Driveway Sealed & Decking

Hi All,

Our driveway can finally be used after final sealing and decking for front porch and back porch is done :)

A bit disappointed with the concrete because the variation of colors that can be seen. looks like there was a bit miss when mixing the concrete but we can live with it. Will be talking with the concreter to make sure this is fixed.

Driveway view from garage

From front

Front decking

Close up front decking - notice discoloration in concrete next to the decking

Front decking from side - notice discoloration in concrete next to the decking

Alfresco decking

Alfresco decking

Quick Driveway & Concrete Path Update

Hi All!

Concrete path and driveway has now finished. Can't wait until the landscape and porch been done!

Settled, Driveway, Night Photos & Bathroom Funiture

Hi All!!

We have now settled the house with Carlisle. I can now say overall experience is excellent! All staff has been very helpful from start to end and I will recommend them to anyone.

The house is now officially ours and we have start to complete it. There are so many things to buy since we basically don't have any furniture (currently living in a fully furnished place) Thankfully it is a good time to buy with all the end of financial year sale :)

After settlement Carlisle will book another day to install the appliances, the day will be the day we suppose to move in because it is dangerous to leave this appliances when we are not move in as yet.

Our driveway has started to build, it will be exposed aggregate (white / brownish) in the front and colored (sand stone) around the house. We decided to put concrete a round the house as recommended by our private inspector and Carlisle Homes since we are building in a P soil area it is really important to keep our stab stable and avoid as much water as possible.

My SS also recommend grout sealing. Basically to avoid water get into the grout. So we went to Bunnings and get some Dunlop branded one. We went trough all the tiles and seal them one by one (took the whole day) it is a painful process but important to the longevity of the tiles

Fencing & Blinds will be done very soon as well!

Now photos :)

Welcome Pack!

Aggregate Driveway Preparation

Right side Concrete Pathways at 900mm

Left Side Concrete Pathways at 900mm

Front Aggregate Pathways & Drivway

Love Those Lights!!

Kitchen (Correct Tap) and Prespex Doors Just Missing Oven & Exhaust Fan

Painful Grout Sealing :(

Hallway

Temporary Blinds =p

Ensuite Shower with Rainhead

Mondela Tower Rail @ Ensuite

Mondela Toilet Roll Holder @ Toilet & Ensuite

PCI & Pre-Handover Private Inspection

Hi All!

It has been a while :) I have just came back from holiday and have the PCI inspection with my SS on the next day. The house has been finished and overall we are happy with the colors.

During the PCI, we had a lot of points (50+) to be fixed and rectified which most of them related to paints touch ups. However there are a lot more than that as well e.g marked windows, uneven drawer, uneven door handle, uneven power points, incorrect shower head on ensuite, incorrect switch allocation in laundry, incorrect kitchen taps (still), broken walls, etc etc...

And you think that is it? Nope... today we have a private inspection (which I am now sure that it is very important to have especially at this stage) to attend the house and he picked up another 44 points to be rectified including missing insulation bats, uneven ceiling (which is hard to fix), missing concrete tiles (which I called the SS straight away to be fixed because it is raining today), uncleaned return air (the tradies put empty bottles and woods scraps are not cleaned) etc etc...

Very disappointed with the inspection result :( but was expecting to have things that is not right at this point of time, however still not expecting it to be this much to fix. Hopefully Carlisle will be able to fully fixed and won't have to many excuses not to fix them.

Anyway now time for current photos :)

Front

Ensuite sinks

Ensuite - incorrect shower head meant to be rain head shower

Ensuite - toilet

Master bedroom

Master bedroom

Garage

Lounge

Living

Pantry

Kitchen - Still missing prespex doors and appliances

Hallway

Entrance

Laundry

Dining

Rumpus

Carpet meets timber

Rooms hallway

Bathtub

Bathroom shower

Bedroom

  

I will never know if the private inspector did not open it...

Electrical Fit, Outside Water Tap & Door Accessories

Hi All,

Time for another update, unfortunately we cannot come into the house since it is a public holiday, so just a small update from what we can see from the outside

Internal Door Fitting

Trilock Door Handle

Outside Tap and One of the Junction Box

Kitchen Still with Incorrect Tap and Light Fittings

Alfresco Lights and Ceiling Fan

Laundry with Light Switch

Sensor Lights for Sides of The House

Front Facade Lights (Sensor)

Not Sure What Is This??