Building our dream home.. walls no longer bare!

Hi there VJ,

Haven't chatted for ages, but i see all is going well. I have quietly been following your progress, and i must say it is looking awesome!

Can't wait to see the finished product.

they're beautiful tiles VJ, can't wait to see them laid!

I also like the new tile VJ

Can't wait to see how it looks in your new house

Thanks donuts, Bel, Dee and Kryten.

We've already emailed our CSR about our decision on the floor tiles..
hoping to receive a response from her tomorrow.

We're looking forward to a better communication with our CSR.. she rang me 2days ago and we discussed all the outstanding issues that we emailed her and haven't responded for months... she was apologetic and that was great.

So far, we've received the user id and password to gain online access to our building status.. she emailed it today...
and she forward us the building inspection report that was issued by their own inspector on 22/11/2007.. there's no approval yet, as there were still outstanding issues with the frame.
She also responded within the same day that I told her we're going to have inspection on Thursday...

So yes, DH will be meeting Kev tomorrow for the pre-plaster inspection.. 7am. SS won't be there but because the internal door (entry from the garage) hasn't been installed yet (even if we already paid the lock-up invoice), SS said we can gain access thru that door.

Hoping there aren't any major issues tomorrow.. otherwise, another reason for delays...

VJ - house is coming along nicely. How did you go with Kevin?

How do no floor tiles work to getting a certificate of occupancy and your water proofing, What sort of rebate do they give you? Is it worth saying keep the $ and I will supply the tiles if you lay them?

Anne

Anne,

We read it somewhere in this forum that builders need to do the wet areas tiling in order to get cert of occupancy... am i wrong?

I wonder.. who does the waterproofing if we do the laying of the tiles after handover? Will the builder do it and our tiler will just lay the tiles? or will the tiler do the waterproofing...



No idea how much rebate we would get.. we should get a rebate for the standard floor tiles and the porcelain tiles that we upgraded..


Hmmm.. that's a great idea.. but too late now, I guess. I already emailed our CSR to delete the floor tiles from our contract to the Laundry and Powder room downstairs.

About Kevin's pre-plaster inspection, I haven't really spoken with DH.. but he sent me a short email early this arvo telling me that Kev found most issues in the Kitchen, but nothing major as before (frame stage). Kev also told DH that he like our HT sliding doors.. but expensive though ... we also love it!

Will let you know about the details of the pre-plaster inspection once I've spoken with DH.

Thanks for the info VJ

VJ, your house is looking really beautiful, you should be proud. I also love love your stained timber windows. I wish we can get them also but we simply couldnt afford it.

My friend buit with M about 4 years ago (i dont know how the laws are now) but she got a tiler to do all the floors for the wet areas after handover. So I'm pretty sure its allowed.

Hope that helps, altho you've already decided on what to do. haha i thought i would put my two cents in

Your house looks great! Like everyone has said, great colour choices.

Glad your CSR is working with you and communication is better.