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Hello buildees,

It's been a few weeks since we last had cause to report any progress, and thanks for your interest Rachael and Shayne.

At the start of the week, Sandrine lost her rag with Metricon over the absurd resourcing (1 painter for 6+ weeks), mediocre progress over the last month, promised milestones missed and no communication. (Funny, that sounds much like the experience most of you are also having with your builds!) After many attempts to reach our SS and not hearing back, Sandrine contacted our CSR to voice our concerns and try and get the matter escalated. The responses to this included statements such as "...this is Metricon's policy...", "...resources are allocated on a case-by-case basis..." and "...we at the office have no idea as to where your build is up to" (are you serious?). Hence losing the proverbial rag.

Within 24 hours we were contacted by the construction manager who manages the site supervisors. Although his tone wasn't entirely sympathetic, we did see a marathon effort this week compared to that of the last few months. Way to go, wife!

So, summary of progress this week:

• Painting completed
• Tiling completed (some coloured grouting remains)
• Plumbing - toilets, baths, taps  - installed and connected
• Electrical - downlights, power points, air-con ducts
• Downpipes installed

Here are the pics. Wishing everyone a good week!

Stained stair rails and front pivot door

Downlights and the stained bifolds



Downlights and batons over island bench for post-handover pendants



Kitchen bulkhead downlights



Kitchen mixer



Ensuite feature tiles complete. Waiting on grouting and shower head.



Ensuite bathtub



The girls test-drive their bathtub



Whoops #1 - Stair light misfire



Whoops #2 - Another stair light misfire

Whoops #3 - Gas main takes a bow(!!)

Network ports and FTA socket for family room
( The only reason this picture got through is because The Mrs is not authoring this post ;)

A Spark of Progress

Hurray, post-shutdown activity has been kicked-off at the house and the electrical pre-wire (call it a "rough-in" if you're tough enough!) has finally been done.

This is what a three-way switch can look like behind the scenes ...  spaghetti!

In-wall conduit with draw-wire for flat-screen wall mounting, viewed from the laundry side. Will have to be really careful about drilling holes for the brackets with those water pipes around! Yes dear, it'll be fine :)

Puzzled by the height of the light switch plates in this area ... maybe if elves (or our children, same thing) are going through to the garage at night?

This is where all the network (cat6) and free-to-air cabling have been terminated in the garage where I will setup our future communications rack after handover:

Air conditioning ducting and internal motor has also gone in on the same day. Good boys Vaccaro!