tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41756968253315514172024-02-19T08:43:16.152-08:00House Sweet HomeKelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14838425375661865614noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175696825331551417.post-16172276555883713332011-09-01T04:36:00.000-07:002011-09-01T04:36:23.753-07:00PCI !We met the Site Supervisor at the house today and spent the next few hours looking for defects. So out came our fine toothed comb, and over the house we went.<br />
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The cleaners had been through today, we actually stopped by at lunchtime and met them as they were buffing the tiles and had a sneak peak. They were lovely people ! And they did a fantastic job.<br />
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</div>During the PCI, we found lots of very tiny imperfections on the paint, and one pulled thread on the carpet in the hall. But that was it ! One sink leaked a little but it was easy to fix - the collar on the s-bend wasn't tightened properly. We tested every powerpoint, light switch, sink, and tap and ran our hands over every skirting board and window sill, physically felt for imperfections on as much wall as possible, and walked barefoot on every surface. We were sure the benchtops in the kitchen had been damaged but once the protective plastic was removed, all that was left were a few almost invisible scratches which will be polished out.<br />
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Reading other building blogs, I was expecting the site supervisor to be fairly unhelpful today - but he was happy to markup even the teeniest of paint imperfections and even pointed some out that I had missed. We have been so lucky with him !<br />
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So, other than the defects identified today, all that is left to do is:<br />
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<ul><li>oiling the deck (will be water blasted tomorrow and oiled on Saturday) - this has been left to the very last minute as the longer the merbau is exposed to the environment, the more oil it will soak up and the better result we get</li>
<li>toughened glass, replacement showerhead and tap installed to kid's bathroom (tomorrow)</li>
<li>new powerpoint and LED downlights under kitchen benches (before handover)</li>
<li>concrete sealed (they turned up on site to do this yesterday and were sent away - far too many tradies walking on the driveway!)</li>
<li>solar panels have been installed, but meter is a few weeks away </li>
<li>security system is MIA, we forgot to ask about it today but will call tomorrow</li>
</ul><div>I didn't take any exterior pictures (too much excitement exploring inside) but the yard has been levelled as much as is possible at this stage. The builder even put our letterbox in place for us. I'll upload some pictures at the next milestone...which is...</div><div><br />
</div><div>HANDOVER !</div><div><br />
</div><div>The bank has already valued, private certifier has inspected and today council checked and approved the plumbing. So we will now arrange to pickup a bank cheque for the completion amount and meet on site late next week to exchange it for a set of keys ! We're expecting/hoping/planning to move in next Friday.</div><div><br />
</div>Kelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14838425375661865614noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175696825331551417.post-43123607011157728072011-08-30T04:26:00.000-07:002011-08-30T04:26:52.129-07:00Always move forwards. Even when you're going backwards.When there's a hard deadline pressing, like...oh I don't know...a rental to be vacated or a baby on the way...any progress is good progress - right? Well, by that logic, last week was a fantastic week. There were tradies at the house and new things to see every single day. Unfortunately...almost everything "to see" at the house last week was a disappointment!<br />
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The exception, blessedly, was the concrete - the second half has finally been laid, and it looks terrific. Still waiting for the sealant, but at least the site supervisor could arrange installation of the hot water/air conditioning unit. Unfortunately you'll have to wait to the next blog update for a photo of all of that, as I don't seem to have taken one !<br />
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Now to the problems. It all started with the paint, which you can see the initial grumblings of last update. The more I looked at it on our visits, the "cream-er" it looked to me and the more disgruntled I got. So I dug out the original colour swatch and visited site to compare. Unfortunately, what is on the walls is definitely Crisp White, which is definitely what I asked for. Why did I ask for this? Because when I said I wanted a "stark white", this was the colour the colour consultant recommended. GAH. It appears we have been given what we asked for, and I am going to have to learn to live with yellow walls. Either that or convince Dan to repaint while he's on paternity leave...<br />
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The painters came back, to do the exterior of the house. We had ordered "Monument" external doors and deck rails to match the garage door (dark grey). Well, the painters did their thing one sunny day last week and we visited that afternoon to find...<br />
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No, its not a trick of the light. All external features have been painted black instead of grey. Now on the one hand, this is not what we asked for and we have an obvious right to ask for it to be redone. On the other hand, Dan originally did want all of these bits to be black to match window frames, and I (Kelly) wanted the grey. I won the negotiation. Fate overruled me. We've decided to live with the black.<br />
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Then the electricians arrived to wire up the house. Over several days light switches, powerpoints etc appeared. We met them on site to give instructions about our feature lights...and a few days later...<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Our lights installed...</div><br />
