P.C.I update

Well as mentioned in our previous post we had our PCI appointment on the 8th January.
Overall we are happy with the build, and the house did not look like it had chicken pox.  Mainly just a few painting issues and marks left behind by 'cowboy' tradies not taking too much care with their tools etc.
One thing that has got us concerned is the gap between the garage door and brick work - this is caused by 'something' not been completely square and apparently can not be fixed - wrong answer - everything can be fixed!!!  Our SS recommended that we monitor the gap and if we find it 'too' much, and it lets water etc into the garage to make note of it in our 90 day maintenance report  (I am pretty sure he knows it will on that report).
At the end he informed us that our Handover date will be Tuesday 22nd January.
Very excited to have a date.

Happy New Year

We have not dropped off the face of the earth, just nothing has really happened at the house since early December - until we finally received our PCI date 8th January 2013.
Visiting the house regularly over the Christmas/New Years period we were able to compile a list of things we wanted to 'discuss' with our SS and thanks to the cleaners who left the door unlocked for us we were able to have a thorough look through the house.  All items on our list are minor and hopefully easily fixed.  I will comment on this in another post.

On another note we have completed one part of our side fence.

Hiring a '2 man' post hole digger made it slightly easier but when that fails the good old shovel and crowbar  came in handy.

 After a few bruises and little bit of sunburn the poles where in place.

Returning the next day we continued with the rails.  This required a lot of patience as Daniel is very particular about things being straight. 

Nice and straight.

115 palings later and we have a new fence.

Dulux Red Box

Hooray, it has finally arrived.....the glass splashback has been installed. 

Now all we are missing is the Kitchen appliances and carpet. 

Apparently the 'big' boss (from Metricon) is walking through the house next Tuesday, then we will get our chance to walk through with the SS and mark everything (already on our list) with little 'dots'.

Bring it on!!!!

Almost there...

Yes we are almost there.  The Painter finished in the house (for the moment), as the Plumbers and Electricians arrive onsite for their fitout.  Spoke to our SS last week and asked for an approx. handover date, which he has not yet given.  He did say he will get back to us by the end of the week - still waiting.

We now have a bath.

And showers - they have started putting in the Semi-frameless shower screens as well



And of course toilets.




Sink in Butlers pantry,

As I had mentioned in my last post, the Electricians were more than happy to put in 'our' downlights and fans for a small fee.  All up they put in 24 down lights, 6 fans, 2 fluro lights in garage and a feature light out the front - they were also happy to adjust our lighting plan slightly allowing us to put in an exra fan and 2 extra down lights - all for $800.  We were happy with this price - who knows how long it would take us to get an Electrician in after handover!!!



Interceptor fan.




Feature lights above island bench in kitchen - notice the Mia Cucina rangehood has also been put in.




Family and Dining area.




Mia Cucina...




Close up of the down light - no it is not  LED.

 Our SS has advised us that the cleaners will be in early next week, with the carpet and floors to be laid on Wednesday.  So far everything has been going as planned so fingers crossed. 

More photos....

The tiler has finished all of the tiling etc.  Really happy with the overall look.  

Ensuite without grouting.

Ensuite with grouting completed.

Main bathroom with tiling in progress.

Tiling complete.

Bathroom feature before grout.

Grout completed.

Close up of the feature tile in the bathrooms.

The Painter also arrived at the house earlier this week. Lucky for us, Daniel was onsite as the painter wanted to confirm if we still wanted all internal doors painted 'Monument' (black).  Thankfully the painter was happy to change this 'selection' to the same colour as our achitraves.  Having a  look through all of our Studio M selections, we have no idea where that came from. 

The first layers of paint around the windows

Base coat in the bedroom and also down the hallway. 

The painter said he will be busy at the house until next week.

Will go for a drive-by over the weekend and check on the progress.