Container booked

The container has been booked to be picked up on Thursday however they came back today and said that the truck is broken. It will be fixed and the container will be picked up on Friday. This will be better for us as the flooring is expected to be done by Friday.

So now just need to organise the curtains and air conditioner. That should be it for us to enjoy the new house.

Then it pours....

So nothing happens then today the house is packed and I get parked in because there are so many cars there today. We had the 3 flooring guys there to continue the sanding, 4 guys there for the liquid limestone, 1 for the security doors and 2 guys fixing the paving. So I had to sit there and listen to them grumble about scheduling this many trades and everyone tripping over each other etc etc But we could not help this as the flooring was suppose to have been completed last week, the paving should have been done 2 weeks ago.

We put the cubby house up on the weekend along with the newly built ramp and platform. They do go together well if I do say so myself! I do need to finish off the handrails though but having it up allowed the limestone guys to set the place in the right place. Also the shade sail poles were put back in. I hope they are in the right place. I checked the concrete set today and it seems 3 bags (60kgs) for the centre pole is not enough and neither are the 2 bags for the smaller poles. I have 4 bags left over so will need to put one more bag into each pole.

Pictures to follow now that we have some progress.

Nothing again

We now officially have problems with our flooring contractor. After such a good start they have now done nothing due to payment problems with PACE Flooring. After several phones calls, finally talked to Maurice who promised that they would be there on Tueaday (as it is a public holiday on Monday). Let us pray.

On another note, the liquid limestone contractor should be starting the job on Tuesday and finish on Wednesday. I hope that they are not delayed or there is any other trouble. We need to get the cubby up and the shade sail poles up so that we know where the paths will go.

So the past week has been taken up with making the cubby elevation kit and also a ramp so that the kids can get into and out of the cubby without having to climb a ladder. This makes the job bigger however we have been getting through it. It does not help with the 40deg plus temperatures. Well it is nearly finished now and we will be digging the holes for it tomorrow.

Nothing in a week

Well since they flooring guys finished laying last Tuesday, nothing has happened. Absolutely nothing. They were meant to be back last Thursday to sand and seal early this week but nothing. Soooo on other fronts, the cubby house elevation frame has been finished (with the help of the father in law and the brother in law). This will be installed this weekend before the liquid limestone is poured after the long weekend.

The security doors have been ordered. The bedroom blinds will be ordered today. So nothing physical done but the weekend will be fruitful with the cubby house elevation and shade sail poles installed.

Disappointing about the telstra trench as the block took 2 hours to install the phone lines. It looks like the cables were not joined...somehow????

The container has also been ordered and will be dropped off on Thursday 4th March. Hopefully we will move in that weekend! :)

Telstra Connection

The telstra connection has been organised for tomorrow. Hopefully he will not disturb the flooring guys when they are sanding. Let's see if the conduit has been put in properly!

Construction continues

Well, we picked up our keys on Friday. It was not a fancy affair which took just 15 minutes. Our CC ran through a folder of stuff of information and a box of towels as a gift. We got two sets of keys each on Ultimate Homes keyrings so we don't have to cut additional ones. Our CC asked if we would be going straight to the house and Bec said no. I think this did not impress our CC but in our defence we have a builders key and the floorboards and patio is underway so there is still construction at the house so it is not as if we could sit in the house and postulate. Any so the flooring people have now laid all the timber and should be back later this week to sand. Then they will be back next week to polish and then we have to wait another week before we can get in to walk and put furnitue in - so it will be at least 3 March before we move! :( The patio was also completed today. It looks great and once we get the liquid limestone under it, there will be a lot of space for the kids to play. I think they will love it. We have booked the limestone for the 2nd and 3rd March as this is the earliest that they can do it.
The crossover application to City of Stirling came back with a fail. The crossover does not meet their specifications and our CC is looking into this for us.

Keys Friday

WE GOT A CALL TODAY TO ARRANGE FOR KEY HANDOVER. SO FRIDAY MORNING, WE PICK UP OUR KEYS!!!!!!!!!!