In theory doors should go on today and we are at lockup?!
Plaster has been pushed out to Wednesday I think as electricians didn't start until yesterday so we will see how it goes.
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Scaffolding down. Place looks great. Just need render done on downstairs. Independent inspection came up with hardly any problems which I'm pleased about. Just a few minor things which should be fixed.
In theory doors should go on today and we are at lockup?!
Plaster has been pushed out to Wednesday I think as electricians didn't start until yesterday so we will see how it goes.
In theory doors should go on today and we are at lockup?!
Plaster has been pushed out to Wednesday I think as electricians didn't start until yesterday so we will see how it goes.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Hebel done, top floor painted
Alot is happening as usual. Place is flying along.
Hebel was all finished and concrete render went on. The house looked so much better once it was rendered, just found some shape and style. Top floor has been painted and we are very happy with the colour.
Some doors have been hung and others delivered. Electrician should be pre wiring this afternoon. Independent inspection on Thursday. Our AV guy is coming in for his pre wiring on Friday and My wife and I are going to spend all weekend jamming acoustic insulation in the internal walls and ceiling. Fun times!
Plaster is scheduled for monday! Let's hope that independent inspection doesn't find too many issues!
Hebel was all finished and concrete render went on. The house looked so much better once it was rendered, just found some shape and style. Top floor has been painted and we are very happy with the colour.
Some doors have been hung and others delivered. Electrician should be pre wiring this afternoon. Independent inspection on Thursday. Our AV guy is coming in for his pre wiring on Friday and My wife and I are going to spend all weekend jamming acoustic insulation in the internal walls and ceiling. Fun times!
Plaster is scheduled for monday! Let's hope that independent inspection doesn't find too many issues!
Friday, February 21, 2014
Update
wow, time flies!
Long time since an update, my camera broke on my phone and have just been crazily busy so haven't quite kept this updated but will try and get the ball rolling again.
The pictures will tell the story as to where it is up to.
Inspection highlighted 14 problems. I am satisfied that they are either all fixed or will be fixed. Certainly the problems I was most concerned about seem to have been rectified which is good.
Hebel should be finished this coming week in theor, so it will be nice to see the house have the walls and the shape to it finally. I'm a bit over seeing the frame.
Long time since an update, my camera broke on my phone and have just been crazily busy so haven't quite kept this updated but will try and get the ball rolling again.
The pictures will tell the story as to where it is up to.
Inspection highlighted 14 problems. I am satisfied that they are either all fixed or will be fixed. Certainly the problems I was most concerned about seem to have been rectified which is good.
Hebel should be finished this coming week in theor, so it will be nice to see the house have the walls and the shape to it finally. I'm a bit over seeing the frame.
Monday, January 27, 2014
Independant Inspection
Off the advice of other blogs we have paid for independent inspections at 3 stages of the build with the first one being frame stage.
We used New home inspections and just received the report.
A couple of comments.
The report is very detailed with both notes and photos. It refers to the exact Aus standards where appropriate and generally explains the problems very clearly.
Carter grange are from every thing I have read and experienced very good builders. They also know that we are onsite virtually daily and we are keeping on eye on things. Yet there still is quite alot of problems. There are 14 'issues' brought up on the report. I get the feeling that some will be very easy to fix but I get the feeling on others it wont be as easy. There are comments to the effect that if it cant be fixed building permits may need to be altered and approved. God know how many problems would be happening on other places that didn't have any independent checking.
We have asked for a meeting with CG to discuss a resolution to these issues, it will be interesting to see how that meeting goes.
On a side note the Hebel is schedules to go in next Monday
We used New home inspections and just received the report.
A couple of comments.
The report is very detailed with both notes and photos. It refers to the exact Aus standards where appropriate and generally explains the problems very clearly.
Carter grange are from every thing I have read and experienced very good builders. They also know that we are onsite virtually daily and we are keeping on eye on things. Yet there still is quite alot of problems. There are 14 'issues' brought up on the report. I get the feeling that some will be very easy to fix but I get the feeling on others it wont be as easy. There are comments to the effect that if it cant be fixed building permits may need to be altered and approved. God know how many problems would be happening on other places that didn't have any independent checking.
We have asked for a meeting with CG to discuss a resolution to these issues, it will be interesting to see how that meeting goes.
On a side note the Hebel is schedules to go in next Monday
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Roof is on
We ran out of money by the time it came to choosing roof options so we just went with the standard option. I'm glad we did as it looks absolutely fine. The other thing is unless you are about 30 metres away from the house you cant even see it
here it is
here it is
Communication breakdown
We haven't been happy with the communication of our site supervisor. Seems really nice when we speak to him but only ever seems to call if returning our calls and a few times we have been told by CG that he will call us for one reason or another and it never happens. So we had a meeting with our SS manager to chat about this and he was really good about it. Seemed to listen to my concerns and assured us that things will improve.
The silly part is a 5 minute phone call once a week( which we have been told they are supposed to do anyway) to tell us what has been going on or what is going to be happening would probably eliminate 99% of our concerns. Where as at the moment we find everything out ourselves.
Here is another issue I noticed on one of the new windows. The bottom has been dented/pushed in. I have been told it will be no problem to fix.
The silly part is a 5 minute phone call once a week( which we have been told they are supposed to do anyway) to tell us what has been going on or what is going to be happening would probably eliminate 99% of our concerns. Where as at the moment we find everything out ourselves.
Here is another issue I noticed on one of the new windows. The bottom has been dented/pushed in. I have been told it will be no problem to fix.
Friday, January 17, 2014
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