Tiling continues...

Now the wall tiling (ensuite and bath room) has been done and tiler now laying the floor tiles. It looks pretty good but very hard to capture it with the camera :). I think they had to use some sort of a grinder to level the floor. All the windows, cabinets are covered with white dust due to this grinding.

Ensuite

Around the kitchen

Tiling now

Well.. nothing much happened last week. I could see very little progress (May be they had been doing something I couldn't see :D). Tilers started their works last friday. According to our SS most of the tiling will be done within this week. So can't wait to see how it is looking once totally tiled!

White tiles and my budget feature strip..

Internal painting and front Pergola

It is just bit more than two months into the build and we are so pleased with the progress. Now painters have finished all the internal works, so it is ready for tiling.

Also the facade Pergola is halfway finished. Initially the carpenter installed the Pergola at wrong height and it has now been corrected. There are some other issues with the facade but I am sure they will be easily fixed as they are minor (naughty tradies haven't followed the drawings). I am getting pretty good at picking defects now. SS is also very supportive and defects are getting fixed.

Facade is almost done.

Theatre room from the Lounge

Paint looks neat

Just after it is painted, we got our pet spider home.

It is ready for painting

We had yet another steady week at our site :). Cabinets are now installed and walls are prepared for painting next week. Bricks are also cleaned and then look neat. Only issue I could see is they have installed a wrong vanity option in the powder room. It should be straight forward to fix.

I received another good news from our SS. CH's window manufacturer has agreed to fix the facade window and it is going to be double glazed. So well done SS. This is a big confidence booster.

Facade: Paint and Pergola to come

Cleaned brick work. Austral Fawn: We expected this to be bit more darker but it turned out to be much lighter. But we don't mind the current look though. 

Kitchen through a window (remember it is locked up :|)

Ensuite

Render, internal doors, architraves etc

We had a on site meeting with our SS. Main aim of this meeting was to discuss the solution for the wrongly installed single glazed window. SS promised us to discuss the matter with his manager and get back to us. I don't have much hope of a replacement now :|

At the same there is a good news also. According to the SS we are good for the handover in seven weeks. Good one. We are not ready.

Oh the water leak is fixed now and SS promised me to fix some of other miner issues I reported.



Some rendering.


Doors are installed.


Architraves and skirting.


Also down pipes.

Gyprocking started, Bricks done! Lockup?

We had yet another speedy week. Got the lockup invoice also :-|. We are not really locked out though.

Facade is getting it's shape. Some rendering and pergola to come

Our own water feature in room two.

Bricklaying, Wiring, Ducts and the First stuff up

Roof is now completed and bricklaying started. From a distance now it looks like a house :). I am pleased about the progress so far. Everything seems to happening in some logical order. Also we've got preliminary electrical wiring, water/gas/ducted vacuum plumbing and ducts for heating and evaporative cooling. So lots happened.

However, sadly... they installed a wrong type of a facade window. Corner butt joint window is a single glazed now. Which is completely wrong!!. As I mentioned in my previous blog I upgraded all my windows to double glazed (except the bifold door. which was bloody expensive). For this window only the frame was delivered initially (because of the heaviness) and as soon as I saw the frame I knew it wasn't made for double glazing. Then I informed my admin and SS and SS told me that it was the correct one. Well.. I was correct. I hope Carlisle Homes will show their professionalism and correct this problem as soon as possible.

I went to site on Saturday and I saw a guy doing something close to my switch board. I was suppressed and I thought 'Oh they even work Saturdays'. Actually, it was bricklayers of my neighbouring house stealing electricity from my house. Not cool at all!

its getting the shape

is this off white mortar? hmm time will tell.

lots of ducts

i love these

problem window