Lock Up and Fix Invoices Received!

Just as I expected, the lock up and fix invoices were sent together! Our CLE sent it yesterday. I dropped by the house and the render on the upper storey was done. My SS updated me this morning. He said that the render was just the base coat and render completion with our preferred color will be done soon. To follow will be internal painting, electricals, installation of heating and cooling and tiling. I also set up an appointment to have a visit inside the house on Monday! Excited to see how it looks inside!

Lock up and Fixing in Progress!

I asked for an update last week from our site supervisor about the progress of our build asking when the lock up stage will be completed. I was surprised to know that lockup stage and fixing stage are happening in parallel! I was even more surprised to know that fixing will be completed last Friday ahead of lock up. That's actually a good surprise because it means our build is moving along fast. Well, the reason that lockup is not done yet is because they are yet to install the rendered board in the first storey (still in progress as of this writing). According to our SS, even if fixing stage is completed ahead of lockup, they cannot send the invoice yet until lockup is done. So the downside to this is that we will receive both the fixing and lockup invoices at the same time. But nevertheless, this is good news. At the rate how it is going, our SS says that walkthrough should take place mid August and we should have the keys early September! More than the speed we are really after the quality, so hopefully they will do a good job. We also decided to forego of the Paint Stage Inspection, but we'll go for Pre-Handover Inspection. Yesterday, we also bought sofas for the lounge and family! That's just the first item we are able to accomplish for the new house. Still a lot more to go.. On top of the list are curtains and driveway...

Bricks done!

It's Day 69 of our build and our blog's build photos are outdated by more than half of what are already posted! I hope I'll be able to catch up on that soon. I passed by our site today and it seems all the bricks are done. No workers are on site anymore but the scaffolding materials are delivered. I believe they will be used to install the foam boards in the  upper floor. I also received today via post the formal acceptance in writing of our builder indicating that all the issues found during Pre Plaster inspection will be fixed.

Second Site Inspection Done!

We had our Pre Plaster Inspection done last Tuesday - 5th June 2012 - again by New Home Inspections. Our inspector picked up again some issues which our builder agreed to fix. I went to our 2nd site inspection last June 7 where our SS showed me the rectified and pending items... Glad to know that the pending items will not stop the plaster works from proceeding and they will be addressed soon anyway.

We passed by the site this afternoon and some bricks are up! Plaster inside are done too. Will need to post new pics soon... last ones are quite outdated.