update to 21st Feb '15 - move in date!!! & pics

Great news - we have a final inspection and move in date.  We'll be inspecting mid-March and moving in just before the Easter break.  The site manager was helpful as we asked if the date could be brought forward a little, giving us the Easter long weekend to get settled, and the request was accommodated.

Progress is coming along nicely also.  All walls are painted, bathrooms are pretty much finished, and the staircase is looking great with glass balustrades all in place.  lighting, switches etc are in, and it now seems like the main things to complete are the flooring, air conditioning and final appliances fit out.

 

update to 8th Feb '15 - Hmmmmmm

Following the good progress during the shutdown, not a whole lot has happened in the last 2-3 weeks unfortunately. 

We were obviously hoping that the momentum would carry through and that we'd hear about our completion date soon.  We asked roughly when the walk through would be and the initial feedback was encouraging:  end of Feb walk through, and end of March move in.  Somehow in the course of a week or so, this was moved back and we're now advised that walk through is end of March with move in around mid-April.

So this basically leaves us as moving in exactly on the date of the contract deadline (including the various extensions which add up to 16 days).  Pretty deflating.  Remember that during contract discussions we were told by sales that the contract period would be a whole lot shorter than it ended up being, and even then we were told that the end date was very conservative and that they nearly always come in ahead of time.

I guess all we can do now is hope that they are just managing our expectations and will outperformance the guidance provided. 

No pictures or updates to provide other than the notes above.... there really isn't much at all that has happened...