Delays

I knew there would be some delays during the build but I had no idea how frustrating it would be. Since the last post we haven't had a great deal of work completed on the house. We added gutter guard as a variation a few weeks ago which meant that the scaffolding had to remain up and would delay work on the lower roof etc. The problem we've had is with the gutter guard tradies - they showed up for half a day of work, installed it across the back of the house, and then...... nothing. So the build sat stagnant for two weeks until our SS had enough and ordered the scaffolding taken down. The gutter guard guy will now have to use harnesses etc at his own expense to finish off the install.

So, what progress has there been? Not a great deal until the past week:

• Upper bricks cleaned
• Eaves and drain pipes painted (well, mostly done)
• Garage roof installed (still needs finishing on the back of the parapet wall)
• Rear roof mostly installed (they ran out of tiles)

Being two weeks behind schedule is going to make handover interesting. We've been advised that handover is still scheduled pre-Christmas. Christmas Eve actually. This date will need to be brought forward slightly because some items are done at settlement i.e., oven, hot water etc. We can't live there until everything is working and I won't accept handover if there's no chance of getting it all done before Christmas. For now, I won't share the upcoming milestones but the dates we've been given for lockup and PCI seem reasonable. We may still make it in time!

What's happening over the coming week? We should see the installation of electrical rough-in and air-conditioning ducts now, lower eaves installed, and framing fixed/finished. Gyprock is scheduled for the 8th October, which means we should also see the house cleaned up inside, lower brick clean, the cladding, insulation and soundproofing in some walls installed.

This is all the gutter guard tradies could manage:

Upper bricks cleaned and eaves painted:

Garage roof:

How it looks today (bottom roof almost complete):