Well the bricks have been acid washed so they look nice and clean now. The stormwater is taking much longer than usual due to the boulders! I haven't seen so much come out of the ground before. It would usually take a day but Wednesday will be Day 3. Should be all finished though.

The tilers are in tiling the laundry and bathrooms. I'll put some pics of the bathrooms when finished later in the week before the painter gets in there.

Also the kitchens are in – less the stone. This is installed after the painter is finished.

Cheers Oscar

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Cheers AC. Should be finished in 4 weeks or so. Weather is a pain lately. I'll put some more pics up tomorrow. Finally finishing off the stormwater….massive rocks everywhere!

Oscar

3 weeks since the last update and a lot has happened. I've uploaded more photo's than usual.

Monday was a great day. I turned up to the site and saw the electricity crew installing the second electrical pit (power needed for units 2 & 3).  The estimated installation date was mid July so this came about 7 weeks early. I can really push along fast now whereas there was no real urgency as the units would have been finished without any power.

The plasterwork has finished, except around the kitchen area. This will be completed once the kitchens go in tomorrow. The brickwork is now finished which meant i could get the site all clean again (nice feeling )

Internally the chippies have nearly finished the fix – hanging up all doors, skirts and archs. Next week the tiler is in to do the waterproofing in the bathrooms and then start on the tiling in the bathroom, laundry and kitchen splash back areas.

Externally, yesterday i had the big excavator come with the hammer to dig the trenches for Telstra and for the electrical conduits. Massive rocks continued to come out. At one stage the poor guy was hammering away in the one spot for at least 20 minutes – the thing just would not break!

Monday the plumbers are back to do the stormwater work outside and put the three pits in. Tuesday the bricks get acid washed which makes the units looking all nice

Cheers

Oscar

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I've uploaded a few photo's from the morning. The last week has seen the electrician do his rough in and electrical meters put in place. The plumbers have also done there rough ins. The internal walls have been straightened and the cavity sliders placed into position too. The boys today have wrapped the house and installed the wall and ceiling batts. One small drama today though. A couple of the pipes have been stapled so the plumbers are coming out next week to make sure there are no water leaks. No biggie – easily fixed.

Plasterers start next week along with the bricklayers. Things will really start taking shape then.

Cheers

Oscar

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