We have a date...

Well we officially have a PCI (Final inspection) date of the 12th of April with a scheduled handover date of the 19th of April!!

We went up to the house on Sunday but there wasn't really much that had changed. A few more little things had been cleaned up and fixed but nothing significant. This week our Carpet is going in as well as the mirrors.

One thing I did notice which I hadn't before is there isn't actually a tap in the laundry.. There's taps for our washing machine and a sink but there's no tap going into the sink... Of course this could just be something that is still to be done but I still need to just double check on our plans to make sure there is actually meant to be one there...

A slight delay but good news...

I got a call from My Site Supervisor on Monday who advised that unfortunately we wouldn't be having our PCI (Practical Completion Inspection) This week like he hoped but it would be delayed until the week before Easter which means we are still about four weeks away from moving in and not the three that I was hoping for. We have been delayed because on a tiny issue to do with the tiles and plumbing in the En-suite shower which took an extra week to fix which has help up the other trades. I'm a tiny bit disappointed as I was hoping to move in over Easter but now it looks like our moving date will most likely happen the weekend after.

On the positive side all the finishing touches are being put on the house with all the plumbing, electric, SPLASH BACK, pantry/wardrobe shelving and garage door now put in as well as the all important pre-wireing for our surround sound system in the home theatre!

There's not much more to do now, just the carpet and little bits here and there which hopefully will be done quickly so there are no more delays. Cross your fingers for us that our PCI (Practical Completion Inspection) is before Easter!

 

Front of the house with our garage door

 Huge shelves in the Pantry

 Door Handles!!!!

Splashback, Sink, tap and lights

 Kitchen again

 En-suite shower

 Yay toilet!

 En-suite sink and taps

Tiles....

I managed to find time to sneak up to the house thanks to the public holiday and found that all the tiles had been laid. It looks like there is only a tiny bit more work to be done cleaning up the grout and doing a few more finishing touches. So now onto the photos...

 

 Left over tiles

 Tiles in kitchen

Our Ensuit shower 

 Feature tiles and nook

Bathroom tiles

Living area taken from front door

Ensuit again

Front door and study

Painting and tiles..

Everything on Friday at our site meeting went really well. It was great to meet our Site Supervisor, he is on top of everything with our house and it's obvious that he is completely in control of our build.
He said that our house should only take another 4 - 5 weeks to be finished and we will have the keys in our hands.

As well as meeting with our Supervisor we also took a quick look through the house. All the ceilings, cornices, internal doors and architraves have been painted. The cut in for the internal walls has been done, the front façade has finally been painted (Although the render hasn't been painted) and the external painting has been done. All of our cabinets and bench tops are also wrapped in plastic to protect them from the painting.

Not only have the painters been busy, but the water proofing had been done in the bathroom ready for the tilers to start and the tiles have been delivered! Not long to go now!!!

  

 Facade painted

 Kitchen all wrapped for the painting

 Painted living area

 Tiles delivered

 Tiles!

Bathroom tiles

 Shower water proofing

Caesar stone, painting and clean bricks...

So much has happened at the house this past week, our build really is cracking along at a flying pace.
Our Caesar stone bench tops have been installed in the kitchen, bathroom and en-suite.
The painters moved in Friday and started their prep work to get ready for painting this week. Our bricks have been cleaned and now look fantastic and the front façade has had some work done on it.
Still no news on when our house will be finished but we have a Site meeting on Friday with our Site Supervisor so hopefully we will get a date then.
So that's it for now... Onto more photos!

 Façade

 

 En-suite Bench top

Kitchen Bench top <3

Bathroom Bench Top

Internal walls sanded ready for painting

Bricks all nice and clean

Render....

There has been so much movement at our place over the last week...

The render undercoat on the front has been done, the boarding above our windows is finished, the kitchen panel that was to short has been fixed, our down pipes have been mostly put up and we have a bath!
Unfortunately we are now locked out of our house and can't get in to have a look as the builders are locking every door and closing every window. Hopefully we will get a chance to go through soon as there is only so much you can see through dirty windows!

Sexy Render

Boards above windows and glass doors

 

Fixed kitchen cupboard

 

Bath

Down pipes

 

Lock up...

We are officially at lock up stage and have received our lock up invoice. With every big bill we get from the builder I get more and more excited because it means that we are getting closer and closer to moving into our brand new shiny house!

Not much has changed since the last update but we do have our Laundry trough installed as well as the last of our Architraves installed.

 Architraves

 Laundry traugh 

Architraves

Plaster all smooth ready for painting