Pre-handover meeting - Lots more progress photos

This morning we met with our Site Supervisor to do a thorough check of the house and make sure everything was on track for handover next Thursday.

Armed with red sticky dots we were asked to help him mark any paint issues or plaster imperfections so that the painters can repair them all when they come back to do the last of the painting.

While we were there we got to see the new oven and dishwasher. 

Plus the semi frame-less shower screens and the mirrors.

And the lovely clear coats on the staircase.

Red dots on the left are spots for the painters to fix.

We also got a better look at the kitchen splashback tiles.

Gorgeous!!!!

The lower level render on the left hand side has received it's first lovely rich dark chocolaty coat of paint and the ground was levelled out and flattened. It makes the landscaping task look a bit more manageable although I'm not sure Andy agrees. 

Some of the temporary fence has also been removed and put to the side. I expect it was being picked up later today. 

Our fencing contractor is on standby to commence the left hand fence and retaining wall on Monday 12th May (the same day as the removalists) so I may need to clone myself if Andy needs to go to work. Hopefully the rear fence will follow straight on from that. The people behind us are keen to cooperate but are having their fence included in their build package so we need to get their builder involved which complicates things a bit.

The bank did their inspection yesterday and we received the certificate of occupancy and passed it on to them this morning, so hopefully all is in order for our balance installment to be paid on time.