12.9.13 Brickwork Update III

I dropped in today to see the progress of our brickwork. I didn't expected  huge progress but was glad to see the house shaping up nicely. It has been slow couple of weeks when you look back and think how fast everything else associated with the build has been.

The brickies are really good and and they think they should be finished by next week. It been really hot off late but rain is predicted. I hope it stays away...Fingers Crossed!!!

7.9.13 Brickwork Update II

Today we visited our block to see how our brickwork is progressing which started a week back. The site supervisor Shane rang me this week and told me that it will take a good 2 weeks for the brickwork to be finished. He mentioned that the brickies are really good and the quality of workmanship would not let us down. We were happy with that if the end product is good as we pay so much money for McDonald Jones Homes.

We weren't expecting huge progress but were eager to see how our bricks look in real.The brickies were working and we had a good chat with them. They seemed really good and we were really happy with the quality of the work too. We also liked the shade of the brick.

Hoping weather continues to stay as good as it has been for last few weeks so that all our exterior work stays on track.

Front Facade now looking good

Alfresco area looks fairly decent. Will be concrete and tiled after handover.

Laundry LIN1 door to be installed

1.9.13 Brickwork Update I

We visited our property this morning to see how is our bricks looking. As the brickwork only started on Friday we weren't expecting much work to be done but just wanted to see how our bricks are looking on a nice sunny day. We kinda like the colour and were happy how it looks so far. We still have to wait for the final product after its all been cleaned so see how it looks. Although our feature brick Urban Pepper seems like it will chip of easily. I hope I am wrong fingers crossed.

The next 7 day forecast seems really good with clear weather  on the way so the brickwork should be finished by the end of this week.

30.8.13 Brickwork Commenced Today

Got a message from McDonald Jones that our brickwork has started today. I guess they were waiting for our third progress payment to be be payed before they give the site supervisor the go ahead. The Frames have been finished 10 days back and we were waiting for our bank to carryout the inspection and make the payment. Finally the frame payment was made yesterday and the brick work started today.

The bricks that we have chosen are form the standard range and we didn't had much option as we are building in high saline soil. It was for this reason that our slab was H2 too. Our brick is Austral Urban One Silver and for the pillars at the front we have used Urban One Pepper. We didn't wanted to spend on bricks as we will get the front acrylic rendered so no point spending on bricks.

Will be visiting our BLOCK on the weekend to see how things are shaping up.....

26.8.13 Windows and Plumbing Completed

All the windows and door frames for our house have been put in. The window colour is colourbond Monument Matt. We have gone with obscure glazing for the ensuite and bathroom and the rest is clear glazing.

Pluming have also been completed and we have an electrical box on the side of the house too. Hopefully fascias and guttering are next. Haven't got the dates yet but I am hoping it will start this week.

1000 Page Views

1000 page views today!!!!! I just cant believe so many people visited my blog. This blog was was something I started just when I was bored one weekend and thanks to everyone for visiting it. I have tried to post as much as I can from our build so others can look and make decisions about their build.

Please feel free to put your 2 cents in if you ever felt like it..

So thank you once again everyone for visiting my blog and I shall keep on posting more as our build continues.....

20.8.2013 Roof Frames completed

This afternoon I received a TXT from McDonald Jones that the frames for the roof have been completed. McDonald Jones have been really great in keeping us informed at every stage of our build with regular TXT msgs and our site supervisors makes regular calls to update us on the progress.