Floorboards and fences

So floorboards are in, and our temp fencing came down earlier this week, and our real fences have been started already posts went in yesterday. Have bought paint for kids feature walls, and all quotes for major post handover jpbs have been done.
PCI soon

pics - long way to go still :/

Letterbox

my brothers are soooo awesome here is the letterbox they have built us - ready and waiting...something positive.

End of Chrissy Break

Finally the builder chrissy break is over - a few things got done - but not a huge amount...
but will try focus on the positives.

Kitchen benchtop was installed some point last week I think - is covered at the moment so cant see it well - cant wait to get inside and have a proper look, paint is mostly done on the inside - there is still issue with understair door which will need to be painted once sorted.

Alarm sensors have been installed and some of the heating ducts have been fitted though not others - another job which has been weirdly half finished...

Tiles have been delivered so hoping that means tiling will be started Monday - really would love to know handover dates so we know what we need to tell estate agents for rental...

Sorry no pics as yet they are stuck on my old phone...

Blinds

Forgot to post - we placed our blind order before they went on chrissy break and we did go with the colour from the earlier post - with double roller (inc escreen) on front 2 windows and the panel glides over sliding door - so hopefully that means we wont be the house with newspaper for weeks or anything - but having paid the deposit they said the order them and then keep them onsite till installation...so one main thing on the list - after SS is back I will see about getting some concreter onsite for quotes for driveway and big side of property. so that that can be lined up ready to go fairly soon too...

December

ok so dec saw fix stage complete on about 20th dec when I took these pics - front of house still hasn't been rendered, but garage is finished and plastered as is alfresco.

Since these pics paint has been done inside - they worked over chrissy week, I have peeped in windows but not taken any pics as yet, looks all painted inside and pretty happy with how it looks though its hard to tell through windows but colours appear right - the walls are calcium which is a cool white (darker than ceilings) and doors skirts etc are magnesium which is a pale grey. so looks very stark at the moment which is fine should hopefully come together well with floor covering etc.

wont know much of what's scheduled till SS is back but will go past most days and have a look at whats happening...I believe other trades are booked for while he is away too.

so excited for 2014 - will be busy but not like its any different :P

Cabinetry

lots of Pics


from top to bottom
1. Laundry (maynot look impressive but there was a method behind my changes, space for wm and alfresco drinks fridge)
2+3. Kitchen (need to chat about rhs overhead cabinets, not quite lined up with bulkhead unsure if that's plaster problem or cabinet problem)
4. Powder room - this room gets no natural sunlight and you can tell the difference but quite happy with how this looks)
5+6. Master ensuite, with close up view of the bench, Vulcan stone (colour name) laminate benches and powder white cabinets throughout house except kitchen which will have essastone in French black.
7. Kids bathroom.

other bits and pieces coming along slowly, still waiting for hebel to be fixed out front before house render can be finished

Stairs

have been too busy to really take proper pics at site sorry, but this is the staircase cant believe how light the house is, was overcast today and those windows face south...the stairs will be painted magnesium like the rest of the trim in the house...and carpeted for the kids safety...not flash but functional

Security, Plaster and Stairs

Security system is up onsite following some unsavoury cup day antics of local teens :(

Stairs are in but couldn't get a good pic, but happy to be locked out as it means so is everyone else!



Cornice is up - unsure if upstairs has been fully repaired but void platform is down so I believe 2 of the windows have had their arketraves installed too.
Below is kitchen and office boths pics taken from outside still


and here is blind colour I think we will go with...boring blinds but double rollers on front of house so we can let light in and have privacy still, and panels for sliding door


base coat of render has been finished apart from garage and front wall which still needs hebel looked at due to window issue...

Plasterboard and bits

only a couple of pics - Friend of ours in kitchen, master bed and the roof trusses of garage up

Scaffold"s down

the top pic shows the progression from bare hebel at bottom - base render in middle and final colour on top half.
the second pic shows the front which hasn't been rendered as some work needs to be fixed on it, and the third pic is from other angle render has not been done on balcony area yet either.

Lockup

lockup was on monday - Inspection went well, 2 issue's which SS has been helpful with and considering how well he addressed ones from frame inspection I have no doubt it will get sorted.

here is a pic from Saturday - our chippee J was just finishing off the gable façade


Scaffolding was meant to come down tomorrow but unfortunately melb weather has interfered big time as it has rained pretty much consistently since Monday...but it will happen soon enough, and now that inspection went well inside work should be happening soon :)
insulation first...then plaster yay!

Render + Eaves

Render basecoat has been started they got heaps done :)
almost all bar the bottom 1/4 is basecoated



and eaves have been started hard to see in pic but they are there he could only do east side of house as wind was awful today.


Sparky has been - but couldn't get in will go soon to double check it all locations etc...

Inside work

Been distracted...

more plumbing done inc fixing the mistake in powder room, shower bases in, bath framed, ducted heating roughed in, most external doors hung (wrong door handle on front door - not sure if that's a mistake or just temporary), hebel is finished so render will start soon.

More pics

Solar hot water

Update - week 10

Sorry Mum been busy xxx

Second storey is wrapped - solar hot water unit has been installed, all bottom storey hebel is up including alfresco piers.
they had a hoist there today lifting hebel panels up to scaffolding was cool to see, lock up carpenter has been in straightening walls etc and I think waterproof plaster has been delivered as there was some blue sheeting stacked in laundry...but yesterday there was heap of workers on site which was cool and exciting to see :)