Doot Do Doo Doot Do Doo .. Hopefully we’ll have the keys to our brand new home this time next week.
On Wednesday 31st July we had our Practical Completion Inspection (PCI). It was quite breathtaking to see the house without the site fence; it is starting to look like a real home!

There was a hive of activity onsite as cleaners were onsite wiping down the laundry and kitchen, a few guys were outside clearing away the majority of big rocks from the site. We wonder if they had planned to have tradies around so it looked like they were busy working on our house.
We were onsite for around 2 hours and 20 minutes. Nothing too major to report on really. Howard Ryan, our private certifier, did his inspection yesterday and we received his report soon after.
The key issues we found
- Missing 50mm mosaic tiling strip above ensuite vanity
- Wrong shelving installed in pantry (wire shelving installed, is meant to be melamine)
- Stormwater pit, sewer vent still to be moved
- Sides of external laundry door frame are yet to be adequately sealed
- Gap between brickwork and gyprock wall on right side of front garage brick wall needs to be filled
- Underside of window architraves are yet to be sealed to the wall and painted, excessive filler has been used
Other minor issues
- Lots of paint chips, dirt/scuff marks on walls. Every room has paint cracks along the skirting joins
- Inside edge of front entry door is yet to be painted
- Slab surface requires cleaning
- Front door is tight in operation and requires adjustment
- Locking mechanism to Bed 1 door does not operate as intended
- Striker plate and handle is yet to be installed to robe door in WIR
- Tops of tile within shower recess area are yet to be completely sealed/grouted in ensuite
- Re install light fitting against ceiling
- Manhole cover missing (had been stolen)
- WIR door missing (had been stolen)
- Incorrect hand dummy handle has been installed to linen closet to rear hallway
- Inconsistent heights of shelving to walk-in-linen closet near garage entry
- Shower frames still not delivered or installed
- Scratches and marks on most window frames
- Bent sliding door frame
- Chipped/scratched front door near locking plate
- Kitchen cupboards and drawers require adjustment in areas
- Scratches and imperfections on kitchen cupboards in areas
- Striker plate is yet to be installed to external door jamb
- Grouting to be improved around tap to laundry tub and taps and waste to underside of laundry tub
- Bathroom bottom of door is yet to be sealed/painted
- One of the windows was not sealed/closing properly
- Holes in bathroom where towel rail was incorrectly installed
- Towel rail is loose
- Bathroom locking mechanism to door does not operate as intended
- Silicone seal is incomplete to rear left corner of bath tub
- Tops of shower tiles are yet to be completely sealed/grouted
- Handles to BIRs are loose and doors not aligned


Things still to be done
Rainwater tank to be installed
Oven, rangehood, cooktop, instantaneous hot water (ss is pushing for after handover)
Splashback (Was measured up on Saturday with BBS glass. We chose the Dulux colour ‘Native Scene’)
Window service (clean and grease all windows)
Lightglobes and shades to still be fitted
Correct pantry shelving installed
Sewer vent & stormwater pit moved
Site scrape down
Final clean
SS advised painter will be back after splashback installed to paint the nib (side) walls.
SS seemed to be understanding of our frustration at the time and said we should go ahead and book our carpets, tiles and AC for this week; if we didn’t have the keys he wouldn’t mind them onsite doing the essential jobs so we’re not delayed moving in… Well that all changed when no work was completed onsite since our walkthrough last week. We’re devastated to say the least.. Our tiles were due to be delivered tomorrow but the SS called on Tuesday afternoon to say we had to push it back a week as he has finally got hold of the painter to be onsite and finish all touch ups etc. It just so happens he has to be there on Friday so it means no tiling or carpets for us this week. SS has now said he is hoping for handover next week sometime, but we’re still waiting for Clarendon to send us the final account balance so our bank can get onsite and do their inspection before paying the last instalment. It’s really hard to trust what we’re being told as things have changed so often. There seems an awful lot of work to be done in such a short amount of time..
SO… Our current plan is to have tiles delivered Wednesday 14th and installed Thursday, Friday, Saturday with carpets being installed on Monday. We’ll then have the movers out on Tuesday 20th. We’ll then do a mad clean of the apartment and hand the keys back on either Friday 23rd or Monday 26th. There has been no talk of when appliances, hot water system and splashback will be installed; but we’re pushing for those things to be done right away.
Ok so some pictures of the place:









Ahhhh! So after all that we’re just praying that things continue efficiently and correctly. We want those keys in our hands!
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