...in the wrong places. The lights over the breakfast bar should be about 30cms to the right, and the penant lights in the meals area about 30cms to the left. In this photo it might not seem so drastic, but if we'd left them this way the lights over the dining room table would have been offset.<br />
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This has already been rectified, the roof now needs to be patched. The electricians were so busy installing lights to the wrong places they forgot 3 downlights in the kitchen and the LED downlights for under the bench. So they will be back, yet again.<br />
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I don't have photos of the final surprise of the week, which was a metal frame appearing in the opening to the shower in the ensuite. Apparently, even though we had requested no doors on the showers (given the shower cavities are so long, doors aren't really necessary), at some point a computer was told we did need shower doors and so some helpful tradesperson drilled the frames into our tiles. The frames have been removed, tiles are being replaced.<br />
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The week ended on a positive note - we were notified that the house will be at practical completion 1st September (which, as I write this, is this coming Thursday).<br />
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So, on Thursday, we meet the site supervisor at the house and it should pretty much be fit for purpose - a bit of tidying up particularly outside may be outstanding, but all of the essentials must be completed.<br />
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We will do a comprehensive inspection with him, identify any faults, and then he has 5-10 days to have them repaired - at which point (assuming the bank agrees the house is finished and makes with the final payment) we will have handover ! Since we were notified of the practical completion date, we noticed an immediate decline in tradesperson friendliness - they are obviously under the pump now.<br />
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One final update - today, we snuck inside to find:<br />
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...that, my friends, is half-laid carpet. The RIGHT carpet, which was a pleasant surprise.<br />
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I'll update again after the inspection Thursday with some decent photos and hopefully a very small list of what we found that needs repairing...and maybe even a handover date!<br />
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Kelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14838425375661865614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175696825331551417.post-23031945841260312662011-08-22T04:16:00.000-07:002011-08-22T04:23:06.146-07:00A rather verbose update about paint and some fittings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was horrid weather here last week, so the concrete remains unfinished, and while the painters managed to do the inside of the house, it was far too dreary for the outside. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There was a lot of progress inside the house in spite of the weather, I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'll be honest. I'm not loving the paint. Its Taubman's "crisp white" which is meant to be a true white - to me, it looks quite cream (although looking at this now, I realise its very hard to see the problem in some of the photos above!). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What I was looking for was quite a stark white - more like ceiling white. I took some photos on my iphone today which show the yellow-y tint a bit more.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5gdTyihCSiFLKbW1DmGxgZ-QVs8wSDUnL2afyt5iRR86bS7-Vj9zpl2MB_CgeeNRnQqRE7okYPru9psKSmQKx8a0S8oEvb1ky3vw7oo6C9E4To3Dt9w3MGUoS_qi0HZnxR66Rtlplh0be/s1600/photo+4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5gdTyihCSiFLKbW1DmGxgZ-QVs8wSDUnL2afyt5iRR86bS7-Vj9zpl2MB_CgeeNRnQqRE7okYPru9psKSmQKx8a0S8oEvb1ky3vw7oo6C9E4To3Dt9w3MGUoS_qi0HZnxR66Rtlplh0be/s320/photo+4.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Against the "polar white" of the cabinetry and the ceiling white, its pretty obvious !</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The frustrating thing is there are tins of paint lying around that are definitely labelled correctly, so at this stage I don't know if we have misunderstood what "crisp white" would look like or if there has been a problem with the mixing. I've asked the builder to check it out, but at the end of the day we may have to live with it. To repaint would cause a delay that I'm not sure we'd be willing to afford at this point, we may just have to hope that when carpet is laid/blinds are installed etc its less obvious. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had organised a solar tube for the kitchen, which we've now decided not to install. The air conditioning vent has been put right where the solar tube should have gone, and there's really no alternative that's not going to "look" funny. On the plus side, the room is a lot brighter than we'd expected so the solar tube was probably overkill anyway !</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This will be another big week - electricians have been working on site today installing power switches, lights, etc. By the end of the week wiring will be finished and carpet will be laid, plus the last of the floor tiles and kitchen splashback were installed today. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We're hoping external paint is finished this week too, which leaves the "finishing up" things - solar panels, deck oiling, hot water system, and of course the air conditioning unit. We know these tradesmen have been lined up for next week (ie so Mr Concreter has been told he needs to get his bottom into gear, as those external units will sit ON the concrete we're waiting for).