Wall and Floor Tiling & Garage Door Installed - WK 26

Week 26

Mon 30 Jun- Sun 06 Jul 2014

Tiles were delivered at the start of the week but Tilers did not show up til late Thursday but they sure made up for lost time. With a team of (4) both first and ground floor were fully tiled by COB Friday.. now that good work in just 2 days!!! Tiler also told me they will be back tomorrow to apply the grouts!!!!


Also at long last the final touch to my front facade is done!! Yes the garage panel doors were delivered and installed also today...



Work for the week:-
- Tiling to first floor (Thursday)
- Tiling to Ground Floor (Friday)
- Garage Doors installed (Friday)



For a moment I couldn't help but have a Garage Door color bond moment and Also thanks to the tilers I was able to snap up some of the tiling work done





Mon 30 June - Tiles delivered  - Day 130
 Delivery: Tiles were delivered at 7am this morning



Tue 01 July - No WORK - Day 131




Wed 02 July - No WORK - Day 133
Its been (3) weeks since I have had a status update from Admin, thought they have forgotten me



Weekly Contract Admin status update:-
Tiles have been delivered to sight and Tiling to commence sometime this week. The forecast is to have fit off  booked once tiling is complete.




Thu 03 July - First Floor / Balcony Tiling  - Day 134
At long last we had the Tilers on sight today. Think they must have started tiling to the first floor as we couldn't see anything looking through the windows but we can only assumed based on the empty tiles boxes and tile off cuts thrown near the sight case bins




Fri 04 July - Ground Floor Floor Tiling/ Garage Panel Door Installed  - Day 135
At long last the final touch to my front facade is done!! Yes the garage panel doors were delivered and installed today...
For a moment I couldn't help but have  a Garage Door color bond moment 

Also thanks to the tilers I was able to snap up some of the tiling work done
With a team of (4) tilers (excluding the feature strip wall tile that was not delivered) both first and ground floor has been fully wall and floor tiled in just (2) days. Tiler also told me they will be back tomorrow to apply the grout!!!!



And here at the photos:-

  

Ensuite 1 Wall and Floor Tiles

Ensuite 2  Wall and Floor Tiles

Main Bathroom  Wall and Floor Tiles

Toilet floor Tiles

Family Area looking towards front entrance

Family Area looking towards Kitchen Island

Meal Area Looking towards Kitchen Island

Laundry Floor Tiles

 Balcony Tiles

 Garage Door Panels

 Garage (Rear) Roller Panels

 House @ DAY 135 (since sight start)

now with Garage Door panels & balcony balustrade

Fix Inspection & Painting Commences - WK 25

Week 25

Mon 23 Jun - Sun 29 Jun 2014


Besides Painters being at the house pretty much the whole week I thought I post an update early this week so I can provide you an update of my Walk through inspection and  show you some paint work 


Highlight of the  week:-
- Fix inspection Walk through
- Painting
- Brick overhang refill
- Missing Downpipes fixed 





Mon 23 June - Walk Through Inspection and first coat of paint  - Day 124
Today was the day we finally meet the building SS where we got to go through the home with him and point out out issues, which of course I came to the appointment with my  defect /checklist.

Talk about taking work serious, besides just talking about the home and our concerns I really had a hard time establishing a friendly rapport with him. Therefore, you can image no matter how hard I tried just couldn't get 'THE DATE" off him but I did however, managed to get a rough tentative (between 6-8 weeks handover date) so is it 08/08/2014 or 15/08/2014 the day????

At the walk through we managed to catch the painters on sight so was able to snap up some photos of the first coat of the ceiling and wall paint
Just amazing how just abit of paint can brighten up the house soooooooooo much 

Also just a note for you all,  I also just found out that Burbank DOES NOT paint the Steel Lintel above the Windows and Garage Beams.. this was not mentioned nor offered to us at colour appointment.
So for those that have not signed, might be worth mentioning or considering this done part of your tender.  A little annoying but only found out now
Lucky for us though, we manged to get a deal done directly with the Painter that was on sight  . He said will do it together and same colour as our Meter BOX. One thing less I have to be worry about after move in that's for sure specially with this wet weather!!!



 
Tue 24 June - Painting continues & brick overhanging FIXED  - Day 125
After reading other post on Homeone, I thought I mentioned early to the SS the balcony brick pillar overhanging the SLAB  before this gets picked up at Certificate of Occupancy inspection and delay us getting our occupancy permit. (Apparently there is a tolerance of 15mm but mine looks more than that) but SS was quick to get someone back on site to fix and fill this up

Here is a photo of the Brick overhang (some guys digged out the soil and refilled it with concrete)

And here is a photo of the garage slab being refilled ( a touch too short )

Wed 25 June - Architraves and Internal Doors Painted  - Day 125

SS  is slowly but truly going through our defect/ issue list as we notice the missing DownPipe/ Dropper to the side of the garage is now installed. Also the architraves and Internal Doors have now been painted in Gloss enamel finish.

Photo of Downpipe Dropper fitted 

Thu 26 June - Downpipe connected to Stormwater system  - Day 126

Besides more paint work at the house we also saw two additional jobs

The roof plumbers were back to finally connect the downpipes to the stormwater system.

Now no more water pulling into my SLAB and waking up my neighbors  at night when there's rain

Fri 27 June - Architraves Painted  - Day 127
The Architraves and the Internal Doors have been painted.



Sat 28 June - First Floor Wall painted (2nd Coat)  - Day 128
Today dropped by the house and notice one Painter was there finishing off applying the second wall coat. He mentioned that he had to finish the painting by end of this week so today he task was to finish off all the walls and skirting tomorrow (apparently Tilers were booked for next week maybe Tuesday???



Sun 29  June - Skirting Painted  - Day 129
According to my neigbour, the Tilers were back nice and early - perhaps finishing off the skirting.

Downpipe connected to stormwater system

Sewage cover (quite ugly if you ask me)

And also the final touch to my Balcony.. ahhhhh the stainless steel balustrades

Now here for the some of  paint work to the home

Balcony/ Portico Lining Painted

Sooo white and clean hey????

Garage Ceiling Painted (First Coat)

Stair Area Painted (First Coat)

Rumpus/ Kids Retreat Area Painted (First Coat)

Hallway Facing Front Entry (first Coat)

Kitchen
Now you can see the real colour of glass splashback 

Butler Pantry

Sorry for the photo overload today just getting a little excited with the paint work but at the same time its actually making me nervous thinking we have only less than 8 weeks to go , and there are all these other things I have to start thinking:-
- Current house up for rental
- Concrete
- Security Door
- Fencing
- AND ............'PACKING'