Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Burbank Custom Double Storey- 1st Floor Brick & Heat DUC 141Mar 28, 2014 7:35 pm Hi Mentone! Great progress during the week. Annoying about the duct over your head... Ours is over our head currently and it is uncomfortable. You could try asking for a walk through at lock up? Then that way you get to meet the SS as well?? The down pipe is annoying. You know I think they have some kind of "method" they stick to and they don't budge.... They certainly make more work for themselves and more stress for you too! The pics look great and I have my figures crossed for you to complete lock up next week! (Maybe some rendering pics too by then!) Colours - 12/12/13 Contracts - 4/2/14 Slab - 12/3/14 Frame - 26/3/14 Lockup - 21/5/14 My Thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70419 Re: Burbank Custom Double Storey- 1st Floor Brick & Heat DUC 142Mar 28, 2014 7:54 pm dsbuild Hi Mentone! Great progress during the week. Annoying about the duct over your head... Ours is over our head currently and it is uncomfortable. You could try asking for a walk through at lock up? Then that way you get to meet the SS as well?? The down pipe is annoying. You know I think they have some kind of "method" they stick to and they don't budge.... They certainly make more work for themselves and more stress for you too! The pics look great and I have my figures crossed for you to complete lock up next week! (Maybe some rendering pics too by then!) Hiya Dsbuild Good idea , I think I will arrange walk through then I can finally meet the SS .. I don't want any vents over my head:( Have you met yours SS? Any progress ( and pix) of your build ? Would love to see Also , The admin girl told me -- garage is not part of lock up , hence that is why my garage still hasn't got a roof ! -- After lock up things will look as if it slows down but it's because the interior requires a lot of attention to details !! Re: Burbank Custom Double Storey- 1st Floor Brick & Heat DUC 143Mar 28, 2014 8:49 pm Oh my! I didn't see your last update! There are so many things they had done for your house, congrats Mine slows down a lot, I really don't think there are a lot of thing left, but what I could do, just have to be patient Re: Burbank Custom Double Storey- 1st Floor Brick & Heat DUC 144Mar 30, 2014 8:27 pm Hi Mentone, No I havn't meet my SS. I have spoken with him twice. He seem friendly enough. The frame is finshed! They will start bricking tommorow. My bricks have a little more orange in them than I would like, but hopfull it will blance itself out over a whole wall! How the do you load photos? I have been trying for an hour and just gave up! You will be in your new home before you know it, time will fly and it will be 2015 and we will all be in our new homes! Colours - 12/12/13 Contracts - 4/2/14 Slab - 12/3/14 Frame - 26/3/14 Lockup - 21/5/14 My Thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70419 Re: Burbank Custom Double Storey- 1st Floor Brick & Heat DUC 145Mar 30, 2014 8:30 pm Hi Trambay! Have they given you a date? It nearly been 3 months.. it cant be too far away! I had a look at the photos.... it looks great! Colours - 12/12/13 Contracts - 4/2/14 Slab - 12/3/14 Frame - 26/3/14 Lockup - 21/5/14 My Thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70419 Re: Burbank Custom Double Storey- 1st Floor Brick & Heat DUC 146Mar 31, 2014 8:19 pm Colours - 12/12/13 Contracts - 4/2/14 Slab - 12/3/14 Frame - 26/3/14 Lockup - 21/5/14 My Thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70419 Re: Burbank Custom Double Storey- 1st Floor Brick & Heat DUC 147Apr 04, 2014 6:12 pm Week 13 - First Floor Brick 100% Complete !!
