Inspection



….I think it is DONE!

Our house is now officially complete! We thought it was a bit touch and go there over the last few days…especially with a public holiday in the way. Some things on the list were not quite finished, last time round, and a few things were not quite right (all minor I might add!) but our SS has come through with the goods as we had hoped!

Thuy and I both had the day off today to finish packing, and to organise some stuff from Bunnings for the new place. We went to the house early this morning to measure up the courtyard and alfresco for dirt and paving etc. We were amazed when we arrived to see now less than 7 or 8 vehicles parked all around our house! Plumbers, electricians, air con guys, painters, tank guys you name it they were there. It was a pretty crazy half our when we were there, with so much happening. We did our best to stay out of everyone’s way, pretty much keeping to ourselves and doing our outdoor planning. Our poor SS was looking a little under pressure (hopefully not from us!) with his phone going off every 5 minutes. I know I’ve said it before, but a really big thumbs up and thanks to him for getting our house done and looking great.

Without further delay… here are some long awaited pictures of our NEW home! :)

 
Thuy in the kitchen
 

Thuy in the kitchen

 
Bathroom 2
 

Bathroom 2

 
Out to alfresco
 

Out to alfresco

 
Theatre room door open...
 

Theatre room door open…

 
Theatre room door closed...
 

Theatre room door closed…

 
Theatre room door half open (or half closed?)...
 

Theatre room door half open (or half closed?)…

 
Prep room
 

Prep room

 
Shiney new ovens!
 

Shiney new ovens!

 
Down the main hall
 

Down the main hall

 
Ensuite basins
 

Ensuite basins

 
Ensuite
 

Ensuite

 
Tank, hot water, air con
 

Tank, hot water, air con

 
Kitchen fully installed!
 

Kitchen fully installed!

 
Action central!
 

Action central!

 
That's one way to get a tank in the yard!
 

That’s one way to get a tank in the yard!

On Monday our new lounge arrives, our driveway and decks are being built, and later in the week our blinds should be being installed. Perfect timing! Of course, the only people to NOT have their act together are Telstra. Apparently the whole estate won’t have phone connections until the 21st…. which is pretty bad considering we have neighbours that moved in nearly a month ago now!

We dropped by the house last night, not to see the house this time, but to see the fence! We got a call from “u need a fence”, it turns out that they were doing Lot 1’s fence this week and asked if we were happy to have ours done this week too!! Why not, I say!!

 
Fencing started
 

Fencing started

 
Thuy forgot her shoes...
 

Thuy forgot her shoes…

 
Telephone, gas, termite protection all installed!
 

Telephone, gas, termite protection all installed!

 
Portico render finished...looking lovely!
 

Portico render finished…looking lovely!

The only potential issue we had was that there was still quite a bit of concrete and mess out the back of the block that was awaiting clean up. We mentioned this to the fencer, and as it turns out he knows our SS. So he got on the phone and got that organised, and got the OK to build the fence early as well! So, as we speak, our fence is probably just about done (it was just posts yesterday).

Also yesterday, MCSConnect came out and dug our phone cable. So that’s another one we can tick off the list!

AND, all the way around our house we now have some “termaguard” thing which apparently stops termites from lunching on our woodwork.

On top of all that, we had a peek in the windows and it looks like the painters have been back and redone the couple of patches that need doing. So that’s another bit of good news! We’re not sure when our 2nd inspection will be, but hopefully soon! With the fence all done, we won’t actually be able to get into our yard to peek in the windows anymore!! :D

Right now I should be writing a post about how excellent our inspection was, but alas it has been moved to Friday. Certainly not a big deal for us, they’re a month and a half early anyway!! Apparently they needed to redo some of the paint which meant delaying the cleaner, which means now we’ll do the inspection Friday arvo. We’re still really looking forward to it! If all goes well we should be able to finalise everything next week. It’s scary to think we could be moved in in only a couple of weeks!

We don’t expect there will be much to pick on though, the place was looking pretty nice last time we saw it, and our SS has been doing a great job of making sure everything is finished off nicely. Fingers crossed! :)