27-08-10 Roof and Bricks Finished

YAY! This is a long awaited day. A nice winter afternoon and when I went to check the house is ready for the independent inspection scheduled for this week coming, I was very happy to see it was. If you have been reading to date I'm sure you agree I had reason to be hesitant. So what you can see below is the portico, one of the garage door openings, and part of the front lounge window.


Below is looking out the front window. This room will hopefully be a nice place to spend time on a cold winter's day as it gets the sun from about 11am onwards.


Nothing special shown here except that the eaves are in and the beading to seal the join. This is looking out the laundry door so the next cavity towards the back is the rear bedroom, which will be the study.


T-R was a very funny site. She was running around like lady of the manor, although I think once the internal linings are up she will be in for a surprise, as she took great delight skirting through the wall cavities. Here she is peering in my bedroom window, which I think will be a regular morning occurrence once we have moved in. The plan is to hold off moving her in until the lawn has taken hold, about six weeks after it is laid, but since I have had a few holidays recently spending some time away from her, my Mum has said she gets very anxious and it might be more kind to keep her locked in the garage when no one is home, and take her for a morning and afternoon walk every day, as she spends her time inside when someone is home.


Also quite impressed with her flirting, as we stopped and got the business card of a landscaping company who we doing a property down the bottom. One of the workmen came and started petting her and baby talking to her - good job T-R, he was a bit of alright too.

Bricks arrived

The bricks were delivered Monday afternoon but the roof tiling still not finished.

Vacant side neighbour's security fence went up too, so they will be starting soon. Will be seeking Allworth's approval to lay the entertainment area and driveway and then retain the backyard before all access is cut off.

Roof not yet complete

The roof is looking good, but not yet finished. The corner capping is not quite there...


and there is also the side of the lounge room, but I am hoping this will be finished Monday.


The other cute picture I caught was of my Mum and T-R. Normally T-R is with me and does this at every occasion she can, even at retaining walls, fences or anything that is raised and she considers might have something of interest behind. So when Mum had her I had her look through this window at another site and lo and behold T-R was in form. Such a nosey parker.

Also turns out one of the back neighbours has to little dogs that started barking when we went to the rear end of my build. T-R went silly trying to find a gap in the lapped and capped fence to peer through, but didn't respond vocally so I am thinking that looks good for when we move in and they will all settle into being neighbours quickly.

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.

Colour Selection

I forgot to mention that the appointment with the CC was about a week after the plans went to Council although the colours were all picked back in October after a series of rapid visits to the tile place on the Hume Highway at Lansvale and the brick and roofing places, Austral, Boral and PGH.

So the choices I'll put in a list in the sidebar, and some pics:

Bathroom tile 400 x 250 Dynasty Mauna Kea Plain Gloss White laid horizontally and a vertical strip offset in shower recesses 49 x 23 Xmen Marchiato Blend Glass laid horizontally (that means as it appears in the picture because apparently some people use it as a border around the room laid vertically, or a strip laid vertically).

Patio tile 'Shaded Hammer White'

The floor is not shown as I purchased a sample rather than take a pic is 200 x 200 Venere Charcoal, which I think looks a bit like slate.