

Only a little bit of plaster board to install in the Master Bedroom/WIR/Ensuite.

Guest Ensuite

Guest Room with Robe

View from front door to back

Laundry

Kids Playroom/Media Room

Looking across the Kitchen and Dining

Internal Access Door from Garage

 

Family Room

Kitchen

Daughters Bedroom

Toilet with tiniest window ever!

Obvious - My bath! (Main Bathroom)

Ensuite

Master Bedroom 

Rendering

Guessing the renderers would be on site Monday, I headed past to mention the damage to the render next to the top storey window so this could be easily fixed while they are on site and have the coloured render at hand - also before the scaffolding comes down.  They were hard at it rendering the bottom floor all around.  I came across a language barrier.  In the end I had to call our SS to sort out.

By the end of the day, it was all fixed - super!

Tuesday saw the renderers at it again, working around the whole bottom floor.  I think it maybe completed now.  Just need to do the painted render around the bottom floor.

I am expecting the scaffolding to come down any day now.

Once the scaffold comes down, then the carpenters can come back and put the roof on the garage and alfresco, I can't wait as this will really help us see what it will all look like and start planning the landscaping areas.  I need to start working out the driveway and pool fencing quotes, so need an idea of how we will do this.




Solar Panels for hot water service.

Half Way There.......Week 11 !!!

Well I can't believe it and must say, a tad excited!  I met the SS a week ago on site to discuss a couple of things.  I asked how long did he think until we would be finished???
Remembering - Our Contract states a build time of 280 days + 28 days for Christmas period = 44 weeks.
At the time of my discussion with SS we are up to Week 10.  He replies that we are pretty much half way there, so probably around 10 weeks to go.  Me gobsmacked!
I knew that they were well advanced, hubby and I couldn't work out how on earth it could take till Jan/Feb 2014 with where we are up to.
So, that 10 weeks takes us to early September (which would equate to around 22 week build time).  I don't mind if it is even October, this is well before Christmas with time to get settled in.  Not holding my breath just yet though.

Must get onto some other quotes now such as fences, driveways and pool fencing!

Lock-Up Independent Inspection
Nothing to report other than the obvious things missing - windows, bi-folds, alfresco roof and garage roof.  So a good job being done.



So where are we up to.........

Eaves
The Eaves have now been painted.














Missing Window and Rendering
The missing window has been installed and thus the Hebel that goes around it.  This area now needs to be rendered.  I am sure that this will happen early this coming week as the SS wants the scaffolding down asap (actually last week!)

I noticed that there is a chip in the render around one of the top storey facade windows.  I will have to make sure I find the Renderers on site this week and ask them to fix it if they haven't noticed.  Stands out though!  You can see it in this picture here.










Back Bi-Fold
Still missing.  Was told that this would be installed this last week, but not there.  It really needs to be on before they plaster!

Insulation
All the Insulation has been installed.  Glad I was there though.  Happened to ask "What does the sound insulation look like?".  Dumb look from installer stating that there wasn't any sound insulation on this order.  I confirmed that there should be.  Anyway, after them chasing it up, it was missed off the order and is now installed around our Media/Playroom.

Extra Insulation in roof.

Sound Insulation is Grey

Electricals
Electricians did come back and move junction boxes that we had at the back of the house and insert a separate circuit that we added as a PCV.  These junction boxes are for the pool electricals.  One of the junction boxes was going to end up way up high at lighting height, however I asked for it to be put down low as otherwise we would have to cover wiring all the way up the wall.  One of the junction boxes is linked up to an internal light switch to turn on the pool lights.  The other junction box will hook up wiring to the pool equipment after handover.

Plaster
All the plaster and cornices have now been delivered and this is the next step internally.  Am guessing that the staircase can't be far away either...