PCI booked

This morning our site supervisor called with an exciting update!  He said that with the beautiful weather today the cladding on the exterior will be completed, and the tiles will be finished this week.  He has now booked in the rest of the trades, and also booked in our Practical Completion Inspection (PCI) for 10 October.  All things going well we will be settling on 17 October!  That's just a little over 5 weeks away!

Fixing Stage Complete

On Friday, three weeks after we were told fixing stage would be complete, we got the call saying the fixing stage is complete!  There were only a couple of visible changes when we visited the site yesterday, but it was the most encouraging progress we've seen in a little while.

Architraves & Skirting

 

Architraves and Skirting

Finally, the architraves and skirting are complete (and correct!)

Wardrobes

 

Bed 4 Wardrobe

Bed 4 Wardrobe

All the wardrobe doors have been hung, meaning all internal doors are now hung.

Facade

 

Facade

Cladding

The cladding on the facade in now underway, the first change in the facade that we have seen in a little while.

Eaves

 

Eaves

Portico

The ceiling under the eaves and portico has been started.

Cornice

 

Cornice

 

We noticed that some of the cornice above the front door has been ripped off; we'll see what the site supervisor has to say about it.

What it's all about

 

Because I can't resist...

Loves the new house!

Who's there?

The little guy came with us on Saturday, and had a ball running around the house!

Slow progress

Yesterday's visit was a bit disappointing again.  There has been progress, but it's just been fixing mistakes and it feels so slow.  Our site supervisor had told us that we could expect the cladding on the facade to have been completed by today, but it wasn't (although it appears to have been delivered.  We were also told that the architraves and skirting boards would be replaced thins week, but there is still progress to be made on that - most of the architraves are done, however only one piece of skirting board has been set.

No change

Cladding delivered

Old architraves

New architraves