Site cleaned, nearly there

What a surprise to arrive at the house to meet the site supervisor and find the site has been cleaned, the fence and portaloo removed.



At last from across the street we can see the house without the fence, rubbish bin and loo in the way. Of course the painter decided to turn up at that moment!





Inside most of the basins, sinks and taps have been installed. Our ensuite is now finished...



We selected the square basins but with sloping sides...



That's the toilet roll holder on the right near the door. In fact very near the door, something we might bring up at handover.



The bathroom is also nearly done. I now think we should have extended the tiles from bath around to the shower, but otherwise we are very happy with it. Henley still need to seal the tiles and basins, but its almost done.







Inside the site supervisor had been busy marking with spots areas needing patching, painting etc. There were quite a lot, some obviously needing fixing, some less obvious.

In the master bedroom they have installed two normal lights instead of downlights for reading lights over the bed. The dimmer switches do not work well with CFC globes, but I think having consistent lights in the room make sense. So Henley will install globes that can be dimmed and we will see what they are like before insisting on replacing with downlights as on the plan.



All the shelves have been installed, in the walk-in-robe...



The pantry, which in hindsight we should have had a bench rather than a shelf halfway down. Something we can change when we fit out the kids wardrobes.



Speaking of kids wardrobes...



Also the hall cupboard...



the kids retreat...



and the laundry cupboard...



The flyscreens have been installed on most windows as well as the door handles.



The family and dining room is still our favorite



and of course looking back to the kitchen



In the living room they have punched through the plaster to install the fireplace.



There are four main issues

1. The data cables have all been pulled to the study instead of the laundry cupboard. As I tried to explain to the admin when we signed the contract this was ambiguous and then not being able to inspect before the plaster went on was frustrating. I've agreed to compromise by having Henley run a single data cable from the laundry to the study so I can keep the ADSL modem in the laundry cupboard where a phone and power point have been installed.
   
2. Where we expected oyster lights on the outside walls they have installed junction boxes as the symbol used for these lights is not on the plan. I need to go back to the tender and check.
   
3. On one side the garage door they have used pine between the door and the bricks. I pointed this out but the site supervisor was already on it. He had some better timber with him and will make it consistent and both sides.
   
4. Henley have realized they have not installed the bulkhead above the kitchen cupboards. Once again this was not clear on the plans.
   

The site supervisor asked if we could get the fence screens installed this week, apparently the council will be coming around to do a preliminary report soon.

Next week the floors should go in, boards first followed by carpets. Then we should get a call from the handover department. Still looks like we may have the keys by the end of October.