Update: It is useful for about the first 6 months from March to September 2015. After that, things went well and truly awry - hopefully your build doesn't match mine in that respect!
Key pre-construction dates
20/09/13: Tender process commenced
25/05/14: Contract signed
13/08/14: DA approved
02/10/14: Demolition completed
Construction Dates
04/03/15 Fence installed, site scraped and leveled.
06/03/15 Port-a-loo dropped off and fence locked.
No works on site for the next couple of days.
Site Establishment: Working days: 5 On site days: 2
11/03/15 Piering holes dug and concreted. Majority of slab formwork installed.
12/03/15 Underslab plumbing installed.
13/03/15 Plastic put down, foam pods and reinforcing placed.
16/03/15 Detailed formwork done incl setdowns etc.
17/03/15 Engineer inspection and formwork levels survey.
20/03/15 Slab poured.
Slab left alone for 4 calendar days.
25/03/15 External stormwater and sewer drainage installed.
No works for a couple of days
Slab and drainage: Working days: 12 On site days: 7
27/03/15 Delivery - frames
30/03/15 Ground floor framing and 1st floor joists installed
01/04/15 1st floor flooring installed
02/04/15 1st floor wall frames erected
11/04/15 Aluminium windows and doors installed
17/04/15 Roof trusses 90% completed.
Framing done prior to bricklaying: Working days: 9 On site days: 4
Framing done during bricklaying: Working days: 1 On site days: 1
13/04/15 Delivery - bricks
14/04/15 Bricklaying commences - setup and 1st course
15/04/15 Bricks - 18 courses to half the house
16/04/15 Bricks - 18 courses completed all round. Base of front balcony piers placed
17/04/15 Bricks - 29 courses completed to theater and alfresco. Front porch 75%. Balcony piers 18 courses
24/04/15 Plumbing - Main stack and waste drains for bathrooms
24/04/15 Scaffolding - commenced
27/04/15 Bricks - completed 29 courses to all single level areas. 5 courses to upper level beside garage roof
27/04/15 Plumbing - Installed all tap points (not connected). Main line run from outside
27/04/15 Scaffolding - completed.
Scaffolding erected: Working days: 2 On site days: 2
29/04/15 Framing - finished roof trusses to main roof and over balcony
29/04/15 Delivery - bricks and sand delivered late in the day
30/04/15 Bricks - fully enclosed front lounge and study on front and right
01/05/15 Bricks - stacked bricks to upper scaffolding and set up lines in between rain showers
05/05/15 Bricks - completed alfresco columns, 2/3 balcony and front facade up to upper level floor
06/05/15 Bricks - completed right side wall up to roof, approx 12 courses above upper floor to front and left side
07/05/15 Bricks - additional bricks delivered, left side wall completed, a couple of extra courses to balcony
08/05/15 Bricks - balcony completed, window sills completed, redoing single garage pier (half complete).
Bricklaying: Working days: 17 On site days: 11
15/05/15 Delivery - gutters and fascia plates
19/05/15 Scaffolding - a couple of hours spent repositioning along the front facade
20/05/15 Roof - Gutters and fascia panels installed
25/05/15 Scaffolding - another couple of hours spent repositioning to front and left side
26/05/15 Delivery - roof tiles and battens
28/05/15 Delivery - eaves materials and a couple of cavity slider frames
01/06/15 Roof - upper roof installed including all hip and ridge caps
02/06/15 Cleaning - upper level external walls acid-washed
03/06/15 Framing - welder on site briefly to put two weld joints in to beams that didn't have bolt holes
05/06/15 Roof - Eaves installed to upper roof
10/06/15 Render - 1/3 of upper facade. Paint - first coat to upper eaves. Bricks - removed extra pillar from balcony
11/06/15 Render - 2/3 of upper facade. Plumbing - 3x downpipes to right side wall fully installed
12/06/15 Render - Upper facade complete
15/06/15 Delivery - gutters and fascia plates for lower roofs. Scaffolding - dismantle sides and rear (front remains).
16/06/15 Framing - garage roof completed, ready for tiling.
18/06/15 Roof - gutters and fascia panels installed to low roofs over garage and alfresco/office
19/06/15 Scaffolding - lower roof scaffolding installed
22/06/15 Scaffolding - upper roof barriers removed and infill roof tiles installed
23/06/15 Roof - lower roofs and ridge caps installed. Whirlybirds installed.
