Oohhh Yehhhhhh!

How beautiful is my portico???!!!!!!!! Celebratory pics of the house taken just minutes before HANDOVER!!!!!! YES!!!!! We have had handover!!!! So very excited and we are all set to move in tomorrow, along with, unfortunately, the rain I think! Nevermind!

So that's the end of the building of the Marshall Mansion! Next comes the 'beautifying' of it!, which will take time and money, none of which we have at the moment!!!!!!!


I will keep posting as we go!

xMadmel

Latest update!!

Well it's coming right down to the wire! Finally had our walk-through this morning. Our supervisor was great and picked up things we wouldn't have :) Very minor stuff; mainly paint scuffs etc. By late this afternoon, all these issues had been fixed :) Gotta be happy with that! The valuer from the Bank came (forgot about him and how we need him before they'll give us the money!), and by all accounts, and every finger and toe crossed, we should have the cheque in our hot little hands by tomorrow lunchtime. Handover will occur after that and then we move in on Saturday!!!!! Well, that is how it is meant to happen, and my god, I hope it does!

In hindsight, we should have allowed more time for the "behind-the-scenes" stuff but ah well, we can put that down as something we have learnt for next time! Because I reckon we will do it again one day; we've had a ball this time round and are so happy with our new Marshall Mansion!

So what else? The appliances are booked to go in tomorrow, as are the flyscreens and....da, da, da - our portico was painted today!!!! And I must say, it bloody well rocks!!!!! Can't believe I forgot to take a photo to put on here!!!! Will have to do it tomorrow! I was so worried about the colour I'd chosen but let's just say - you know the Colourbond Roof ad where the man is standing outside in his underwear admiring his roof??! That was me today admiring my portico! But not in my underwear of course!!!!! It looks SO ace and I am massively happy with it!

But still no red kettle :( I am trying to remain calm! I must have my red kettle! (See previous post if you have no idea what the hell I'm talking about!)

Anyway! Off to bed and hoping against hope that all falls into place tomorrow! And that the rain doesn't fall on the weekend like it did the last one! Now that would suck!

xMadmel

Just some random pics!

Our Spiderman boys!










Our sweet Lexi Rose who is now 10 weeks old and weighs 8pd 90z!












A dodgy shot of our carpet!

Are we in this weekend????!

No we're not! Luckily for us, our real estate agent has let us stay an extra week. God forbid if we haven't had handover by then! Unfortunately things haven't moved as quickly as expected. Carpet was put in yesterday and looks great (through the windows!!!!). The downpipes have been connected. Cleaning was done early in the week but will be done again next week. Portico still not painted but the weather is a bit unreliable at the moment! We are hoping to have our "walk through" either tomorrow or Monday, with handover following not far behind. We have had an "issue" crop up that needs to be rectified, which I won't discuss on here, but hopefully it can be fixed quickly and won't affect our handover or move-in date.

So really all we are waiting on are the painting of the portico, appliances to be put in, including the ducted heating and hot water units, another clean and a Certificate of Occupancy!!!!

Fingers crossed everybody!!!!!

xMel

P.S. My red kettle has already bloody died....:( So very sad and they have no more in stock and don't know if they will be getting any more.....:( So I have told them I will wait a while just in case, so I am currently boiling water on my stove every day!!! Worth the pain if it means I get my red kettle in the end! Note to self: Do not throw away old kettle if it is not broken!! (Or is that called hoarding?!!!!!)

Short and sweet! Today we discovered the shower screens, mirrors and the kitchen tiling has been re-done and looks great!

xMel

Move-in date???!

Dave spoke to our SS yesterday about what things were left to do and to get more of an idea of when we will be moving in. Saturday, November 22nd appears to be the lucky date at this stage, but that's not in writing, so we still don't really know!!!!

The dodgy kitchen tiles have been ripped off ready to be done again. The electrician has been back and put in the power points that are to go on that wall. The shower screens are being put in as I type!

Carpet has been booked to go in this week. Hmmm, what else? The plumber needs to come back and connect all the down pipes? Gas needs to be connected? Appliances need to be put in, but I think that gets done closer to when we move in. Oh and portico still needs to be painted.

SS said we will have "walk-through" sometime next week. And the cleaner will be there either this week or next! I cannot wait to move into a beautiful brand new, clean house! What a treat!

So that's about it for today!

xxMel

Portico!

Here's our rendered portico! As yet unpainted but very exciting all the same!

Also noticed that the cornices have been done and painted in the alfresco so that's all finished now too!

xMel

Look at our beautiful garage door!!!!

It's really sad to be so in love with a garage door, isn't it??!!!! But I'm having a bit of a love-fest at the moment - I am having the same relationship with the new toaster, kettle and microwave I bought - they are all bright red and black! Will look ACE in the new kitchen!!!!

The painter was at the house on Saturday! He painted the lintels above the garage, in the alfresco, under the eaves of the portico and the small section above the front door. I also noticed a bit of dodgy painting on the front door, so will need to speak to the SS about that. Also noted that all the chrome door furniture is on! Looks unreal!

Drove past today to see the heating vents getting put in! Yey! We'd forgotten about those! So as far as we can tell, all that needs doing now is replacement of the kitchen tiles, sparky to come back and do the powerpoints that go in those tiles, shower screens, carpets, cornices in the alfresco, render and painting of the portico and a good clean! Could that really be it? Doesn't seem much at all!

xMel

Odds and ends!

Very noice!!!! More external plastering has been done. Lintels?? (not sure if that is what they are called!) have been done in the garage, around the portico and the alfresco. I love our portico!

Two lots of steps got built in the garage. The garage door is in!! But it's up and I'm dying to see what it looks like down and over the past two days, a little digger has been scooting around, moving dirt and generally cleaning the place up!

Shower screens have been ordered, as have the replacement tiles for the kitchen. Taps have also been installed.

So things are definitely moving along!!! We gave notice to our landlord this week, so it HAS to be ready in four weeks now!!! God let's hope it is or we'll be lobbing on Mum's doorstep!!!!!

xMel