Today I received a call confirming our final inspection walk through was happening at 2.00pm this Thursday. Hopefully Stegbar sort out the wardrobes by Wednesday and the painters can address the few outstanding things left over. The sparkys need to come and install a couple of conduits to run out to the private sewer system and that's about it.
I will keep you all posted!
Monday, 5 March 2012
Saturday, 3 March 2012
The 11th Hour
The construction fences are down and the port-a-loo is gone which can hopefully only mean one thing and that is it's nearly over! Our biggest hold up is waiting for Stegbar to come out and replace our built in robes which is due to be done by Wednesday. In between now and then we need to really finish the "finished" painting which is still lacking in a few places. I saw that the doors all appear to be finished really well except for the last foot which has only been roller finished and the difference in the painted finish is enormous. The poor plasterers who are fantastic blokes and have been back far too many times courtesy of other trades will again need to come back and repair some more small patches. We have a bit of missing grouting to be completed and more grout to be cleaned out of all the floor drains. There is also some painted plaster that really needed to be sanded BEFORE being painted!
It seems all of our electricals have been sorted out with the exception of two light switches. One I have given up on but the other located in the main bathroom will still need to be addressed as the gyprock it is fastened to is not secure and needs to be repaired courtesy of our second fix sparkys. I also got a letter last week from the electricity supplier defecting some electrical work between the main and the house and this has also been passed up the chain to sort it out.
I'm beginning to feel tired and with tiredness becomes impatience. As I have now commenced my leave as we had planned to hand over last week perhaps I may need to get out there with the stock prod and keep things moving along at a sufficient pace.
It seems all of our electricals have been sorted out with the exception of two light switches. One I have given up on but the other located in the main bathroom will still need to be addressed as the gyprock it is fastened to is not secure and needs to be repaired courtesy of our second fix sparkys. I also got a letter last week from the electricity supplier defecting some electrical work between the main and the house and this has also been passed up the chain to sort it out.
I'm beginning to feel tired and with tiredness becomes impatience. As I have now commenced my leave as we had planned to hand over last week perhaps I may need to get out there with the stock prod and keep things moving along at a sufficient pace.
Friday, 24 February 2012
Almost a Home???
Today was the first time I had been to site and honestly felt that the end was finally in sight. Our bathrooms are all complete with the exception of final paint finishes. Our kitchen has been repaired with the exception of some small issues with one of the plinths which will be addressed early next week. A number of door jambs need to come out and be replaced due to some splitting issues and that should be completed by early next week.
Some realignment of the front fascia was needed after we had one of our brick pillars redone and this may have been completed late today. It's all now starting to come together but we just need to keep knocking down some of the other smaller issues to tidy things up.
We managed to get a few quotes for the driveway and need to book in our trades to have our flooring installed but again we need to sort out some firm dates first.
Some realignment of the front fascia was needed after we had one of our brick pillars redone and this may have been completed late today. It's all now starting to come together but we just need to keep knocking down some of the other smaller issues to tidy things up.
We managed to get a few quotes for the driveway and need to book in our trades to have our flooring installed but again we need to sort out some firm dates first.
Saturday, 18 February 2012
Deja Vu
Today saw the completion of our wet area floors after being redone due to some tiling errors. From first glance they appear to have been done really well and I am quite chuffed with the finished product. It will be nice to see them when they are all cleaned up so here's hoping they will look even better. We have had all of our skirting completed and now only have a few of the architraves still to be replaced. Our new laundry tub is in and our other replacement bit and pieces have been ordered and are due to arrive early next week.
Our last brick window sill was also completed today and appears to be much better then the last attempt and a number of our small mortar defects have also been rectified. If all goes to plan apparently the construction side of things should be completed early next week with only painting matter to then be addressed.
The list is getting shorter which is great to see, but we still have a little way to go yet.
Our last brick window sill was also completed today and appears to be much better then the last attempt and a number of our small mortar defects have also been rectified. If all goes to plan apparently the construction side of things should be completed early next week with only painting matter to then be addressed.
The list is getting shorter which is great to see, but we still have a little way to go yet.
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Treading Water......
And so we are back from the darkness and hopefully moving ahead with no other mishaps as we look towards the light at the end of the tunnel. We had some issues that we appear to have overcome and fingers crossed we will not incur any more. I don't really want to dwell on the issues other then to say they were with contractors and their standard of work. When these issues were raised with MDJ they were dealt with and are presently in the process of being rectified.
Our column has been redone and looks far better then the former. The windows sills are predominantly complete with one still a work in progress. The wet area floors are nearly done and are a vast improvement on the original. The pantry door has been replaced and the front door repaired. Today saw the installation of our glass splashback and to be honest it looks "Shit hot"!
Hopefully over the next few days we will see a lot more progress.
Our column has been redone and looks far better then the former. The windows sills are predominantly complete with one still a work in progress. The wet area floors are nearly done and are a vast improvement on the original. The pantry door has been replaced and the front door repaired. Today saw the installation of our glass splashback and to be honest it looks "Shit hot"!
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
Our Darkest Day
It is with a heavy heart that I advise I am unable to further update the blog on the progress of our build. We have encountered issues with the build this year and today has been the lowest point of our entire journey.
We have raised these issues and are awaiting a reply.......
We have raised these issues and are awaiting a reply.......
Monday, 30 January 2012
Progress
I got a call today from the Region Construction Supervisor who was kind enough to update me with whats happening at the build. It turns out the the floor tiles in our ensuite were running out of square and by the time they made their way into the toilet they were quite noticeable. As a result a meeting was had onsite today with the head tiler and the floor will be coming up later in the week. There is also some rectification to be done in the main bathroom as there was a mix up with the floor and wall tiles surrounding the bath. The brick pillar out the front of our home and a number of the window sills are also to be taken down and redone due to some problems with the finish of them.
Our electricians rang this morning to make an appointment with us to come back and replace all of our power points and light switches as they had mistakenly installed the incorrect ones. They sounded a bit surprised when told any time was suitable as we are not in as yet! As a result they will also be turning up later in the week to rectify this and the issue with a number of the switches being way too close to the architraves.
Our fly screens are on and the air conditioning has been installed so there another couple of things off the list and here's hoping things keep moving along steadily.
Our electricians rang this morning to make an appointment with us to come back and replace all of our power points and light switches as they had mistakenly installed the incorrect ones. They sounded a bit surprised when told any time was suitable as we are not in as yet! As a result they will also be turning up later in the week to rectify this and the issue with a number of the switches being way too close to the architraves.
Our fly screens are on and the air conditioning has been installed so there another couple of things off the list and here's hoping things keep moving along steadily.
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