Well, we are making progress on the house, but it feels like backwards progress some days.
After looking at the back wall of the second bedroom on Friday gone, I told the builder to strip it back and thermal board it. Like other walls, it was covered in 20 – 30 mm of gypsum. Post-stripping, we discovered that parts of it actually had a scratch (sand/cement) render, and parts of it didn’t. This morning, doing the morning walk through, I noticed that I could see light under the frame of the window in that wall – turns out it’s on the wall with no render (just gypsum and foam), there’s nothing underneath it other than foam, and it’s not even screwed in to the reveal.
Hey, there’s some render on that wall 
The granite party wall, almost ready to be boarded over 
Just foam between the frame and the wall 
“Soft” bricks used to hold the lintel; they need to be replaced
The third bedroom has turned out to be another mould-infested room. What started as a discussion about where to place a vent to get airflow in the room turned into a session of tapping the wall, wondering why it sounded hollow/blown off, and digging in to it to check how it was rendered.
The answer was another 20 – 30 mm of gypsum, and no scratch coat, and once the fitted wardrobe was removed to do the kango work, the infestation of mould was found.
The scratchless wall – it was just covered in gypsum and paint 
Behind some MDF that was there to make the place look nice. 
With that MDF removed.. ewww 
Behind the top section of the fitted wardrobe 
New scratch coat going on, wiring run for the outside light over the kitchen door 
Wiring run for the outside light on the outside of the bathroom
It’s not all doom and gloom though; one of the focus areas today was to get the master bedroom and second bedroom back together – boarded up, flooring anchored – so that the tradesmen have some room to store bits from bedroom three.
Not shown – the replacement “hard” blocks to replace the soft ones 
All boarded over, holes for ventilation and power 
Wall to the balcony on top of the breakfast room – vented and thermal boarded 
The back part of the chimney flue area; fire board as belt-n-braces 
New porch radiator 
Manufacturer supplied wrong dimensions; had to move the pipes 
Manufacturer supplied wrong dimensions; had to move the pipes 
New vertical panel radiators in the living room
Of course, it wouldn’t be this house if there were a few issues in the kitchen, as the electrician is installing the new cable runs for the appliances, boiler, and overhead lights.
There’s a bit of mould by the extractor vent hole 
That isolator switch was *behind* the cupboard, no access 
The aforementioned mould 
I can see daylight! 
New light fitting holes, old wires 
Yeah, that’s a next year thing; fix the level and fall of the pavers