BUILDING update

Lucky girl and lucky parents keeping all the kids things upatairs!!

Hi P

I'm not sure if we are keeping the zinc or painting them the same as the render. If we paint the rainhead on the Dune wall it will look almost the same colour anyway. Not sure about the one of the red wall. Any suggestions??

Its on our list to ask the Builder tomorrow.

I don't think it will be too stressful as the builder is pretty good. Tradies are another matter but no doubt we'll sort it out (I'm such a Pollyanna ).

Gorgeous Dy

You have exceptional taste

Thanks everyone. feedback much appreciated.

As for taste .... I've changed my mind so many times I was bound to hit on a good thing eventually .

We went to the house this morning and guess what .... vandals had come in over night and kicked in all the l/l internal walls and tried to light fire to the bathroom wall.

Idiots.

Builder will have temporary doors up tomorrow so it we will be at lock up.

He also gave us the handover date for end June (4-5 weeks). Gyprock is finished and the carpenters were there today flushing the upper level walls. It should only take them a couple of hours to fix the damage caused by the vandals but it is still a hassle and will cost someone . We also met the paver on site and were quoted for paving.

Next step is the bathroom vanities, then the tiling then painting. We will have our wooden floors installed prior to painting which is a risk but it is better for the final finish of the floors.

Hi P

Water damage is pretty bad and so are the holes in the walls where the vandals kicked in the gyprock. I think the builder was trying to make us feel better by playing down the amount of time it will take to repair it all.

I haven't taken any pics as it is just too depressing.

The builder is going to put up a temporary front door tomorrow to make sure they can't get in again. But as he said, if they want to come back they only have to kick in a glass window. .

He rang the police and reported it and he is stationing someone at the house until the early hours in case they return. He was pretty upset as they only finished the gyprock and downstairs flushing yesterday and now they will have to do it again tomorrow.

I'm glad the kitchen wasn't in . I might ring the council tomorrow and find out when they are going to connect the street light out the front. Trouble is that there is not a lot of houses around us yet so we feel a bit vulnerable. If I know DH he'll be driving out there in the early hours to check it out . Its a nasty feeling.

thanks again P

I'm numb at the moment. With all the stress of moving twice and building we are just rolling with the punches so to speak.

But the support on this forum is fabulous and we'll keep moving forward. I can't believe it is only 4 weeks away before we have handover ... we have so much to do in that short time.

And best of all DH and I will be taking 6 weeks long service leave when we move in to get the house in order.

YIPPPPEEEEE

's ok Bec.

I should probably be upset but to be honest it is something I almost expected.

If they touch my kitchen or wooden floors tho' they had better keep running. They will be safe NOWHERE

Oh man, Dy that's horrible. I'd be wanting to wring their necks

It's probably kids, unfortunately. I'd be so mad, I'd want to find out where they lived and go and kick in all their walls (or use their heads to make similar sized dents).

I hope that the builders can get the damage and the balcony sorted out for you quickly to get you back on track.

So sorry Dy

Naughty kids!!!