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 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 →
Week 2-3 Slab curing and external plumbing
The slab was left to be cured for a couple of weeks. Also the external plumbing work was carried out. We got a progress payment claim invoice for the slab to be sent to the bank .We received a call from the landscapers for a quote for removal of the soil and leveling the land... Continue Reading →
Selections : Day-2-Colors and Electrical
Our second day started at the W head office in Gregory Hills. We were greeted by our Colors consultant. We were already prepared with the the external colors. The brick was the main selection under external colours and everything else revolved around the brick. As stated in the previous posts we had selected a PGH... 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 →
Selections : Day 1 – Tiles-Di Lorenzo
I was a overload of some really helpful information from the forums (forum.homeone) and a few other bloggers who were building with W. Almost everyone advised us to do a lot of homework and preparation prior to the selections. We had already selected our brick Vino ( as mentioned in my previous posts) and also... Continue Reading →
Land Registration and House Contract
After a few tender revisions and a long wait for the land to be registered we are finally here in September 2017. We were one of the fortunate few who registered within 6 months of buying the lot. We know a few people whose wait was a year or two. The South West moment We... Continue Reading →