We have concrete sleepers. My husband did all the work himself with some mates. It helps that he has an excavator with a post hole digger and he…

It looks great Reg. We don't have the internet on and we don't have phone service at our house now so it's hard to keep up.

Congratulations Craig. The house looks beautiful. I am jealous of your turf. We just have dirt.

So after work today we managed to move the kids beds some more clothes and some kitchen stuff. We still don't have anywhere to sit. Maybe by the weekend we…

Looks great Reg.

Thanks everyone. I have spent about 2 hours awake there as we got the keys at 5.30, then I had a meeting at 7 until late and back at work…

We are in!

The builder has our list and says it can be done today. We have booked handover for 5.30pm tonight!!!! I hope it's all ok. I'm feeling a bit emotional today.…

No I don't, Reg.

Reg there are different gaps for ventilation/weepers. These gaps are left after they took their scaffolding down and out of the brick work. We found another big issue. The day…

That's annoying Horse. I'm sure it won't be a big job to fix it.

It's looking great Reg.

Hi Horse. Thanks for asking. Just completed it. I think the builder might regret letting us do it ourselves. They left us a sheet with 10 places for defects. My…

You aren't far behind us. Our inspection was a week ago.

4 weeks will fly! Not far now.

Your house is beautiful Craig. I love your pendants. I considered those ones. I love all the colour in your house.

It's getting closer Reg. Have they given you any dates yet? Our builder still isn't a great communicator. I sent a text message yesterday but didn't receive a reply. It…

Thanks Horse.
I just had a mini freak out. I received a text from the bank to say they had made the final payment to our builder. I requested a…

Update.
Handover has been delayed as some trades haven't been back to finish what they should've.
We are fine with the delay. I'm home from hospital today and exhausted after…

The builder applied for the certificate of occupancy. I have downloaded the online book "A guide to a new house PCI". I think it will be the best $4 I've…

We got a proper certificate of occupancy on Friday. Council didn't want to see any proof of a house. I just told them I was moving in this week and…

Bins! Nothing else done today. Still no garage door, appliances and carpet edges aren't finished.

We haven't had an official inspection yet. One of the niches is holding water and the glue on the shelves looks crap. Another shelf has a bit of a chunk…

3 more sleeps! The builder is keen for handover on Thursday but I'm not sure if they will have time to fix the issues we have. Also, I'm not sure…

Still in hospital. Packing can wait. I did have a quick look at the house today. I was wondering how picky can we be with how the clean the house…

It's looking great Reg. My walls look different colours too. I like the black sink.

It looks great Horse. I love the dark splashback tiles. Our tiler came back and fixed up the edges of or tiles a week after he did the rest.

Thanks Reg. At least I have homeone to browse while he sleeps.

I loved seeing the floors. It makes it seem close to finished and it makes all the colours come together.