Mon 31st Mar - Sun 6th Apr 2014 The First floor after (09) days of Brick work is finally complete.. YAH!!! Mon 31st Mar - West Side Complete - Day 59 First Floor Brick Work Day 5: Brickies completed the bricking the remainder top half of West Side. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Tue 01 Apr - Above Alfresco Door Bricked - Day 60 Delivery: More and more and more Bricks were delivered today (this making the third brick delivery) First Floor Brick Work Day 6: Brickies complete above and below Alfresco Sliding Doors Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Wed 02 Apr - East Side Bricked - Day 61 Delivery: The Balcony External Flooring ( Scyon Secura) First Floor Brick Work Day 7: Brickies completed the bricking the remainder top half of East Side. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Weekly Contract Admin status update:- The bricklayer is due to complete the First floor brickwork by the end of the week. Once complete we can proceed to LOCK UP. Thu 03 Apr - South Side Bricked - Day 62 Delivery: Bath Tub First Floor Brick Work Day 8: Brickies completed the bricking the remainder top half of South Side. Also the bath tub to the upstairs main bathroom was delivered and installed Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Fri 28th Mar - Balcony Bricked - Day 63 First Floor Brick Work Day 9: Brickies completed all the brick work to the front of the home and at long last I get to see my brick Balcony. I just hope once its rendered it was worth my 2K upgrade from Cladding to Brick work. Also, all the brick to the window sills were bricked too!! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ So how Long did it take (3) Brickies in the end to finish bricking a 41 square double storey home I hear you all asking?? Drum roll................ Ground Floor - 11 Business days Thu 20th Feb - Fri 7th Mar 2014 First Floor - 09 Business days Mon 24th Mar - Fri 04th Apr 2014 I am interested to know if anyone's bricking took as long as mine??? But I must say in the end they did a very clean job which I am impressed Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ House @ Day 63 of Build - Since sight start Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Burbank Custom Double Storey- 1st Floor Brick DONE!!! 148Apr 04, 2014 9:00 pm we must have the same brickies, possible, as the workmanship looks very much the same, very clean job, and lay the bicks under windows the same way dsbuild Hi Trambay! Have they given you a date? It nearly been 3 months.. it cant be too far away! I had a look at the photos.... it looks great! NO date yet, but I think it's not far away, I'm expecting sometime of the beginning of May, will have a look Saturday morning and take some photos Re: Burbank Custom Double Storey- 1st Floor Brick DONE!!! 149Apr 06, 2014 1:21 pm trambay NO date yet, but I think it's not far away, I'm expecting sometime of the beginning of May, will have a look Saturday morning and take some photos Wow I also had a look at the photos.. you must be very close to PCI.. not long til you move in Are you happy with the quality Trambay? Have you picked up any issues? The frame around your front door, is this the aluminum same as the window frame? Reason why I am asking is we didnt upgrade for timber look and so wondering how our aluminum front door frame will look once door is on? http://s125.photobucket.com/user/fanglo ... 9.jpg.html Re: Burbank Custom Double Storey- 1st Floor Brick DONE!!! 150Apr 06, 2014 8:08 pm Congraulations! You must be so pleased to finally have the bricking done! I love the double glass doors out to the Alfresco! I have not had one update from burbank... so thats one thing to be thankfully for! The bricking will be worth it. The whole house looks great and it looks like they did a great job bricking. Well done! Colours - 12/12/13 Contracts - 4/2/14 Slab - 12/3/14 Frame - 26/3/14 Lockup - 21/5/14 My Thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70419 Re: Burbank Custom Double Storey- 1st Floor Brick DONE!!! 151Apr 06, 2014 8:13 pm Hi Trambay! no date is a bummer, but by the photos it doesn't look too far away. The house is looking good. I like the floor titles and the title splash back. I think we have the same front door. We picked the wooden frame. Was that the darkest wooden stain for the door, or the one down? Looking great! Colours - 12/12/13 Contracts - 4/2/14 Slab - 12/3/14 Frame - 26/3/14 Lockup - 21/5/14 My Thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70419 Re: Burbank Custom Double Storey- 1st Floor Brick DONE!!! 152Apr 06, 2014 8:24 pm dsbuild :: Congraulations! You must be so pleased to finally have the bricking done! I love the double glass doors out to the Alfresco! I have not had one update from burbank... so thats one thing to be thankfully for! The bricking will be worth it. The whole house looks great and it looks like they did a great job bricking. Well done! What about the weekly admin updates ? Have they not called ? Did they do any bricking for you Dsbuild ?? Re: Burbank Custom Double Storey- 1st Floor Brick DONE!!! 153Apr 06, 2014 8:47 pm Not one weekly update so far! I dont know whats happened to them... Yes they have nearly bricked the ground floor. If its not an RDO I think they will be finshed mid week. Colours - 12/12/13 Contracts - 4/2/14 Slab - 12/3/14 Frame - 26/3/14 Lockup - 21/5/14 My Thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70419 Re: Burbank Custom Double Storey- 1st Floor Brick DONE!!! 154Apr 06, 2014 8:55 pm dsbuild Not one weekly update so far! I dont know whats happened to them... Yes they have nearly bricked the ground floor. If its not an RDO I think they will be finshed mid week. You should get admin to call then you ask them what's the process with status updates ? Don't know about the dandenong office but Burbank in Altona provides weekly update ( normally wed or Thu afternoons) Re: Burbank Custom Double Storey- 1st Floor Brick DONE!!! 155Apr 09, 2014 5:44 pm dsbuild Hi Trambay! Have they given you a date? It nearly been 3 months.. it cant be too far away! I had a look at the photos.... it looks great! Trambay NO date yet, but I think it's not far away, I'm expecting sometime of the beginning of May, will have a look Saturday morning and take some photos Wow I just checked out your photos Trambay and notice you have 12 May as PCI? wow you must be very excited.. so quick.. thats just like 4 weeks away???? Have you had any issues during fixing? BTW arent the doors locked??? Re: Burbank Custom Double Storey- 1st Floor Brick DONE!!! 156Apr 12, 2014 2:50 pm Week 14 - Eaves and Rendering !!
