Over the last three days, my Mum and I moved in and things have happened to complete the house. One of my best friends was lovely and came and stayed with us from Friday night and returned home yesterday, as she lives a few hours away. One of my Mum's brothers and his wife also came and helped with some flat pack stuff and unpacking on Saturday morning.
The floors were finished last week with the carpet installed due to a traffic accident at Moorebank holding up the Lockwood team, so the carpet was installed on Thursday morning.
New furniture and beds were delivered on Thursday and Friday, and most of the flat pack stuff was assembled by myself and my best friend over the weekend, well except for the glass disaply cabinet from Ikea, which will stay in its box pending the spot it will be sitting in being emptied after all the boxes being removed. I love having a cordless power drill as this made assembly easier where a screwdriver was needed. The one I bought was under $40 from Bunnings, took 5 hours to charge, as per the instructions, and was a ripper.
Without changing the ongoing challenges, Saturday was the day a removalist was booked for 12pm to collect and transport all our stuff from the old place to the new. They called to say they were running late and would arrive at 3pm. They called again to reschedule for Sunday 9am.
Twenty past 9, no show. I called and they said they were having problems contacting the guys on the road. 10am, still no removalists, so I tried to call again - but they blocked my call!!! My friend tried from her mobile, tried from the house phone, got my Mum to try, and all to no avail. Just a message saying "the number you are calling is unavailble - please try again later". Thanks Telstra lady.
So I jumped online and contacted a few different companies, who said they don't work Sunday's or were booked. About half a dozen later I contacted A2A Removals, advertised as available 7 days, two men and a truck up to 10 tonne. They were FANTASTIC - eager to have the work, booked me in straight away, charged $65 per hour plus a fuel surcharge for Spring Farm, and in total was $325 cash in hand for just over 3 hours work. I would absolutely recommend them as they took great care, were happy to move everything I asked no matter shape and size, and made every effort to put things exactly where I wanted them after. Call them on 9789 2688.
Appliances installed Monday morning, and that went smoothly. I am very impressed with the alarm system, which I can switch on and off with the same remote for the garage doors.
After a weekend of rain, the yard is a mud pit so this morning I ducked off to Bunnings and grabbed some 300 x 300 pavers for $3.54 each and dropped them a step apart, making a path from the kerb to the front door. The guys from Wynstan arrived and I left them with my Mum installing the screens and blinds.
Pictures to come as the phone and net aren't in until Thursday. No TV until tomorrow as there is no reception. Waiting to hear about the driveway as the application is with Council. Still negotiating with the neighbours about fencing as I want all 3 sides done at the one time, but two neighbours are still works in progress, so this means negotiating with Mirvac too, but as a whole heaps of homes are within months of completion I am aiming to get a lot of the street on-side for one fencer and have it all done at once.