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">All of this progress leaves an obvious question - when is handover? It is obviously getting closer but there are still quite a few things to be done even once the house itself is finished. We have decided to have an independent inspection, not that we're not happy with the quality of the build, just that we really don't know "what" to look for ourselves so if someone doesn't find the problems for us, we'll either miss them or discover them the hard way. And then of course there's the cruelest of masters, The Bank, who will need to conduct their own inspection before final payment is applied. This will take a few weeks even if everything goes to schedule over the next 2 weeks of work, so we're now hoping to have keys in our hot little hand in mid-September.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Which reminds me, we're moving out of our current house this Friday, so its back to packing for me ! </div>Kelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14838425375661865614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175696825331551417.post-63636625901617156292011-08-15T03:33:00.000-07:002011-08-15T03:33:33.729-07:00Getting closer !Grout is marvellous stuff. Makes such a difference !<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the home front, we're packing - and moving out of our rental next Friday. The sales guy told us this week that he's seen fix-outs done in 1 week but given how much work is left to be done, and that we will arrange our own independent inspection before we authorise final payment, there will definitely be a brief (hopefully) period of homelessness (aka living with Kelly's parents) before we move in ! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>By today, grouting had begun and the last features in both bathrooms had been placed. You'll have to excuse the next few photos...they are iPhone through a window, not the best!<br />
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The living areas are very nearly finished but not grouted - unfortunately the tilers ran out of the large rectangular tiles. But the painter phoned this afternoon and has been lined up to start this week when the tilers finish, so those last few tiles can't be too far away.<br />
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The concreter was due to finish the driveway late last week...he started unexpectedly a few days early, and has been doing dribs and drabs since. The weather isn't great here now so not sure how far away this will be.<br />
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We decided to organise the driveway ourselves because to have it done through the builder was obscenely expensive, and we are literally saving thousands of dollars this way. This particular concreter has done some work for a friend and its great quality - he just really, really needs to buy a diary...!!!! We know he'll be back though - we haven't paid him yet ;)<br />
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Today the deck was finally finished - the carpenters put the long-awaited gates on. I say "long awaited" because we inevitably have to visit at times with our son and he loves running on the deck, straight towards the edge of course, at least now we have a giant child proof cage to lock him in while we check progress !<br />
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Next update: hopefully tiles completed, and painting underway. Who knows where the driveway will be up to !<br />
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Kelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14838425375661865614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175696825331551417.post-56760622342564722262011-08-01T04:12:00.000-07:002011-08-01T04:12:41.417-07:00All systems go !Well, as I mentioned last week our rental is now for sale. We've decided to move out at the end of August, whether or not the house is ready. If its not, we will move in with my parents for a few weeks and store our furniture. So the count down is now on...its a question of whether we have to move once, or twice, and if its twice - how long we'll be homeless in the middle.<br />
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Fortunately we've had some decent progress this week. The kitchen has been completed.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What's missing from this photo is built-in cavity to the above bench cabinets for downlights. The kitchen place no longer supplies these due to overheating/warping issues, but instead of mentioning that earlier, just didn't put them in. Not happy Jan, initially. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Having lived in a house with it and a lot of houses without it, one of my absolute essentials was decent under-bench lighting. Never fear, where there's a will there's a way, we're looking into LED alternatives.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">No, the rangehood isn't green. Its a protective coating. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ensuite vanity looks finished...but the top needs to be replaced with a larger one to fit the two sinks properly. But this gives you an idea of how it will look.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Heaps of dirt arrived this week for levelling the back yard.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Dan met the tilers on site this morning - the house was a hive of activity. Ha, you thought picking tiles was the end of the decision making - wrong ! Grout colour, tile spacing, tile orientation, location of feature strips, what to do with recesses...gagggggh ! Then of course came the inevitable confusion because there were multiple copies of the old and new tiling plans floating around...all sorted now, wouldn't be a day in the life of the build without a few minor heart attacks! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">By this afternoon the concrete had been scrubbed, wet areas have been prepared, 1/3 of the living space tiling has been laid and carpenters have started cutting out holes for downlighting and electrical points. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Kelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14838425375661865614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175696825331551417.post-45367379443197246552011-07-24T03:48:00.000-07:002011-07-24T03:48:27.229-07:00...slowly, slowly......ever so slowly...