Kitchen installed, next payment due

I was contacted yesterday and advised that the kitchen has been installed and the next payment is due. That is fast as the last authorisation has only just made it to the CBA.

Despite the fact I go out to see progress on Thursday night's I couldn't stop myself from going there after work, and boy I am so happy with my choices. It was a bit hard to see through the dirty windows in the dark, but with my trusty little torch's face on the window the light inside was bright enough to see. Not much of the benchtop was visible because they have left thick cardboard on it to protect it until completion but the edges look pretty nice.

Wandering around the outside I could also see into the bathrooms and the vanity and sinks are in and the laundry tub is sitting in a bedroom wardrobe.

I might go back tonight hoping to see a delivery of tiles! Fingers crossed!!!

Second payment due and roof tiling started!

Wednesday afternoon I had the delightful call from Allworth to say the frame is finished and the second installment is due. The authority to pay went off in the post today.

My spy on the ground tells me that roof tiling looked like 80% complete at 5pm with just the corner capping to go. Therefore he predicts it should be finished tomorrow!

Going to organise an independent inspection next week for pre-internal linings as I was able to get inside construction the other day and noted a few split pieces where the nail has come through on a bad angle and my knowledge of poor construction is that those nails might be trimmed but the strut not replaced therefore not 100% integrity. Also not likely to spot the irregular bricks and the like so would prefer to get the professional in. Hopefully if the roof is finished this week a brick delivery should be planned for early next week.

Slab Poured 13-07-10

Today the slab was poured just in time for showers to hit SW Sydney. Someone I know who is building on the same block but on Minorca Circuit went past his house today as I let him know that his roof tiles were completed yesterday, and today he let me know the slab was done. He said he is surprised how high it is but is probably as high as I anticipate as there will be 3 steps from the garage into the house.

But just in case I didn't know about the slab it would have been alright because Allworth called to let me know the invoice is in the mail and to ensure the authority to pay is submitted the the lender ASAP. My gosh, I haven't heard from them except for when I called the SS but now because they will need to be paid they are quick on the phone the same day. Mind you my friend's builder had the hide of submitting the invoice a week before his slab went down and he called to say thanks but he wouldn't be paying until they had done the work. The hide of them, seriously.

I was out with a friend for lunch today and because of the rain there was no point trying to get out to SF by dark, so tomorrow I'm going to take pics and post them later.