Just over a week till PCI

After a week of  'nothingness' and with only 6 business days left till PCI, trades are starting to show up on site again.

List of items that have been completed (all within a day believe it or not):

• Paint touch ups
• Caulking
• Downpipes connected
• Plumbing fit off completed
• Termite protection installed
• Window silicone sealing <-- very happy to have seen this done properly 

Pending items:

• External painting (downpipes, steel bracing over windows, alfresco lintel etc..)
• Bath tub mistakes... see below picture <-- Worried about the delays this will cause
• Evap/Heater controller installation 
• Front door and side light staining
• Kitchen range hood 
• AGI Drain connection 
• Issues with tanking to retaining garage wall <-- biting my tongue until I get feedback on this

Patience wearing thin...

It's been a week since our last update... why you might ask? Well it's because nothing has been done since. It seems that we're back to the cycle of 2-3 days of trades everywhere and then no progress for a week or so.

Even though we have a PCI date, it's extremely frustrating to watch the house just sit there especially when we are paying rent and 90% of our mortgage.

We do understand that our SS is busy and he has been fantastic so far so we haven't contacted him or pushed him. Having said that PD need to get there act together and stop overloading there staff.

Speaking of PD staff. We have had serious communication issues with our BC. We have been trying to get a BV raised for close to two months now and sent multiple emails without any responses. Last week I called her and she promised she would raise the BV ASAP and send out the confirmation letter of our PCI and settlement dates. Another week has gone past and nothing...

So that's pretty much how we are feeling right now... and I think this is common from other builds I have followed.

Let's hope there are no more delays!

PCI date and progress update

Hi All,

We got some great news yesterday. Our PCI date has been locked in for the 08/09/2015. We are so excited to finally have a date to work towards.

House has been progressing much quicker now with all the trades starting to come through and finalise the pending work. Most importantly the house and windows got a good (well over due) clean!

Windows/Sliders cleaned

Splash back installed

Plaster repairs under way

Extra tiles

 Laundry tiling complete

Main bathroom tiling complete

En-suite tiling 95% complete (some grouting missing)

Extra lights purchased

Two weeks ago we went to Beacon lighting and selected all the extra lighting that we need for the house. We decided to wait for a sale as we weren't in a rush. Fortunately, Beacon has a 'Up to 50% off' sale starting today so we took advantage of the opportunity and made the purchase :)

Here are our selections:

Dining table pendant

Kitchen island pendants x3

Alfresco ceiling fan and light

Front portico beam lighting x2 

Home Theatre wall lights x2

Plumbing fit off - 90% complete

Was surprised to see that most of the plumbing fit off was completed today even though the tiler hasn't been back to grout or finish off the tiling. 

They will need to come back out again to do the shower rails, mixers, laundry taps etc... 

Laundry sink (taps awaiting tiling)

Taps under sink for washing machine

 Bathroom sink

Main toilet

 Kitchen sink and tap

Cold fridge tap

En-suite sinks and taps

En-suite toilet

Kitchen full shot

External tap (recycled)

Portico/Pillar render painted

The render on our front pillars and portico has been painted finally!

The colour is called 'Organic' by Dulux. It came out a little darker than expected but we are happy very with the final look.

The count-up begins!

We have officially gone over the promised completion date set-out in the contract. So we decided to set-up a timer to see how many days over the contract we will go...

As for progress on the house, not much has happened really. Door handles fitted, tiling commenced and window angles installed. That's pretty much over a two week period. Kind of disappointing really but to be fair our SS has been away all this week.

We're being told to expect hand over 3rd or 4th week of August but we're not holding our breaths. The annoying part is it's hard to give notice to our real estate for the current property. We might just have to bite the bullet...

Some photos from this week. House has been locked up so didn't get any photos of inside.