Stone benchtops are in.

Here are some up to date pics.  The render still has to be put on the bottom half of the house and we are waiting on the top window mouldings to be applied.  Looking very dry at the moment.

Not much has progressed on the house in the last 2 weeks and we are waiting for some defects such as numerous bowed plaster walls and uneven cornice, to be rectified.  Funny how they put the pressure on to be paid before they even complete a job to the building code standard....
Its a shame for Porter Davis...their checking process and communication leave a LOT to be desired.
Oh well...we'll get there in the end....(if our supervisor ever decides to return our phone calls that is..)

The columns..

A bath fit for a King.... (and a queen with her servants..)

We have a Kitchen!!! And more stair pictures...

Master Ensuite

Lock Up! And here comes the staircase...Yay!!

Well, its been over a month since the last update and finally there are some interesting things happening on the inside...Stairs, plaster, doors.  Cabinets are about to be installed. The house is at lock-up stage so now comes the fun with the interior...

Linear Boards have been put on the facade and now just need to be painted and external window mouldings need to be installed.

We're happy with the staircase. It has a nice curve on the handrail.

The Hebel Walls are just about done..

Hi everyone, yes its been a while since the last blog update so here we go with the current status report;

The Hebel walls are being completed today.

The renderers are due tomorrow or Friday as is the tradesman who attaches the linear boards to the front facade.

We are waiting for the electrician to finish wiring the lights...(don't talk to us about lighting... its a point of frustration at present!!)

We are also waiting for the aircon people to finish installing the last duct downstairs, who in turn are waiting for our project manager to instruct the plumbers to come back and move the pipes they have put in the way of the duct...another contentious issue...dont ask!!

Wall insulation is in.

External doors now have handles...bonus! (Even though the front door handle does not work properly.)

Plaster and cornice is in a big pile downstairs waiting to be installed after all of the above has been sorted.

So, heres the lastest external pics...

More scaffolding for the top level Hebel walls

The outside walls take shape

The concrete Hebel panels have begun to go up this week.  The tradies have worked through the weekend and just about completed the lower outside wall section all the way round.  Scaffolding will be erected tomorrow and then they'll be back to finish the hebel.  It was all action last Friday, with the electrician, plumber, carpenter, project manager and hebel builders all onsite at the one time.  Its the first time since the frame, that we've seen so much action!

Moving along...

In the last two weeks we have seen the plumber install some pipes, had our private inspectors pick up some defects in the frame, the hebel has been delivered on site and most of the top windows have been installed.  Now that most of the framing issues have been rectified, we should see the outside wrapping go on this week and hopefully the Hebel will be started on Saturday.  Looking more and more like the the house we ordered everyday.

And now for the Roof....

After a slight delay, today we were very excited to see the colourbond roof sheets finally go on.
The colour is Surfmist for roof, fascia and gutters which should be a nice contrast against the light grey walls.

Finally, nearly a week later, they have rectified the roof, adding the RHS gable to the front.