Weekly Photo - Week 21

Weekly Progress photo 31/07/2011

Changes: PCI Done, Home Theater cabling, Handover booked, whirly bird installed, site fence removed

First time of parking the car on the driveway.

PCI Done!

We had our PCI today and boy didn't we go through the house with a fine tooth comb. We rattled things, opened and closed things and turned things on and off. We were expecting to find a few things but everything we found was mostly cosmetic. I think my site supervisor got sick of me saying " I don't remember the house being this big" lol.

Carpet and Practical Completion inspection.

Dropped by today to find that our carpet has been laid in all rooms and some cleaning has been done.

We also received a call from our Site supervisor to book in our PCI for 28/7 at 0900hrs.

Things have really moved along and it seems like a good time for us to start packing.

Weekly Photo - Week 19

Weekly Progress Photo 17/07/2011

Changes: Tiling almost complete, home theater Cabling started, electrical completed, more fittings installed, door furniture installed, kitchen splashback done, down pipes installed

One Big update!!

Due to a few things happening at the moment, here is one big update to cover quite a few things that have happened over the last week or so.

Water Tank and down pipes installed

 

Door Furniture installed.

Wet Area fittings installed

 Electrical and Kitchen Splash Back done.

Weekly Photo - Week 18

Week 18 Progress Photo 10/07/2011
Changes: Painting Complete, More Tiling, More electrical, water tank installed

Tiling underway

Whilst the Painters finish the other areas of the house, the tiler has been in and laid some tiles! I am very happy with the tiles we have chosen. Our Laundry tub was also installed. We were unable to get photos of the en suite as the tiler was still hard at it.

Weekly Photo - Week 17

Week 17 Progress Photo 03/07/2011
Changes: Painting Continues, Tiling started, More minor electrical work, Laundry tub installed.

Let the Painting Begin.

Not being able to get in the house is annoying, but we do what we can to get photos. The painters have started and looks like almost one coat has been done right through the house.

 Our kitchen bench top and sink has also been installed.

Weekly Photo - Week 16

Week 16 Progress Photo 26/6/2011
Changes: Waterproofing, Painting Commenced, Minor Electrical work, carpentry finished, Tiles Changed, Kitchen sink and benchtop installed.

A beautiful foggy winter morning. :)

Tile Problems!

We were thinking that this would happen and it did!

We got a call fro Di Lorenzo on Monday to advise us that the tile we had chosen for our wet area floors was discontinued. There was nothing else that we liked in the range that was available to us and we didn't want to pay anymore than we already had.
We headed of to Di Lorenzo on Thursday and spent about 2 hours re-selecting our tile. The hardest part was, since our vanities were already installed we had to find one that would match!

Thankfully they had a new tile in the range which they didn't have on display yet. The salesperson showed us the tile and huzzah! A tile for us!! So we signed the paperwork and headed out. It was not over. We hopped in the car and as we were driving out I noticed that they had changed our wall time without our knowledge.
We went back and asked them how they could change the wall tile without out consent yet when we had to change our floor tile they had to ask us???!!!

The salesperson was rude and abrupt and simply said "Well if you don't want it we can delay your house until you can get the one you originally wanted!"
The original wall tile we chose was as close to a flat edge tile you could get without paying extra. Now different suppliers and and even the same tile in a different batch can be different, but the salesperson didn't care and to prevent the delay of the house we accepted the change in wall tile and headed home.

So those building beware and always check paperwork twice as companies like Di Lorenzo may try to screw you over and give you the only option of delaying your build.

Waterproofing and minor things

Here are some better pics of the waterproofing in the Bathroom and ensuite. I have also included pics of the garage door and electrical work that was done to pull the cables through for the GPO's and switches. One of the bottom pics is the robe that we added to bed 4/Office. In the original house plan it was a sort of bookcase area.

Waterproofing

 Garage Door

Electrical Holes

Single robe/Office cupboard and waterproofing