Day 145 - February 19th (Day 1)

Well handover was yesterday! And what a busy day it was. I got home around 12:30 and we started to pack the car to get ready for the move. We left at 2pm as we were wanting to pick up some items from Bunnings (We needed some multigrips...the one handed bandit seems to have taken our other set...or so I thought....),

Left Bunnings at 2:45, and got to the house around 3pm. Handover wasn't to be until 3:30pm, so we were a little early, but very excited!

We we arrived, there was a contractor sitting outside the house. He explained that he was here to install the dishwasher, but had left his keys behind... Thought it might be wise to wait for the supervisor this time.

While we were waiting he showed us how the water tank worked....well...sort of. You see the pump was switched off and when we turned it on, the pressure built up, and water started dripping out from the pump ;->...just what he wanted!

Anyway, our Site supervisor is aware and he wil be getting onto Bluescope Steel to get them out to fix it. We spent a good hour going through all the items, signing paperwork, having the termite warranty explained to us etc... After this we got all the keys and garage remotes. He did his best to explain to us how to use the Microwave (which by the way works fine for us...he said the upgraded model can have a sticky door :-> ), then showing us the dishwasher, cooktop and oven. Apparently the lady who normally does this was away sick.

After he left we went outside and attached the Gas so we could have a hot shower and the cooktop would work. Looks like I bought the right adapter as it works without any issue.

We then bought in all the beds etc from our trailer and went back to collect more items. My Father in law has a large 1.6T van which we made good use of and threw in all the neccessities such as the fridge, washing machine, dryer, sofa etc...

Grabbed four pizzas on the way home, had dinner, unpacked and then hit the hay...  Well the bed frame wasn't up..so we slept on a mattress on the floor.

It's times like these where you LOVE air conditioning... We just need to be careful as we don't really want a $1000 bill at the end of 3 months!

Got up around 7:30 am this morning and had a knock on the door. I wasn't expecting anyone? Found out that the concretor we have arranged, has organised the driveway to be dug out today. We were expecting it on Monday, but the guy said he had another job on Monday so he thought he'd come out today and do it... Let him get the job underway, and by 9 am he'd finished.

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The trench is for the concretor to cut the gutter and bury it... They then fill the hole and concrete over...!

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All hands on deck!

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Well after another two loads today, we stopped. Still have a small amount of stuff to move, but the vast majority has been done.  Thanks a million John for your help!

Still need to fax (or probably email) the gas certificate in order to get it connected correctly. Then need to start working out the exact details for the fence.....

A pic I took tonight....

Well there are a stack of other things to complete. Really need to focus on the inside of the house at the moment though.....