Update - 3rd August 2017

Latest update -

Brickies came back 2/8 to do some finish off, and I confirmed that the vandalised bricks were all fixed.

Morning of 3/8 the carpenters were back, and they were fixing the roof trusses on.

Bricks update -31st July 2017

Checked the site on Friday 28th July - noted the following -

- the brickies had finished the window sills, and finally installed the entrance overhead support beam.
- the brickies had finished the LHS wall to second level
- vandal-damage remains intact. Assume this will be fixed once scaffolding comes down
- the brickies had tidied up the site, broomed the floor and tossed all rubbish into a gigantic pile at front of property

- site is now ready for next step - either plumbing, weatherboard, or ceiling strut installation (requires a crane)
- I'd assume there is a rubbish pickup scheduled, as there are 3 pallets of bricks in the way of everything

- stairs remain to be built

Scaffoding - 17th July 2017

Saw the the scaffolding guys this morning, unloading all the bits and pieces for the scaffolding, so the brickies and carpenters can continue their fine work.

Brick-work update 13th July 2017

Apparently some vandals had a crack at each corner of the house, destroying some of the lower bricks. Police were called by Masterton. No notification to us by Masterton, except that I saw the Police car arrive to interview the neighbours (morning of 11th July).

Had a look - the damage seems replaceable. It would've taken fair effort though and would've made some noise. Neighbour tells me that this happened overnight.

Brick-work as of morning 13th July is all up to first level.

I noticed the brickies had tidied up a lot of their mess, so I think this means we will see other trades like plumbers and very likely the scaffolding will go up so they can continue on the next level.

After that, we'll see roof trusses fitted.

Bricks update - 11th July 2017

Brickies were onsite Friday 7th, Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th.

Electricians (Steve Thompson) have now connected the site to single-phase power. Makes it way easier for the trades to work (and quieter, for the neighbours).

Brick phase update - July 2017

Brickies onsite Friday 30th June and Saturday 1st July.

The gas plumbing was also completed on 1st July, in copper - last time it was copper only at the point, but this time copper from input to point with no plastic.

The gas lines had to be installed prior to bricking commencing on RHS of house.

Brickies onsite Monday 3rd July and Tuesday 4th July.

Water leak noticed on the evening of 3rd July. Notified SSC.

Brick work completed to shoulder height around most of building.

Bricks phase - end June 2017

Bricks were done to termite / water-line on 21st June 2017

Termite (graniteguard) was installed on Friday 23rd June 2017

Rocks were dumped on the driveway to stop mud-slides on Monday 26th June 2017

No work noted 27th or 28th June.

Frame Update - 16th June 2017 and prior

Update 14th June 2017 - 



Update 15th June 2017 - cover over stair-well (for safety, I guess)

Only activity today was to install a cover of sorts over the stair-well.

Update 16th June 2017 - bricks arrived!

Bricks were delivered today, around midday.

Frame Update - 1st June 2017

Well, the carpenters finally reunited, er.. I mean turned up on 31st May.

This is after we found out that not only our Site Supervisor but the Office Coordinator left.

The new Site Supervisor advised that there was a legal issue with the original carpenter, in that they had started work and were obliged for some sort of payment.

Then on 1/6 we received a letter saying we have yet another Site Supervisor. Crazy days!

Anyway, all sorted now, and new carpenters have started work. Some photos below.

Update from 2/6, bottom level complete, awaiting delivery of upper frame.

30/5 -

View from front, and the carpenter's van

  

RHS front window, and laundry to left


  

hallway to laundry, and rear sliders

    

dented rear slider, and kitchen area

  

first ceiling joists are in, plus the flooring has been lifted to 1st level

  

view of media room, and the home theatre room at RHS of house

  


1/6 -

garage LHS, and front view

  

window inside pantry

rear view to kitchen and lounge


  

view from rear, and view from LHS (from rear)

  

Hallway and to front door

  

front door, and RHS from front

  

Frame update - 26th April 2017

Update 31st March 2017 - Window frames arrive

They laid them all over the mud front yard. Not great. Damaged the door frame a bit in the process.

 
Here's some pics of the layout -

Here's a pic of the front door jamb, and the cable conduit specs -

Update 10th April 2017 - Fence falls over

Damaged the alfresco sliding door when the fence fell on it, as well as one of the larger windows. Masterton have agreed to replacing the door at their cost.

Here's where the fence hit the door frame

 
And here's the window (large) and a piece of the door runner that I found in the mud -

Update 18th April 2017 - Frame gets constructed

Truck turns up in the morning. Frame as constructed by the night. No ceiling trusses as yet -

Side view from garage, then view from media room out -

Panoramic of the back room including kitchen -

Hallway, and another shot of the door frame after the fence was replaced -

Shot from outside to the media room -

Update 19th April - 26th April 2017 - no activity at all

No-one has been back since that first day of activity. And the weather has been perfect every day.

Frame delivered - 27/03/2017

Some more updates -

On Friday 24/3, the Steve Thompson electrics guys finished the underground electric work, and installed a private pole. You can see that they ran two conduits, one for NBN and one Optus HFC, as requested -

Here's the tail to the fusebox, and the NBN, Optus runs -

I couldn't access the slab, so this is first time I've seen where the second drain went. Rear, RHS -

Sometime on 27th March, the frame was delivered -

Here's a cool print-out of the flooring slats - could be useful later -

Arrived for a look this morning (28th March) and found this (I'll make short work of it) -