Day 422 & Some Good News!

Since moving out of our rental home and moving in with the mom-in-law 2 months ago (and having no internet access!!! Hence the reason I've been unable to write!), progress on the house has been PAINFULLY slllooOOOoooOOowwwwww. The fireplace flue problem was finally rectified and we thought things were then gonna move along quickly, but 3 weeks later and still no ETA.

Our last site visit was on the 23rd October, 2 weeks ago. The house was cleaned out - floors mopped, benches wiped down, windows cleaned, all rubbish chucked out. A few things still needed to be fixed like:

1. Garage door is the wrong colour - pale off white instead of a timber colour.
2. One strip of wall tiling not done in the ensuite.
3. Sliding door to be installed for cloak cupboard.
4. Small chip in the kitchen stone benchtop.
5. Downlights to be installed in Theatre Room.
6. Wall light in ensuite placed too high up.
7. Broken powerpoint in kitchen.

This was 2 weeks ago, so I don't know if all these have been rectified or not.

Last Thursday Metricon's Quality & Assurance guys inspected the house and FAILED it with a score of 94% (passing mark is 95%). We don't know what the problems were, but we were told by our Consultant that the problems were merely aesthetic like the bathtub wasn't polished enough, etc. So, on Monday they came back to do another Q&A inspection and we just found out today that it PASSED!!! Yay! We will be doing our Final Walkthrough tomorrow and if we're happy with everything we can pretty much move in after the paperwork is done. Great news! Finally.

To our disbelief we also found out that our Site Supervisor has resigned and will be leaving in 3 weeks. Mind you, he is our 3rd supervisor! He's been instructed to complete our house before he leaves...yeah bloody better.

So sorry I couldn't post any photos! My camera battery went flat and the charger is packed in the box somewhere.....I'll use my camera phone tomorrow and will post some pics I promise! We are so excited!!!

-G&A

Not there yet, but getting closer!

As of today, we're 38 days over our promised completion date. It looks like we're getting closer little by little but there's still much to be done. Mostly fixing up screw ups here and there and mostly on the electrical side of things. They actually forgot to install the flue for the fireplace at Frame Stage, so now our SS is trying to work out if they can cut out the exact size for the fireplace and install the flue rather than knock down the whole wall.

This is what has happened so far:

1. Carpets installed
2. Outdoor decking installed
3. Light fixtures, switches, power and data points, ceiling fans and some external lights installed (not 100% yet)
4. Doorbell installed
5. Some plumbing done
6. Tiles done (except for Powder Room mirror surround)
7. Window coverings installed including flyscreens
8. Security motion sensors installed
9. Toilets and sinks are in...some tapware not in yet

So we still don't have an ETA yet. SS says all should be completed by end of the month, but we're not getting excited yet. It doesn't include our walkthrough, so we might only be moving in end of September if we find more problems then.

Our Certificate of Occupancy was to be ordered last month, but upon checking MyMetricon today, it's been postponed (for the 5th time!) to the 07/08/2009...today! Yeah right.... It also says Customer Inspection is on 17/08/2009. Fingers crossed!

Grant and I are getting married early Jan at the new house...so the house and landscaping had better be done by then! If not, our guests will have to bathe in mud! Don't think they'll like that very much...

Anyway, time for photo updates!

24/07/2009 - Front door decking complete


24/07/2009 - Alfresco decking complete


24/07/2009 - Guest Bathroom mirror and tiles complete


05/08/2009 - Front Door with light fixture and doorbell button


05/08/2009 - Theatre Room plantation shutters and carpet installed


05/08/2009 - Front door from the inside with shutters


05/08/2009 - Plantation Shutters in Theatre Room closeup


05/08/2009 - Fireplace with missing flue and data point placed too low! Should be ceiling height for the wireless access point.


05/08/2009 - Staircase lighting, one on each side


05/08/2009 - Staircase with shutters installed


05/08/2009 - Upstairs study area with carpet and lights installed. Lights look a little oddly placed.... Data and power points are all correct here.


05/08/2009 - Opened shutters in Masterbedroom


05/08/2009 - More Masterbedroom shutters and venetian blinds for the door...love them!


05/08/2009 - Venetian blinds in Ensuite


05/08/2009 - Ensuite


05/08/2009 - Vanity in Ensuite power points look odd there... Also meant to be a light above the switch


05/08/2009 - Masterbedroom wardrobe with full length mirrors! YAY!


05/08/2009 - Bedroom 4 with light fixture and Holland blinds


05/08/2009 - Balcony/Verandah tiles and railings are in


05/08/2009 - Balcony/Verandah door to masterbedroom


05/08/2009 - Holland blinds installed for large windows (can't really see it here) and downlights


05/08/2009


05/08/2009

-G&A