YAY!!!!!  I’ve just received the invoice for our last progress payment for the house and information on our  inspection!  AT LAST!  Inspection should be either end of next week or early the following week and once that’s done we should be looking at settlement a week later.  WOOHOO…that means that we could actually be in for Christmas which would be WONDERFUL!  Have sent the bills off to our bank who told us we then have to wait 10 business days before getting our payment….but that still could get us in time for Christmas….now to hope the the guys laying the floors and carpet can do it by Christmas for us!  Oh so exciting….just about jumping around the living room doing cartwheels (restaining myself but only just…oh and the little matter that I can’t do cartwheels!)

Ho Hum, another week gone and still not a date for our inspection!!!  We are still inching closer with little things still being done.  The doors – front and laundry have been replaced, all electrical work is finished and the underside of the balcony is also done.  Our bath is sitting in the top room so they are obviously fixing the tap problem there.  Painting/staining and site clean up are pretty much it now.  Hopefully next week we will have our inspection date and then I’ve got more information to go by for move in dates etc.

Well it’s been another HARD week!   Monday night found out that it’s approx. 2 weeks away before we can do our inspection and then we need to allow another 3 weeks for all the paper work and bank stuff to get done and then that takes us till Christmas week before we get the keys!  Then we need to be able to get the floors carpeted and the floor boards laid.  The likely hood of  us being in for Christmas is not good unfortunately.  But how does that saying go…all good things happen to those that wait?  Mmmmm, I’m waiting (just not so patiently!)

So what has been done this week…glass splash back is in the kitchen and looks good, the garage roller doors front and back have both been installed, The wooden infills above the doors have been done, the floor is down on the balcony and the shower head has been removed to be replaced!  So things have been happening!  From what I can see the things still to be done are the touch up painting and staining of the doors and  balcony floor, clearing and cleaning up the site and some plumbing and electrical work still to be done.  Hopefully next week will be better news and we’ll have a date to do our inspection.

Oh man, I’m hating this and loving it at the same time!  It’s inching along so damn slowly (hating), but each time something is done we are another step closer (loving)!

Well, since last week, we have the mirrors up, the shower screen’s installed and the framing for the balcony is done.  Sitting in the hallway is the decking for the balcony along with three new doors, two for the front and one for the laundry and this time they will be stained as per our request!!

Spoke to our building supervisor on Monday and he tells us early next week we should be right to go through our inspection…which means the house will be for all intent and purpose finished!  So then we go through it with a fine tooth comb to check for defects and they then get 5 days to fix it.  From then it is a 2 – 3 week wait until settlement.  YAY

They are certainly getting a move on with more things done in the house this past week.  We now have shelves in the cupboards, door handles on, bath in, taps in, roof on under the alfresco and garage.  In fact from what I can see the things to be done now are; shower screens, floor in the balcony, the glass splash back in the kitchen, the garage roller doors and a few repairs to the painting.  Not much at all!  Photos;

My Pantry now has shelves....I LOVE my pantry (how sad am I!)

Walk in Robes...all fitted out now.

Ensuite vanity complete with sinks and tapware

This is SO hard now, we have a house that for all intent and purpose looks finished!  But still little things to do and finish!  The major thing finished this week were the garage and alfresco roof’s were tiled…now they have to put the plasterboard underneath them and then that’s finished.  Not a huge amount has happened inside the house, but there have been workers at the site most days, so something has been happening…just not sure what!  Some photos;

Garage roof finished!

Ensuite shower - tiles complete, screen next

Powder room sink and tiles

Kitchen...just needs the glass splash back now and all will be finished.

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We can start to see the finish line now…the tiling is now complete as of today, the handles on all the doors have been fitted (and look fabulous!), the guttering on the alfresco and garage have been completed, the scaffolding is up for the roof tilers to  come in and do the tiles, the tiles have arrived, the electricians have fitted all the casings and connected all the lights and switches and the heating and cooling vents are in.

Things still to be done;  Shower screens to be installed, glass splash back in kitchen, mirrors in bathroom and ensuite, shelves in cupboards, toilets installed, shower heads and taps to be installed, tiles to be laid on the alfresco and garage, floor to be laid and stained on the balcony, back of front door to be stripped and stained like they should have done in the first place! and I think that covers it!  Wow, when you put it in a list like that, it’s bugger all to be done now!

No photos today as I’ve not been able to get in to take them!  Hopefully we will have a walk through with the site supervisor next week and I can get some photos!

What a difference the paint makes, it looks like a real home now!  I popped down on Friday and had a really good look around – took some friends too! Some photos;

Top floor, looking back from 5th bedroom toward stairs and games room

Looking down the stairs at the front door

Kitchen fully painted and if you look closely my ceasar stone bench is in too!

This week the tilers are meant to come and and do their stuff, kitchen splash back, laundry floor & splash backs, shower and bathroom floors and splash backs.  According to PD, this should be completed by Thursday next week.  Then it is the final fit offs, electricians, paint touch ups etc.  And I suppose somewhere in there the garage and alfresco roof will be tiled and guttered too.  It’s all coming together!!!

Just had a look after picking Cayden up from School and the doors have been stained and varnished, look really good and match well with the bricks.

Front Door

Back door - opens on to the alfresco area.

They’ve been painting since Wednesday last week and today I was able to pop in and have a look.  It’s looking great.  It’s so nice to see the colours that we picked some 18months ago are finally coming together and that they look good!

Feature wall colour meeting the family room.

Feature Wall, photo taken from upstairs.

The carpenters were back this week to finish off the roof of the garage.  They’ve also cleaned up the bricks.  Looking good!

Garage roof complete, bricks cleaned.

After a few days up at Mum’s I came home to see that they had taken the scaffolding down from the front of the house and oh man what a difference it makes!  The front of the house looks fanastic! (even if I do say so myself!)

Front of the house

We had an inspection today with the building supervisor.  So took a few more photos…of course!  We are looking at about 6 weeks until we move in which is pretty cool!  This week the painters start and he thinks they should be finished by the end of next week.  The garage roof is also meant to go up on Thursday and then they get to tile it and put in the guttering.  The bricks also need to cleaned up as well.  Another visit in about three weeks time should do the trick!

en-suite vanity