Finally, hadnover is done!!

The house is finally mine.. It is a very long journey, everything run smooty up until the final stage, the most stress stage... I have been so stress in the last few days/weeks and now it is almost over...

hahaa, have to say 'almost', not 'all', because still no sign of the mortar re-colouring warranty certificate, and still need to chase up... but i want the key and now i have it now.. I think i can finally sleep well tonight.. and finally can concentrate of organising things for the house, for the move...

Ohhhhhh Noooooo

I called the finance department today and advised that i would go to their head office and pay the final payment (all fixing has been done). Then when i asked about who i pick up the keys from, they said your house does not have Certificate of Occupancy yet, so you can’t have the key… Ohhhhhhhhh NOOOOOOOOO

When i had the third walkthrough with SS (nearly 2 weeks ago), he did tell me that i have COO already… so WT?????

The finance lady said she will follow up for me today… so i told her that i need it urgently since i was told that it is done, i have now organised the removalist and everything else… I really need to move in..

I then called my CSR who said that it is not her role to follow this up??????? @#$@##$# but she later on saying that she will do her best to follow up for me… argh…

I then rang the council who advised that they are not doing the COO for me, because Simonds is using a private surveyor called NorthPoint… so i found their number on whitepage and called them

They advised me that they did the inspection a few weeks back, but they are waiting for information from Simonds (such as Plumbing certificate, energy rating report….etc) before they can release the COO…. So i called SS again and asked him if he can follow up with the plumber of what’s holding up the certificate…

Argh, i feel so tired of this.. why i have to do the chasing up.. i thought everything has been organised and now, in the very last minutes… ohhhhhhhh

Shopping Time

Never thought that a custom made rod need 4 weeks to complete and deliver (although the price is similar to readymade)

This properly is my fault, i never look at rod seriously, i always thought that i can get a ready made quickly, but look like one of the sliding door need custom made…

Arghhhh…

Except for curtain company, I have tried bunning yesterday too, which they have the size i am looking for listed in their store, but i couldn’t find it, tried to get someone helping, but they were too busy (i guess its because of Mother day)
So i bought some redishade instead.. properly i need to use it for a while before i can get a rod installed (i already have curtain)

I don’t have a key yet but already thinking of moving and buying things… hahahaa just can’t stop thinking about the house

Update for today

OK – quick update

Meeting was at 10am this morning, SS shown me around the house, all the internal are done and house inside is cleaned

There are a few outside items still being worked on, and SS has spent the whole morning fixing it (rather than getting tradies to do it, he just do it himself, well done). He assured me that everything will be done by the end of today, so i am happy to sign off… I know that I should sign off after all are completed, but i think it is just about trust, and i trust him.. so i signed off but i won’t pay until he confirm all items are done. And he is fine with it.

There are only 2 items outstanding and will leave it post handover

– 1. provide me the warranty certificate for the mortar re-colouring, and

– 2. monitoring the mortar color through maintenance period
This is tricky. They have done the mortar re-colouring a while ago, and now because Kevin has identified some brickwork issue during PCI, so the brickie has to come and fix, however the mortar color look a lot lighter, I nearly had a heart attack when i saw it.
But SS assured me that it is the same color, it is just because it is not fully dry and still new, so the color not quite blend with the rest of the house. He is also happy to put in writing, if the color is still not settled at the end of the maintenance period, he would come back and fix it
To be honest, the color looks slightly better than a few days ago, so may be true that it is too early to judge the color, so I let it go as long as we have that in writing

So hopefully this is it… All the appliances have booked in and will deliver in 2 weeks times…

Later in the afternoon, SS called and confirmed that everything has been done except for the acid clean for the driveway/garage floor, and it will be done on Monday. I just went to the house and checked, everything are there and only the acid clean remaining, i am quite happy with it… Look like i can finally settle my house on Monday… yeahhhh

This weekend, shopping time… hehehe.. i need to buy some rob to hang my curtains, also need some roller blinds, need to hang them up first so that i can start moving things in…

It is so close but still.....

Thanks for the comments.. but i don't have the house yet. SS called 15mins before the meeting start, he wanted to reschedule to today, but i couldn't make it, so it will be tomorrow, at 10am...

I kind of expected it, i actually don't think everything can be fixed by Wed, so asked for Friday handover, but he sound so confident last week, and now turn up $@$@#$%

I still went to the house on Wed, a lot of things have been done and thats good

However i saw a new problem, look like the brickie who tried to fix the brick issue (identified by my inspector) but using the wrong mortar color 'again'..... i am so p@ss.. because this happened to my house before and they did the mortar re-colouring already, and now again????? what the brickie thinking????? although it is not a big area, but just annoying, why can't they finish the job and finish it well, so doesn't need to come back again?????

I will go back and check again tomorrow... I hope it is just because the mortar not dry yet (let's pretend that)... i am not sure if i should settle, I am totally confused... NOT HAPPY AT ALL

06May is our handover date

Should have this updated last week but been busy, there are quite a few things happening for the new house:

Last Friday was my third walkthrough with SS after the PCI, most items have been fixed which i was pleased, however there are still outstanding items – such as water pipe brick work, some paint touch up, gas pipe UV spray, driveway/garage floor cleanup, toilet flyscreen, IXL fan light is still wrong…etc… so still a fair bit of works required

But SS was confident that they can all be fixed by 06May which is tomorrow… let’s hope so.. He also confirmed that the Occupancy of Certificate has been issued, so we should be able to do a handover tomorrow

Last Friday after the site meeting, I also called the bank and organise the final payment. I am quite worried because they need to do an inspection before giving me a cheque, but surprisingly the bank called me in the early morning today and confirmed that the inspection has passed and the cheque is available in 30mins in the brand that i nominee.. woo, how wonderful…

Also called my loan manager today who organise the house insurance for me, done straight through no issue at all

So look like i have what i need for tomorrow, let’s see if they really fix everything..

I just place online order 2 pendants lights and 1 wall light for my dinning/kitchen and lounge room, so happy for it… my annual leave has been approved and removalist has also been booked.. wooo bring on the move as i am soooooooooo excited…

STILLLLLLL no handover, no house

The completion date on contract is 08 May.. Well, another 2 weeks to go, I am not confident that they will fix everything by this date

PCI was done a month ago, nothing has been done until 2 weeks ago, however only the plasterer doing a partly completed job… then nothing has been done until today. But not the plasterer, was the brickie and concreter doing other fix and partly done again.. argh….

At this stage, they agreed to fix everything including Kevin’s report except one item – the infill above 2 sliding doors. I am kind of disputing with them, but now i properly will give up, because even they agree to fix it now, it may take another few weeks or months (argh).. Basically they need to pull down the bricks above the door and re-patch it, argh… i just want my house now and I am losing patient to wait any longer

I raised my concern to my CSR on Monday, i said i will escalate this further if not improving. SS said that everything has been booked and scheduled.. Well, i know that, i was there when he made some of the calls, however the traders never shown up. Clearly he cannot manager or control the traders..

The house opposite mine has moved in already.. yes, they have moved in, and they actually started building a month and a half later than mine, and THEY HAVE MOVED IN, you can see my frustration… arghhhhhhhh

I don’t want their penalty payment and i just want MY HOUSE….