15.12.2013 So Disappointing!!!!

I haven't been updating my blog for a while now. Partly due to being busy at work and secondly there is not much to talk about.

We were so hoping to get the keys before Christmas. All our furniture and appliances delivery were organised for January. Its not a big issue but it would have been nice to move some of our stuff in the Christmas break atleast.

Our PCI date is not final yet too and it would be sometime next month when everyone is back from Christmas break and are expecting handover late January. In the mean time we can only wait and keep packing bits and pieces

3.12.2013 Nearing completion

Finally the long awaited message. This means that the house shouldn't be far off from handover. So many things to do don't even know where to start.  There is so much packing to do and then organise all the other trades to get the house fully completed and on tops furnish the brand new house. 

30.11.2013 Not Too Long Now

Its been few weeks since we visited our house. Its really hard when the house is locked and you cannot see for yourself as to what stuff have been completed.I did get a message this week that our painting has finished. We dropped in to the house today and had a peek through the windows.

The house looks great and the wall colour makes the house look bright and airy.  All the electrical work has also been  completed. The bathroom accessories have been installed and the kitchen is completed too, except for the splash back. The rainwater tank is slowly getting done with all the gadgets getting installed. Our study desk is in place and we are really happy with the stained doors. Our mohogany basswood shutters with just go great with the stained doors. 

Hoping to hear the final date from our supervisor. I hope its before Christmas.

15.11.2013 Internal Update

As I wrote in my last post that tiling was completed and painting had started. I went for a visit to the house today and met up with our site supervisor. I was really happy with the tiling job and it looks great. The vanities have also been installed and they blend in well with the tiles. The ensuite and the second bathroom have had the Caesarstone bench top installed. We went with Atlantic Salt and it looks good.

I was most anxious to see our kitchen bench tops. The guys were in the final process of getting the bench installed.

 OMG ….it looks great. The kitchen has come alive. Believe me the picture do not do justice but it looks great. The kitchen bench is Caesarstone Osprey and will look great when all our light fixtures and downlights are installed.

I was also surprised to see that the entire house had its first coat of paint completed already. Our internal wall colour is Taubmans Phantom Dream and that too looks good. The supervisor was going through his checks and marking walls and areas that needed fixing. He will be getting the gyprock guys to come fix the plastering and other bits and pieces before the final coat.

I spoke to him about the handover and he reckons he will be in better shape to tell me by the end of November. He is pushing for before Christmas handover which was great to hear. Fingers cross we might be lucky…..

KITCHEN

BATHROOM

ENSUITE

15.11.2013 Tiling Complete

I have been so busy at work off late that I never got a chance to update the blog.

So the news is that our tiling got completed on Monday and and the painters were in on Tuesday. I am yet to see the final result. I hope it all looks good. I am guessing kitchen should have also been completed. Cant wait to see the finished product with 40mm ceaserstone bench.

I thought we were on track for handover before Christmas but there is only a slim chance of us getting a handover. Our bank sent us a letter stating that if our handover is before Christmas they need to have the final invoice sent to them by 6th December. I spoke to our CLO who upon confirming with the supervisor told me that our handover will most probably be after Christmas as there is only a slim possibility of completion before Christmas.

I am really annoyed now with MJH. We had planned everything around handover before Christmas. Oh well gives us few extra weeks to save some  extra cash!!!

6.11.2013 Kitchen and Tiling Update

I met up with the tiler this morning to check the colour of the grouting. We had no issues there as the information he got was correct from our colour selection. Our wet area floors were already to be tiled. The work looks good with all tiles laid out really straight. I am guessing he will still be there until next week to finish the job.

Kitchen has now been installed and looks good. The actual finish product will be heaps better with 40mm bench to entire kitchen with waterfall edges to the bench. We have also gone with soft close drawers and cupboards.

I also received an invoice for Progress Payment 5. This is the second last of the six payments. The final and sixth payment will at handover. Things are looking really promising and it’s not too far that we will be finished.

Cant wait !!!

3.11.2013 Kitchen and Tiling

We were at lockup stage last week. Since then heaps of things have been happening. Our internal doors and built-in wardrobe doors are all completed. All the architraves have also been completed.

Our Front door is from the Nexus range and is called MDJ4 . We have gone with Omni TriLock which will look great. We have gone with stained finish.

Laundry door is also stained and is JST1 with translucent glazing. Master, Pantry and Media room have all got LIN1 doors with stained finished. All other internal doors will be from standard range.

The Rain Water tank has also arrived and has been installed along with all the downpipes. The colour we have chosen is “DUNE” which blends in well with the bricks.

All wet areas have been waterproofed with tiling to be completed this week. All the tiles have been delivered and so are the kitchen and vanities for the bathroom. This should all be completed this week too. Our garage door is also looking great. We had the feeling that it might not go well with the bricks and we were getting it changed to timber look after handover. We might put that idea on hold.

I couldn't take many pictures as we don’t have the luxury now to walk inside. I took some pictures through the windows. 

3.11.2013 Progress Payment Delayed

We haven’t had any issues with any of our Progress Payments and our bank has been really quick to get the valuer out to the check the building progress and release the funds. Usually McDonald Jones sends me an invoice by email and I just forward it to the bank with my authority to pay. Our Progress Payment 4 invoice was never sent to us in an email and we got that on the last day of the due date in mail. I rang our CLO and explained her that the invoice was received on due date and it cannot be paid on time. She just extended our dates with no issues and the bank took care of the rest. 

25.10.2013 Lock Up

Got a call from our supervisor this morning that we have reached lockup stage. The carpenters have installed all doors and garage door was getting installed today. We went with the colourbond Monument colour but will be getting the Caoba timber look after handover. This was due to the fact we changed our mind after our DA approval and MJH wont change our selection. Its exciting as we are steaming ahead but sad too as now we wont we able to wander inside the house at our will.

Our kitchen is getting installed on Tuesday and so are the tiles. I might drop in sometime next week from work and see the progress. Looking forward to seeing our kitchen and tiles selections.

18.10.2013 Gyprock Completed

It has almost been 10 days when I last visited the house. Work seems to be going at a fairly good pace. All the gyprocking has been completed. The house is slowly shaping up and we are getting closer to completion. This might be an exaggeration of my excitement but it sure is coming along nicely and I guess we should be finished before Christmas.

The cornices have also been completed and the house looks really spacious, especially the living area with its open plan design. Once we have all our down lights and light fittings installed after handover it will look amazing. Our gas meter has also been installed.

I guess the next work to start would be water proofing and doors to be installed. The water tank and down pipes should be getting installed soon as well.

Fencing is almost done too. Our next door neighbour got in contact with me in regards to it. We have only one side of fencing left for our house so less worries for me after we move in. 

GARAGE

FRONT ENTRY

 MASTER BEDROOM

LIVING ROOM

MEDIA ROOM

ALFRESCO

BEDROOM 2,3,4 AND STUDY

BATHROOM AND LAUNDRY