Gyprocked!

That's right - gyprocked! I think it is finished anyway, from what I can see from the front of the house and along one of the sides it looks complete - I can't see into the main living area but I think it is all complete, there was no one there yesterday from about lunch time, and when I drove past today there was no one there either, so I'm assuming it's done!

We did our electrical walk through last Friday and got to meet our new SS, Iain. Great guy - I know we are in great hands and I can't speak highly enough of him. Nothing is an issue. We had discovered some offensive graffiti on the floor of our theatre room and he cleaned it up after we left from our electrical walk through, he even sent a pic of the clean floor! The only issues at electrical walk through were:

1. We should have 2 x double power points in main living area TV pop out and 2 x double power points in our theatre room (there was only 1 x double power point in each area) and;

2. The data cabling was overlapping some of the electrical cabling which could have caused future internet interference not to mention other potential issues - Iain simply grabbed his ladder out of the car and fixed it up for us on the spot, too easy!

Other than that, all was good!

On the down side, there have been many reports in our estate of hot water systems being stolen - HEAPS. It's getting really out of hand actually, they are so brazen - stealing from occupied homes as well, even in broad daylight! So I am looking into ways we can try and secure ours when the time comes to have it installed. I have heard you can get covers / cages to bolt onto the wall, might even look at getting a security camera for that side of the house (maybe even a "Beware Of The Dog" sticker! I'm sure our two little mini foxies could give them a run for their money anyway!). Only sucky thing is we probably won't have our fence up straight away so the cover / cage and possible security camera will have to suffice to begin with. It's all well and good to claim the stolen goods through insurance but then the excess / premium goes up. MJH are now opting not to install the hot water systems until appliances go in around handover time which is wise.

So, can't exactly remember what is next on the agenda when it comes to the house but I am sure we will see in good time. We have an Engineer meeting us on Saturday at the house so he can start looking into drawing up a plan for us to submit to council for our retaining walls. The past week or so has been the most frustrating time, been going around in circles with Council and Engineers - however we have found a fantastic Engineer who has been so willing to help and the fact he is willing to meet us on a Saturday speaks volumes to me, so hopefully we will start getting somewhere with it now! We have been dealing with William from MSL Engineers (highly recommend for those in the Illawarra who will need Engineering input for any retaining walls you plan on doing!) http://www.mslengineers.com.au/

Carmel from Stockland also came through for us yesterday as we had to obtain a copy of the 88b and DP for both Stage 9 and Stage 1 (we are Stage 9 in our estate, however the block backing onto us is Stage 1 and the retaining all is situated in the Stage 1 DP). Carmel sent this through straight away which we really appreciated.

Bye for now!