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We discovered this week that our current rental is now for sale, so if we weren't impatient to move in already, we now have an added motivation ! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This coming week, hoping those pesky kitchen people do a bit of catchup and the tiling should begin.</div>Kelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14838425375661865614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175696825331551417.post-19388043016785507662011-07-17T00:10:00.000-07:002011-07-17T00:10:14.932-07:00Some Details<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We met with the Site Supervisor on Thursday as I mentioned in my last update, to clarify a few things and ask some questions. The great news is, he confirmed we are on track for a late August handover. This week cabinetry will be completed, then tiling, then paint...so the next few weeks the house will hopefully start to look more "finished". </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Kelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14838425375661865614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175696825331551417.post-8153369676536319872011-07-13T00:19:00.000-07:002011-07-13T00:20:38.445-07:00CabinetryIn some ways its been a busy few weeks, but at the same time, we're feeling the build slow down. Whether that's genuine or just psychological because the latest developments are internal and less obvious, I'm not sure! The neighbours finally moved in last weekend, they started 8 weeks before us but had at least 3 weeks of delays that we've so far avoided.<br />
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</div><div>We think we're on track for move-in late August, but did have a heart attack moment this week when one of the builders' staff said something like "...you should be in before Christmas...". We had better be in before Christmas - our baby is due in October !! We are meeting this Thursday with the Site Supervisor for a site inspection - and of course - to clarify that all important move in date !<br />
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</div><div>Cabinets arrived and were partly installed last week. As you can see, we've been pretty adventurous with colour (er...not)...everything that has arrived so far is white ! But the plan all along was to play it safe with fixtures and if and when its necessary to be brave, we'll do it with non-permanant features.<br />
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This week we bought the appliances we need for the new house - fridge, dishwasher, front loader (oven etc is already sorted through the builder). Our builder's standard kitchen plan allows for 900mm x 1700mm for the fridge cavity - we'd already had an inkling we'd go a double-door fridge that would require a 1000mm cavity so from the outset had expanded that. We didn't check height, or whether the fridge would need to be plumbed in - until we'd chosen a fridge, whoops. Fortunately, the cavity does happen to be high enough - but we are now having to have the plumbing done kind of after the fact (if only we'd thought to sort this before gyprock...), and waiting for the bill to no doubt punish us for not researching enough! No such dramas on the dishwasher, which is already my favourite appliance !!!<br />
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Later in the week we had tiling dramas. Way back when we picked the tiles, we selected some beautiful glass feature tiles, which the tile shop salesman had mentioned might not have any additional charge to us depending on how many we wanted to use. We used them liberally in the original design for the bathrooms and I remember chasing the customer service officer (CSO) for weeks for a price, thinking we'd start with the ideal and scale back until we hit budget. Well, excitingly, the answer was - no additional charge ! So we left the bathroom plans with the extravagant feature tiling.<br />
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When the tile order was placed this week, it came back several thousand dollars over what we had been quoted originally, so our new (and improved) CSO rang us in a bit of a panic trying to figure out what had gone wrong. The cynic in me thinks the old CSO, knowing she was about to leave, couldn't be bothered doing the sums to tell us the actual cost ! Another very disappointing outcome from the original colour selections we had. I was already a little nervous about our floor tile for the bathrooms so we decided to use this opportunity to rethink our original plan altogether.<br />
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The end result has actually been to our advantage. We found a nicer, much cheaper tile for our living areas that is also suitable for the bathrooms - and by selecting the cheaper tile, have managed to tile an extra room in the living area, at no extra cost. So what seemed like quite an inconvenience this week actually worked in our favour !<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This was the week we reached lockup, which is quite an exciting milestone, even though it meant us walking around in the mud-pit that is the site peeking in windows while it rained one afternoon this week. The temporary fencing is finally gone ! We have all external doors now fitted, and almost all internal doors and skirting boards fitted too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Today, doors and some other bits and pieces were delivered. Its going to be quite sad once they install the doors and we can't just wander inside every afternoon to see where things are up to. But then again, that's what windows are for, and it will be nice to have some things inside worth "locking up"!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Last week we wanted kind weather, this week we're hoping for bad weather ! The carpenters have an external job elsewhere booked in this week, however if it rains our kitchen cupboards/vanities/skirting boards etc will be installed instead. So, bring on the rain dance !