Lots Happening!

It's been a while since the last post, but there's been plenty happening on site.

We got a call from our SS last Friday and the update was, front doors now on and the waterproofing has been done. We have reached lock up stage! The pictures will be bad quality 'through the window shots' from now on.

Got another call from our SS today (take note other builders!) advising that the Kitchen would be going in, and would we like to meet on site tomorrow. Yes please!

When we went to have a look this evening we got a nice surprise... the kitchen cabinets are all done, the internal doors are in with some of the architraves, and it looks like the tiles have all been delivered and are ready to go. Also the balcony railings are in. We paid a bit extra to upgrade them to a polished chrome finish and they look very nice and shiney indeed. :)

Ok so on to the important stuff... the photos.

Kitchen


Example of an internal door

More work has been done on the stairs

Shiney balcony railings

Stairs, Cornice & Garage Door!

Well everything is still moving along at a great pace. The stairs were installed today, along with all the cornicing and the garage door. It really does feel like a house now. Keep up the good work Wisdom!

More Plastering...

They've done a bit of plastering over the joins in the gyprock, which makes it feel like a proper house inside now:

http://picasaweb.google.com.au/bobdabuilder2007/MoreGyprock

Plastered

The gyprock was finished yesterday, so we went over and took a few photos. If you're interested you can find a slideshow here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/bobdabuilder2007/GyprockDone#slideshow

More Rendering

Looks like all the rendering is now complete to the front of the house. It will eventually be painted Taubman Manhattan.

Inside, the plumbing looks complete as well as the electrical wiring. I guess we'll be at lock up stage before too long.

Independent Inspection Done & Cladding & Part Render

Well we got the report from our independent building inspector. Turns out it was generally good with a few issues - I expected a at least a few to turn up as with any build right? I won't comment on the issues until I've forwarded the report to Wisdom to deal with, but i'm hopeful they'll be sorted out. Our SS said to just forward the report to him and he'll get anything fixed that needs fixing.

Another surpise was the photo that Howard took THIS MORNING showed the house with render to part of the front AND the cladding installed!! Neither of which were there Monday night. How pleased are we!

They're back!

A belated Happy New Year to you all!

So the action has started again for the new year. The electricians have been at work today and put most of the cabling in place. The ducting for the air conditioning is also in. Couple of photos attached. I need to go there with the wide angle lens again.