Thanks for all your kind words forumites. We are really so happy to be coming to the end of this journey and we know we wouldn't still be 'somewhat' sane at this point if it weren't for this forum
Not satisfied with the receipt of the Occupancy Certificate on Friday and confirmation of PCI and Handover we've moved on to post handover items that need to be done...firstly the driveway...
We went out to the house this afternoon to meet a concretor for a driveway quote. We had this guy referred as he did Cinny's (from this forum) drive way and we've always admired it so we're happy with the work...just have to be happy with the price now hahaha...
While we were waiting for the concretor we had a good look around the house (totally locked out still) and we've discovered a couple of areas where the bricks could be cleaner and had a really good look at the alfresco upper beams I mentioned the other day and they definitely need to be addressed. They either need to be patched up and totally sanded back and repainted or they need to be replaced. The finish is just so rough, to the point where the wood is splitting away so we can see the raw timber under the paint...Not great for the long term I think...
I will keep you posted about PCI Tuesday night...hopefully I'll be able to take some pics during the process
Anyone in the Mernda/Doreen area got removalist recommendations ( I will also do a forum search, but thought I'd try my luck here also)...
Oh and Flaggie, fingers crossed for Occupancy Certificate and a speedy handover