Settled!

We settled at head office today and have been handed our keys and some moet!

It's going to be a busy week moving in! Can't wait to post some pics. 

Happy days

Cx

Lead up to Handover

Looks like most things are on schedule post-PCI and pre-settlement, fingers crossed!

Post-PCI fixes completed last week include:

• Porch tiling completed (underneath the door)
• Problematic bricks and mortar have been rectified
• Maintenance have fixed door jams and cleaned them; fixed silicon in main bathroom
• Letterbox has been rebuilt

Schedule for the week include:

• Monday/Tuesday: plumber to realign toilet seats and install missing main bath faucet
• Tuesday/Wednesday: bricks recleaned; painting to commence
• Thursday: house to be recleaned
• Friday morning: second PCI/QA inspection
• Friday afternoon: settlement at head office

A couple of things that have not been mentioned are when the scratched windows are going to be replaced, and also when the storm water pipe is going to be connected properly. Until the pipe is connected, we will not be able to get a drainage certificate and this will delay us receiving our interim occupancy certificate!

This afternoon I rang the bank to ask how our final progress payment application is going, and it's been done and our final cheque has already been authorised so we're ready to go!

I hope this week at least can go smoothly for us! Next week we'll be off from work to take our time to settle in to our first home together.

I've posted some pics from the weekend - smurf madness!

Cx

Kitchen window to be replaced

Fixed mortar

Dodgy external painting

More window scratches

Mortar needs to be properly cleaned under window sills

More dodgy down pipe painting

Both window panes to be replaced

Letterbox - they got the height wrong the second time, but oh well

Looks like the brickies broke one of our storm water drains

More mortar fixed

Relief and an Update

First thing Monday morning, our new Site Supervisor contacted us to arrange an onsite meeting first thing Tuesday morning - thank goodness he did because we were on our wits end and ready to begin some angry emailing and calling to the Head Office!

We really like our new SS, he's new to Wisdom (which is kind of a relief) and he was very accommodating and went through the house and wrote down all our issues and promised to get back to us about them. He even went around with blue tape and marked chipped bricks, places where the mortar needed to be fixed, etc.

He also showed us the schedule for the rest of the build and we wrote down all the dates, so we know exactly what is happening every day until PCI - such clarity! He was even surprised there were no painters on Tuesday morning and followed that up - we had more paint done yesterday and the front door done.

He's also called us back today to respond to all our questions from Tuesday, and he has indeed followed up on our missing garage door, our landscaping, and other things we asked him to chase. I couldn't be happier right now.

So, here's what we are working toward:

• This week - second/third coats of paint, all external painting to be completed
• Monday 7.7 Internal locks, splash back and shelving installation
• Tuesday 8.7 House clean
• Wednesday 9.7  Site clean and Maintenance
• Thursday 10.7 Termite reticulation
• Friday 11.7 Garage door to be installed by end of the week
• Monday 14.7 Carpets, door furniture, driveway formed
• Tuesday 15.7 Reclean
• Wednesday 16.7 PCI
• Leave up to 1.5 weeks for handover

Next week sounds like a big week - there's a lot that is supposed to happen. Lets hope there are no delays and Wisdom can stick to the schedule.

Cx