Floor coverings - sorted

well almost... just gotta sort out how to get the bank to release some money so we can put down a deposit on the flooring. The bank want an invoice from the carpet people and the carpet people say that the banks usually are happy with a quote. UGH! So Mark is going back and forth between the two and hopefully we can pay the deposit soon.

We are getting our flooring done through Choices, one of the local carpet businesses. The quote they gave was less than the quote we got from Western Distributors (which we were quite surprised at!) with the same vinyl and same quality carpet and underlay, so we figured we'd go with the locals. Unfortunately they can't get the vinyl in till the end of March so we'll be vinyl-less till then. At least we will have the carpet done before we move in, the living areas won't have much that we'll need to move out to put the vinyl down.

Better and Better

Things keep getting better and better! I went past the house this morning to kill time while the buyers of our current home and the agent came through to do some measuring up. The render has been painted, fly screens have been installed, shower screens are in, heating duct has finally been put in in the laundry (and the ensuite and bathroom too I assume - since the house is all locked up I can't see into those rooms). The replacement spa had been sitting in the study last time we went past, (they had ordered the wrong one) but it wasn't there today, and it wasn't installed so I wonder what happened to it this time...

In love with our kitchen!

Shower screen is now installed

Other bits and pieces that we had made note of and mentioned to our new site supervisor have been fixed. Just waiting on the glass splashback to be installed then its finished - apart from the touch ups that need to be done to plaster and paint.

Rubbish cage and porta loo are now gone. Hope our builder's don't eat any of these gummy bears... (I haven't laughed as much as I did when reading those reviews of the 5lbs of gummy bears - read it if you need a laugh! OH MY!)


All the other tradesmen working in our house have taken great care with their work, but I can't quite say the same for the electricians. They haven't seemed to have taken too much pride in their work or taken care when installing the downlights and switches. There are several holes around switches and lights that the plasterers and painters will need to return to fix up the electricians shoddy job. If these electricians had come in to an existing house to put in downlights or switches, you certainly wouldn't recommend them to your friends when you'd have to call in plasterers to fix things up!

All in all, we've had a fabulous build thanks to a very talented and diligent site supervisor. Can't wait for PCI next week and hopefully moving in the following week! So excited!

Garage door

It's looking almost finished! Site clean was done today. Bath and taps were put in. Fly screens delivered. PCI has now been brought forward to the 4th which suits us much better.

Light at the end of the tunnel

We have a Practical Completion Inspection (PCI) date! Wahoo!!!!

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Unfortunately there was a bit of a hold up with the shower screens so they won't be installed until the 28th of Feb. So the following Friday (the 7th of March) is our PCI and handover should be the following Friday (the 14th of March). We were hoping that it could have all been one week earlier so we could move in over the long weekend, but it's not to be. Never mind, we always find that when the timing is out of our hands things always end up better off anyway.

So we'll get the floors done during the following week, along with the driveway and hopefully the shed and then we can move in properly!

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Garaged

Our garage door has been installed. Can't wait to see what it looks like when it's down.

Garage door opener! This is one of the best bits of our new house ;-)

Grouting is done. 

We went to Western Distributors today to choose our carpet and vinyl. We've chosen Gerflor's Primetex in Cajou Grey for the vinyl.  The carpet is a nice thick twist pile by Redbook - Matilda Bay in Pepperwood. We can't wait to see it in our house.