Birds in roof space!!!

Our build was smooth, our SS was great, PCI was a breeze and hand over was simple with a few minor issue which was promised to be fixed pronto.

After we moved in a few days, we started hearing birds chirping in the airvents, so we called the guys to who installed the airvents to come by to have a look and informed PD. They can in a few days and informed me that the birds are not in the vents but are in the roof space. The said the birds are coming and going through a whole in the roof.

We have a 2 story house so it was difficult to see how big the problem was until yesterday when we borrowed a ladder and took some photo's.

This must be a design flaw, and should have been picked up while they were laying the tiles on the roof!!!

I am very upset and dissapointed with PD for even failing to pick this problem up in the early stages. I don't know how many birds has built their nests in the roof and what damages has been made.

Still waiting to hear back from my SS and BC on this matter.

This is the only major problem we have, other items are minor but still needs to be rectified for it to be a lovely home.

I'll post some photo's of our house tomorrow. :)

Tiles

Here are some photo's which we had taken a few weeks ago, been busy and lazy at the same time so haven't blogged for a while :P .

Roof truss issue

Just an update on what's been happening. I had been advised by my Building Coordinator a few weeks ago that our roof truss design was not designed to accommodate extra weight for our chandelier to be hung in the void near the stair case. After I pointed out that it was indicated on our electrical plans and therefore forms part of the contract, PD had arranged the redesign of our roof trusses. It will probably delay our hand over date, so we just have to wait.

So far I am very happy with my SS who would follow up on my concerns throughout the build and the way PD has handled our roof truss issue. I feel bad that my SS would probably have extra work because of the roof truss issue but the chandelier is very important :P

I haven't been able to go into the house because it has been locked, so hopefully this week some time I can drop by and take some updated photos.

Render

I went by the site yesterday and the guys were putting the undercoat for the rendering :)  We couldn't go in because the doors were locked but we did look through the windows. *^_^*

We will be rendering hog bristle 1/4 (whitish) for the main colour and self destruct ( slightly darker than CB paperbark) for the brick corbel.

Close up photo

The only clear shot of the kitchen from the outside.

Fixing stage completing today

I spoke to my SS today and he said that fixing stage will be completed today! Have to go to the site tomorrow to have a sneaky peak and arrange an inspection as well.
Next week they will start painting and finish the garage flushing and downpipes.

Here's some photo's of our wider fridge space and the stair case area for those who are interested in the layout.

There will be some plaster to cover the top of the fridge space area.
We wanted the glass panel to go all the way up but didn't realise the fridge space will prevent this from happening.

We are officially locked out!

I went by on Friday to the house and the doors were all locked!!! Even though we had paid for lock up stage in July the locks were not installed until a few days ago. I was in luck though, the guys came back from getting lunch and so I was able to go inside :) 

I think that the guys had installed the internal doors, skirting and architraves after lunch.

The handles where attached too high, it should have been placed at the 3rd line.

Our spa bath had arrived too!













 It's been a while since I spoke to my SS will have to call him to ask for an update early next week.

Stairs

Our stairs are in!!!!

Site cleaned :)

                                Our skirting

Internal doors arrived

Nothing much happening, the cornices are completed and and the vents for the range hood has been done. Our internal doors has been delivered :)

Doors!

Range hood vents

Scaffolding is down

Still waiting for Articulation joints to be sealed for ground floor.

Garage roof

We went by the site yesterday and the guys were starting on the garage roof!

garage roof view from 2nd bedroom window

Cornices

Our cornices has been installed :)

Looking from Lounge to dinning







Study cornices

 There's a puddle around the fridge area for some reason.

plastering started

Our place is at the plastering stage, we had our preplaster inspection a few weeks back and met with our SS for reinspection to go over all the defects which had been rectified before the sheets where put up. So far our SS has been great, very organised and takes pride in his work.

Our 1st floor bricks were cleaned on Tuesday, and our Bi fold doors has been delivered. Official lock up should be this week, will have to drop by tomorrow to check.

wall insulation batts where up on 9th July and ceiling batts where up on 23rd July.

Study room

Sheets up on 26th July.

Kitchen with wider fridge space option

Our bi-fold doors on site 27th July.

Glass splashback

We have decided to change back to the standard green tinge/clear splashback for the kitchen and the galley due to the joins. I really loved the low iron candlebark colour but I just don't like the 3 piece splashback for such a short wall!

So here it is, the re-selection.

Plumbing and electrical started

Have been very busy for the past 4 weeks spending time with family members visiting us.

We did see our SS a week or so ago and was told that the build will probably finish in September! I was shocked!! Really?? How can they complete in September I ask my self, of course I am not complaining but that is really fast!!!. Fingers cross we will be in before Xmas! :)

Brickies hard at work. It was freezing outside!!!!

                   The plaster and architraves are here too.

There's a lot of pink spray paint marks on the frames, some says not level others has scribbles on the boards.

Another pink scribble.

A lot of wires and pipes :)

Garage taking shape :)

A little more bricks here and there and our garage is taking shape. Yay!!

Our garage, wished we had a bigger block for a wider garage :(

Portico bricked!

Our ground floor is nearly completed.

Rubbish/broken bricks/tiles etc was being removed *^_^*

Bricks!!!

After more than a week away, we have bricks, solar panel on, and our heating/cooling unit is installed. Just need to arrange the re-inspection for frame stage before lock up stage is completed. 

Portico being bricked.

Ground floor bricks should be completed by this week.

View from back











It is so good to be home after being stranded in New Zealand due to the ash clouds. Home sweet home :)

Frame stage inspection done and roof is on

We meet up with our SS on Monday to go through the house, he pointed out that we have a overhang problem on the garage/laundry wall side which he will get the engineers to look at and rectify. Rob from New Home Inspection did our frame stage inspection and there were only 7 items which needed to be rectified. I have emailed our SS the inspection report and called him to let him know that I have sent it and ask if he can provide in writing how those items will be rectified and to arrange a date for re-inspection. 

We will be going to New Zealand for a week so went to our site to take some photo's of latest stage. ROOF!

Sun shining on our house :)

View from the side

View from back

Under the roof :) , didn't see any cracks or broken tiles so that's  a good sign.