Day 136 - 19/3/14

The house is now fully wrapped, and most of the cladding is done.  Some of the huge windows have been put in as well!!!

Day 129 - 12/3/14

The bricks are coming along well.

Day 124 - 7/3/14

The guys have started on the external cladding, which is starting to make it feel like a real house.  The bricks were also delivered today.

Day 123 - 6/3/14

A lot happened today.  The house got 'wrapped' downstairs which gives us a good feel as to how it looks enclosed.

We also had Climatrol out onsite putting in the indoor AC unit, along with all the ducts around the house.  Had a few issues getting them in the right spots, but they did a great job and got it all sorted.

Day 122 - 5/3/14

Lots of rubbish got removed from site today with Bobcats.  Our daughter loved watching them!

Day 118 - 1/3/14

Today was different.  My wife gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, Thomas David.

Our daughter loves her little brother already!!

Day 114 - 25/2/14

I cant believe that is was a year ago today that we got our land contracts from FKP.  It feels like this has been going on forever!!  haha

Day 113 - 24/2/14

We got through a monster lot of cabling over the last few days.  Hundreds of Cat 6 cables, twin & earth and other AV cables.

Day 103 - 14/2/14

Glass... lots of glass.  All the windows were delivered, and the started putting them in today.  Very exciting!

Day 98 - 9/2/14

I think Emma and I have decided on our carpet today.

We are likely to go with the SmartStrand Silk Classic from Harvey Norman (the only suppliers).

http://www.harveynorman.com.au/smartstrand-silk-classic-carpet-flooring.html

This is some of the softest carpets, with the longest warranties going around.  It is not made of normal material, but partly from corn.

They say it comes with lifetime stain and soil resistance, making it incredibly easy to clean and maintain. Built-in stain and soil protection means that SmartStrand Silk Classic carpet does not require reapplications of protective cleaning products, helping to minimise chemicals in your home. It also helps to promote a hygienic and healthy environment.

Smartstrand Silk Classic carpet is made with renewably sourced polymer, derived from corn sugar and requires 30% less energy to manufacture.

http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=56280

Sure hope we are making the right decision.  *grin*

Day 96 - 7/2/14

We have a roof!!!!  That's right, finally it feels like a real house with our Shale Grey Colorbond roof being installed today.

Gutters are all complete now, but we will have to have a gutter down the front wall of the house in the middle, as we can simply not put it anywhere else due to a bunch of issues.

Oh well.

Day 93 - 4/2/14

Here is a short 50 second time lapse of the lower level of the house being built over a couple of month period.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp_jYm4Vngg&hd=1

Gutters and fascias are all going on today, and we have had to change out oven and stove, as Electrolux are not longer making the ones we were.  What a pain!!

Day 92 - 3/2/14

Had our SS come onsite today and lookover the following issues:

• Office window is too low for the desk we are installing, and they need to fix it
• Look at the trusses for the aircon
• Look at the projector lift install
• Decided to re-do the master cavity slider to resolve the plasma mounting issues. 

All roof trusses are now on (Garage and alfresco were not on until today), except for a bit around the back that the truss guys forgot to make.  Oops.