It's all happening this week! Spoke to the SS today and he said the plumber was there, and was also fixing up that dreaded Bedroom 2 pipe - it is indeed for the plumbing and electrical for the kitchen island bench and the measurements were stuffed up when the plumbing was done before the slab went down. All good though, as long as they fix it correctly and it doesn't hold anything up - our SS said it won't hold anything up, it is pretty much almost fixed now anyway. They just need to re-do some of the Kordon termite barrier for the area which had been organised already.
Tomorrow the electrician is scheduled to be there, and the eaves should be done tomorrow as well. Gyprock to be delivered on Thursday and they MIGHT start putting it up on Friday, though this may not happen as they are apparently a little bit behind with their jobs, but we will wait and see. As a result of the gyprock potentially going up on Friday morning, we are having our electrical walk through on Friday morning at 7am, as the gyprockers would start at 7:30am if they are to be there on Friday. That would have worked out perfectly if I was at work, as the house is 5 mins from my work and I start at 7:30am every day so the walk through before work would have been ideal BUT Vas and I put in for a day off that day so no sleep in for us haha. But all worth it, at least I get to drive past work on the way to the house and not have to go in! Haha :)
I also asked our SS about the report I sent through to him yesterday as a result of our Private Inspection last week and I was pleasantly surprised when he said he was already onto it! He has already addressed some of the issues (such as cleaning out some of the wall cavities) and is in the process of getting the rest of the issues sorted. Very happy :) Iain is great!
Vas and I have started turning our attention to the big retaining wall we will need to do in the back yard as well as on one of the sides. We are going to try get started when we are at lock up stage, but first we need to get council approval as it is going to be more than 600mm high. We have also had to engage an Engineer as it will also exceed 1 meter in height. He was going to go past this afternoon to check it out on his way home as he lives near the area so hopefully I will hear back from him tomorrow, we really want to get moving as we will lose a bit of time with having to go through council. The reason we are in a rush is the vacant block of land behind us is about to register any day now, so they could start building soon, it would be great to get this done whilst we have access around the back as it is going to be a big job with quite a lot of dirt to excavate, not to mention the delivery of the many many masonry blocks that will be required. Ohhhhh this is going to be a very expensive exercise! Anyway, looking forward to hearing from the Engineer tomorrow, as he was going to give us a cost on drawing up plans / specifications, which from speaking to other people can cost around $1000 just for that.
Our friend will do the retaining wall, he said to save on labour though, he can lay the footings and the bottom blocks and Vas can lay the rest, so we will probably go for this option to save a little bit more money, and I am sure we will have some help from others too :) after visiting Amber Tiles & Pavers yesterday and talking about all the work to be done, the salesman made a great point - when we are sitting in the beautiful backyard when it is all complete, having a drink, it will all be worth it!
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