Went to the house tonight and couldnt get in everything was locked up... surprise!!!!! had a good look around .when you go down often enough to have a look you tend to notice things you never picked up before. like damp plaster along alfresco roof line gaps in the bricks between bricks and roof line , a garage door that looks like its starting to rust.. needs that paint. In some places the brick wall isnt sitting flush with the slab lucky i guess its not over hanging. im posting pics that will show what im talking about.,

ugg do you ever look at your house and think i wish i had done that

Well i wish i had.. i look at the courtyard area wish No1 change the window to a sliding door and have an extended roof line.

Wish n02 I have always admired the wide open look of the inside outside rooms Well i wish i had a larger door opening out onto the alfresco instead of a small sliding door say open up the family room and rumpus out onto the alfresco.. but of cause that all costs money. You would think the builders would put more thought into their designing. But i still love my house

Independent building inspection update

I have been trying to contact K about the report on the building defects, as i hadnt received it. Finally we spoke to day ..well he said he emailed the report a few weeks ago but i didnt receive it. So today he re emailed and finally have received it.Now the defects were supposed to be fixed preplaster and of cause my builder knew nothing about them ... well mayb later the builder spotted the defects and fixed them who knows..but i didnt get a chance to check it out as the plaster went up. So the plaster has been put up, k said some of the problems like roof can be fixed later but things inside the wall well will have to be smoothed over with the builder and my thinking is some plaster will have to come off. So will hear from K again.. im sure he will sort it.

Again it pays to get a independent inspector dont rely on the builders inspections.. they sure missed some issues with my house..

finished bricking of house front

plaster and finished bricking pics

gap on side of door

bricking and installation of plaster

The bricking of the house is finished and the plaster boards have been installed in the whole house... Lenny did say the plaster would start but didnt expect to see it all finished. Am i happy with the quality of the job no... im just a novice but didnt think it looked real good. In the alfresco part of the ceiling has come away hasnt been nailed properly. lots of areas around the internal house walls are torn and broken and uneven gaps around the edges. I guess the cornices will cover them up. Think i will request a site meet this week. they have delivered the cornices. Now its starting to look like a real house. even though its supposed to be in lockup my Sliding door was left open and one of the front bedroom windows has been taken out of its frame. so anyone can hop in. Now i know why they took the window out... so they could throw the plaster out grrrr. My neighbour was telling me she got such a fright and wondered what all the banging was at my house .. so she had a look she told me all she saw was this plaster being thrown out the window.. it made a hell of a noise.

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