GYPROCKING, BATTS + RECABLING

Talk about going flat out. Three CHEERS for Wisdom Homes, I am so impressed. By midday today the gyprockers have completed a lot of the house. The cabling has been re done and the batts are in. It is very hard to steal the cabling once these jobs are done, so hopefully we won't be robbed again.

I meet with the police on site this morning and they said that the electric cable stealing is going on everywhere in Sydney. They already have a couple of suspects, and were door knocking the neighbours to see if they saw anything. Top Guys, Good Job, I hope they catch them.

This is what the place looked like at 9am this morning. By midday heaps more was done. The gyprockers must think Im stalking them.

Batts in gyprocking started

Kitchen Wall

batted wall  (garage/dining wall)

Batted wall (ladder is where stairs will be)

ROBBED...BACK IN THE DARK WITH NO ELECTRICITY

Last night some low life robbed us of our electricity cabling and did damage to the studs and fence. They would have got a nasty electrocution too as it was live (sucked in). So our electricity lasted only one day. Wisdom will recable at some time  and put the batts and gyprock in all at once and get our place to lock up asap. Our SS was so upset.

So we are looking at getting our security installed so it doesn't happen again. The police said they will do drive bys.

So gutted and disappointed that we are reminded that those sort of people exist.

WE'VE GOT THE POWER + SCAFFOLDING DOWN

So much has happened today. I arrived after work so the pictures are dark. The scaffolding has been taken down and MOST importantly the electricity looks to be hooked up. YEAHHH!!!! we have our first utility.

The electricians have also been hard at work, the house is all wired and the power point brackets put in.

Scaffolding down- North side

Scaffolding down- eastern side

Electrical hooked up

Power point bracket

MOROKA RENDERED HOUSE

Today the house was moroka rendered. It looks really good. Unfortunately the pictures are in the afternoon and have shadow on them.

Dune coloured moroka

GREEN HOUSE...OOPS WRONG COLOUR

We have a green house today...don't panic neighbours because it's just the undercoat for the moroka (render). The eaves have been painted too. Inside the house the men were doing a big clean up when I arrived. Also a hidden door was put into the laundry.

The hidden door frame for the laundry

The painted eaves

The green undercoat for the moroka (render)

EAVES & DOWNPIPES COMPLETED

On Friday our eaves were completed and the downpipes. Our electricity still isn't hooked up but hopefully Sydney Electric will hook it up next week so the gyprocking can go ahead. Sydney Water is not really moving or responding to phone calls, so there is no movement on the water front.

North Eastern front- eaves still need to be painted.

Eaves and downpipe on the western side of the house

BRICKS CLEANED, AIR-CON DUCTING, POWER BOX

WOOOH....so much done in a few days. Since Monday the powerbox has been put in (no power yet- but this is a very positive sign that power will be on soon. The air-conditioning ducting was put in and the bricks were acid washed today, they look so pretty. Also it looks as if they are preparing the upper level for rendering with a white powdery substance being wiped all over the bricks.

The air-conditioning is funny. As part of our package we get free air-conditioning but our council wouldn't allow air-conditioning (?????). So we are getting free ducting and no air-conditioning unit until hand over. This is annoying as we now have to pay for the unit and the installation because of a council's green agenda. AAAHHH!!!!.

The eaves were also delivered today, so I assume they will be put up in the next few days.

The much anticipated power box. I gave it a kiss. :)

Acid washed bricks, aren't they pretty once they are cleaned.

The air-conditioning ducting- Our house looks like the Tardis.