Onsite Eye

We got our log in and password for the Buildwatch Onsite Eye camera installed on our block.  It is fantastic. I find myself logging on all of the time just to see our house....I think I am a little crazy!

So crazy I want to share some of these pics....

Site visit

Our SS met us on site today to show us through the house. It looks fantastic from inside. Its awesome to be able to see each room and get a feel for the size of the internal spaces. So far it all looks good. There is no major overhang of the frame over the edge of the slab and the SS said that there were no real issues with the frame itself. He said there were a couple of small things he picked up but in general the carpenter did a really good job.

Our SS told us that he is scheduled to lock up the site every second Friday, and we are more than welcome to come in and have a look at the progress on the house.  He said he prefers for us to be able to check on things and if we see anything not quite right that we are able to let him know and he can get on top of it early. That's awesome. At least we are not denied access at all like we originally thought (as the signs erected on the fences would indicate).

So next week the following should occur:

Monday 30th June - Site clean and plumbing rough in
Tuesday 1st July - Bricks to be delivered
Wednesday 2nd July - Bricks to commence

All in all, I think we have been really lucky to get our SS, he is pretty awesome.

Here are some pics of our house.

Front of house (Harvard Facade)

Front (master bedroom windows)

Master bedroom

Master WIR

Ensuite

Home theatre

Lounge & dining

Lounge & dining

Bathroom (Rear of House)

Kitchen

WIP

Laundry

Bedroom 4

Main bathroom

Bedroom 3

Bedroom 2

Games Room

Lounge & dining

Entry

Side of house (south side)

Side of house (south side)

Side view from corner of backyard

Rear view of house

Alfresco

Rear of house from north side

Side view of house (north side)

Slab inspection

Our invoice for the slab came through last week and I forwarded it onto our mortgage broker to send to CBA for payment. However, it wasn't as simple as that. CBA need to inspect the slab before they will make the payment.  

CBA had scheduled the inspection for today. It didn't happen! It is now scheduled for tomorrow morning at 8am. Why is it that the banks never do anything according to their own schedules!  I am expecting to receive the invoice for the frames before the end of the week so I am hoping that the bank can get its act together and have the slab invoice paid by Friday.

In lock down

Because our estate is being built entirely by Eden Brae, they have erected site fencing around the perimeter of the estate and have installed the Build Watch cameras to keep on eye on the site for vandals and unsupervised visits.

For us this means we cannot get up close and personal with our blossoming home. It makes it hard to get photos of each stage of work. However, our SS has been fairly co-operative and let us on site on Monday afternoon to take a few pics of the framework. He did say that one of the other SS's would not be happy so thankfully he wasn't on site at the time I drove on by.

I am still waiting for our log on details for the camera on our lot. I hope we get it soon.

On another note, our windows were delivered today so I am assuming that they will be installed tomorrow.

Frames finished

The frames were finished off today and we can now see our dream home taking shape.

The frames are delivered and installation has commenced

This morning I drove past to find that our frames had been delivered and ready for the guys to install. I was expecting to see them already started, but at least they were on site and ready to go. It was nice to see a couple of tradies on our slab, perhaps unbundling the frames ready to commence.

When J took a drive past about 50 minutes later they had started to construct our beautiful home.

I couldn't help myself so I took a drive out the estate in my lunch break to take a look for myself (and take a few photos too).

I am excited to see it with the roof on.....hopefully tomorrow.

Our SS advised us today that he is trying to source a bricklayer to commence the bricks next Wednesday 2nd July. If he can't find anyone to start, he will get the roof installed. He tells us that he prefers to do the bricks before the roof. Fingers crossed he has someone lined up for us!

We have a camera

The electricity box was installed today, along with a camera overlooking our block.

We also received news today that our CSA was leaving Eden Brae Homes. It is sad to see Natalie go, she has been a fantastic CSA but hoping that our newly assigned CSA will be able to fill Natalie's shoes without any troubles. We were happy to receive an email from her this afternoon introducing herself, so that is a positive sign. 

A little progress

My lovely neighbour who has a camera installed and working on her block informed me today that there was a tradie working on our slab today. I think he was doing some electrical wiring.  It's good to see them hard at work :)

External drainage done

Our SS sends us an email every Monday morning to advise us of what they will be doing during the coming week. This week were were informed that the external drainage would be done on Thursday, with frames to be delivered on Monday.

I drove past this morning and was surprised to see the tradesmen hard at work digging around our slab ready to install the external plumbing. They are a day early but I am not complaining.

We have a slab!!!

It has been 1 year, 11 months and 10 days since we put down our deposit but today we have finally had our slab poured!  You can't really fully comprehend how one can feel such joy in seeing a slab of concrete until you go through the process.

I was hoping to see them pour the concrete and did my usual drive by at 8am. However, this morning it was extremely foggy and to my disappointment a truck had just finished pouring the cement and was pulling out of the lot.  However, the excitement of it actually happening outweighed the disappointment and I couldn't wait to come back after work to view the finished product.

I was surprised at how long it actually takes to pour a slab but the guys were working on it all day. They were still there, finishing up at 5:10pm when I drove past on my way home. 

Here are a few photos.