Roofing incl Eaves: Working days: 26 On site days: 7
24/06/15 Cleaning - lower half of external walls acid-washed
26/06/15 Air Con - ductwork and ceiling units installed throughout
26/06/15 Cladding - installed to rear
26/06/15 Scaffolding - removed from low roofs
29/06/15 Framing - trimming battens installed for ceiling, floor plates cut out at doorways, cavity slider to cloak room
01/07/15 Plumbing - rough-in completed
02/07/15 Framing - fixing details for wall sheeting, eaves to lower roofs, additional support posts, bath framing
02/07/15 Plumbing - remainder of downpipes connected, fixed small leaks from previous day
Plumbing (not incl fitoff): On site days: 4
02/07/15 Electrical - approx 2/3 rough-in complete throughout
03/07/15 Electrical - complete rough-in internally, install meter box
06/07/15 Render - right half of lower level.
06/07/15 Framing - balcony floor structure and ceiling battens above installed
07/07/15 Scaffolding - completely removed
07/07/15 Render - corners trimmed around windows above and below balcony
08/07/15 Delivery - Plasterboard
08/07/15 Insulation - installed throughout
08/07/15 Render - inside front porch
09/07/15 Plasterboard - installed (possibly a small amount left for the next day)
09/07/15 Render - small section adjacent front porch
10/07/15 Render - finished inside balcony and around upper windows
10/07/15 Electrical - chased through balcony and piers and ran cables
Electrical (not incl fitoff): On site days: 3
14/07/15 Render - completed lower level
Render (incl part days limited by other works): On site days: 8
15/07/15 Cleaning - rubbish removed from around the site
16/07/15 Plasterboard - sanding back all of the setting tape throughout
20/07/15 Plasterboard - cornices 3/4 installed
20/07/15 Carpentry - stair installed
20/07/15 Delivery - doors, jambs, architraves, skirting
21/07/15 Plasterboard - cornices completed
Plasterboard: Working days: 10 On site days: 5
22/07/15 Carpentry - commence door jambs, skirtings, architraves, hanging doors
23/07/15 Carpentry - continue skirtings, architraves. Complete hanging internal doors
24/07/15 Carpentry - continue skirtings, acrhitraves. External doors hung
27/07/15 Tiling - Waterproofing of all wet areas.
31/07/15 Carpentry - a few more architraves
Door frames, skirtings, architraves: On site days: 4
03/08/15 Electrical - new pole installed, mains cable run from pole to house
04/08/15 Electrical - Meter board installed (circuit breakers only, no meters yet)
04/08/15 Delivery - kitchen and bathroom cabinets
05/08/15 Carpentry - frames for kitchen servery installed, kitchen island made correct size
06/08/15 Cabinets - kitchen and bathroom cabinets installed
10/08/15 Plasterboard - shower niches fixed up, walls through stair completed, various patches
12/08/15 Tiling - waterproofing the shower niches recently fixed up
14/08/15 Electrical - mains connected to property pole, meter installed and cabling connected to back of meter
18/08/15 Cabinets - bathroom cabinets removed for tiling
19/08/15 Plumbing - fixed leak in bathroom, installed drain to balcony
20/08/15 Tiling - underfloor heating installed
21/08/15 Carpentry - Bulkheads to kitchen and hallway framed, skirting and architraves completed, front facade framed for cladding
24/08/15 Delivery - Tiles and grout
24/08/15 Tiling - cement bed laid in bathrooms and laundry
25/08/15 Carpentry - finished cladding to front facade
25/08/15 Tiling - moved all tiles inside the house
26/08/15 Tiling - floors to bathroom, laundry and 1/2 ensuite glued down
27/08/15 Tiling - finished floor to ensuite and powder room, 1/2 walls to bathroom, skirting around laundry, WIP splashback, bed to front porch
27/08/15 Plumbing - water tank delivered into place
28/08/15 Tiling - face of bath in bathroom incl special trim plus more wall tiles. Grout floors in all areas and fix bed around drains
29/08/15 Tiling - ensuite feature wall and half wall behind the shower, bathroom completed walls around bath and the bath top
01/09/15 Tiling - front porch completed, bathroom walls 80%, ensuite walls 75%, powder room walls 70%
02/09/15 Plumbing - connected water and drains to rainwater tank
02/09/15 Tiling - cornices removed in all three bathrooms, ensuite walls 95%, powder room walls 95%
03/09/15 Tiling - powder room walls complete, ensuite walls complete, bathroom walls 98%
04/09/15 Tiling - bath hobs completed, shower niches partially complete
14/09/15 Tiling - topping bed to balcony removed
17/09/15 Tiling - waterproofing prep coat on balcony
21/09/15 Tiling - waterproofing 1st coat on balcony
22/09/15 Tiling - waterproofing 2nd coat on balcony
25/09/15 Carpentry - first floor sanded throughout
06/10/15 Tiling - re-laid topping bed on balcony
07/10/15 Tiling - waterproofing 1st coat to bed on balcony
08/10/15 Tiling - waterproofing 2nd coat to bed on balcony
09/10/15 General - rubbish cleared from site
13/10/15 Carpentry - cut ceiling access hole in WIR, installed trims to stair wall joints
14/10/15 Carpentry - removed tiles and walls sheeting from east side of ensuite wall and straightened wall by forcing over and fixing from above
15/10/15 Roofing - skylight installed
21/10/15 Cabinetry - kitchen stone benchtops installed
21/10/15 Electrical - holes cut and ends pulled through ready for fitoff
26/10/15 Plasterboard - repairing patches, re-sheet ensuite wall, bulkheads to kitchen and entry corridor, sheeted inside of laundry chute
27/10/15 Plasterboard - re-installed cornices to bathroom, installed cornices to kitchen bulkheads, additional patching to walls and ceilings
04/11/15 Carpentry - replaced some window architraves, filled in brickwork holes around balcony. Also nailed ground floor skirtings in properly (supposed to just leave tacked on)
06/11/15 Painting - protection laid out, ceilings sprayed and rolled, inside wardrobes rolled.
