A very wet week in Sydney, with more to come, but lots of internal action this week at the house.

A few more things have been ticked off the list including:

Wet area tiling almost completed

Painters have started

Balcony railing has been installed

Here is an updated pic of the front of the house:

Here is a close up of the balcony railing, and then from inside showing the combination of colours:

And here is the wet area tiling, with the Ensuite followed by the main bathroom and a close up of the feature tile:

The painters need to finish off the internal and do the external painting as soon as this weather eases. Once they are done, the internal fit-off can begin!

Have a great week.

Cheers,

CMET

The house was a hive of activity post Australia Day with the following that has now been completed:

Carpenters have completed all frames and doors
Plasterer's have installed cornices
Scaffold has come down out the front
Garage doors and controllers are on
Tilers have completed wet area floors
Painters have completed initial coat inside
Balcony Tiles are almost complete

And here are the Pics:

Front of house, without scaffolding (finally)!

Kitchen, with cornices and 1st Coat of Paint:

Ensuite Tiling:

Main Bathroom Pictures:

Balcony Tiles:

The tilers still have to install our feature tiles and complete the balance of the bathroom and laundry. We can't wait to see the feature tiles, as the blend of colours should really set everything else off.

The painters should also be back to finish off the inside and get started on the outside, which has not really been touched as yet.

Hopefully by the end of this week, we should have a good idea of timings for our PCI.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Cheers,

CMET

We Have a Kitchen!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After the much anticipated wait, our kitchen was installed yesterday in our new home! I think that we where almost as excited when we where slabbed back at the start of it all! We love all of our drawers!!

Here are the pics:

The only issue was that they one of the benches was cut to the wrong length and needs to be taken back to the factory to be fixed. We will also need to check the spec on the glass cabinets, as it appears to be clear and we definitely paid for frosted!

On another note, the carpenters where back on site today to finish the architraves, skirting's and doors to the rest of the house.

Hopefully, our amended tiles will arrive by the end of the week so that the tilers can start very soon.

Cheers,

CMET

Tiles soon.....hopefully!

Received the call that we where expecting this afternoon from DL; "the tiles that you have chosen have been discontinued, and you will need to come in and select replacement tiles"

The tiles that we chose for the walls in the bathroom and ensuite have been discontinued and so we went down this afternoon to select new ones. Luckily we managed to find a variant of our feature tile that we are using in the shower niches that we will use as a border tile and in the niches.

Unfortunately, they did not have any samples, but the main tile is a satin off white and the feature tile is 6 x 2cm three shades of brown that we will run 4 rows and the border and in the niches.

Hopefully we not have to wait too long to see them as the tiles should be delivered to site next week and laid soon after all going well.

You would think that with the number of people having issues like this with there tiles, they would be able to do something about it and correct the process to alleviate the issue! But then of course, they would not be able to get some more money out of you for the change in tiles!

Cheers,

CMET

We are at Lock-Up!

We managed to get to lock up before Christmas! The carpenters came in and fitted the external doors to the house and it is now secure, which we where really happy with prior to the break.

They also managed to install our stairs during the week and get the waterproofing done to the wet areas.

Here are some pics of our front door and stairs:







Here is another of our completed rear of the house with clean bricks showing the alfresco:



Hope you all had a great Christmas, and Best Wishes for a wonderful year ahead.

Cheers,

CMET

We're Plastered!

As promised, we where plastered during the week! All of the gyprock was installed on Monday and they where still going when I went past at 6pm. The surfaces have also been sanded during the week in readiness for the next step.

Seeing the size of the rooms really brings it to reality as it starts to look like our new house!

Here is the plaster picfest:

Ground Floor:











1st Floor:



















They also managed to finish cleaning our ground floor bricks today, but the area was still very wet, so will need to inspect more closely later.

The plan is to install the staircase on Monday and deliver all of the materials so that the carpenters can start the lock up process on Tuesday. All going well, we will have the waterproofing done this week and the garage doors installed on Thursday.

It’s a very tight timeline, so here's hoping all does well. Have a great week.

Cheers,

CMET

Gyprock to Start 14/12

After not a lot of action in the week post my last update a fortnight ago, last week was a hive of activity on site!











The final touches to the roof, as well as the eaves and cladding have been completed last week by the carpenters. Insulation was also installed in readiness for the gyprocker’s to start this week.

We also had a meeting on site with our SS to sort out some of the issues that we have, as well as the issues from our independent inspection that we had done. The good news is that all of the issues raised have been fixed, and we are ready to move forward. He also shared with us the Tyrell’s report and the private certifiers frame report, all of which passed with a few minor issues to be addressed.

With a bit of luck, we should have all of our gyprock done and stair case installed and be at lock-up before Christmas. All of this will depend on the availability of the carpenters prior to Christmas, so here’s hoping all goes well.

Cheers,

CMET