Yippee.....we're getting our Final Occupancy Certificate!!!!!!!
The private certifier gave our place the "all-clear", even without the turf & gardens done. That's a relief. We were a little concerned because the tree we had to replace (due to the driveway) was supposed to be planted on our block - NO WAY !! So instead, we planted a bottle brush on our nature strip :




Now we can go ahead & install our AC the way we want it !!!

It's a searing 39 degrees today & will be hotter over the weekend. That has definitely canned any plan we had for this weekend to bring in soil, in preparation for turf laying next weekend.

So the soil & turf will go in next weekend - the whole job done in 2 DAYS - where the temps are forecasted to be in the low to mid 20s. What a relief that will be. But 2 days to do it all???

The aluminium infill panels for our side fence have finally been ordered !!! What a marathon that was, to decide on the style, supplier, etc..... However, they won't be ready for 4 weeks so we've had to put up barricades around the house to protect our newest addition, Mojo :

Not much to add at this point. A couple of pics of paving.

Have only recently returned from a 4 week holiday & S is madly trying to catch up with work at work! Hence, very little time to work on the paving on the weekends - hard at it on the laptop.

Ho hum, this will just have to be a long drawn out affair, along with the fencing!

The utility side of the house :



The street-side of the house, looking toward the front of the block :


Looking back the other way to the back of the house :


Looking from the front entry acros the front wall of the house :


Have run out of pavers & retaining wall blocks. Won't be able to complete the paths for another 2 weeks!

Also waiting for the rain to clear up, to be able to once again 'ROUND UP' the grass & weeds. Hopefully, this weekend. Then the soil & turf can be laid! No more dirt in the house - can't wait!

Not much to say. Just new pics of the latest additions to the house. A very slow process but getting there !

Monday is going to be a BUSY day - the installation of some major stuff!! Can't wait!!
The lap'n'cap side fence - privacy at last!
The rest of our flyscreens - several had to be re-made due to wrong sizes
A few adjustments to our roller blinds
AND the fit out of our 4 wardrobes !!

As I was silly enough to forget to delete the shelf & rail in all our robes, I now have to rip them out!! Unfortunately, the wall is being ripped off in the process, since the installers used silicone? to glue the support rails to the walls! !@#$%^^
Pics of the damage & this is on EVERY wall :






S is sooo happy with me over this affair - not! He didn't want to spend the money to fit out the robes in the 1st place, let alone make good the walls before the installation. Regardless of what he thinks, it's happening on Monday - can't wait.
We really need to have those spaces utilised efficiently, as we have little storage in the house apart from them.
The massive 5 metre built-in storage unit in our family room won't be happening. The quote was way, way over budget- $6,000 !! Opted for a large pantry cupboard instead, as a minimum, which is an absolute must in our small kitchen. So getting the robes fitted out properly was imperative.

Will have pics of the finished fence & robes after the weekend!

I wish I could add some new pics, but we are still waiting for our lap'n'cap fence. Hopefully, it will be installed next week.
We're also waiting for our flyscreens. Hopefully, next week also. The supplier of these was recommended by danma, a Homeone Forum member. Yay danma! The roller blind supplier was also her recommendation.

In two weeks our wardrobes & WIR will be fitted out. The only difficulty will be removing the shelves & hanging rails which I should have had deleted from our build! * rolls eyes*. I just didn't think of them at all.

Have realised, that the wrong ducted vacuum motor has been installed. The only way I know this is that our contract stated that the motor would have an outlet on it for vacuuming our cars. Well this motor certainly has no outlet. Will have to get on to EB to either swap them or give us some kind of refund.

Another issue was that our front balcony did not get the stainless steel rails, as the brickie went up too high. This was pointed out to us & we agreed not to have them. However, we forgot to record this & consequently S only rememberd 2 weeks ago. To EB's credit, they instantly organised a refund of $2,500!!!! Now that's a lot of money to forget!!!

Will post some pics when the fence finally goes up. Yay, privacy at last.

Fence - Part 1

As promised, a couple of outside pics.

This side fence has been more trouble than the entire house put together. Finally, the bricking is complete. We will shortly be ordering rod top aluminium infill panels for between the brick piers.
Also, we have finally found a fencer to install the lap'n'cap fence & double gates joining the brick fence & completing the side wall. That should be going in, in about 2 weeks.
It's just so annoying to have every process take weeks & weeks. Just getting a tradie to turn up is a frustrating feat. Some don't even bother to ring to say they're not coming.





S & his father have painstakingly built a retaining wall around the bakc of the house. It is starting to look tidier. At this very moment, both are cleaning up the rear yard of bricks, concrete, rubbish. So next is to tidy up, level off & bring in the good dirt in preparation for turfing. Yippee!!!!!! Can't wait !!!