As it stands as per the pic below, all of the lower level has been wrapped in sislation ready for the brickies.
Got a call from 'F' yesterday to give me an update. He said that the recent spate of rain we have been experiencing has slowed down development everywhere. The Brickie who was meant to be starting this week on our place has not been able to complete his current job and therefore won't be able to start on ours until at least next Monday. I should probably start counting the number of rain days we have as PD have a clause in the contract to allow for 10 rain days on top of the standard schedule - gotta keep the buggers honest.
Also spoke to 'F' about our window locks. As part of our Post Contract variations we included to have window locks to all of the lower windows for security & peace of mind (keeps the Insurance company happy too). When they fitted the windows we noticed that none of them have locks. He said that this can sometimes happen and that he would look into it and rectify.
All the while the building has been progressing, we have been busy bees looking at items to be completed post-handover, things like carpeting. We've had two quotes now, both somewhat higher than we had budgeted for....OK... almost double. Yes, I know, many posts ago I uttered the words '...no more upgrades...' but when you go out and sample the carpet and the underlays that are available (and when I say sample , physically take your shoes off and walk on the carpet) and you consider how much of the house is carpeted and the length of time that we hope to be in the house, well, you start to realise that you do need to spend a bit to have a good ROI (return on investment). We have another quote coming back this week and will then need to crunch some numbers.
I have also been tossing around ideas for the electrical work to be carried out after handover, things like the lights in the Garage, front of the house, security lights around the sides, down lights in the upper storey (all of the lower storey will fitted out with down lights by PD - cheaper that way). Have decided to go with these lights for the front, one each side of the garage door and also one each side of the balcony. They are Compact fluorescent compatible so I can ramp up the wattage if the old 60w is not enough in 'incandescent' terms.
We have also been looking at fences for the perimeter of the property. We like the Stratco 'Good Neighbour' range and have been getting quotes for this as well - 100m right round is a LOT of fence!! We spoke with the agent who sold us our land about the land owner going halves in the cost and then passing that on to the new owners of the surrounding land as it gets sold. Ba-Bow! The vendor has a clause in the land contract which removes him from any involvement in the fencing of properties, therefore we will need to cough up for the entire amount and request the new surrounding owners to chip in when they move in - that should be fun :-) NOT :-(
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