PCI

Yesterday was PCI. We spent about 2.5 hours going through the house, checking doors, drawers, paintwork, etc.
There were a few hundred paint touch-ups identified, just about the entire house needs to be repainted, lol! There are coloured pieces of tape just about everywhere showing where it needs to be repainted. We also found quite a few scratches on the poly urethane kitchen cupboards, a chip on one end of the island benchtop as well as a scratched glass stacker door, 2 scratched kitchen handles and a few minor things to be fixed. The site will also need to be cleaned up again due to the poor job first time round. There is still lots of rubbish (drinks and food wrappers) and broken bricks etc around the yard.
Overall, I am extremely happy with the quality of the house and the professionalism of McDonald Jones. The whole build has gone smoothly and to plan.

Unfortunately, we are still trying to figure out the very complicated requirements of building a retaining wall parallel to the water easement down the side of our block. After months of research, we are still unsure of what is allowed by council and how to construct it so we don't waste too much land (our side yard).
We are still chasing up concretors for driveway quotes. Feeling so frustrated that most don't bother to return my calls!

Handover will be in two weeks, to allow time for the painters to come back and for the kitchen to be fixed up. Hopefully two weeks will fly by quickly--we are all very excited and looking forward to moving in!

 ensuite

 shelf at end of front entry hall

home theatre

 stacker doors to alfresco

main bathroom

 main bathroom

 kitchen

kitchen