Scaffold Is Up and More Wrapping

Now we wait for the mysterious and illusive brickies to bless us with their presence.(they are booked for Friday.)
Now the house has been wrapped we only need the insulation installed and plumbing finished off before the plaster is installed on the 10/10/08.
Wishfull thinking?????????

The Brickies Have Landed.

After a 2 week wait our brickies have finally arrived and made a start. Yeh!!!
Between a very windy start to the day and a very wet afternoon our brickies have stacked the bricks around the house and layed about 700 bricks.
On closer inspection we are very happy with the quality of their workmanship. Very straight lines, square corners and plum walls are a very positive first step to an important piece of the building puzzle.
Funny how the off white mortar looks so grey at this stage.

On the down side.... The plaster is getting wet every time it rains heavily.

Building Inspection but still no Brickies

We received our building inspection report and the overall opinion is that the frame has been really well constructed which is terrific. Well done Troy. A couple of minor issues to fix but quite happy with result. It will be good if all the tradies who end up working on the house live up to the same standard.

..of course the brickies have to actually arrive before we can judge their work. Has anyone seen one lately or are they some sort of mythical creature????

We also managed to look through the electricals on the house and found a couple of errors that we will be chasing up with our Administrator. Good idea if you can check electricals to plan prior to plaster going in.

Now the weather is supposed to be good tomorrow so no excuses with the Brickie, oh and look - there go those flying pigs again. :)

No news is good news?

Well they say no news is good news - so let us give you all some good news...

We have no news.

No brickies to be found, apparently they have all gone away, never to appear again.
Our CS has informed us we can now expect them on Monday, with that good old "weather permitting" clause. She has not let us down yet through the actual site construction so we will remain positive.

Our independent building inspector will be looking over the place in the next couple of days so will be interesting to see what comes up.

..and we hate to inform you all that Zoydberg too is no longer with us. There goes our theories that he was at the bottom of it all, more likely to be the latest batch of food??

Action Stations

Good News.

Plenty of action this week already.
Scaffold has been removed.
Remaining first floor windows installed
Ducted vacuum installed.
Bi-fold doors installed.
Plumbing rough in finished.
Electrical rough in started.
Plaster has been delivered and stacked in the family room.

Bad news.
No brickie.
Plaster delivery men knocked down the bracing on the alfresco frame.
Not happy with the position of the 3rd bathroom's toilet. It is too close to the wall. A picture from the display house shows it to be the correct position, but you don't notice some things on display.
It is only when you see them in a practical installation that you realise it doesn't look quite right.

We Are Wrapped

Well, the lower level has been wrapped. We also have had our bricks delivered.

And plumbing roughed in.

The next step is the removal of the scaffold, installation of the rest of the first floor windows and bricklaying to start.

Our house has a lid!

Well good and bad news for today.

The good news is that we met with our SS this am and all seems to be on track after a few delays in frame stage due to kinks in the Rowland 41 design. We are of course the guinea pigs so our SS is working it out as he goes along! Seems like a good bloke who is very keen to build a decent home on schedule.

The bad news is that we are down from 4 hermit crabs to 1 - don't know why we lost the three within a week or so of each other. For the kids' sake, we are hoping Zoydberg is with us for the long haul!

Our house got a face lift today with the roof tiles being laid - very happy with the colour and can't wait now for the next stages. SS said plumber and sparkie will start in next couple of days but we are likely to have delays with bricky as he has two jobs to finish before he starts ours. Apparently brickies are hard to find - as DeGaul would attest to!

Some pictures attached for your viewing pleasure...

FYI - we have noticed the frosted glass in the bathrooms is the wrong type - mentioned to CSC and she got SS to chase up. Subsequently, CSC has agreed glass in wrong type but no probs, they will fix prior to end of build - can't complain about that.

Fascia and Gutters Installed.

The Fascia and Gutters were installed bright and early this morning.
I had a call from our SS advising us that the tiles would be delivered on Wednesday and installed soon after.

The colour is Jasper.