It is honestly true!! Time has actually stood still! Well, at least that's how it's feeling at the moment. Haven't been able to get into the house lately, but in just two sleeps we'll have our official 'Practical Completion Inspection' and I'll be able to see the 'practically complete' house in all its glory.
The mystery of the missing loo has been solved. Apparently it was off-centre so they had to take it and a few tiles out and redo it all. This meant the independent inspection which was due to take place on Friday, was put back 'til Tuesday. Now DH and brother-in-law were busy putting up the new fence on Tuesday and didn't see any inspector, so I can only hope that it was done today. Someone has definitely been in though, 'cos the little sticky notes have reappeared all over the place. Obviously things that need to be tidied up.
We've been informed that the rear roller door for the garage was never ordered so there will be a 'slight delay' for that. SS is amazed that they use two different suppliers for the two different doors - not his fault, he wasn't there at the time. It's going to be very difficult to move if we can't store all those boxes securely in the garage for a while. Luckily, we have our present house until July 3 so it doesn't all need to be moved in one day.
Our carpet is in and looking pretty good, as all new carpet usually does. The colour is 'Brown Earth', but it looks pretty grey to me. I'm very happy with it anyway. It seems to blend in well with the rest of the colours.
You may be interested to know that I have painted my two glass samples, and both look surprisingly similar and pleasantly purple, without a hint of blue! I will make sure I take these to SS. I still have to get in and put them up against the splashback to see the difference the shadows of the cabinets make, but I am now 95% certain that the wrong colour was mixed for my splashback!!!
I have been very busy over this last week trying to organise everything else that goes with building a new house. I've ordered the TV antenna, booked in to have the phone disconnected/reconnected, booked the concretor and the moving van. Unfortunately, my 'blind' man has reneged on me and tells me his supplier has gone into liquidation. So my second choice for window furnishings has been called, and she's livin' it up in Queensland! Looks like it'll be sheets on the windows for a while.....(OMG is there anything worse??!!!) I will look into those temporary blind thingies, if I have any spare change...Lol!
So it's off to bed now - get another sleep out of the way. J, if you're reading this, good luck with your PCI tomorrow - hope it all goes extremely well and I look forward to hearing the results.
Now for a few pics...
DH and BIL working on the new fence. Had the back and one side done in two days (and only got a little bit wet) The other side will have to wait until the neighbour gets his brick garage up at the back - it will be part of the boundary.
Perfect combination - 6 year old boy and a pile of bricks....
View of backyard - shed and pool to come later (if the bank says it's okay).
Nice high fence.
What I could get of the carpet through the lounge window.
You can sorta see how the carpet blends with the tiles. Quite happy with this.
Well, we are all set to go offline. I don't know when I'll have 'net access again so this will be the last post for a while. Handover is set for Friday (woo hoo!!!) We have a Certificate of Occupancy and the final invoice has been lodged at the bank and is awaiting approval. So if all goes well, we see the SS at the house for a final inspection, then pick the bank cheque up and head down to the PD office for the official handover. Then it will be all systems go - we'll try not to break any speed limits on the way home, but we will definitely be going there as quickly as possible! The moving van is booked for Saturday, but we will be taking some mattresses and an Esky on Friday night and having our first sleepover! The kids just will not wait (and, just quietly, either can I..lol)
