Day 159 of 266

Looks like our plaster is finished. The internal doors had been delivered too and this early, I'm thinking that we'll need to replace them with prettier doors once we have done all our post-hand-over priorities :-)

It was a sweltering 39 degree weather when I went yesterday, but it was really cool inside the house even without the window covers and trees and plants yet. Our Hebel and double glazed windows costs have paid off really well.

I didn't go up the first floor anymore, I'll just wait for our stairs to be installed before I try again :-) Now that our SS is back from his holiday, we are expecting more action in our place. He mentioned stairs, doors, cabinets, tiles fixing and paint will be started end of this month :-)

We are going on holiday next week until first week of February and once we come back, we start ordering and booking our flooring and carpet and window covers. We also need to plan our driveway and concrete skirting, landscaping, post box and clothes line.   

The Entry Hallway

 The Dining and Living Area

The Kitchen with Galley

 The Living

The Dining

 The Family

 The Dining and Family

 The Cinema/Lounge

The Galley

Day 154 of 266

After the long Christmas break, some work has finally been done in our house. We just drove by this Sunday and were so surprised to see people working in our place, they were finishing our plaster :-)

Can't Wait for 2018!

This beauty was the highlight of our 2017 and living here is what we look forward to the most in 2018!

 

   

 

Day 130 of 266

Finally, our family windows had been installed! The rest of the scaffolding had been removed and the rubbish had been cleared.

As I told my SS, we did not pay for lock-up until all the windows, doors and eaves had been fixed and completed. 

From the outside, the house looks like we can move in already. I can't wait t see them finish the ground floor render and put our feature render colour Peace Pipe in the porch awning.  

 
 

 

Day 128 of 266

The render colour to the first floor has been applied and the scaffolding were being removed today.
Our home theatre cables were still in place and a new set of copper wire were installed again.

Our SS left  a message on my mobile yesterday to advise that he is going on holiday from 22 December until 17 January. He said that our plaster will be done between then and then our stairs, kitchen cabinet and painting will all be done towards the end of January.

 

    
 

 

Day 120 of 266

Week 17! Our cinema lounge window is on. The broken window in the living area has been replaced. The sliding doors had been put back, the one with a dent has been fixed while the one that fell off is still the same. The upper part of our downpipes were being installed when I dropped by. 

The family room windows were still missing.

On the down side, our copper wire has been stolen again :-( Luckily, our home theatre HDMI and cables were not touched. I have been warned by my SS and BC that I need to be accompanied by my SS if I want to go inside the house so my dilemma is how do I tell my SS that the copper wires were stolen again.

PD accounts sent me an email today to advise that all my issues about lock-up invoice has been addressed except the family window which they can't install now because of the scaffolding.  She also advised that our plaster will be installed on Monday and she's asking if I am happy to pay the lock-up invoice. 

I'll email my SS tomorrow that I will pay the invoice without the family windows, but he has to place a cover on them to protect the plaster from any rain.

I just love how beautiful the house looks on this lovely summer day! 

Our newly installed cinema/lounge window. Our tree was also replaced as the first one did not survive the heat.

Our neighbour at the back side has started to put up his fence.

Our walls batts are waiting for plaster.

Our temporary main door stays closed now

The plaster in waiting and the new living area window.

Day 115 of 266

The render which was started the other day was finished already and the broken window in our master bedroom had been replaced, hopefully it's the correct double glazed window and all the rest were also replaced. We can't go inside the house and check anymore as we had been warned several times already that we can only go inside when we are with our SS.

The temporary main entry doors which were usually open, were closed  when we drove by today so maybe they were repaired also.

The other windows and sliding doors were still uninstalled.

The plant in our front nature strip did not survive the heat and a new one was planted today.