Today was the first day of the rest of our lives without Peter. Well, it's not quite that dramatic however on Tuesday Peter, the old master who has been such a blessing on the work site, pulled down his little tool shed in the backyard, wheel barrowed up all his tools and bid us farewell in the only way Peter knows how .... Bye! It seemed strange not seeing his car out the front at 6.30 in the morning, the gate opening at 6.50am and his 'morning Mark' as he walks in with the paper ready to work. We gave Peter a little present as he has been so good to have around.
What this does mean is that we entering into the final stages of the work. It is now down to specialist trades so Peter has gone off to another job. Tuesday Peter finished the storm water work and then packed up. Phil has spent the last 2 days just taking rubbish off the site, removing excess materials and generally cleaning the place up. We have discovered that the nice grass out the front, no longer exists!
Tuesday did see the plumber come back, and we now have a working sink in the kitchen! Yeah!
The kitchen windows have been pulled open every day this week in the hot days and nights. You can also see that the dish washer is in place!
The tiler grouted the upstairs bathroom, will wait for daylight to get a photo as the lights are not on upstairs as yet.
The floor sander is coming tomorrow to do a first cut of the floors to see how they come up, Wayne is a little nervous about how some of the old floor boards will scrub up. We're nervous about living on the first cut of sanded floor boards, even though Wayne assures us it will be fine.
Tilers are waiting for more tiles as Wayne got the order wrong to finish front and back. Air conditioning is scheduled for next Thursday. Shower screen is being measured up tomorrow. Plumber is supposed to be back maybe tomorrow/Friday to put in the toilet and vanity upstairs. Garage door has been ordered. Splash back for the kitchen has been decided, stone same as the bench top and so this is being cut to be put in so the range hood can go in. Blinds have been ordered for the upstairs bedrooms from our good friend Lance. Painting of the upstairs has been locked in week after next with Sam, husband of Chiefs long time back to school days friend Alyson. Sam is a Souths supporter, took us a while to come around to having him on the site ......... (only kidding Sam!) Carpet has been measured up and chosen. Phew, there is a lot there!
It is all happening and so we are not expecting to see tradesman everyday like it has been for the last 22 weeks. We must be also getting close to the end of the build as Wayne has sent through all the variations to the contract. Gulp! Love the kitchen?? Hope so, we've splashed out a little in this area. Looks great though doesn't it!! (am I convincing myself!?!) Deputy is madly working the calculator to make sure he has calculated everything correctly as everything gets invoiced (apparently that means pay up!)
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