Additional lights installed

Some photos of additional lights installed around the house by Craig the electrician. Very happy with the outcome. Everything line up where it should be. There was one light point supposed to be installed under the eave at the roller door but Craig installed it outside the laundry door instead which I thought that's very thoughtful. We didn't mind the light point to be there it's actually a better spot.

We changed a few light switches to Clipsal Saturn (LED), slimline switches and power points around the main area. We got pendants for the Dining, Kitchen and one bedroom. We still need to get pendant for Living room, Master Suite and other bedrooms.





Slimline switch with dimmer



Media room on low dim light. Supposed to be nearly dark :(



Media room. Still bright :(



LED Saturn without cover plate





Living room

  



Lights in front of niche installed. Our lovely pendant from Doha

Lights under bulk head installed

Kitchen pendants installed



Timber retaining wall for garden bed

Updates

Early this morning we had a quick drop by our site to take out the red lid bin before the bin truck comes to dump and also have a look at the completed driveway. T.N Carpentry came shortly after and he's going to work on the concrete slab on the left side at the back. Decking possibly starts on the weekends.

Things are moving pretty quick than expected. Electrical was completed last night after a three whole day. Craig the electrician did a fabulous job with our electrical and very happy with his professionalism and service. Though he could not install the Antenna on the roof as he was not comfortable drilling through the tiles (he has not done previously) but was pleased he did not do what he was not comfortable with. Now that all the additional down lights are in it looks quite bright when turning on the lights. Luckily we have installed the dimmable switches in Master Suite, Media and the Alfresco which we just need to dim when we need the room to be dimmer. We may need to change the down lights in the Media room to a lower wattage as we wanted the room to be dimmed to nearly dark just like the cinema :)

Carpet Call did install the 'correct' carpet on Monday and glad we made the right colour choice on the carpet. We supposed to have a different carpet at the Media but end up making all rooms the same carpet just in case the other carpet doesn't fit in (colour wise).


Schedule

Interior:

Paint feature walls - Pending
Install timber flooring to main area - Half completed. On hold due to Electrician was on site.
Install carpets to bedrooms and Media - Completed
Install additional lights points around the house - Completed
Install security screens/doors and blinds - Scheduled by Friday 25th July
Install blinds and curtains - Pending
Install kitchen appliances - oven, dishwasher, fridge, washing machine, dryer - Pending
Install Laundry and WIR cabinet - Pending for quote



Exterior:

Fix the damaged fence at back  - Pending
Driveway - Completed
Turf - front and back - Scheduled for Monday -Friday
Timber decking - porch and alfresco -  Scheduled for Monday -Friday
Concrete - back left side - Starting today
Pebbles - back right side -  Completed
Retaining wall and garden bed at back -  Starting today
Side gates -  Scheduled for Monday -Friday
Paint feature colour at porch piers - Pending

Photos from last Monday's big day for all tradesmen...





Backyard is flatten



Excavator on the job



Pebbles poured on the right side



T.N Carpentry on the job



Cutting the footpath



Took them a few times to break this concrete

Carpet Call



Underlay installed



Carpet installed



Craig the electrician on the job



Electrician tools



All boxed up ready for pouring

Timber flooring installation started...

We have been quite busy since we got the handover. Trying to get quotes and organise tradesmen in to do the remaining work around the house so we can move in asap.

Yesterday, we have carpet call delivered the timber flooring and we have our own tradesman - T.N Carpentry - on site to start the installation. We weren't there on site so we asked our tradesman to send a photo of the timber flooring to ensure it is the correct stock and it turns out to be the WRONG stock! The colour was completely different to the sample we received from the store though the same stock code UN0540 written on the box. We called Carpet Call immediately to check with their supplier and it turns out their supplier has packed the incorrect stock into box code UN0540 hence there was a colour discrepancy. O.M.G. So Carpet Call arranged the delivery man to exchange the stock immediately and this got sorted on the same day. Imagine we did not check with our tradesman and wrong stock got installed on the floor. Oh boy!

Today and tomorrow, T.N Carpentry continue on the timber flooring as carpet scheduled to be installed on Monday (by Carpet Call). Hopefully, they will have the correct carpet installed! Monday, we also have an electrician on site to install additional down lights and pendants around the house (due to complete within 3 days) and T.N Carpentry doing our driveway, concrete and landscaping (due to complete within a week hopefully). Will be a big day for all 3 tradesmen.

Schedule

Interior:

Paint feature walls - Pending
Install timber flooring to main area - Started. Due to complete by Monday
Install carpets to bedrooms and Media - Scheduled for Monday
Install additional lights points around the house - Scheduled for Monday-Wednesday
Install security screens/doors and blinds - Scheduled by Friday 25th July
Install blinds and curtains - Pending
Install kitchen appliances - oven, dishwasher, fridge, washing machine, dryer - Pending
Install Laundry and WIR cabinet - Pending for quote



Exterior:

Fix the damaged fence at back  - Pending
Driveway - Scheduled for Monday -Friday
Turf - front and back - Scheduled for Monday -Friday
Timber decking - porch and alfresco -  Scheduled for Monday -Friday
Concrete - back left side - Scheduled for Monday -Friday
Pebbles - back right side -  Scheduled for Monday -Friday
Retaining wall and garden bed at back -  Scheduled for Monday -Friday
Side gates -  Scheduled for Monday -Friday
Paint feature colour at porch piers - Pending


Just a few photos of timber flooring today. More photos to come with flooring, lights and outdoor landscaping.

