Building the Charlton by Porter Davis

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cornices

FIXING STAGE PART 2 - STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN

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cathedral window

FIXING STAGE PART 1- PLASTER UP

We were pleasantly surprised yet again to see so much progress.

The house is all plastered on ground and upper floor
Eaves have been put into place (still needs to be finished off) and
First coat of render applied to 75% of the house

Plastering

By my calculations the plastering has only taken them a couple of days, I was on site 2 days ago and the plasterers were a no show so it looks like they rocked up the next day and worked through a Saturday to have been able to achieve so much. As usual our build seems to be going full steam ahead.

With the plastering up it felt so good to walk in and get a sense of space. I personally felt that the space looked smaller than it did pre-plaster but that will most likely change once it's painted as the lighter colour will make any space appear bigger.

From a plastering perspective the cornices will go up next, it's so good to see your house start to show some personality with our world of style selections starting to be realised.

Front Entrance

View of Kitchen

View of Family and Dining room from the Kitchen

Family Room

Pantry (Left) and Galley (Right) - does the Pantry door look narrow to you by comparison?

Energy drinks seem to be the drink of choice for our tradies

You'll notice markings or notations either spray painted or written on the concrete slab this is mark where the electrical are so the electrician can do his/her thang once the plaster is up.

Our downstairs shower

Upstairs games room -Awning Cathedral windows due to overlooking issue.

One of the rear bedrooms (Can't remember which one)

Downstairs bathroom - If you have chosen to tile all the way up to the bathroom ceiling as we have the cornices will be put on after the tiles have been laid.

Rendering

With the rendering is anyone able to tell me how many coats are applied? And when does the color start to come through? When we first drove up I yelled 'hey the rendering is up... Oh hang on that's not the dulux champigion colour I selected' Bahaaa. So my guess is that this is just a base coat will a couple more layers to come?

We were going to add a transom above our entry doors to make use of our norther light aspect but just as well we couldn't because the balcony would have prevented any natural light coming in.

First coat of render done to 3/4 of the home.

Top half is first coat of render. Bottom half is hebel.

Eaves

Eaves in progress.

Whats next?

So this coming week we should see

Eaves completed
Rendering to 75% of the house completed - looking forward to seeing the render colour,
Cornices installed
Stairs will be put in the week after
Cabinetry - don't have any idea as to when to expect this yet. I'll ask in my next chat/update with our BC or SS later this week.

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LOCK UP

So we're officially already hit lock up. Lock up is defined as

when the external wall cladding and roof covering is fixed and external doors (excluding and garage and/or verandah) and windows are fixed."

I had to double check this and obviously make sure this was the case before fixing up payment..you just never know!
I have to say the first three phases of the build, slab frame and lock up has all happened in the blink of an eye which also means PD will also have the bulk of their money $$$$. Once again the accounts department wins the award in the 100m sprint.

Given that we had reached such a milestone I made arrangements with the mother in law to babysit for a couple of hours whilst I make the trek out to the house and visit our site supervisor for the first time...great guy....we got along well. During our chat he mentioned a couple of things which was quite interesting....this will be his first Charlton he was building but reassured me that its very similar to the hoffman which he has built plenty of and went on to say its a nice home and becoming very popular as he will soon have another 5 charltons coming. He's also never built a house with different skirtings and architraves upstairs and downstairs so needed to double check with me if this was correct. He also mentioned he never seen a house with the 3 french doors as I've done in the living and dining areas...now all this has got me very worried and made me rethink my decisions!! argh...there's probably a reason why its not been done before maybe because its a stupid idea..argh... I can't help but lose sleep over these things. petty i know.

Anyway so the house is coming along great there was a guy installing the eaves today, insulation completed and plastering due to start today but looks like they the plasterers were no show...just as well..I was going to head out and buy the guys some lunch and drinks after my meeting. oh well...Too bad!

So the 'fixing stage' (plastering, stairs and kitchen cabinets, vanities etc) should take about 3 weeks so if we allow say 5 weeks for the practical completion stage my dreams of moving in by Christmas might actually come true.