</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had been waiting for the retaining wall to be finished so that we could book the concreter in, to do both driveway and the section of path in the last photo above as well as a similar section along the western side of the house. Talking to the site supervisor last week he advised to have this done just before handover so that the driveway isn't at the mercy of trade vehicles coming and going - he told us to book the concrete for early August. Best case scenario has always been a late August handover, pretty exciting to have confirmation that we're still on track for this timeframe. That would gives me at least a month after we move in to get the house organised before its newest occupant arrives ! </div>Kelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14838425375661865614noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175696825331551417.post-51960223713271478852011-06-13T03:51:00.000-07:002011-06-13T03:51:12.074-07:00Week 8 Progress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The gyprock is up, and plastering underway (tradies were even hard at work on today's public holiday). I'll let the pictures speak for themselves this update.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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text-align: center;">Family Room </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQEriOKJQ4WHk7YgEF3Dxt8C6x7gR-GvpubyvJ_q8Sy-HwmHUlW8qgkD2ZnseQNExgMyGa8C93-4vcea9QAF9cDgP8RgkkSspDt_LGeLY5qbYZNyZoTYYoqLeTwmhSRTMM_sWh4RuDSKGb/s1600/IMG_8439.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQEriOKJQ4WHk7YgEF3Dxt8C6x7gR-GvpubyvJ_q8Sy-HwmHUlW8qgkD2ZnseQNExgMyGa8C93-4vcea9QAF9cDgP8RgkkSspDt_LGeLY5qbYZNyZoTYYoqLeTwmhSRTMM_sWh4RuDSKGb/s320/IMG_8439.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Family Room/Alfresco</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtTwSgic4urx2myDjve00Q5DWHpzoWQ5WBm5BbsbwZTqiP8vikMmXJi5WEoCSmw9oulTXuymYej1QFndZZ3gv515kHh0O4GnPYFFaIhtcq2GNSS6mT65z1IqqEmc8Rh2XVNQ-PGNQvcH7o/s1600/IMG_8445.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtTwSgic4urx2myDjve00Q5DWHpzoWQ5WBm5BbsbwZTqiP8vikMmXJi5WEoCSmw9oulTXuymYej1QFndZZ3gv515kHh0O4GnPYFFaIhtcq2GNSS6mT65z1IqqEmc8Rh2XVNQ-PGNQvcH7o/s320/IMG_8445.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Media Room (they are stacker doors on the right, there's a sheet of gyprock across them)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPCIRYjfPVUpATyNolsatP3Wgw0KIEMDgYc8KLpdiwGsuXZxnTcpUhencvZlrSB8TRGa4HZc5RplAQpm0q9Ft1zt4DBrPPmdcHcGDnqcva0Tmtk6Wleu0woSwlLtXFE0uZtIzcegavEvLj/s1600/IMG_8446.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPCIRYjfPVUpATyNolsatP3Wgw0KIEMDgYc8KLpdiwGsuXZxnTcpUhencvZlrSB8TRGa4HZc5RplAQpm0q9Ft1zt4DBrPPmdcHcGDnqcva0Tmtk6Wleu0woSwlLtXFE0uZtIzcegavEvLj/s320/IMG_8446.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kids' Retreat </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8PTmEzGYO9HntJFskH26v0aEkAHyT95hGsXycBdBDulu5-i9PqUHrXLeICAveUWNiygTkcfyRds8Lxf0UDs5agwrdziHZuGE-wnpIctuEH_XThGMjS5LWb3mCdmAyOR2HVt_GYdQm4-HA/s1600/IMG_8448.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8PTmEzGYO9HntJFskH26v0aEkAHyT95hGsXycBdBDulu5-i9PqUHrXLeICAveUWNiygTkcfyRds8Lxf0UDs5agwrdziHZuGE-wnpIctuEH_XThGMjS5LWb3mCdmAyOR2HVt_GYdQm4-HA/s320/IMG_8448.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Max's Bedroom </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqamlP0FZ3_IX7MCxjn0TwTXO-2pYcF_d7aKHAH0TwgXCxtN4noYh5lHfwvhDRkACy3ktsXSvT4ej48gKvoZ5OVxKEiSUJB44Y1ADCUEM9YcibkEG2buBCd1kgjyAe_jlwHzCGAobeTE22/s1600/IMG_8451.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Study </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1b0-BN9P9-2xxr2hn4wetvvb-h4k1PSVNLtcU2k5jcsCz7Jk0Xo2hGQWHKLWKW7Yl9bqV2meXC3uFxAFZcMlYMESmetnLLu9R2HsgfkynSoHYHbY7Lswzm8P1z9G5HfIuuecuoCQEtrCu/s1600/IMG_8458.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1b0-BN9P9-2xxr2hn4wetvvb-h4k1PSVNLtcU2k5jcsCz7Jk0Xo2hGQWHKLWKW7Yl9bqV2meXC3uFxAFZcMlYMESmetnLLu9R2HsgfkynSoHYHbY7Lswzm8P1z9G5HfIuuecuoCQEtrCu/s320/IMG_8458.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Brick piers finished on alfresco, deck in background </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizcP9IUnv6mn9f4sy9Xo-WZRkR-ZHyJulZYh6yy95L_TUn4_eX8RzUn4wEAflGhF_1w2qlcHUcLhj1zxk30TQ0TlkPomwJJEjBvWB67lkQLymXOYcn3t1SHZGpt4zrVirvf_w_luMAF3gb/s1600/IMG_8441.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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</div>So this coming week we're expecting plasterers to finish off, if the weather is kind the carpenters will complete the deck.Kelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14838425375661865614noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175696825331551417.post-34075018044098170712011-06-05T04:21:00.000-07:002011-06-05T04:21:55.150-07:00Halfway<div>Even in the last week I'd say we've been everywhere on the customer-satisfaction spectrum from "disgruntled" to "surprised and pleased". People had warned us that building was an exhausting journey, well I think we understand that a bit better now :).</div><div><br />
</div><div>Although progress on the house itself seems to be moving along very well, we had been quite frustrated at the lack of a resolution on the deck. This was the week of a thousand (not quite, but close) phone calls and emails trying to sort the deck out once and for all, and staff changes at head office meant a lot of repeating myself. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Someone advised us to keep a record of every email/phone call/conversation, who from/who to/ what about/when/method, and its been our best asset during these hiccups. So if you're trawling this site looking for hints as I've done with a thousand other building blogs, take that one and tattoo it on your forehead!</div><div><br />
</div><div>In the end, I think we came to a very fair middle ground, and just in time too - we've been told the deck will start shortly.</div><div><br />
</div><div>So, since my last update, there has been work on the house every single day. </div><div><br />
