We are nearly there. It is small things now. As we entered the house for the next set of things happening we noticed that all the tapware was in place. Also, the flooring wrt tiles and carpet had been done. The second coat of paint had started. We had chosen a different shade of paint... Continue Reading →
Week 24-26 Stairs, Doors and First Coat Paint
The stairs had been delivered and installed at the beginning of Week 24. That meant the carpentry work both upstairs and downstairs could progress. We skipped visits to the house as things were slowing down . We had been informed that the doors , door frames etc were being worked at. We had most of... Continue Reading →
Week 22-23 WaterProofing and Kitchen Cabinetry
Week 22 we had a call from the Supervisor updating that the waterproofing had been done and they were waiting on the stairs for the rest of the work to be commenced. Later on he called once again stating owing to the supervisor changes there was no communication initiated with the Stairs suppliers . 😐 ... Continue Reading →
Week 20-21 Prelining and Gyprock
We had Pre-lining inspections around Week19 and the report had arrived with a few defects.Some walls required straightening, balcony posts were not installed, lower gutter was not installed. We spoke to our Supervisor about it and he set aside dates to work on them. The Week 20 was when Gyprock was to be installed. We... Continue Reading →
Week 16-19 Rough Ins, Lower roof and Drama
It was week 16 and our electrical rough ins were progressing. Our site supervisor had changed and we went to meet this new guy. He had newly joined W. He said he would take couple of weeks to get a handover from the previous guy. This made us feel we would not have much progress... Continue Reading →
Week 13-15 Roof and Eaves
As we progressed to Week 13 the upper level bricks were completed. We also saw that the upper Roof was installed . The structure of the house was all coming together. We also got acid wash for the upper level of bricks.The eaves for the upper roof had also been painted. The balcony... Continue Reading →
Selections : Day-1-Kitchen
Once the tiles were done we sped to an Aircon appointment with Ultra Air which finished fairly quickly. At the end of it we had upgraded to the ESP Plus module with 5 zones and a Wi-Fi based controller which cost us approx $5k. We had no time for lunch and had to do with ... Continue Reading →
Dream Home Journey- The beginning ..
Real estate prices in Sydney were already sky rocketting. Here we were like most of the first timers in the house market ,waiting for things to settle down or saturate. However having observed for a couple of years we decided things may not be changing much. Also we were paying someone else's mortgage. Instead we... Continue Reading →