St Joseph Affordable Homes will provide trade apprenticeships in a range of construction areas, gained through an in-house apprenticeship and life-coaching scheme.
The social and affordable home building programs of CatholicCare Tasmania and Centacare Evolve Housing provide the building projects for St Joseph Affordable Homes.
Below is an overview of projects as at December 2022:
This allows regular intakes of apprentices to support the construction of more than 100 homes every year. All homes constructed by St Joseph Affordable Homes have an energy rating of at least 7 stars, ensuring comfort year round as well as reduced energy and living costs.
All works including water connection is now completed. Handover to the client has been finalised this month
Framing completed on 8 units. Slab preparation for 2 units. Retaining wall being completed for Southern boundary.
External painting completed and driveway preparation underway.
Commercial vinyl starting early March. Cladding and eaves to follow.
Decks underway. Commercial vinyl going in. External drains to be finished early March.
Handover completed to the owner after a short media event.
Painting underway. Tiler onsite doing walls to wet areas. Driveway works to commence.
All works complete. Final inspections underway ready for handover in early November.
Units are now complete including landscaping, driveway and fences.
Bulk cuts complete pod cuts complete. Underslab drains commencing.
Painters commenced and kitchen joinery installed. Landscape to commence mid-march.
External painting complete and driveway preparations underway.
Kitchen installed. Fit out complete. Delays due to vandalism.
Painting complete and commercial vinyl underway. Fixing vandalism damage.
Wrapped and roof complete. Delay in works due to vandalism.
Plumbers commenced fit offs. Decks and fencing underway. Landscaper retaining wall to commence.
Eaves and cladding commencing. Fit out to commence early March and kitchen to be installed. Driveway preparations to commence.
Rough-In completed. Plastering last units and painters working on soffit. Works on the high decks underway. Excavators levelling out back yards and driveways. 4 x Kitchen installs this week. All units to be fit out by the end of the month.
