Yeah ! driveway done ,finally

Rain, rain , rain...I must have to say, I loved rain, but just cannot stop hating it at the moment ... It has almost been a month since we quoted the driveway, and then, it rains, non-stop !  The water overflow situation is just getting worse at my sideway, and concreting got delayed like forever.... But, finally I get messages this morning from NP that he's gonna pour the concrete today ! What a wow ~~it's so great that in the next couple of days, we don't have to step on the mud.  Yeah !  

This weekend is gonna be busy, will hunt for the side-by-side fridge , it's shame we forgot to upgrade a tap behind the fridge  :( , so no luck in getting a ice-maker ...  will also look for a letterbox and some bathroom hardwares ...  All is about Moving ! 

some updates

It's been a month since we got the keys and I have to admit that I'm quite behind...

A few issues coming up, the main one is the drainage problem at my pathway. Although the drainer came on Saturday who did a lot of diggings and repairings claimed to fix the problems, the overflow situation is not getting better at all, even worse is that the smart wiring was cut off accidentally by the drainter .  I've talked to my SS and I agreed to wait another week "patiently" to see how it goes .  Because of this, my driveway is also got delayed which was previously scheduled on this Monday. 
I really want to get all the concreting done ASAP!

What else, I confirmed a qutoe on the pergola and blinds from homeoutlet; Dinning table, king bed has been delievered ... that's all.

I like my couch !

Yeah!! I'm very excited on our first furniture , yes ! it's two couches for both family room and the to-be theatre room :) We spent almost the whole day hunting for the good bargain, but I just cannot move away my eyes on these two lovely couches at OZDesign. The only problem is that it's quite light color which shows dirt easily and hard to maintain....well, just love it !  But we have to wait for 6 weeks to have it delievered to our house...

I also meet the concreter on Saturday , haven't received the final quote yet, but I want the driveway to be lined up a-s-a-p so that we won't have the fuss stepping on the mud .  My current big concern is the blinds and curtains.  We got a couple of quotes, TOO expensive !  What am I gonna do with those windows ? !

Ye!!! We get the keys!

Very excited ! The house is finally, formally becoming our own house !  There're quite a lot of keys though. We also received a gift from Carlisle Homes, a toaster and juicer :P

Okay, it 's time to think about concreting, paving, landscape, fencing, timber shutter, and many many things !!
A new era begins ! Cheers~~

few updates

I just thought I should update something , but honestly, there's nothing much to write about.   We have already received the occupance certificate and the final invoice as well.    Went to the house last weekend, still found some outstanding issues on the facade needed to be rectified.  So , what I can do now  is only awaiting for the confirmation from my site supervisor and then  book a time for final handover. 
 I admit I'm getting bit of lazy these days. I haven't got any quotes yet, nor driveway ,  landscape, blinds etc.     My house and my neighbour's are the most quickest completion among the entire stage 12.  Thanks to the rain recently , it gets more and more muddy around the whole area !  I don't think we could just move in like that ! But back to reality,  it's almost time for doing the concreting, driveway and stepping into the mud for gardening, I knew it, and finally I will do it.

PCI today!

When I arrived at the house, our inspector almost finished the external. So I still got the chance to go through with him for the internal items. Rob is very professional , nice and also very strict  which was good anyway.  He picked out many small things need to be fixed, like loose toilet, etc.  I'm a careless person, so this independent inspection really helps me a lot.
The whole inspection took more than 2 hours before the actual PCI with my site supervisor. The PCI went very well, my site supervisor also helped to point out some small defects, like paintings, cabinet seals, etc.  Just like Rob said, overall, everything is good except some minor items.  That's comforting to hear . And those items are gonna be fixed , say in two weeks. 
So far so good, Carlisle homes did a nice job.

Close to finish .

Facade looking,garage door installed :

BUT, we've got the wrong colorbond flashing on the facade, it should be the same color as the fascia , now it's dark black! I have to call our site supervisor on Monday to get it changed. Hopefully, it will not affect the PCI on time due next weekend.