Where & When

4th December – Our Pool!

Well can’t believe it. I got my wish. A pool, grass and a final occupation certificate. All completed and time to sit back and start relaxing with that glass of wine on the alfresco. Some fun titivating to do. The driveway and side access still need to be done, but currently to a point that we can cope with. Such a satisfying feeling!

August 20th

Well a week of rain and we have a muddy swimming pool due to a storm water pipe bring broken by the pool builder. Ah well, we can’t wait for it to be completed. The pumps are going to try and dry the hole so they can start the formwork this week. Our shutters are due to be installed this weekend so we will have proper window coverings. The telco keeps coming out and each and everytime they say ‘oh, we have to dig the road up to put some conduit so we can feed the Internet and Foxtel cables through!’ We still haven’t got a phone line. The left hand doesn’t know what the right is doing and it is very frustrating when you have a child trying to do Yr 10 exams and assignments. We are also busy getting quotes for the fencing, the driveway and completion of the retaining walls as part of council conditions. We have had a couple arrive, some don’t want the work and others are very expensive. I think we focus on the priorities first. 

July 24th

We had our Practical Completion Inspection (PCI) at 9 this morning. On the whole all good with no major issues. The SS who has done a great job, walked us through and pointed out a number of areas he had picked up that needed to rectified such as gashes and dents in the walls or skirting. We also picked up a few dents in the window frames and some honeycombing patterns on the internal doors which our inspection from Houspect picked up. There was a chip in the laundry bench and some flashing and fascia repairs.

I will attach the Houspect NSW report shortly. It has been invaluable to have an independent inspector do 4 reports for us at a cost of only $1495. Worth every penny.