PCI fixing week

A lot of work is happening this week to fix the issues and get the house ready by Monday for final inspection.

Below are just some of the issues that have been fixed. There are still others namely numerous paint touch ups everywhere. Hope this will be done to our expectations.

Electricity meter sealed



Built in wall speakers in theatre room

Wall mounted TV pre-wire

Fixing of the slab issue to support the bricks

Concrete pour to strengthen the slab

Concrete setting

Alfresco drain now smooth



Water pipe fixed with 90 deg angle fitting

Weatherseals on main doors



Drilling of holes for washing machine pipes to connect to under cabinet taps



Fixing of rough patches on staircase



Fixed staircase, restained

Fitoff of 3-1 bathroom lights

PCI day.... finally

Finally, we are in PCI session... 5.5 months into the build. The finishing line is almost there.

This is the time for the SS to present the house to us formally, not that we haven't seen any of it. To start off, our SS want to discuss our inspector's report first, go through the list of issues and put an action point against it. Our SS has been very genuine with us and reassured us that although thte list of issues may seem challenging, it is not dauting to him and he believes they can be resolved within a week in time for handover by next Friday.

After the inspector's list, we also raised our own long PCI checklist of issues to be fixed, we have been grateful that our SS acknowledged the issues and added them to the growing list to be fixed. We chose not to publish or rant the issues on the internet forum as we wanted to give the SS time to get it fixed. And we do have reason to believe to trust in him.

Here are some of the issues that has been mentioned to the SS to be fixed:

Water pipe coming into the house

Alfresco concrete drain

Patched up mortar and colour not matched

Slab not enough to support the brickwork

Tip: To all those who will be doing PCI, if you have a chance, do your PCI checklist prior to PCI time as you will not have enough time to go through the house in detail, to pick up little issues. We did our checklist on the day of my inspector's visit, had the house to ourselves that day.

Inspection time

Time to get one last independant inspection done before PCI, which is booked for Friday. Our SS has confirmed the PCI date and he want to get the inspection report asap.

For those interested, Kevin from New Homes Inspections did the inspection and we believe it was worth every cent spent. Although no one will get a 100% perfect house, in average according to Kevin, most of the house will be around 80%. By getting an inspection, it will push that figure between 90-95% perfect, which is our aim.

Kevin has been thorough during his inspection and also highlighed the issues with us. There are some major issues (according to us) but Kevin believes it's fixable and will not cause too much issue.

Once inspection done, we had the house to ourselves (our SS trusted us). We took the time to go though the house in fine detail knowing that we won't have the time to do so during PCI. We also mentioned to our SS that we will be attaching post it stickers on areas to be fixed.



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