So each weekend hubby, bubs and I would trek out 45 mins each way just to see progress on the house so you can imagine my disappointment when we arrived this week to see all the doors lock and no way in. I know we officially shouldn't be on site without our sit e supervisor anyway and doors should be locked up so I guess I better stop whining. 

Architectural Drawings (left)  Our Build (right)

Notice how the top window has been built right to the top of the eaves whereas in the drawings the window sits slightly lower from the eaves to enable the mouldings to border the entire window frame. Yup pretty big boo boo. 

I raised this with our site supervisor who has agreed that it is a mistake. Normally the windows are set to the top of the roof line so the carpenters must have just assumed this without looking at the plan. This is a costly mistake or as my site supervisor says a "pain in the bum" but because it's in the plan they will fix it no questions asked. Great stuff. I assume this means they'll have to get some scaffolding up, pull down the hebel, plaster and all to redo it all again...such a bummer indeed. A bit suprised this wasn't picked up by our site supervisor earlier?

Stair Cornice Issue Update 

If you have been following my blog you'll know that I'm currently trying to sort out an issue I have with a wall below the staircase whereby the supporting beams under the staircase protrude out past the wall preventing the cornices from being able to fully extend to the full length of the wall. 

The picture below is is the current solution which I'm not too happy about. What's strange is not every Charlton being built has the same issue so what is so unique about our build? Add to that there is proof (thanks to other fellow Charlton builders out there) that a staircase can be built without the beams sticking out past the wall. 

Patch of plaster to make it look like a cornice

and then they try to pretty it up with a cornice end and some paint work.

Display Home - Of course they would get it looking perfect in the display right.

A huge thank you to all of you that have responded and supported me with this issue. So glad to know that I'm not just being difficult. As I understand our site supervisor is still investigating and will compare plans between our build and that of the display as well as other Charlton builds currently in progress either that or he has gone silent.

Mouldings put on garage and pillars We made an error in provisioning the light fittings higher than the mouldings instead it should be the other way round.