Much to my disappointment, these past two weeks are considered week 10 & 11 instead of week 17 & 18 of building. It took almost 1 month for brickwork to start since delivery of bricks in late October. I've called up the pre-start lady from Celebration Homes to ask what was the delay and also to request for the expected date of completion. To my horror, she replied that the completion date will be end of March 2014 which according to my calculation is way more than 26 weeks as per agreement by the Builder. She clarified by saying that week 1 of building is only considered when the slab goes down. So technically the preliminary stages of earthwork from removal of vegetation to leveling of the ground are not considered commencement of building which does not make sense to me at all. Hence, it was approximately a 7-weeks delay due to the previous horrible weather in Perth. On the other hand, Celebration Homes also mentioned that there was a shortage of brickies/brick-workers in Perth during this busy period of time. Well, according to the fine prints in the contract, builder will only considered commencement of building process when they say so. So, I guess there's no way around this to seek for compensation.
Oh well, I shall not ponder on the compensation as I am a very happy girl this morning. Finally some bricklaying has started with one side of the wall erected. This is getting exciting for me again. I guess I shall be patient with Celebration Homes and let them do whatever they have to do.
Messy work-site
Internal part of the house
Internal part of the house
Another view of the house internally
I hope it's fine with the gaps between the bricks. Maybe it's some bricklaying technique which I am not aware of.
The external area of the house. I love the dual shaded colour of the bricks. Just in case you wonder what bricks I've picked, it's the "Jurien" bricks.
a close-up view of the bricks
Yes, exciting times now. Hopefully it shouldn't be too long before we start seeing the shell of the house =)
