Day 79 of 266

We're now in Week 11! Security cameras had been installed in our site after a couple of our windows got broken. Our Hebel panel has been delivered and installation will start soon, at least after our slab issue has been sorted out. Our SS said that he's still waiting for update regarding that and he will also check the wrapping for our front facade. Our first floor wrap will be done once the scaffolding are installed back for the panelling. For the master bedroom window, he asked me to email our BC to advise that it should be double glazed and my BC has replied already that it will be sorted out tomorrow.

We also realised that Big Picture People did not put an outlet in the ceiling for our projector and so I needed to urgently book for electrician who will put a power outlet for us on Saturday. 

Tomorrow is going to be our pre-plaster inspection with Darbecca!

 

 

 

 

Day 75 of 266

Our rough ins are almost finished, I think! Yesterday, 2 tradies were working on our heating and today as I was leaving the site, a plumber arrived. 

Big Picture People has installed our home theatre wiring already. We now have a temporary main door and an internal door from garage. The main bathtub in the first floor has also been framed.

Our BC said that our Hebel is supposed to start end of the month which is actually now, but there's no update yet regarding our slab issue. I sent a message to my SS and he said that he's still waiting for the result of engineering review.  

Now, aluminium sliding doors and windows don't seem to like us. When we visited yesterday, we saw 2 broken windows, one in the master bedroom and one in the living room. Initially, I was upset about it, but I just refused to stress myself and just thought that it's part of the building process and PD will repair everything. As we were looking at the broken window, we just also noticed that the master bedroom window was not double glazed as it was supposed to be. My dilemma is if I tell my SS about their mistake, he would know that we have been sneaking without permit. I decided to just keep mum about it for now and I will just tell him later when I book for official walk through again.

Home theatre wiring in the cinema lounge

Temporary main entry door

Internal access door from garage

The bathtub frame

The slab section with issue has been marked

The broken window in the master bedroom

The broken window in the living area(right side)

The frame in the IT Nook also sustained a hole, hopefully this is not an issue 

Day 68 of 266

Electrical wiring was completed today and we also got the flooring for our shower areas. The installer from Big Picture People came over today to install our home theatre wire, but they were worried that someone will steal their cable with other sparkies around so they said they will just come back on Tuesday.

I had a meeting with my site supervisor yesterday and mainly discussed and inspected our concern with the slab, alfresco sliding door and main entry door step. I sent him an email to formally request for our slab to be inspected by their engineering, the door step and the sliding door to be replaced.

We also found out that we have capped hot and cold water and capped waste point installed in our alfresco area worth $464 for free. We initially requested our sales consultant to include this in our quote and  when we had our structural variation meeting with him, he also included their locations in our drawing. During our tender appointment, we asked the presenter to remove this when our cost became too much. Turns out that he just removed them from the cost, but not from the drawing. and so it got included in the building

The living/dining area with provision for fireplace

   

The kitchen and family room

The alfresco door that fell and sustained scratches. Our SS said that if the door was scratched and dented, he will replace this door later. 

The dent in the other alfresco door. Our SS said that he can have these parts replaced.

The shower flooring in the bathroom

Our master ensuite shower flooring

Our master bedroom and the view

The main entry door step with crack

Parts of our slab with bony finish to the edge, as Darbecca suggested we are requesting PD to have this review by their engineering. Our SS was agreeable to this and he will send us a report from their engineering.

Day 66 of 266

The scaffolding in the first floor had been removed, all the windows had been installed except for the 2 big awning windows in the family room (which I couldn't see anywhere on site) and the house was being wrapped when we had a peek today.

Tomorrow, I'm going to meet our site supervisor for the first time and I have prepared a list of things that I want to discuss with him including:

• Darbecca inspection issues and fixing them
• Double check if all the additional bracing that we paid for had been installed (I asked my BC for an engineering plan where the additional bracing had been highlighted).
• Check the alfresco sliding door that fell down last week for any damage.
• Get our pre-plaster/lock up inspection date
• Inspect main door frame step which has a damage
• Get home theatre pre-wiring installation date
• Make arrangement for skirting as we are installing our own flooring
• Check rangehood vent location 

Day 62 of 266

It's Day 62 and our whirly bird on the roof was spinning fast, the cooling, plumbing and hot water solar panel are on and the heating/cooling ducts are well under way. The alfresco sliding door was still on the floor though :-(

Day 58 of 266

So much work has been done in our house since our slab and frame inspection last Friday. In just 2 days, our roof is almost finished by the looks of it. We're so happy with our Colourbond roof and its colour, monument.  

On a negative note, our alfresco sliding door from dining area fell or leaned to the ground last Sunday. My neighbour messaged me about it. My husband and the kids who went to visit earlier in the day actually saw the door was leaning. They said that the wind was very strong that day. I asked my SS to check and have it replaced. He updated me the next day that he just finished checking and because it fell on the side with timber, he said there's no damage to it and he will have it reinstalled asap.

 

I felt a upset as I was imagining that after the fall it will be dented and scratched. I felt like I was buying a brand new car with dent and scratches after spending so much in upgrading that sliding door to a boutique door. So, I set a meeting with him next week for a walk thru. We want to check the door with him, discuss the Darbecca report and our building timeline. We also want to check if the additional bracing that they charged us as we are on high wind zone has really been installed and also, the date when he can let our home theatre installer do their job.