While we are waiting

While we are waiting for handover we thought we should get our window furnishings in order. We bought some DIY Plantation Shutters.

It comes in a Kit form and all you need to do is assemble and paint too easy .

This is how it comes in a thousand pieces.

This is after assembly it took about 25 mins to assemble.

These one's are for the bathroom

And now stained, we used sikkens dark oak which is the same stain on our front and bi-fold doors.

This one is for the main toilet.

Closed

And Open

And this one for our En-Suite.

I've still got the Dining Room window to go, that's the one in pieces in the top photo.

These are great and the cost of all of these were cheaper than the bathroom one by itself from a retailer. We got them from http://www.shutterkits.com.au/

Practical Completion Inspection

We had our Practical completion inspection appointment on Monday. There are a few things to be rectified but nothing too major.


The painters were there at the same time as our inspection so all the red dots we put on the walls were fixed immediately. There are a few brickwork issues and they also need another clean. The front door frame is finally being replaced.


Here are some photos after the house was cleaned, there will be another clean done after all the trades have finished.


The Timber laminate floors and carpet were installed .


AND we have a new front door it just needs to be painted and the door handle put in the right spot this time.






Master Bedroom En-suite now with shower screens and taps reinstalled.











Master Bedroom carpet installed

Back hallway carpet.

Front sitting room carpet.

Kitchen, Meals and Family Room with flooring installed.

The new front door, the wooden panels are larger on this one which is better as the pull handle can fit better, apparently the wrong door had been ordered and happens all the time, someone has a nice collection of doors at home.

We should have a handover date in the next couple of days, hopefully we should have handover sometime in the next 2 weeks.

Just waiting for the super to go through our Inspectors report which was very thorough but not there is not much that we did not pick up.

FINGERS CROSSED.

LIQUIDATED DAMAGES

Can anyone spell Liquidated Damages. Well I hope Metricon can, as of last Wednesday 9th July our contracted build time expired. Now Metricon are paying Liquidated damages of $250.00 per week until Settlement which according to the Supervisor will be in about a month. Not that I don't believe him, but every time frame we have been told so far has not been accurate, maybe now it is costing them money they will get a move on.

Anyway since our last post a few things have happened;

1. The tiles in the shower have been replaced, have not been in the house to see what they look like so have to wait to pass judgement.

The new tiles were delivered.

And now installed.

2. The Driveway and concrete under the Outdoor Room (we can't call it an alfresco anymore due to legal action against Metricon from Porter Davis) have been poured and they look great.

3. The Timber Laminate flooring has been installed, which only took 1/2 a day, I would have thought maybe 2 Days (Tramicka thought 1 day so looks like I'm cooking dinner on Sunday).

The slab was made level with a bit of fill and grinding only in about 3-4 areas, I think they have a tolerance 3mm over 10 meters.

This is after the floor was laid.

4. The Kitchen Splashback has been installed.

5. The site has been cleaned and the temporary fences and smelly porta-loo removed. Our side yard looks massive now and now the planning starts for the garden. Although I think we needed to buy the block next door to fit in all our idea's.