Almost there...

The gate was left opened today but unfortunately no one was onsite. This meant we were pretty much limited to the exterior and peeping through the windows. Seems like the site has been cleaned out and I can't imagine what else is still outstanding (apart from the obvious garage doors, air con and hot water unit that are still missing).

Front Facade

Cedar Cladding

A bit hard to tell from this photo, but the fly screens are installed. You'll noticed it more clearly on the other photos below. The sleek looking alarm was a surprise considering we never got a choice of where to have it placed. Was a little worried that there'll be an ugly box somewhere.

Garage

Only one Ethernet port in the garage, so it seems like all the data points are being terminated in the study. Don't remember asking for that but I guess the home router would prefer to be there then neglected here.

Alfresco

I find it odd that some rooms the electrician only bothered to put one batten light holder and in others, they decided to put all four. No consistency at all. Guess they figured we were going to switch them out to downlights after handover and got lazy. Probably works out better for us this way. Just wished they would have done this throughout the house.

Looking Left

Looking Right

Hard to notice, but the exterior light points were done. Now comes the hard part of shopping around for a light fitting. Have absolutely no idea what style would go with the house. 

Alfresco Steps

Laundry Steps

Rear View

Front View

The rain water tank was originally meant to be behind the house but somehow it got moved to the side. Which was why we asked for it to be done in dune. The idea was that it was going to match the cladding above the alfresco and not be a big block of darkness out of no where. Kind of look like unfinished work now, but at least it's tucked away on the side. You know what they say, out of sight, out of mind. At least they painted the meter box.

Meter Box

Kitchen Island

This is the best picture I have of the mixer tap and the water filter. With the long weekend upon us, and I know most people in the industry also like to take the three days off in the next week as well, I doubt there be much progress for a while.

Fitting

We had our first walk through with the SS today. I guess he thought it was finally time to meet face to face (we've been contacting over email/sms/phone all this time). Painting is pretty much done, though there were a lot of places that needs touch ups. The feature colour was only to the niches and the stairway as that was what was included. Rawson was going to charge $100 per wall beyond the two (both niches count as one wall) so we kept it the walls that were hardest to paint. 

Entrance

Stairway

Void

All the fittings to the wet areas were also done, along with the bath tubs and toilets. 

Powder Room - Vanity & Shower

Powder Room - Toilet

Water Closet

Main Bathroom - Vanity

Main Bathroom - Bath

Main Bathroom - Shower

Ensuite

The ensuite ended up with two separated mixer taps for the overhead rain shower and the hand held shower head. We noticed this on every version of the plans (DA, Compliance Cerifiicate, Construction) and did request it to be a single mixer with a lever but I guess the messages were ignored. SS also said he may be able to add the extra row of tiles since the shower screen will be up to the cornice. If so, that's another bonus and would avoid us having to call the tile in after handover. 

Bedroom 3

Home Theatre

The strange looking cut out in the corner will be a grate that acts as an access point to plumbing pipes directly above (main bathroom). There was also one in the kitchen area for the ensuite. Was curious what these were so I asked the SS.

Lounge

Leisure

Bedroom 2

Bedroom 5

Study

I did notice the ethernet point here had 4 sockets. I thought it was meant to terminate at the garage, or did I just get 3 extra ports here for free? Most likely 3 of them are blank, only one port was marked with "M".

Bedroom 4

The electricians were busy putting up light switches, batten holders, power points, smoke alarm and sensors.

Hallway

We also took the opportunity to call the floorboard people out to measure the windows for the plantation shutters. However, he did pointed out that there will be a problem with the skirting boards. We had previously asked the skirting boards to be soft tacked so that they can easily be removed to install the bamboo flooring and reinstalled. What we never considered was the thickness of the skirting boards. Apparently, bamboo flooring require an expansion gap of 10mm. With the skirting boards being 10mm thick, there was no way it was going to be sufficient to cover the gap. Beading or scotia will have to be used. The only other option is to replace all the skirting boards to a thicker one after handover (which may also affect the architraves since it's the same thickness)

Paint

Another week without access and again we find the painter finishing off their work today. Seems like early Saturday is the day to walk through the place now. 

Kitchen Sink

Main Bathroom

Good to see the tiler has finished their work

Ensuite

Alfresco

The decking on the Alfresco was also stained. With my dusty foot prints there, I guess they now have evidence that I was on site. 

Void

I don't think the stain here is the right colour, look very light compared to the Alfresco. It's meant to be the same colour. Better let the SS know before they stain the whole staircase in the wrong colour.

Bedroom 3

Dining

Home Theatre

Leisure

Bedroom 2

Study

Bedroom 4

Master Bedroom

Walk in Robe

Is it just my eyes or do these walls look purple or pink? It was originally supposed to be Pebble Bay but somewhere along the way we got it changed to Crystal Gazing (cost an extra $450 in variation fees too). Not so sure if that was the right decision now. In the light it doesn't have any of the tint and is actually just grey, only appears to be the case in the shadows or darker rooms. Still, paint looks nothing like the sample or even from their website...