Eaves Painted...eventually

The past week saw a series of phone calls between us and SS, me and construction manager (CM), and CM and SS to move the build forward. The problematic painter was eventually replaced by a new one, who completed the painting of the eaves (in Hogbristle Quarter), and subsequently, the scaffolding was brought down at the rear of the house.

Yesterday, the carpenters put up the roof trusses on the Dining and Outdoor room extensions. Cavity door frames were installed in all the places where sliding doors are meant to be: Sitting room, Study, Laundry, Ensuite and Main Bathroom WC. The Balcony door frames, along with windows were installed too. In the photo below, you can see the sliding door frames of our Study. You can also see a number of round downpipes, close fitted to the house, although they have not yet been fully installed.

Thus, there was progress in the build; however, it is nowhere close to where they are meant to be in terms of schedule, considering that other Metricon customers who had built larger homes than ours (Phoenix 38 with extensions, Nolan 45 with extensions, Whittaker 45) have had their outdoor room roofs, cladding at the rear, electrical rough-ins, insulation, plastering, gables, and even partial installation of stairs and bench tops in kitchen by Day 125 (Week 18) since site start.

Here are the blogs of other Metricon customers who have had much more progress than ours:

http://metriconphoenix38.blogspot.com.au/#!/2013/02/day-119-fixing.html

http://thespadabuild.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/day-122-plaster-it-up.html

http://themetriconadventure.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/100-days.html

http://ournolan.wordpress.com/2013/03/

http://tim-and-tina.blogspot.com.au/2010_04_01_archive.html

Rendering (DULUX AcraTex Renderwall) Under Way

I caught up with our SS over the phone last week to check on progress, only to be informed that more than one window was problematic on the upper floor. Greg ̶ having inherited those problems from our previous SS ̶ has now apparently addressed them, paving the way to move forward with our build.

The sliding door to Laundry has been installed, although from distance, I cannot see any protective covering on them – it is covered with dirt, and I hope that there are not any scratches on them.

Rendering on all elevations is currently underway, using Dulux AcraTex Renderwall, the application of which acts as a basecoat. This activity would be followed by, I suppose, Dulux AcraTex Trowel On Fine, which is a fine grain, acrylic texture delivering a render finish in Gnu Tan coloured, full acrylic coating that should look like the picture below (the picture below is not from our house).

Also noticed some fancy looking protective thingies around windows and edges of walls – see pictures below. No idea what its function is.

Eaves lining materials have been delivered on site, along with accessories (PVC extrusion); our SS informs me that eaves would be up once the scaffolding on the upper floor comes down on completion of rendering. All I have is a whacky photo of eaves lining materials to share at the moment, considering that I am locked out of site!

Our neighbour's lot now has a site fence and they are building with Beechwood Homes. It would be interesting to see how much their Builder cuts and fills, considering that their land was previously cut, more than perhaps it should be, resulting in a lot of fill towards our boundary on the Southern elevation.

Finally, and contrary to previous advice I received from our CSC, we received the invoice for the Frame stage; our financial lender promptly processed our payment request after receiving the inspection report from its valuer.