Week 28: Baths and Toilets

This week has seen our baths and toilets gone in, upstairs floors have been sanded for carpet..
So far that is what the house stands at. Oh and I believe the garage door will be going on as well.

Also should mention, the glass blocks that are meant to be going in the granny flat bathroom; we have ANOTHER issue. Hubby has to go back and make the opening bigger because oh what do you know, wrong measurements were given to him. There comes a point during your build that when you get these types of news, all you can do is just laugh.

SS called us and said walk through with THEIR boss will happen smack bang on week 30.

This is whats in store for us

Week 29: Locks on doors and other small stuff to happen
Week 30: Main floor tiling and carpet (Walk through with Wisdom SS's boss)
OVER TIMELINE
Week 31: Anything that needs to be fixed up will be done this week as per boss's advise.
Week 32: Our walk through.
Week 33: Hopefully Handover.

Lets see how things progress.

Not too happy about going overtime but whatever, at this point I am just not feeling it anymore. So disappointing cause this is meant to be something everyone should look forward to.
WELL NO, not anymore. So exhausted of the whole process and emotional roller coaster.

Anyway, hopefully it will get better and things will just flow from here. Don't want to give myself false hope but hey, if you don't have hope, what do you have right?

Week 26.1 - Bathrooms Completed & Other Bits

End of week 26 saw the below all being completed or started:

-          Wall tiles complete.

-          Benchtops in for the kitchen.

-          Painting started

-          Niches done with mosaics

-          Benchtops in bathroom complete

-          Sinks on in the bathroom

-          Kitchen sink went in

-          Painting started

-          Cupboard doors painted

-          Window architraves painted

-          Stairwell gypbrocked

-          Mosaic tiles in bathroom complete

-          Air vent cutouts done

-          Power point cutouts done

Also, more good news is that our SS called and said we may be able to have walk through in 4 weeks!

We are beyond excited at this point. Cannot believe this is actually happening and that we may be in our brand new home next month! 

Some photos below :) 

Shower Niche Mosaic Tiles

Vanity tops and sink

ensuite Shower

Ensuite Vanity

Air vent cutouts

Leisure Room Electrical Cutout

Kitchen Sink

Kitchen Benchtops

Powder Room

Laundry

Single Toilet Upstairs

Main Bath Upstairs Shower

Week 24.1: Kitchen is in!

Hi all,

I am very pleased to say that our kitchen is in! We decided this weekend we wouldn't go visit the block (only because we had a few things to do) annnnnd no, we didn't get a chance to go to Beacon lighting or select our blinds. I am a little scared now as we are probably going to be pressed for time

Anyway, hubby's brother stopped by the block as him and his wife are building very close to us and he called to say our kitchen went in this week! Unfortunately we don't really get thorough updates from the supervisor but thats okay as long as our build is going smoothly and things are actually progressing on site.

SS did tell us however that the guy who was doing the doors hurt himself (very sad) so I'm not sure if he will be continuing the job or if they will assign someone else to the job. I'm really hoping this doesn't hold us up any longer than all the delays we have had. I have been seeing on fb that many people have already received their keys to their home and I was so envious!

Soon enough I guess. This week is week 25, so there is 5 weeks left in our contract build time.
I really truly hope they can stick to this and just get it done.

Also, an update... our party wall was supposed to be rendered however it was covered in gyprock so we ended up getting a deduction on our total price as it was factored in on our contract. -$3k. I know its not much, but every cent counts right?

Here are some pictures below thanks to my brother in law :)

Week 16: Slow Week

More eaves deliveries for the ground floor. Other than that, don't think much was done on site....

Update

Spoke to our SS yesterday and now we have a comprehensive list of what is booked in for when - so we are hoping we can stick to this. The SS also mentioned that PCI will most likely be mid to late August.

Forecast:

Week 18: Cladding to be completed
Week 19: Electrical Wiring Rough in
Week 20: Gyprock
Week 21: Stairs

Then I am assuming we will hopefully be at lockup stage..

On the other hand, today I was going through furniture websites for 'fun' and I came across a great deal for a pair of sofas that I really liked! They offered to do 20% deposit for a forward order so they can order this when its time to move in to our brand new home!

Fingers crossed all goes well for us and we can be at lockup stage by mid June.

AND fingers crossed time will go by quickly so I wont have to think about it much longer.

Week 10: Second Story Brickwork Completed

Hubby went to complete the second story brickwork this week and it looks so great!

Week 11 will be the completion of the eaves, cladding and roof. We are hoping the roof will be going on by the end of the week.

Scaffolding is scheduled to come down end of April so all things upstairs need to be completed before then.

Week 9: Scaffolding and some extra pics

So, this weekend on our visit, we saw that the scaffolding was up and ready for hubby for Monday morning to brick up the second story. Roofing is also booked in for Tuesday after the Easter Long Weekend. Kinda in love with the new place already even though it is no where near finished. This is so exciting and I just cant wait until it is complete!

Week 8.2: More Bricks!

Bricking continues as hubby does his best to get as much done as quickly as possible.

Starting to finally look like a house!

Cant wait to move in - I'm already picturing where my current existing furniture would go.

Week 8.1: Bricking Begins!

So this afternoon was a great afternoon despite it being so gloomy throughout the day.

Hubby was on site today to brick up!

He sent me some snaps this afternoon that I was so happy to see!

Once the brickwork is done and the roof is on, it will definitely start to look more like a house!

Week 7: Upstairs & Roof Framing

This week, upstairs and roof framing was complete!

Didn't get a chance to take any photo's as I was super excited when I got the the site that I forgot my phone in the car! Then once I jumped back into the car it got dark so there was really no point.

Been so busy at work lately that I haven't had much time to concentrate on what has been happening with the build. This week, the brickies (my hubby) will be on site to start bricking up. He has been so excited and actually can't wait to start!

I really cannot wait until this section of the build is done so we can move on to the next quickly and smoothly. The only worry I have now is the internal finishings taking forever. I know we still have a while until we get to that stage in the build but everyone I have asked says it takes such a long time to get everything done.

I would literally go there and help as much as I could every weekend if they allowed it!

Looking forward to getting the house finished as quickly as possible as the place we are currently staying at is really getting on my nerves. Cant wait to move to the new area and start fresh.

I have also been looking at some furniture to slowly start purchasing before moving in so our house is not totally empty and everything is just super expensive so I have been putting it off and just trying to save the money so hopefully once we do finish, we can have some money to spend on furnishing the place.

Until my next post, lets hope I can save some money from the next pay day haha!

Week 6: Framing!

Woohoo! what a great start to the week. Hubby was in the area and decided to drop by the block to see if there has been any progress on the block since last week.
So happy to see these photos come through from him today! Frames for downstairs are up and to our surprise, they will be using steel beams so there will be no creaks upstairs!
I've already started picturing what furniture I would put in which rooms!

Week 5: Firewall between Granny Flat & Main Dwelling

This Monday was a good day for hubby and I as hubby was contacted by our SS to start on the firewall between the main dwelling and the granny flat (hubby is a bricklayer).

So, he smashes that out all under a day and sent me these progress photos as an update. SS said the frames should be delivered next Monday although we were both under the impression that it was going to be delivered this week. As long as they deliver and start on site with the frame next week, I am happy.

Hubby is booked in to brick up mid March so hopefully, the carpenters will be done by then and hoping that the weather holds up for our sake.