06/11/15 Cabinetry - servery bench installed, laundry chute doors installed in bathrooms
10/11/15 Painting - patching architraves ready for painting
11/11/15 Painting - tidying up ceilings, rolled internal walls undercoat (except garage, laundry and linen corridor)
11/11/15 Delivery - timber and decking for alfresco
12/11/15 Painting - completed walls undercoat, two coats to alfresco ceiling, commenced cutting in throughout
13/11/15 Painting - continued with cutting in, patched stair ready for painting later
17/11/15 Carpentry - alfresco deck installed
18/11/15 Scaffolding - front facade erected for rectification works
24/11/15 Carpentry - removed cladding from front facade
25/11/15 Carpentry - removed tiles and wall cladding from west side of ensuite wall, straightened wall properly
30/11/15 Painting - hand painting in small areas
01/12/15 Painting - architraves and door jambs
02/12/15 Painting - polyfilla to upstairs skirtings
02/12/15 Garage Doors installed
03/12/15 Painting - started on internal doors
04/12/15 Painting - completed internal doors, sealed alfresco deck
08/12/15 Painting - general touch-ups, gloss coat to upper level architraves, second coat to internal doors
10/12/15 Plasterboard - re-sheet ensuite wall, repairs and patching throughout
10/12/15 Delivery - colourbond capping for balcony (incorrect colour)
14/12/15 Painting - sanding back architraves, gloss final coat to most upstairs door frames
15/12/15 Painting - first coat to to render on front facade and balcony
15/12/15 Delivery - colourbond capping for balcony (correct colour)
16/12/15 Delivery - most internal door hardware and bathroom towel rails etc
17/12/15 Roofing - colourbond capping installed
17/12/15 Carpentry - cut all door handle holes and recesses, installed some handles, removed extra column of wall tiles in ensuite
18/12/15 Carpentry - re-installed cladding to front facade
19/12/15 Carpentry - fitted more door handles, re-hung balcony door, general tidy up in garage
19/12/15 Painting - new external cladding
21/12/15 Painting - sanded patches from plasterboard repairs, started 2nd coat to internal walls
22/12/15 Painting - completed 2nd coat to internal walls, touch ups to underside of balcony, started on gloss to window frames
23/12/15 Painting - continued gloss to window frames
24/12/15 Painting - completed gloss to window frames and gloss coat to stair balustrade
08/01/16 Carpentry - removed extra row of floor tiles in ensuite
11/01/16 Carpentry - removed plasterboard around insufficient structure in garage
12/01/16 Tiling - waterproofing 1st coat to new ensuite wall
13/01/16 Tiling - waterproofing 2nd coat to new ensuite wall
13/01/16 Carpentry - removed cladding again from front facade
15/01/16 Painting - external doors painted and eaves around alfresco
16/01/16 Tiling - tidied up bathroom floors and brought new tiles into the house
18/01/16 Tiling - re-laid bed to floor around Ensuite wall
19/01/16 Tiling - laid entry tread to porch, floor to balcony, main bathroom walls 100%, wall in ensuite, all floor drains
19/01/16 Delivery - extra towel rails to replace incorrect ones
20/01/16 Tiling - laid skirting and entry tread to balcony, floor tiles to ensuite, niches and windows sills. Complete.
