Finally some sunshine! Photo update...

Finally some sun has been shining and I could get out to take a photo of our completed landscaping and walls.

We met our next door neighbours (who very kindly came around to pay us their portion of the fence before it even went up!) they are starting their build soon with Allcastle Homes and are a very nice couple with a toddler. It's nice to see lots of couples who built around us are of similar age to us with kids either a little older or younger than ours. I can see all our kids forming neighbourhood friendships in the coming years!

Blinds have been installed (missing the ones that side our alfresco area though!) and we are just waiting on our gates to arrive this week now.

Front stairs are tiled, we are finally getting there.....

We are starting to get there, it's been just over a month since we moved in all of the landscaping is done, the fencing begins next week, waiting to confirm our blinds installation, our SS was back this week to make a list of things to follow up (including lots of external paintwork that wasn't done before handover!) and our front stairs were tiled yesterday.



Here is a photo of the front entry stairs, they still need to be cleaned, but we picked a sandstone looking tile to match the sandstone capping we have, the tiler did a great job! Photos of the inside to come after our blinds are installed....

It's ours, let the mayhem of moving at Christmas time begin!

What a great Christmas present for us, to be moving into our new home, there are still a few things to be done but given the last minute rush to get it finished, I am surprised we had handover before Christmas.

Here are some photos taken today:

Landscapers laid some grass for us today, but the rain delayed the backyard being laid.

Front stairs and letterbox....

The brickies were in today to do the front stairs and our letterbox, we are still holding our breath for the occupancy certificate, without this our lender won't release the final payment. We also need this stupid rain to go away, so the external painting can be completed tomorrow!

Balcony columns.......

Here is a photo of the balcony columns that were installed on Monday, it looks so much better than before!

Still waiting for the site to be cleaned up, the front stairs to be installed and the external painting to happen, but today the inspection by Local Group was carried out, the left hand side retaining wall including stairs was pretty much completed and the painters were back to fix up the stairs.

FINAL INVOICE ISSUED TODAY......

Today our final invoice was issued and has now been sent on to our lender, the carpet was being installed today, the balcony columns and flooring were installed yesterday and just hoping for a break in the weather now so that our front stairs and external painting can begin. The end is near!

The best Christmas present of all........our house!!!

Met our SS on site today, went over the list of things still to be done, all will be completed in the next week with our SS assuring us it's all systems go for a handover before Christmas!

Full credit to him, our home is way ahead of schedule (given our slab was poured on 29/6) and I was not looking forward to waiting until February to get the house. Thank you to our SS for the great job done and for putting up with our constant moaning!

Let's hope now, that all work gets completed and our lender comes to the party also, fingers crossed, but it does make for a very hectic Christmas time!

Here are some photos of the main floor tiling, taken last weekend.

WALK IN PANTRY (which we created by moving our downstairs powder to the other side of the house)



Our balcony columns will finally go in on Wednesday, this will be a nice change from the match stick looking posts that are there at the moment!

Off to see Mary Poppins with my 5 year old daughter tomorrow, hoping we have a great time!