More of "not much".

We are still sitting at a standstill. We have been awaiting the roof tiles to arrive and be put on, but it seems there is no hurry, so the SM hasn't really been pushing for it to get done ASAP.
May sent a message to our CSC asking if we could have regular updates so that we are aware of what is happening or will be happening. In the reply it was stated that we are about to swap Site Manager's (now it will be after the roof is done). Also we were told that there is a wait on our bricks. Apparently Austral have moved their plant (or something like that) and our bricks (Cotham) will come out of the kiln on 12th November. We will then get them onsite some time after that.
We are disappointed that there will not be any real progress for the next 3-4 weeks, but are willing to wait for the bricks we really like (and paid extra for).
Looks like we can kiss goodbye any hopes of being done by the end of the year. I just really want to be moved in by the time school goes back next year!

Um, not much...

Well, It's been over a week since I last posted and the only thing we can see that has been done is that someone (plumber?) has put in pipes where the basins, etc will go. They run up the walls and into the roof. There is also a largish yellow pipe which I believe is the gas that runs in the roof and comes to a hault out the side of our bedroom (to the side) which is just behind where they have put the electrical meter box. Problem is that we were planning to fence all that off so that it would become our backyard, so it looks like we will either have to push the fence back another 3-4 metres or include a gate so that there is access to the meter boxes. I didn't want a gate there as I was going to have garden/trees right across there but looks like either our backyard is reduced to not very much or a gate... I'm going the gate at this stage - but that's a while away.
Matt saw a truck heading down towards our block on Thursday and got all excited, but when I checked Thursday night there was nothing new.
So, no guttereing or fascia, no roof tiles and no bricks.

Through the looking glass

As I wrote about yesterday, we were a little concerned that the sidelights in the front door frame were not what we had selected. After writing an email last night, and a phone call this afternoon it was all cleared up (thanks "C") and they will replace the sidelights later on as they are a special order. It appears that the sidelights we currently have were manufactured from the drawings in our contract, but I remember "B" saying at the contract meeting that the computer software they use only had the standard sidelights as a picture - so the drawings looked wrong, and that we would get what was written in the contracts as the wording overwrites the drawings.

We also have a minor issue with the glazing for our toilet window (otherwise known as a WC) because we selected "satinlite" (like frosted) and yet it appears that they have installed "white cathedral" (that bubbly obscure glass). After a quick google (don't you wonder how we ever survived without it?) I found a website that explained all the names of the different glass finishes, and I was correct in my memory of what it should have looked like. We are awaiting the reply for this matter (but as I said, no biggie).

So yes, we have our windows and doors/frames in. Below are some of the pics - please note, the colour of our windows is Colourbond "Paperbark". It still has some black tape over parts of it.

We were also told during our chat with "C" that the invoice for frame stage was sent today, the gutters and fascia will be installed some time next week, followed by the roof tiles and then bricking will begin. We reckon that if work continues at this rate (and we know it won't) we should be at lock up in about 3 weeks.

Now the only question that remains is where they installed this:

Rip rip woodchip

YAY! This is our house as at 5pm 4/10/07:

On our drive past on Monday (early afternoon) we discovered that they had started our frame. We decided that we couldn't resist the temptation to take some pics - so this is what we found:

Bedroom 2, Laundry, Bathroom, Toilet and Bedroom 3

From the Front

We drove past Tuesday before we headed out of town for a couple of days, and the chippies were having morning smoko. We took the opportunity to hop out and say hi and ask could we please have a noggin put in the laundry for the dryer. The guys were lovely and despite my lack of bribery (beer) they were happy to oblige. We couldn't get over the fact that they were putting it all together from scratch (well, from lots of long bits of wood) - and what a fantastic job they were doing!

On our return this afternoon we were totally ecstatic to find that we not only had a full frame - we also had a roof!!!

This is the view from the end of the court (the side of our house)

The view when standing in the entryway looking towards the rear of the house. To the left is the sitting room, to the right is the doorway to the master bedroom - with the WIR the small room you can see that backs onto the passage to the right. The doorway to the Linen/W.I.P/Garage is just behind the sitting room wall on the left. The doorway at the end of the passage leads to the dining (right), kitchen (left) and family (straight).

And what's more we have windows sitting there ready to be put in.

Some are below:

The first complaint we have with them (which I have to add, we haven't spoken to anyone about yet) is that we paid $750 to put in "Corinthian PMAD101SL" sidelights to match the front door - because we wanted translucent glass and we wanted it all to match.

From what we can see the sidelights are in the doorframe laying on the ground waiting to be installed - and they aren't the Corinthian PMAD sidelights as shown on the website - infact it has a sticker on them from the manufacturer. We shall see what happens...

BRING ON THE BRICKS!!!