Windows - Lovely Windows :-)

When going through the process of picking and choosing timber windows to our façade came and went several times before we eventually decided that they would definitely get the OK. Timber windows to the façade was something that we fell in love with when we first visited the display home. Another option was the timber corner stop that is a timber post between front and side windows instead of brickwork to the corners.

Safety, Safety, Safety

Scaffold, Work Platforms and Void Protection have been installed. They have put up Scaffolding around the Porch/Balcony and rear Alfresco/Terrace areas, Roof access work platforms and Stairwell void fall protection. Apparently there are several different safety measures for fall protection that are done at different stages during the build.

Roof Tiles & Guttering

Title says it all. Roof Trussses and Guttering were installed a few days ago and now to follow up the roof tiles have been mostly installed. There are still a few areas to be finished and the pointing to be done but it's a step closer to water tight. Apparently everything roof related gets finished completely and once the safety platforms come down the roof will be how we get it at handover.

We Have a view!

As the frame started to come together I had the thought that we might actually get some sort of view from our upper level windows. I was pleased today when I was able to stand on the upper level and see what we will see. Until recently, I hadn't really considered that we might have something more than other houses out of our windows. I know it's not as nice as some but for us it's a pleasant surprise.

Framing has commenced

Initially I was told that our frame would commence on 7th March due to the framing team being busy finishing a couple of other jobs. As it turns out our frame started on 2nd March 2017 because of incorrectly ordered items at one of the other sites being worked on. We'll get 3-4 days of framing work while they wait for the replacement items on the other site. Then there will be a couple of days break while they go back and finish of the other site.

We have concrete! - Slab Pour

After a bit of a delay while Porter Davis made the changes to reduce our garage by 10cm we are back on track with a slab being poured.

It took the slab team the day before to finish off the slab setout. They work quickly installing all of the side boards, plastic liner, polystyrene pods/waffles, various steel reo and tied it all off as required.

At this point we had arranged for an inspection to be completed

Neighbour Fence Woes

It has been quite a while or at least it feels like forever that we have been planning our new home. We choose this, that, sign here and there, and get various approvals for our home to be built. Well it seems that there was one approval that was not requested. We planned to build on the boundary with our boundary taking the place of the existing fence. Although we have built before last time was in a developing estate with no fences. This time there was an existing fence to complete any works on that fence requires a fencing notice to be issued by us to our neighbor.