So, the mains were connected last Friday hooray! do you think i could get in touch with the site supervisor to tell him he could now go ahead with installing the security? NOOOOOO... left voicemails for the last 3 working days. No callback.
I emailed the construction coordinator who managed to get in touch with him and she said they are waiting to get the rain water tank and drainage done. Once this is done, we should be ready for final inspection. But she gave no estimate as to when this would be done. So i sent a follow up emailing asking when exactly this might be happening. End of this week apparently.
Stay tuned.
I also rang around for a particular type of tree that we need to plant in the front of the house prior to occupancy. Don't know how strict they are but council reqs say it must be at least 2 mtrs high. Flower Power say they can order me one so I will have to follow up on that.
Searching for carpet last weekend. There are very little choices for a cool white interior. We like a charcoal color carpet so now are hunting for the best price for a middle range carpet.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
ok now in limbo...
So we had the first inspection a couple weeks ago as noted in my last post. It was pretty ok, just a few painting spots here and there and couple of scratches on the poly kitchen which will be replaced. So now what you say? when do you get to move in? well here's the deal, supposedly it should have taken 7-10 days to fix up the stuff from the inspection. In the mean time we were to get the mains hooked up to Energy Australia. Easier said than done? Right on! After contacting Energy Australia and trying to chase down the right construction coordinator (there have been several changes in structure at the builder's company), we finally figured out what needed to be done and raised it with the appropriate people. If we had left it with the builder to inform us (as we had assumed would happen), we probably would not have been contacted about it til much later despite several emails and phone messages. Haven't heard about the final inspection time either even though i've tried contacting the site supervisor.
So here's what we're waiting for in order to move in (at least this is my current understanding although our understanding always seems to change as we move along in the piece). We first need to get the mains connected, then its best to get the security in place so at least the house will have some security while there is noone in there, then the final inspection where hopefully all the faults have been fixed, then we need to satisfy certain criteria to obtain the certificate of occupancy. We checked out our DA and as far as we can see, we need to put a house number up, plant a particular type of tree out the front and put a privacy screen on the side of the alfresco. Hopefully this is it and then we will be able to move in!
But before we move in, we need to get the flooring done (tiles on the bottom floor, carpet up top). But we can't do this until we get handover.
So how long do you think this will all take? I had hoped to be in by end of Jan? now I'm hoping to be in by end of March. Remember when I had posted that we would be in by Xmas? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
oh on a positive note, have found a nice porcelain floor tile that goes with our colour scheme, we had picked a white tile previously because no other tiles seemed to go with our cool white walls but the last place we looked had this lovely light grey tile with a little bit of pattern which goes lovely with the kitchen and wall and will be easier to keep clean as white tiles show all manner of sins! Would like to plug Ritz ceramics on Woodville Rd for the lovely lady who helped us out.
So here's what we're waiting for in order to move in (at least this is my current understanding although our understanding always seems to change as we move along in the piece). We first need to get the mains connected, then its best to get the security in place so at least the house will have some security while there is noone in there, then the final inspection where hopefully all the faults have been fixed, then we need to satisfy certain criteria to obtain the certificate of occupancy. We checked out our DA and as far as we can see, we need to put a house number up, plant a particular type of tree out the front and put a privacy screen on the side of the alfresco. Hopefully this is it and then we will be able to move in!
But before we move in, we need to get the flooring done (tiles on the bottom floor, carpet up top). But we can't do this until we get handover.
So how long do you think this will all take? I had hoped to be in by end of Jan? now I'm hoping to be in by end of March. Remember when I had posted that we would be in by Xmas? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
oh on a positive note, have found a nice porcelain floor tile that goes with our colour scheme, we had picked a white tile previously because no other tiles seemed to go with our cool white walls but the last place we looked had this lovely light grey tile with a little bit of pattern which goes lovely with the kitchen and wall and will be easier to keep clean as white tiles show all manner of sins! Would like to plug Ritz ceramics on Woodville Rd for the lovely lady who helped us out.
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