Finally getting there

Its been a while since i blogged.. went on holidays and been a bit busy after we got.. but there has been work happening throughout the weeks..

Currently they have done undercoat to all walls..they have also painted most of the doors..
Currently the bathroom tiles are happening.. they should be finishing up this week and then the painters will be in to finish off the painting.

During the last couple of weeks they have installed cupboards and skirting and cornices.. We are still waiting for the caesar stone and the sinks.. our front door is here which is great! finally the house has some character..

The stairs being installed was a massive thing.. it allows us quick and easy access upstairs!

Some more work

There has been a bit of work happening last week and this week. Most of the electrical wiring has been done and was sorted out by Saturday. We had our inspection guy go in on last Monday. We got the report back Monday night and we're able to go through it and then forward it onto our SS. There were some things that needed fixing and sorting right away and something things which will be done as things come together. Last Wednesday they did all the water proofing to the wet areas. There was also a carpenter last Wednesday to do the frames for the toilet downstairs.

Last Thursday we went in for an inspection before the insulation went in. It was a long and detailed inspection which was really good! But we also came across some problems like the air condition unit and it's pipes we're blocking movement in the roof if we were to access it from he man hole. We have a dilemma regarding the man hole. If we put it in the walk in robe we won't have access to the back of the house and if we out it at the back we won't have access to the front. The air conditioning unit has been done in a way that it blocks every passage to each room! This makes the man hole pointless!

Last Thursday  there were carpenters on site fixing up things and finalising the place so it would be ready for insulation on Monday. But this man hole is really giving us grief as it's made future electrical work difficult!

We emailed our SS about our concern and he has brought in the air condition installers and getting them to change the route of the air conditioning unit so it will give us more access to the rook area :)

This monday they have started and done most of the insulation. We went in and took some more photos so it would make it easier for us to hand things. They have also installed the timber floor and metal beam the for the balcony.

Also this week they have done all the basic gyprock to both floor and today they came into the seal the joints together. They are working pretty hard and long hours which is making this process go quickly! I think it should all be done by this Saturday!  YAY!!

Then it'll be time to move onto the next step!

One step at a time..

This morning I drove by our house and there were already workers unloading stuff! Couldn't stay to see what was in plan for the day but definitely a good surprise when I checked out the house this afternoon! 

Seems like they've done or at least started on electrical rough in because we have our electrical meter box! 

They have also done the eaves to the garage.. not sure about the alfresco cause I can't see it from the outside but hopefully garage done means the alfresco is done too! 
Also the front entrance has a cover thing has been installed today too! So many things happening which is great! 

Is it greedy to ask for more? 

Not sure what's happening tomorrow.. i'm happy with.anything! As long as work is happening everyday and we try and make up as much time as possible without rushing and cutting corners! Main thing we are concerned about are corners being cut due the time we have lost over the months of brick layer stuff ups! 


I think tomorrow they will finish off electrical rough ins.. fingers crossed!

Wining the rain race...

It’s been nearly a week since I've

 blogged again. Seems like it’s becoming a regular thing to blog once a week.. Just so much happening and seems like not enough time to fit blogging into the evening.. 

Anyway let me update what’s happening.. There has been a little bit of progress regardless of the weather that keeps coming into to make our lives so difficult.. last week they put the scaffold to the garage and alfresco so roof tiling can be done.. That got done today.. Most of it... I think there is still a little bit of patch up work on the site.. but most is of it is done which is good cause there’s forecast for rain tomorrow..

They have also cleaned the ground floor bricks.. We are not happy with the brick clean at all! We had an inspection with our SS today..we pointed this out to him.. he said he'll get a guy to come and fix up the brickwork.. but only to the front.. I don’t understand why he thinks that we'll be happy with crappy brick work to the side and back of the house.. true no one sees it, but I do and I live in this house! I want a nice house, regardless of what other people can or cannot see.. 

Before roof tiles were done the gutters and fascias to the garage and alfresco were installed which is good.. 

During our visit we were told that a new law has come in that makes it compulsory for balconies to have a metal beam across it.. Which means our balcony won’t be worked on until the new beam is made.. but what’s going to happen is that the size of our balcony is going to reduce! we don’t want our already small balcony to become smaller! we will have to speak to our SS again and discuss what they can do to fix it.. 

This week our SS said that they will do electrical rough ins. Lets hope he sticks to it. 

So that’s it for the week. Hopefully more progress to come..

                                                 

External work Vs Rain

So seems like theres a battle going on with the rain and the external work that needs to get done! The weather has been terrible.. on and off rain throughout the whole day since the weekend! Such bad timing especially when we are so close to getting started on internals.. yet we cant get started because of some small things that need to happen on the outside...

Yesterday they took down the scaffold and it really opens up the house and we get a proper feel of how the house.. its very exciting to see it coming together.. its pretty tall...tomorrow we should get the alfresco and garage roof done tomorrow and thats it! external will be over and time to get started inside.. and that will mean no worry about weather.. it can rain, hail or shine but work better happen!!!

External work

Its nearly been a week since i blogged.. there has been some progress but not a lot of great photos available to show the progress..the weather has been terrible and not as much progress as expected but still more for the weather we're experiencing... its like when they are ready to work the weather doesn't want us to move along..

Anyways they have done the brick cleaning for the first floor and it looks terrible! The bricklaying work is bad and they haven't done any better at the cleaning process.. we haven't said anything to our SS yet because the ground floor still needs to be cleaned and maybe they will fix up the first floor while they are at it.. but it looks terrible! We asked for flushed joints.. thats not what we've got! we've got jagged and all sorts of joints!

apparently my husband heard that they are not offer flushed joints anymore to clients.. interesting isn't it? i wonder why...?

Other than that they have done the eaves which is good and they have started on the balcony..i don't have any photos yet but will get some this weekend..

We have been informed by our SS that the joint sealant is expected to be applied today and the eaves painted tomorrow.. todays weather has been alright.. but tomorrow is another story...hopefully they can get some work done..

The fascia's and removal of scaffolds are booked in for next week and then ground floor roof tiling after.. weather isn't looking good for next week either..just have to hope and cross our fingers..

Brick day 51 & 52 - Final day

There has been work happening everyday this week which has been great news for us! 

They finished bricks yesterday! It has been such a long wait! Its soo good the hear it! It seemed like we were never going to finish! The bricklayers have some window sills to do on the ground floor but due to the scaffold being there, they will come later to do it. 

They finished off the alfresco pillars at the back and that was it! its all over for bricks!!


Today they delivered the eaves so they can start on monday... but the weather this weekend and the during the week seems terrible! Mind you thats what we thought about this week and it held out. The weather forecast for this weekend is def rain and it seems like its going to continue into the week too :(
We have been given a run down of all the things happening next week and I'm looking forward to the cleaning of bricks and windows because it looks so terrible! 
So next week will be very exciting and lots of changes happening if the weather holds out. 
Fingers crossed!!!