Alkira Homes "The Sienna" KDR Ryde (NSW) - complete

Wow your brickies are hard working! Looks like they are on a mission to finish up ASAP and move on to the next job. At this rate, you will be locked up in no time!

and it sounds like you have more photos to share...

ok .. finally back so I can post with pictures. To be honest I did not expect that they would be working on a Saturday. I know that they get paid for the work regardless of time frame. So if it is poor weather I reckon it is the worst possible scenario.

Like I said on a prior post, I drove by this morning all psyched up to take photos but they were working! .. I don't really like to be kinda in their face while they work and I'm certain they don't mind but what seems like a few minutes could be a long time just standing there watching the work and looking at the house!! ...

These guys are hard workers!! .. 7am to 5pm would be their day! (I was there just after 5pm thinking they would have left, I had to rush across the road to the liquor store and buy a slab of beer to thank them. yes across the road from my place are a series of shops pizzeria and liquor being the important ones for me. the other ones are a cafe, pathology, local GP, physio and convenience store) and I really appreciate the efforts they are putting in to get the job done (its a 2 way street right?). Its also one of those situations where you don't know how good some people are until they are gone! ... The fact that I pay a little more to Alkira doesn't mean too much but the people and trades that work for them and who put in huge efforts I really hope they are well looked after! ... the quality of their work to my untrained eye is of an extremely high standard!

I also found out about the concrete steps, the brickies will be creating the wall for the steps!! ... Perfect! ... I hope I'll have photos of that early next week. They are really hoping the fencing team I got will get rid of the wall within the time frames agreed so they can keep going. If not, I don't believe they will be happy because it slows them down and again they get paid for the job regardless of duration.

I know the photos are hard to see but they've bricked up the pillars at the front of the house! .. (front of picture and middle of picture) as well as finishing off the bottom of the windows (no idea what you called those angled down bricks)
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not that it is easy to see (was in a rush to take the photos and go) pillar and window complete at ground level / person height level
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the alfresco has a pillar too! .. also the rear windows have the bricks so at ground level all the windows are complete and its upwards we go!!
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I was observant enough from the few times I was there what they were drinking during their down time. Casually mentioning that I'd buy them a drink and said whether what they were drinking was ok and then buying the full slab.

Hi raina

sure will .. hope my time line post can keep up! .. I am guessing that the photos will be slowing down at lock up and everything is done internally where I can not access. Externals easy on a corner block

Thanks sheilzy... can't fault them on the quality.. their off the cuff comment was"some of the owners rock up and watch but never speak to them as if tradies are beneath them"... i believe the people doing the work are the ones you look after ... conversation goes on and on .. but in summary not many tradies take pride in the work they produce especially if they get the apprentices to do the work ..