We’ve just had our first inspection with Paul. Armed with gumboots to protect the feet (enclosed sturdy shoes should also be fine), this is the most exciting part of our build thus far. If you have time prior to the inspection, refresh your memory by reviewing your floor…
Wow. It’s taken a while for our house to even look like a house… and now it finally does! The brick work is finished and recently cleaned, plus the new colourbond roof is fitted too. Paul advised “the lower brick clean, eave install, electrical rough in and frame inspections…
Our visits to the house have reduced as we’ve been waiting for the brick laying to be finished. Unfortunately, we’ve had a bad run with weather and it’s taken over six weeks for this process thus far. Still waiting for the next steps, but until there’s a roof…
It’s been quite some time now, watching these bricks rise. I’ve learnt to realise this stage of the process is honestly… slow. We’ve had ok weather, so I guess this is the speed bricklaying runs at! That said, we’re nearly there. Only a few weeks left and the external…
Another email from Paul to advise the scaffolding was going to be installed last week. Next layer of brickwork has begun.
It’s finally setting in, our house is officially under construction. We received an email notification from Paul last week to say the brick layers were to begin after the Easter period (first week of April) and now look, there’s progress. Watching the frames go up was one thing, but seeing…
Am I excited about Build Watch or what? If you haven’t already, continue to ask your site supervisor to install a Build Watch security camera on-site to have online access and view your house build progress. The cameras also act as a preventative security measure – for example, when…
It was by chance our neighbour texted a photo of the build process earlier in the week. The last we saw was a slab with piping completed and our timber frames delivered. Phenomenal speed, great warm weather. Very surprised (and impressed) construction of the main framework is up within two-weeks….