Garage doors

The two garage doors were installed on Thursday so the house is truely locked up.  Work will not start again until 10 January - we were unlucky to get caught in the Xmas break.

Kitchen

Our kitchen arrived on Monday and was installed on Tuesday.  The vanity in the main bathroom was also put in but not the ensuite.  This will be installed after the tiling as we are tiling right to the ceiling in both bathrooms.  Laundry cupboards also installed.

Gyprock Finished

Gyprock and cornice completed.  Carpenter has started fitting the doors and architraves. It now looks like a house and is coming together nicely.

Bricks Cleaned

The eaves were started on Tuesday and the brick cleaner arrived late afternoon.  He spent 3 hours cleaning and when he finished I had a look from inside.  It is a complete disaster - there were holes in the walls everywhere - you could see spots of daylight where he had blasted out the mortar. His blasting was so hard the concrete porch is showing the black aggregate. The bricks look terrible with bits of mortar missing everywhere. 

The wall insulation was put in on Wed morning and the carpenters only worked 3 hours and then walked off the job as the house is surrounded by a moat of water as the SS has not yet put on the downpipes, The gyprock was delivered on Thurs but no one has been back to work on the house. 

Roof completed

After a rain interrupted week, the roofers finally completed the roof.  The colour is great and goes well with the brick colour.  SS advised the alarm wiring and electricals will be started on Monday.  Hopefully things will now start moving as the weather will not hold up things.

Bricks completed & gutter & fascia

The bricklayer finished on Tuesday and the bricks look very nice.  The gutter and fascia went on Wednesday and the roofers started on Friday.

Brickwork started

Building is really moving - our bricks arrived on Friday and the plumbing was done on Saturday.  The Chatswood sandstocks are really beautiful and we are happy we paid the extra cost - nearly $5000.
The brickies were rained out on Tuesday so only started laying yesterday.  They are doing a very nice job  and we are very happy.  Now we just have to hope we get some fine weather for the next 2 weeks.