Your house looks so good ours is still like a bomb went off lol. So much to get sorted!!

Aircon installed yesterday and this morning. Some teething issues looks like zone controller maybe faulty or something but working just for the whole house for now. Pretty awesome 30 degree…

I would say do basically every internal wall.
Here is what we did:

Bradford Soundscreen R2.5.
Keep in mind though if you're serious about soundproofing you will also have to put in heavier doors like it's almost pointless to do the insulation without better…

These came yesterday!!

Also been sealing the grout the last 2 nights... This is about the worst job lol. Stupid roller bottle garbage thing takes so long.

Corners of the windows/doors and in the corners of the rooms. As the house settles this is where there'll be cracks - they just need to putty them up and…

Keys Thursday! Surprised the wife and took her there.

Now all the fun starts!!

Valuation is tomorrow - should be straight forward so should just be next day or two and we'll finally have keys!!
Just a quick update - pulled all the network cables…

Didn't end up getting keys and still not sure when. Going to give bank a call tomorrow and get a definite date for their valuation as we've given where we…

Occupancy Permit received today! Just waiting on bank now.

Garage door last week finally came. House is all clean inside even the oven is in. Just waiting on final walk through and bank. Fingers crossed.

One thing I hate that I'd change and never thought of - speaking of gaps.
The bathroom vanity - there's this little gap between the bath and it! Too small to…

Snuck past today.
Oven in. Downpipes painted. Flyscreens on.

Just waiting on garage door.
Also have organised Aircon and solar installs. Ended up going with ActronAir ESP Plus Platinum 17kw system (ERV3-17AS /…

Damn wishing we'd got the extra laundry bench space!!

They gave us the guys number who was doing the driveway - $1200 cash job boo hoo there is a bit of work involved with getting rid of the guttering....…

Driveway the other day. Tiler back today and finished splashbacks and looks like painter been back in to touch up around the place.
Also carpet done!
Just waiting on that garage door..

Crazy how fast things are moving now!
Electrical fitout done today. Most of data and speaker cabling points done waiting on garage door to do termination in garage.
Hot water connected, shelves…

More updates.
Tiles still in progress, all going well. Were meant to finish today but I guess back tomorrow! Grouting meant to be finished tomorrow as well. Plumbers back on Thursday…

We're very suited to the Express build I think - like we just wanted "a house" not fussed about anything with it really.
I do like the tiles and like…

It was approx. $4500 extra. We did push for and got a credit back for the carpet of approx. $1300. The credit for carpet wasn't on original contract so be…

Few things happening!
*Bricks been cleaned
*We have downpipes
*Tiling starting
*Joinery complete just waiting on Kitchen benchtops (Ceaserstone).
Gotta work out if we want to widen the driveway. Also a good addition found to…

Really hoping before xmas but still probably mid Jan. Supervisor is doing a really good job to get us there hopefully! It seems like its going so quick could expect…

From today. Render done, paint done, joinery started and dirt been filled in mostly. Awesome!

Bricks finally finished last week! Plasterer did touch ups and painters been in this week as well, joinery started today hpoefully.
Even got some mowing and tidy up done on the…

Yep Blackwood and we went tiles in lounge & family rooms with dark (not quite black) grout after reading other posts here.
Did you talk to site supervisor or the tradies?…

Our MySimonds showed 23rd December as well, has bumped to 28th but site supervisor has told us realistically couple of weeks into Jan.

Bricks completed, electrician been back in to cut their holes and I have got the data points holes cut at same time, windows covered over inside for painting and plasterer…

Finally some updates!
Bricks still going, not too fussed though as a really great job.
Plastering done and just about ready to move onto fixings. Electrician back this week.

It's ambiguous or depends who you ask. My understanding is if it touches the telecommunication network then yes you would need a cabling license or signed off by someone with…