</div><div>We have a completed roof...</div><div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaZsGtWP5Ap_llf3-iHIznOrpM-aiJ3UeE49fEqaqjbDB9aSQLNXEKieNnTbjjiCTIOxEeqyg-R-fpolECYkYNjaSinJO-HrWX6Q-JN5FcxDkvP6OaAkXEzJgFU4HfNeDAbxK2G3dFDYbk/s1600/IMG_8394.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaZsGtWP5Ap_llf3-iHIznOrpM-aiJ3UeE49fEqaqjbDB9aSQLNXEKieNnTbjjiCTIOxEeqyg-R-fpolECYkYNjaSinJO-HrWX6Q-JN5FcxDkvP6OaAkXEzJgFU4HfNeDAbxK2G3dFDYbk/s320/IMG_8394.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The alfresco slab has been laid ! After an incident with a clumsy bobcat driver, the base had to be re-bricked but this was all sorted quite quickly. In the end, the slab was laid 1 day late. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Alfresco finally done, note the mis-matched bricks on the right hand side as a result of the clumsy bob-cat driver! The deck will hide them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEvI17puxWYtiJnVx_BHfDR4aHX1huzWIpoe9MY8XOZ5XJHFvmH8SXPQW8rtZn4Q3xnntZB_kYoLZmZ9TLSqGBMuJsZNWDiLlhcEgS0DOesEz2kjQXgEGBjH3v9kq8QttlxDthq-j-29Z5/s1600/IMG_8430.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEvI17puxWYtiJnVx_BHfDR4aHX1huzWIpoe9MY8XOZ5XJHFvmH8SXPQW8rtZn4Q3xnntZB_kYoLZmZ9TLSqGBMuJsZNWDiLlhcEgS0DOesEz2kjQXgEGBjH3v9kq8QttlxDthq-j-29Z5/s320/IMG_8430.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The deck is the next outdoor task, and will extend from the alfresco in an "L" shape around to the laundry, visible at the right hand side.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And, at least in terms of progress payments, we're now halfway ! Judging from our neighbours' experience (same builder, started a few months earlier), this seems to be where things slow down (or in their case, start and stop like an L-plater in a manual car for the first time). I really must remember to keep visiting site to wave my enormous pregnant belly at all of the tradesmen...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The brickwork is all but finished now. They are short on bricks for piers for the alfresco and porch but have now done enough that "no one else is being held up", so will finish those last bits off over the next few weeks once more bricks are delivered. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Got very excited about the thought of lazy brunches in that morning sun.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZUR9v5a5sVVgG_CGjeWgaTTJS2Qvk0MX8ntmn9u86mVpmftz5Rqc0o0zMTEZ2egHZiOB1BaGMq9tGZyJRqAryrOFggos5jzumjuX8iTscC3016LMCbYuY7nluAGJASshgRoFZZYvuFZX1/s1600/IMG_8323.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZUR9v5a5sVVgG_CGjeWgaTTJS2Qvk0MX8ntmn9u86mVpmftz5Rqc0o0zMTEZ2egHZiOB1BaGMq9tGZyJRqAryrOFggos5jzumjuX8iTscC3016LMCbYuY7nluAGJASshgRoFZZYvuFZX1/s1600/IMG_8323.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Master bedroom.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlwMH5L9zo59I513cORTCvcochYgDwhQkpDvdcYBPSCFuStWur4gtFEeE-PIcP9048XgOAkJ0WqmYe9v-oGHekm1jlWXwGyeb4NuxHy199DQxYig53oUpAA5GyaXxqHwgXFrAg9nR6n7AW/s1600/IMG_8324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlwMH5L9zo59I513cORTCvcochYgDwhQkpDvdcYBPSCFuStWur4gtFEeE-PIcP9048XgOAkJ0WqmYe9v-oGHekm1jlWXwGyeb4NuxHy199DQxYig53oUpAA5GyaXxqHwgXFrAg9nR6n7AW/s1600/IMG_8324.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nursery/parents retreat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Speaking of That Issue, the brickie was aware that he was now doing two piers on the alfresco now instead of one (part of the most recently proposed solution) - he was ordering bricks to build what we haven't yet agreed to. I'm still waiting for a response to email and phone call last week chasing all of this up...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Made some decisions about window furnishing and lighting this week, will update with some piccies when I have some more time.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Its horrid weather here this afternoon...hoping that tiles arrive and roofers will still be able to work tomorrow, as once that roof goes up, Mother Nature can rain all she wants!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Kelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14838425375661865614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175696825331551417.post-20467603062081206052011-05-16T02:44:00.000-07:002011-05-16T02:44:42.239-07:00Brick by brick...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Brickwork is nearly finished...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We were excited to see tiles arrive last Friday, then disappointed to discover they are the wrong type. We have ordered a "traditional" rooftile which has a fairly flat profile, instead "waverly" has been delivered, as the name suggests these have several waves in them. A few phone calls later, this is being rectified.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Still waiting for the decking issue to be sorted. A rethink has been required on the railings, as what was originally proposed was not adequately stable. I've approved a mockup of this but am still waiting on updated pricing. My blood pressure is a little safer this week than last though, although I'm not thrilled that its still outstanding, I am satisfied that someone is paying sufficient attention to the problem now that we will get a good outcome !</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We've selected a concreter who will lay the driveway and pathing to the front door and along the western side of the house - this needs to be done in about 8 weeks time, which apparently means booking it in now. We have decided on "Monument" colouring for the concrete in lieu of stencilling it at a later date. We had several quotes for this - with extraordinary differences in the prices quoted. Quite amazing that we can get all of the concrete we need for just a little more than the original quote from the builder, which was just for a double to single driveway to the road!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Kelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14838425375661865614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175696825331551417.post-8686359868774098802011-05-10T03:51:00.000-07:002011-05-10T03:53:20.142-07:00Bricks and tricks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The bricks arrived late last week, and brickies started yesterday. We couldn't quite get the bricks as dark as we'd hoped, so we had asked for the darkest possible natural mortar and for the mortar to be flush to the bricks - we're thrilled with how this has worked out. