23 November 2009

I have raised my concerns to the CSA and to the SS as regards to

the defects that I have noticed. I met with the SS, the plumber and

the carpenters on site and they discussed with me on how they will

rectify the defects. I'm happy that the defects can be corrected and

that they would do them in the next few days when the roof is up.

On this day I also noticed that the windows and doors are

already installed.

The roof tiles will be delivered this week and next week the bricks.

18 November 2009

I guess the carpenters are almost done with their work of putting up the frames and trusses. I noticed some defects and poor workmanship though. Here take a look:

It appears that nail missed the middle of the timber.

And here's a big gap.

Here's one that I am worried of. That embedded pipe is a conduit pipe for H&C water that leads to the island bench. It is supposed to be underneath the cupboard beside that other pipe. The plumber placed it along the hallway. It looks like a floor drain. I dont' know how they will be able to rectify this.

This is supposed to be the pipe for the ensuite WC. Again I guess the plumber made another miscalculation.

16 November 2009

The carpenters have started putting up the trusses today.

13 November 2009

The trusses were delivered today. Subbies will be back

on Monday to finish off the installation

of the frames and to start putting

up the trusses.

12 November 2009

The frames were put up today. Our home is slowly taking shape.

This is the back of the house - on the left is the family room

while the outdoor living is on the right. Behind the

outdoor living is the dining and kitchen.

Front - in the foreground are two bedrooms.




Front - frames for the garage are yet to be installed,
main entrance and two front bedrooms. Behind the garage is the theatre.

Back - family room, outdoor living and principal suite.

09 November 2009

The frames arrived today. It appears that the frames are not enough

to cover the whole house (internal walls and divisions). But the client relations

rep assures me that the frames are enough to cover everything.

23 October 2009

Finally we have a slab sitting on our block. It appears that the slab

occupies the whole of the block of land...but the build-upon-area is only 46%

so we still have plenty of space left for our front and back lawns.

Front - southeastern side

Back - northeastern side

Back - northern side

Front - southern side

22 October 2009

On this day the concreter layed the polythene film (for damp proofing), polystyrene foam pods to form the footing beams and slab itself, reinforcement bars, etc. in preparation for the pouring of the concrete the following day