7th July 2014

Our driveway form work was erected today and as you can imagine, we are beyond excited as its been 10 months since we moved in. It was especially exciting for our almost 2 year old seeing the digger and the big truck...lol

Council have been locked in to do an inspection of the form work tomorrow. If all goes well, the guys from Fogolin & Son Concreting will be back on Wednesday to do the pour. Can't wait till the pour is done. Feeling a little nervous though about how the colour will turn out. Hoping its just the right charcoal colour. We are going with a charcoal coving finish, nice and simple. I'm not a fan of stenciled driveways as I feel it takes the focus off the house and the stencil stands out like crazy.

Unfortunately because we fall under Blacktown Council, we have to go with a plain brushed concrete finish for the crossover.

Some pics of todays work:

26th June 2014

We're back baby!

 

Feeling super excited about Monday as our driveway and path around the side of the house is getting done. I've never been so excited about a concrete slab...lol

 

I can't wait till its finished so I can start working on our gardens.

 

We have also locked in an Electrician to install all our lights the first weekend in July.

 

Will post some photos in due course :)

4th June 2014

We got some fantastic news last week!

 

Pete managed to get a job and started today, which is soooo exciting and such a relief. It means we will finally be able to start work on the house again.

 

I can't wait to get stuck into it. I really miss posting blog updates and seeing the progress. We have never been so desperate for a driveway. Its been tough not having one for 8 months, but we have managed to cope without one. It was a good thing we laid our grass when we did.

 

I have spoken to our Electrician friend about coming out and installing all our lights. Can't wait for them go in. Then hopefully in the next month or two we will be able to get our driveway done.

 

We have recently had some MJH tradies come through recently to fix some of our post build issues. We had a lovely gentleman come out from Essastone to polish our kitchen bench and remove the glue marks. He did a great job. It took several hours to buff them out, but he managed to do it.

 

We also had an electrician come out to fix one of the light switches and someone come and fix our sliding doors.

 

There are still a few things to be fixed, but its not like we have been in any hurry.

 

Talk soon :)

 

 

3rd April 2013

After having waited 2 extra months for MJH to get back to us about our 3 month post build review, we finally had someone come and visit this morning to look at what needs to be fixed / replaced. Thankfully, most of the stuff is only minor and they are things like painting touch ups, small cracks etc.

 

We were told that there would be a wait of at least 6-8 weeks before they could get any tradies out, due to how busy they are at the moment. Apparently, MJH have had 400 builds in the last few months in Sydney alone, which is great for business, but having to wait 4 months to get tradies out post build is crazy. That's 7 months in total we're having to wait. Fingers crossed there won't be any more delays.

 

It's no surprise that they have so much work on though, as they do such a great job. We love our house and had such a great build and to have only minor things that need fixing post build is fantastic. I just hope they don't start falling behind with new builds and that their customer service starts falling apart because of it. They even have 2 storey homes in the mix now. They definitely have their work cut out for them.

 

All we need now is for Pete to find a job, so we can finish off making our house look beautiful.

9th March 2014

We're back...well almost!

I finally managed to get a job. Only took 8 months. We came so close to losing everything, but I managed to get a job just in time. We are still not completely in the clear however, as my better half is still out of work, so its still a huge struggle. It has now been 8 months without a job for him too. Hopefully he'll find a job soon so we can finally finish off where we left off.

Our first priority when Pete does find a job will be getting the driveway done. Its been an absolute pain in the backside not having one. We are so sick of the dust/dirt/mud. There is still a lot to do.

Hoping some more good luck comes our way...fingers crossed.

10th January 2014

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20th December 2013

Just wanted to say thank you to everyone that has viewed my blog and to my followers. I am absolutely stoked having received over 20,000 views.

I can't wait to start sharing more info, advice and pics with you all, but things haven't changed at all on the job front so nothing more has been done to the house since my last post.

Both myself and Pete are still out of work. I can't believe that we have applied for over 650 jobs between us since July and have only managed to get a couple of interviews each. It is so unbelievably hard out there. I have never had to go through this before as I have always been lucky enough to get jobs straight away. Things are incredibly tough for us right now. I really don't want to celebrate this Christmas this year as its all too much and is so upsetting. Trying to stay positive but its very hard. Fingers crossed the new year brings some exciting news for us and hopefully we will still have a house in January.

Anyway, I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a safe and happy New Year!

Praying for a miracle :(

Nai
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