The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Mixed feelings coming out of this week. 

The good:

Our SS has been great following up on things. This week saw:

- door furniture installed

- kitchen splashback installed

- shelving installed

- mirrored robe doors switched over

- ensuite shower door installed

- towel rails and toilet roll holders installed

- diamond grill sliding door to alfresco installed

- garage door [finally] installed yay!

- scaffolding removed

- termite reticulation installed

The bad [and the ugly]:

Crooked Kitchen

So...during the week I was looking down at the tiles behind the kitchen island. I proceeded to notice that the tiles weren't even/uniform...and soon realised that this was because my kitchen island has been installed on an angle! My kitchen is crooked. I took a laser measure and made sure the next day, and it is out by 25mm - an inch!

We told our SS and he had the kitchen installer come out on Friday to take a look. Apparently he was sick to his stomach when he saw it and they will be ripping up tiles and fixing it up next week. 

Although I'm not happy this happened, I'm glad our SS sorted it out straight away and that Timpelle Kitchens are sorting it out ASAP. I don't think our last SS would even have called the kitchen people to have a look!

This is setting us back another week now with the kitchen taking 3 days to fix and the rest of the week to redo the tiling. So no PCI this week. 

Gas Connection Delay

Supposedly we are having the driveway formed and poured next week, however our SS says that AGL have asked for 2 wk lead time for a new connection. So that means we can't have the driveway poured until the gas is connected, and it also means we won't be able to have PCI until the gas is connected. 

Leaks

Apparently there's a leak from the ensuite shower that the waterproofer is looking at this week. 

We also noticed that under the kitchen sink water has pooled in the cupboard which is started to warp the bottom shelf. Hopefully they've seen this and fix it. I'm also hoping they change that cupboard now...

Missing Powerpoint in theatre

We are supposed to have a ceiling mounted powerpoint in the theatre for a projector and I realised they installed an air con vent where I had marked it to be. Our SS asked our electrician about it who said that it wasn't on our electrical plan. We've resent our clipsal plan where it is shown so they'll have to fix that.

Plan for the week:

- waterproofing

- kitchen fix

- re-tiling

- driveway outline

Cx

External finally complete! Scaffolding removed

Garage door installed - timbertone

Splashback installed

Splashback and caesarstone over sill to meet window

Kitchen leakage under sink

Cloak Room shelf and rail installed

Storeroom shelving

Pantry shelving installed

Pantry shelving perfectly level

Alfresco flyscreen doors installed

Linen wire shelving installed

Shower door installed, towel rail to be moved onto wall

Mirror smart robe doors moved to each end of WIR

The WIR behind feature wall - three sets of two doors...

Robe shelving installed in main

Termite reticulation system installed

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