we are in

Well we moved into the house on the 4th of Feb. No internet until at least May when good old telstra get the stuff together and lay the street cabeling. Ooops they just seem to have forgotten to do it, such a telstra thing to do, and do they care ?.?.?.?.?.?. ah no.

The floor boards are all down and paving for the back yard has been delivered the front yard landscaping is 1/2 done and will be finished on the 14th, so much less sand to drag into the house:) All we seem to do is sweep and vaccumm. We are doing the back yar retic this weekend before the paver comes then order the lawn build a few limestone block walls for some garden beds and throw in some plants.

All of the down lights have been done in the house, Big thank you. And the primer paint has been done, i am strangly no linger excited nor motivate to finish the painting at this point in time :)

Having no computer makes it harer to post photos but am going to steal my parent internet on the weekend, and by weekend i mean Tuesday and Wednesday because that it my weekend this week, to upload them.

So photos soon, then the garden ones in a week or so

and the keys are coming . . . .

Well i had photos that i took at the practical completion inspection on Wednesday, the i managed to delete them so no photos.

We will have the keys to the house on the 30TH. YAY YAY. 22 weeks to build from slab to PC inspection including 2 weeks break at Christmas/new years. Not to bad for over hear in the west.

Only a few minor things that needed to be fixed really. So i will to up some photos when we get the keys

Then we can start floors boards, which will have to be quick because we are moving in on the 4Th Feb. Landlord is getting his rental property back. Will have to paint when we are in.

Who would have thought

We went to see the house 2 days ago and the pavers where still sitting there doing nothing :( But then i realised i can't see in my windows!! All the window treatments were hung and all of carpets had been put down, i though for sure everyone would have knocked off for Christmas already.

So you can imagine i was surprised even further when we went up today and all the paving had been done the gutters and down pipes were painted already and the painters were there doing all the external render painting. So impressed. Did i mention i was impressed

All that's left is the shower screens and mirrors to be fitted and our PC inspection is being booked for the first week of January.

So much for the house not being done til mid Feb !!

MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone.

Getting there

Well i have no picture cause i can't get in and keep missing the tradies out there but i can peer in through the windows. The pavers have been delivered for the driveway and alfresco area. All of the internal tiling has been finished the electrician has been and finished his work, the oven and cook top are fitted, the hot water system is in and all gas work is connected, the doors have been routed and the kitchen and bathroom sinks are in and so is the toilet. Well that's a really long sentence.

So all that is left to do is: external painting, floor coverings, window furnishings, door handles, shower screens, bathroom mirrors and a final clean up before practical completion inspection, but as its the week before Christmas i don't expect to see much change until after new years.

Almost there almost there :)

I can't get in :(

Well i went to the house to see how the plastering was going today, and found i couldn't get in. Doors and windows had appeared from nowhere. The plastering was finished the internal doors were hung shelves and rails were in, the cabinets, toilets, fixtures, bathtubs and bench tops had all been delivered. A nice ceiling man showed up as i was about to leave and let me inside to look. I even had towel rails and toilet roll holders that had been mounted to the walls !!!! So small yet so exciting. The ceiling man said they were coming tomorrow to fix a couple of small things, then sand and paint the ceilings and cornices. All this means only 1 thing ................................................ they will want more money soon.

Cement and plaster

Well the walls are all cemented and plastered up. The front of the house has also been rendered. Next Week will see the doors and windows go on and lock up by Wednesday. Then cabinets and fixtures will go and by then end of the week. Almost there !!!! Well sort of. At least it looks like a house now :)

On to the next bit

Well the cement rendering on the internal walls is all done, although they did cement straight over a couple of my power points, but not hard to fix, just scrape out the cement. So it will be ceiling and windows this week and add a door then we're all locked up.

Come on built faster we want to move in already :)