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">This last photo is to show the depth of the backyard. It extends to just between those two grates you can see in the bottom right hand corner, so quite a way beyond the builder's fence. Not nearly as small as I'd feared when we were at foundation stage, certainly plenty of room for a trampoline which our son might say is all that matters !</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So happy days on the build front this week, and you'll notice scaffolding now on the roof for tiling to start shortly.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Not all is rosy in builder-land though, after many emails and phone calls, we finally got the price to sort out the decking situation today. It would be impossible to update you on the latest development without a Gordon Ramsay style rant, so I will summarise it thus: firmer discussions to be had in coming days. </div>Kelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14838425375661865614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175696825331551417.post-29798146504094481102011-05-05T03:33:00.000-07:002011-05-05T03:34:56.242-07:00Inside !<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This post is going to be picture-heavy, so I'll try to make it text-light! In summary - concerns about size of rooms completely unfounded, and a few little hiccups but all-in-all, looking great.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Roof tiles or brick work should begin next. We got our next progress payment today - apparently the house is 40% done (at least, 40% done cost-wise). If only the whole build was going to move at speed like this! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div>Kelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14838425375661865614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175696825331551417.post-5421313764377749502011-05-02T05:04:00.000-07:002011-05-02T05:06:21.737-07:00Week 3 ProgressWe spent a lot of time last week trying to resolve some issues with the plans, all of which relate to the deck. It seemed pretty obvious to us from the tender document that the railing around the deck would extend under the alfresco, however on later versions of the plans, this was not the case. So back and forward we've gone for a few weeks, until we acknowledged the wording was vague and have agreed to pay extra to "make it so". And then the next edition of the plans came back and the railing was finally there, but now the deck had mysteriously shrunk in width, so that it was now 40cms shorter than the alfresco which it sits off. Ummm....nooooo!!!<br />
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Our new (and improved) CSO tells us that this is what was originally drawn at colours, but like a lot of what was discussed at colours, it is NOT what we asked for ! We are hopeful this is being resolved now but even as I write this I'm conscious that we are still yet to see updated pricing or plans...meeting with the site supervisor at the house tomorrow for the first time, he has really impressed us so far, hopefully these little hiccups will be resolved soon. At least before the house is finished and they start on the highly contentious deck !<br />
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In the meantime, the house is still evolving...we have trusses!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Its funny, from the front (beyond the fence where all of these photos were taken) the master bedroom looks very small to me. Dan thinks this is hilarious as I've stood many in an exact copy of this layout in the display home and know very well how large it is, but with the frame up, perspective is very hard to find and it looks tiny ! I'll have a better idea after standing "in" the frame tomorrow. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The windows were delivered today and most of the external wall sarking was hung - unfortunately Mother Nature rained on the parade but finer weather is predicted for later this week so more progress isn't far away. </div><br />
I will update with more pics after our site visit tomorrow !<br />
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Bye for nowKelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14838425375661865614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175696825331551417.post-29306192899425405082011-04-20T03:25:00.000-07:002011-04-20T03:25:54.130-07:00We've been framed !You'll have to excuse the terrible pictures, my poor, deprived husband only owns a HTC phone and by the time my superior Apple technology and I had arrived, it was both rainy and dark.<div><br />
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</div><div>What amazes me most is when I drove past this morning, we had only a slab with a big pile of wood next to it, so the builders managed to put up the entire frame in one day. </div><div><br />
</div><div>The roof frame is due to arrive and be installed next week. So far, we are right on schedule - we were told the wall frames would be up before Easter, and they've done it with a day to spare - in spite of the frame delivery happening a day late. </div>Kelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14838425375661865614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175696825331551417.post-92077186518898922222011-04-14T04:11:00.000-07:002011-04-14T04:11:07.982-07:00We have a slab !<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This morning's drive-by "block stalking", we found...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Yes, that is a very big crane thingy and concrete truck pouring our slab ! Sorry about the extreme long distance view, but there was quite a lot happening in our little cul-de-sac (3 houses under construction side by side now). While we find repeated daily visits perfectly acceptable, we do draw the line at getting run-over by heavy machinery just for a sneak peek.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I still can't believe how much manual effort went into preparing for the slab to be poured. Yes, I am a very ignorant white-collar worker, but this has now been a full week of setting up the boxing and laying the waffle pods etc - and there have been 4-6 guys on site all day. I wish I'd had time to take them some mornos!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next update, Frame is being delivered Monday. </div>Kelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14838425375661865614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175696825331551417.post-55669443859333698402011-04-12T03:22:00.000-07:002011-04-12T03:22:46.318-07:00Taking shape<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Since last Thursday, the concreters have been busy at work preparing to lay the slab. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And finally this afternoon, it looks like the foam and metalwork is all in place, now all we need is some cement. Below you can see Dan surveying his soon-to-be kingdom... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div>The excavators arrived Monday morning, and by Tuesday afternoon the block looked like this:</div><div><br />
