Rendering Part 2

Another picture of the front facade showing the drying render. Carpenter still MIA and front door still out of alignment but now rendered in.

Outdoor Area

A quick shot of the covered outdoor area. Increasing the width of the master bedroom by 1M directly increased the size of this area which I think was a great move. In standard form the outside area in the Grandview design is a little small in my opinion.

Rendering

After a week of nothing really happening the rendering started yesterday and is almost finished as of the end of today. There is a couple of window sills left to do and around the front door. Sent a SMS message to our SS to remind him the front door is out of alignment and I don't think it would be a good idea to render around the door until the alignment issue is sorted out. So we will see if he contacts the renderers to hold them back from rendering around the front door.

Will also be interesting to see if the carpenter makes an appearance tomorrow as he has been missing in action for about a week now (Hence why the front door is still out of alignment).

Stolen!

Yes we have had a theft off the building site! A $7.00 straw broom. Now an enterprising and well prepared thief might see a several thousand dollar pivot door as a more tempting proposition but it seems the need wasn't that great...lol

Don't think I'll be offering a reward but I'm a little pissed off as it was only 2 weeks old...hehe

Heated Towel Rail

A little luxury for those chilly winter mornings but proving to be a bit dramatic to get organized, first one was damaged when unpacked. Ordered a replacement only to find the power outlet is on the wrong side. Hopefully it's not going to matter as I'm trying to get it hard wired into the wall with a PDL 7 day timer to turn it on a couple of hours before use in the morning and evening.

Brickwork Completed

Brickwork all finished as of the 20th of this month which was Tuesday just gone. Looks rather rough but seeming the house will be rendered I suppose that's to be expected.

I hate the location of the whirlybird vents on the roof. We had it written into the contract that they were not to be visible from the front street view, in other words placed down a bit from the ridge line of the roof. Seems the installers turned up to drop off insulation and decided they'd install the vents ahead of schedule without any direction from our SS or myself. Anyway SS reckons he will get them back to install them as per contract and they'll have to pay to repair roof as well.

Brickwork Started

Actually the brickwork was started over a week ago and has been completed earlier this week. Will post newer pictures over the weekend.