Meeting with Electrician and update

We met with the electrician today, we walked through and specified where we wanted TV points, power points, telephone points etc. We want most of our TV's on the walls so they aren't taking up too much space so we have some power points and TV points going higher up on the walls. We added TV points to all the bedrooms also to save issues down the track. We added a powerpoint to the island bench, hidden under the overhang so you can't see it and also to the pantry so I can plug things in there hidden away also. They will be doing the electrical on Friday and then next week the plaster will be going up, finally. I noticed the cabinetmaker had been into the house and marked out the kitchen and island benches so I'm guessing they go in pretty soon too :-)

I will post some more photos next week when the plaster goes up.

Eaves continued...

Eaves are done

Went by the house today as I was told eaves were being done this week, sure enough, when I got there all eaves are done, including the alfresco and portico ceilings. No photos yet, will update the photos once the internal fittings and gyprock starts :-)

Halfway hooray!

We just received the invoice for lock-up, which means now we get to see the interior start to take shape. The interior is what I am excited about the most.

We already have a bath installed, I think they installed that to check where the bath spout would sit. As I chose to put the mixer tap and spout on the opposite wall to the plans and now the original bath spout in our package doesn't reach to the bath. We had two options, move the bath spout to another wall OR purchase a swivel arm bath spout that is longer and will reach and will tuck away against the wall when not in use. I really liked the sound of that because then there is no annoying bath spout or taps to get in the way at all.

Below are the two taps we are considering, the Reece Tap is longer and I think will be a little more practical but there are some other measurements I want to check before we commit to it. The other one is a Millennium Tap and I prefer the look of that tap but it doesn't reach quite as far and I'm not certain it will work as well as the other one but won't know for certain until we go and measure up the bath some more.

We also had our ducted reverse cycle aircon unit installed the same day as the bath, the main unit is in the roof but there is no fan unit outside yet as the electricals have not been done, that should be happening very soon.

Next, we have an internal garage plaster and doors installed.

Roof Complete, Bricks Nearing Completion

Roof has been finished this week and the brick layers have achieved a lot in the last 3 days. I expect most of the bricks will be finished by mid to late next week. Pretty happy with it.

                                       Front

Blind side, by the garage, laundry and main bathroom

Looking towards alfresco

Rear bedrooms

Back

Showing main bedroom 

Bricks started & Roof nearly complete!

The bricks were started nearly two weeks ago but for some reason the brickies haven't been back since last week. I'm wondering if it's because they were waiting on the roof tilers to finish their work before continuing on with the bricks. None-the-less, we are super happy with how it's coming together. The bricks look great with the black contrast in the windows, gutters and now roof tiles.
The roof tilers started Wednesday with the prep, yesterday tiles started going on and today they are nearly finished. Below are some photos of the house from around 4:30pm this afternoon.
They still haven't rectified the issues with the frame yet (A few broken pieces and pantry door installed opposite side), hopefully they plan to sort it out before plaster goes up.

A lot is happening

I planned to post photos of the frame this morning but I ran out of time. It's lucky I didn't because I went around this afternoon and since my last update we now have a frame that has also been wrapped, windows and stacker doors installed, bricks delivered and roof tiles delivered. We can really get a sense of the house now. My guess is they will start the roof next week, maybe not the bricks because that delivery wasn't expected for at least a week or so. Pretty happy so far. The only complaints we have is a couple of the wall frames have a little damage from installation, but I'm certain they will fix them up as there will be another inspection before the release of the frame progress payment. So it's looking like we'll be at lock-up stage sooner rather than later :-)

So here is where it's at: