Our Plaza 49 @ Sanctuary Lakes: Where has the time gone?

I've been very slow in updating the blog. Can't believe that it's almost a month since the last update and so much has happened since then that I've probably lost track of what happened and when. I haven't actually seen the house for a week as I am currently away on business travel and typing this from the poolside at the JW Marriot hotel in Kuala Lumpur. It's been such a hectic time that this is the first opportunity I've had to do an update. Anyway, since the last blog, the roof tiles were finished, scaffold came down, the sissalation went on the bottom floor and the remainder of the windows, both upstairs and down were fitted. Shower trays were fitted (bit weird that one), scaffolding went up, bricks delivered, sand/cement delivered, power connected, bricklayers cracked on, scaffold came down, water came on and some doors were fitted. The ground floor bricking was completed by Friday 12th Feb. This week, Sonia reports that electrical rough in has been completed, site cleared, new scaffold has arrived and the gyprock sheets and cornice have been delivered. That will start next week, along with brickies (all 7 or 8 of them at a time!) back on site by Wednesday. All being well the bricklaying will be complete by Friday (but not sure if that will include the garage. So, overall, it's coming along nicely and I expect to see a big difference when I get home in a week's time.

We also met with Matt our Site Supervisor and the bricklayer. We met the latter because we had big concerns that the mortar was far too dark for the brick. He did, however, assure us that it would dry to a much lighter colour in a week or so. Hope he's right because I'm not sure what we'll do if Sanctuary Lakes don't approve it. The visit with Matt was very useful - he seems like a good guy who was keen to help with any concerns we had. True to his word it looks like we'll get lights to the front piers (despite PD repeatedly claiming it wasn't possible - utter nonsense PD - get real please!!!). He's also going to see if we can replace the frosted glass on the 1st floor. That was required due to council overlooking regulations but we were never consulted on the style of glass and really disapprove of what we ended up with. I have a plan to rectify that after we move in but PD needs to get that changed. Go get 'em Matt.

So, that's about it for this week's/months' update. I'll try harder next time....I promise!!