Building the Charlton by Porter Davis : house wrap

ON THE WAY TO LOCK UP

So lots has happened since my last post.

All windows installed
Hawthorn windows fixed
House is now wrapped both ground and upper level.
Solar panel is installed
Plumbing is roughed in
Evaporative cooling is in
Cabinetry is being built

I've been so impressed with how quickly things are progressing, our site start was 3rd August and 2 months later we are nearly at lock up. We drove by on both sat and sun to see tradies working both days, I can understand Saturday but Sundays as well? Are they falling behind schedule? I'm not complaining.. just hope they're doing a good job and not just rushing through things.

The next phase is the Hebel which to me means we're close to lock up. Besides choosing hebel for its insulation properties the large panels means that installation and rendering is a lot quicker than it would be with bricks. We did a quick drive by today and wasn't expecting to see anyone on site because of the rain instead there were 3 guys on site installing the hebel and within a day there had completed one side of the ground floor. Wow.

I'm still a little disappointed with the lack of communication and the updates from our bc and ss. In fact to give you an idea everything I've detailed in this blog update is based on what I'm seeing when I drive by. (Except for cabinetry). Got a call from kitchen culture who wanted to confirm whether I knew that the vinyl wrap I've selected has got a textural feel to it..so now it's got me all worried..why would they call to confirm this..is it a weird choice that they thought they'd double check?

Realistically the house probably won't be ready until early next year but I'm secretly wishing for it to completed before Xmas.. my logic is..Porter Davis won't be doing our flooring and they are building with hebel so that should reduce average build time by a month. Hahaha I'm dreaming I know.

All in all things seem to be progressing well. Apologies for the lack of photos but I will try and get some better ones this weekend.