A nice Saturday morning

Our lovely tradesman T.N Carpentry on the job

Timber flooring delivery (correct stock)

Entry nearly done

Hallway

Kitchen

Bedroom hallway to be done before carpet can be installed on Monday

Timber flooring for Living area



T.N Carpentry on the job

Incorrect timber flooring that got delivered. Got shocked when saw this. Thought that's how the timber we chose looks like.

Of course the correct timber flooring is on the left and the incorrect timber flooring is on the right. Same timber but different colour

We got the keys!!

So the day we have been long waiting for has come. Looking back it has been an incredible journey from the initial thought of never going to build to a completed brand new home of our own design. Though there was frustration and long delay to finalise the contract at the beginning but the building stage itself was much smoother than our initial thought. Very glad we had a great site supervisor - Andy - who always on top of things, helped us, booked in all great trade men and did an incredible job.

At the handover, there was a trademan on site to install the last air vent at PDR and skylight at Media. The skylight could not be installed at centre of the room because there was a truss running across the middle so it has to be installed at one corner where our future down lights going to be installed. That definitely was not a preferred spot as it will ruin our lighting plan so we asked Andy if the skylight can be left on the roof uninstalled as later we will remove it anyway and without doubt Andy said to the tradesman not to install it. We were glad the skylight wasn't installed at it looks ugly and would cost us extra bucks to remove it.

So Andy went through with us every details of the house from how to take care of kitchen bench top to what we need to be aware when doing things near the termite mesh. So it was not like here is your key, congrats and goodbye. Couple of things was good to know and we could've done the wrong thing if was not told. There were still a few minor things which Andy will need to arrange the trade men back on site to finish off next week. Things such as interior/exterior paint touch up areas that was missed, small render chipped at the piers edge at front, replace the window aluminium corner frame at front that wasn't installed probably and install the missing laminate trim at microwave area.

1. Install gas bottle - COMPLETED
2. Andy to advise about the glass splashback - COMPLETED (Will receive a credit for incorrect splashback)
3. Install exhaust fan at PDR - COMPLETED
4. Install window corner frame at front - PENDING
5. Install skylight at Media - N/A
6. Install missing laminate piece at microwave - PENDING
7. Paint touch up - PENDING

Things went smooth we handed over our final cheque and received the keys. Plantation Homes gave us a house warming gift and it was a coffee machine which we didn't expect. So now the keys are finally on our hands and it also means we going to start getting our own trade men in to finish off the interior and exterior jobs. Hoping to get these done within a month but fingers crossed.

Interior:

Paint feature walls
Install timber flooring to main area
Install carpets to bedrooms and Media
Install additional lighs points around the house
Install security screens/doors and blinds
Install kitchen appliances - oven, dishwasher, fridge, washing machine, dryer
Install Laundry and WIR cabinet



Exterior:

Fix the damaged fence at back
Driveway
Turf - front and back
Timber decking - porch and alfresco
Concrete - back left side
Pebbles - back right side
Retaining wall and garden bed at back
Side gates
Paint feature colour at porch piers


Photos coming shortly ..

Final site inspection and counting down 2 days to go!

Our final site inspection was rescheduled to early this morning because there was a miscommunication with the meeting time yesterday and we had to head to work. When we got there at 7.30am today we saw the painters already started their touch up job. They have marked around the house with red and green spot stickers to mark the touch up area. To our amaze, they have marked a lot more than what we could identify though a couple spots was missed which Andy then marked the area for us.

The WIR light point has now moved to the correct position and toilet suite at Ensuite is also installed. With the discrepancy of the splash back colour Andy will meet with Colour Manager on site today to compare the two samples - one with old name one with new name - that she have and will advise us what is going to happen. Apparently, there was a name changed after our colour selection last year hence there was a colour difference. On the good side, Plantation Homes will be sending us a cheque to replace the damaged fence which we going to have it fixed in the coming weekends.

From the outside the temporary fence, bin and the ugly site toilet has been removed. Our weeds at the front also got removed and that going to save us time to remove it on the weekends.

Just a couple of things left tomorrow before the handover on Thursday. Getting very very close now and we are very excited :))

1. Install gas bottle - PENDING
2. Electrician to move the ceiling light point at WIR to centre - COMPLETED
3. Andy to advise about the glass splashback - PENDING
4. Andy to advise about the dent on the fence - COMPLETED
5. Install the last toilet suite - COMPLETED
6. Install exhaust fan at PDR - PENDING
7. Install window corner frame at front - COMPLETED
8. Install skylight at Media -PENDING
9. Install missing laminate piece at microwave - PENDING
10. Install missing laminate frame under kitchen cupboard  - COMPLETED



Bin removed

 

Temporary fence and ugly site toilet removed



Weeds at the front removed



Window aluminium corner frame now installed



Metal mesh thing was sticking out before but now fixed



Future driveway

 

Laminate trim to be installed at Microwave area



At last, toilet installed at Ensuite