Day 98: 3 Months Maintenance

Had the 3 months maintenance done. Nothing major & nothing that can't be easily fixed:-

The bifold door doesn't latch properly, i.e. we cannot close it without using the dead bolt. They'll get someone to come in & adjust the bifold door to fix this.

The handle for the bifold door is tarnished. They'll replace this with a new one.

Ensuite toilet, the flush doesn't hold. They'll get the plumber to have a look.

Leak from the sink in the bathroom. They'll get the plumber to have a look as well, I think they just didn't seal it properly.

Floorboard is a bit rough on one of the surface in the living room, not sure what they'll do with this but they'll get trueloc to have a look.

Overall, we've been happy with the house & haven't had any problem with it at all.

Day 71: Fencing Done

Fencing was completed last week. We have a secure front yard now for the kids & dog to play. Thinking to stain the picket fence instead of painting it, I kinda like the wood colour. Probably will do it this weekend or next weekend.


Thinking of what to do with the landscaping. Will be very carfeful with what we do because a client & a colleague of ours got movements on their slabs & PD been blaming the landscaping as the cause of that. Will be following their cases & make sure we'll plan the landscaping in accordance to CSIRO's recommendation http://www.publish.csiro.au/Books/download.cfm?ID=3612

Day 60: Shutters

Shutters were installed on Friday, the house looks so much better now. It is so good that we can open the windows & adjust the amount of lights we want, the house simply looks brighter.


Still waiting for fencing to be completed, will never recommend those people to anyone, they are getting subbies to do the work & the subbies simply are the laziest tradies I've seen. Hoping for the front fence plus gates to be finally done sometime early this week.

Day 50: Driveway Sealed

The driveway was sealed yesterday morning. The rain last night shows the water beads on the driveway.

Day 49: Concreting is done

After a long wait due to Christmas/New Year holidays & the wet weather we had, the concreting finally was done last week & today.

Side of the house - plain concrete


72mm mesh


Porch & Driveway


Driveway


Driveway


I'm happy with the quality of the driveway & the director came out to inspect the work this afternoon & he was happy with what he saw.

They were not the cheapest quote I got but they were the most professional & they delivered what they promised. Start & completion dates were delayed by 3 weeks due to the weather, better be safe than sorry.

Day 37: Still Waiting

Concrete hasn't been poured yet. It was scheduled for this week but the rain on Monday plus Australian Day public holiday pushed it back to next week.

The Steel Mesh & expansion joint have been delivered this afternoon, so hopefully we'll see some action soon.

Looking forward to the moment I can park my car in the garage, or at least on the driveway.

Day 27: Concreting

The concreter was back on site & laid the crushed rocks.

Side of the house, behind the garage


From the house looking at the driveway & cross over


Driveway


Concrete is to be poured next week, the concreter apologised for the delay due to the heavy rain last week, they are playing catch up now.