Tiling (incl waterproofing and rectification works): On site days: 25
20/01/16 Painting - painted all downpipes (except one)
Painting (not incl final tidy-up): On site days: 20
25/01/16 Delivery - toilets, baths, cladding for facade
27/01/16 Framing - new steel post welded in place at garage opening
28/01/16 Measure up for shower screens and splashback
01/02/16 Tiling - came to repair drains and other small issues, didn't have correct tiles to do the works
01/02/16 Roofing - new colourbond capping delivered
02/02/16 Tiling - pulled up non-level floor tiles, still didn't have correct replacement tiles
02/02/16 Roofing - colourbond capping installed except for one section (need extra piece manufactured)
03/02/16 Electrical - fitoff 50% completed
03/02/16 Delivery - more lead flashing plus sand to make bed for baths
04/02/16 Plumbing - fit-off baths, showers, taps, kitchen, laundry (all except w/c pans and bathroom cabinet taps)
05/02/16 Electrical - fit-off part of downstairs.
05/02/16 Carpenter - re-did cladding to front facade, straightened eaves over garage door.
06/02/16 Electrical - completed fit-off and connected to mains
06/02/16 Carpenter - installed 90% bathroom fixtures, external door seals, replacement door to under stair
08/02/16 Tiling - pulled up tiles from Ensuite floor
09/02/16 Electrical - tested with bulbs throughout, fixed up wiring and switching issues
09/02/16 Painting - new front facade, eaves over balcony, correct colour to front downpipes
10/02/16 Tiling - re-laid 80% of ensuite floor
10/02/16 Painting - second coat to facade cladding, fix up marks, external lintels, inside balcony second coat
12/02/16 Tiling - completed fixing drains in all bathrooms (still need to grout)
14/02/16 Tiling - grouted ensuite floor and new drains in other wet areas
15/02/16 Roofing - fitted final piece of colourbond capping to balcony
15/02/16 Fixtures - installed shelves and rails to WIP, WIR, 3x bed robes, cloak room and linen cupboard
17/02/16 Roofing - balcony handrail installed
18/02/16 Scaffolding - dismantled from around balcony (but still on site)
18/02/16 Screen - installed shower screens, mirrors and kitchen splashback
19/02/16 Plasterboard - replacement cornices, replacement panel in garage, patch defects throughout
23/02/16 Carpentry - installed external door weather seals, hung replacement doors
23/02/16 Plumbing - installed toilets to all bathrooms
24/02/16 Plumbing - installed taps to vanities and new lead flashing to roof
25/02/16 Electrical - installed oven, installed rangehood (but incorrect height), stove top was gas instead of electric
26/02/16 Driveway - excavation, 75% of reo and formwork installed
29/02/16 Cleaning - initial sweep and scrape of floors. Also rubbish removed from front of site by bobcat.
29/02/16 Painting - painted over patching, extra downpipe and the lead flashing to the roof
29/02/16 Termite protection installed around perimeter of house and around balcony column
29/02/16 Driveway - reo and formwork completed and grated drain positioned and connected
01/03/16 Cabinetry - installed laundry chute door and adjusted all other cabinet doors
01/03/16 Driveway - first half poured
02/03/16 Driveway - second half poured
02/03/16 Cleaning - more detailed to windows, bathrooms (also took panes out to clean tracks)
03/03/16 Tiling - fixing bumpy niche in powder room, silicone all internal corners throughout
03/03/16 Driveway - seal coat applied and saw cuts done
03/03/16 Authorities - Certification inspection done
04/03/16 Carpenter - patched render behind garage door, stair treads floor beside alfresco door
07/03/16 Fence removed
07/03/16 Painting - completed second external coat and some touch-ups internally
08/03/16 Painting - touch-ups everywhere after SS inspection
08/03/16 Insulation batts arranged in upper ceiling
08/03/16 Tiling - controllers for underfloor heating installed)
09/03/16 Delivery - correct cooktop (electric version) arrived
09/03/16 Final internal clean - not a great deal much more clean than before
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10/03/16 HANDOVER
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18/02/16: Handover nominated for 10/03/16
Works remaining as at 09/03/16
- Install A/C fan coil unit and connect (booked in for handover morning)
- Install fly screens (booked in for handover morning)
- Install stove and fix height of rangehood (booked for Tue 15th Mar)
- Fix light switching to garage, add external grill to rangehood exhaust and connect underfloor heating circuits to breakers (booked for Tue 15th Mar)
- Fix garage door motorised operation
- Fix broken external stormwater pipe, punch out through kerb and connect to driveway drain