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</div><div>I'm amazed how quickly we could see the shape of the house, given the slope before they started. A few people had told us that when we first saw the foundation it would feel small - but if anything, we were a bit taken aback by how large it seemed. We don't seem to have a lot of yard left ! There was the pleasant surprise too that although we have a 1.4m retaining wall at the western side of the house, our driveway will actually be flat - we hadn't realised the slope would even out so much.</div><div><br />
</div><div>By Wednesday we had drainage in place and the boxing for the slab was nearly finished:</div><div><br />
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</div><div>As of this afternoon, the waffle pod blocks and metal gear to reinforce the slab have all been delivered, and the crazy-deep holes for the peering are in place. As the neighbours are also building with Rawsons, their temporary safety fencing is being extended around our place.</div><div><br />
</div><div>The slab will be poured next week, with the frame planned to start before Easter (2 weeks away). So we have a few more weeks of exciting activity ahead if Mother Nature plays nice. </div><div><br />
</div><div>...till next week !</div><div><br />
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</div>Kelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14838425375661865614noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175696825331551417.post-28815013415333062672011-04-04T02:29:00.000-07:002011-04-04T02:29:44.643-07:00Start day :)Living around the corner from our block, its far too tempting to drive past it every time I leave the house. Well, my stalking paid off this afternoon when I drove past and discovered this:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So it appears we have started ! </div>Kelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14838425375661865614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175696825331551417.post-68526730091065676902011-03-31T19:47:00.000-07:002011-03-31T19:47:20.700-07:00The jungle has been tamed !You know its been a long process when you get excited about an oversized lawn mower...but when the block got slashed last week in preparation for Real Building Activity Starting, we certainly <i>were </i>excited!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Surveyors are due to be on site today, with some actual work starting off next week. So...the next lot of photos might even be of an excavator ! :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Kelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14838425375661865614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4175696825331551417.post-71471566674611521682011-03-09T01:30:00.000-08:002011-03-09T01:30:55.651-08:00Almost there...well, almost ready to start, anyway !We have signed the building contract ... so now there is up to a 3 week wait while estimators do their thing creating work orders etc, and then up to another 2 week lag ... but the point is, within 5 weeks someone with a big digger should be doing some digging on our site.<br />
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The H-class soil "surprise" ended up costing us about an extra $8.5k, but in spite of this we've managed to stretch the budget to include the deck in the initial build, as you can see from this photo of the plan.<br />
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The (roofless, merbau) deck was about $5k more to add after, than to include in the build. We umm'ed and arrr'ed, but given the drop off the alfresco and the fact that we have a particularly adventurous toddler, in the end its just better all round to put it on from the outset.<br />
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I am getting my solar tube in the kitchen ! And we had a flip-flop (again) about the family room floor covering. We compromised and have tiled along the stacker doors, but left the bulk of the floor carpeted. Considering we were thinking we'd put a big rug down anyway, and tiles were going to be another $2k just to cover with a rug, it just made sense.<br />
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And a few elevations (back of house and west side)<br />
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and front and east side (note, the deck isn't on these elevations, but you get an idea of the drop from the bottom one)<br />
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There has been much debate about the placement of our solar panels. The issue is, the roof space that points to north is not suitable for the panels. So we could extend the roof over part of the deck, but that was going to be an expensive exercise (plus it would block some of the northern light to the rumpus room), and the solar people suggested a westerly aspect was the next best option.<br />
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So...it will probably be another month before I am back for another update (the wheels of this industry sure do turn slowly, feels like we've been getting ready to build forever!). But hopefully my next blog post will be accompanied by a photo of a block that no longer looks like a rainforest and has some machinery on or near it ! Definitely getting closer now.Kelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14838425375661865614noreply@blogger.com0