Mon 07th Apr - Sun 13th Apr 2014 Despite Melbourne having a whole week of rain, we had a few things done in order for them to be one step closer to lockup, not long now - Electrical Rough Ins ( Power Points, Light points, Datapoint, TV Points and Security Alarm wiring) - 4500m Eaves Installed & Painted - Rendering - Kitchen Drop down Ceiling and Hallway Bulkheads - Wall Leveling (preparation for Plaster) Mon 7th Apr - Washing Machine Tap re-positioned - Day 64 No work was done on the sight besides Washing Machine Taps issue fixed. During time of plumbing rough ins (Week 6) , I'd noticed the washing machine taps were in the wrong location. It should have been installed on the Middle or LHS of the cupboard so they could be closer to the washing machine and the pipes NOT taking up the whole cupboard. Today when we returned we notice this had been corrected. Here is the before and after shots Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Tue 8th Apr - Electrical Roughins - Day 65 It rained all day today, would have NOT been surprised if no work was done on the house today. After hearing some friends suggestion I thought we go to the house after work to clean and sweep between the internal walls before they get covered up with plaster. To our surprise all the electrical rough ins were done to both first and ground floor. Wed 9th Apr - Plaster Preparation - Day 66 What an awful wet day it was today as it rained again all day. I am so thankful the bricking was completed last week Thought I drop by to take some photo of the electrical work and notice the cleaner had come and cleaned the interior of the house (both first and ground floor) Yah!! this cuts back some of our cleaning time. Weekly Contract Admin status update:- We still waiting for a few things to be done before we call it lockup. We may organise to have the Eaves put on and some rendering work happening next week. Thu 10th Apr - Eaves & Rendering commences - Day 67 Yet again another wet and raining day but this did not set any of the tradies back. There were tradies on sight putting up the eaves and even managed to start abit of the render work to the balcony.. YAP you heard right, even when it was raining they were rendering Fri 11th Apr - Facade Rendering - Day 68 Despite it rain again today, today was a busy day at the house. A few different tradies were on sight today:- - The two renders returned to try apply as much as possible - the first coat of rendering - The Lockup man was there to do the remainder of the wall leveling (in preparation for the plaster) and checking all the door heights etc. - The Plumber returned to put on the shower pipes We also managed to go check out Melbourne HIA Home Show - Many thanks to HomeOne & organizer of Melbourne HIA Home Show 2014, for sending us two complimentary tickets. Sat 12th Apr - Eave Painted - Day 69 As it rained all week the painters had to come out today to apply the first coast of paint to the eaves Now the Eaves are installed and painted, it makes it look lovely and neat Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Here are some photos:- Electrical Roughins Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Kitchen Drop Down Ceiling /Bulkheads & Internal Floor cleaned Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Eave installed and painted Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Abit of Rendering Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ House @ Day 69 of Build - Since sight start Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Burbank Custom Double Storey- Eaves ON and Rendering !! 157Apr 12, 2014 3:17 pm looks great! Are you getting the whole house rendered? Re: Burbank Custom Double Storey- Eaves ON and Rendering !! 158Apr 12, 2014 3:19 pm aussiebell looks great! Are you getting the whole house rendered? Hi aussiebell Thanks , no just the to the front facade .. My hubby loves his chestnut bricks too much Re: Burbank Custom Double Storey- 1st Floor Brick DONE!!! 159Apr 12, 2014 11:58 pm Mentone3850 trambay NO date yet, but I think it's not far away, I'm expecting sometime of the beginning of May, will have a look Saturday morning and take some photos Wow I also had a look at the photos.. you must be very close to PCI.. not long til you move in Are you happy with the quality Trambay? Have you picked up any issues? The frame around your front door, is this the aluminum same as the window frame? Reason why I am asking is we didnt upgrade for timber look and so wondering how our aluminum front door frame will look once door is on? http://s125.photobucket.com/user/fanglo ... 9.jpg.html Hi Mentone, sorry been a little bit busy and lost track of the forum!! Yes, that's aluminium door frame, the same as my windows, I think it looks very good and match all the other windows and roof colors I felt wooden frame could need some more maintenance which I don't want... dsbuild Hi Trambay! no date is a bummer, but by the photos it doesn't look too far away. The house is looking good. I like the floor titles and the title splash back. I think we have the same front door. We picked the wooden frame. Was that the darkest wooden stain for the door, or the one down? Looking great! Hi Dsbuild, I got a date, it will be 9 May but I got no time, so it will happen on 12 May. I had a look today Saturday, seems the floor boards will be the next job they are gonna do next Monday, all other thing have been finished, but without my dear rustic grey floor, the house still looks a little bit too plain. The stain color for front door is walnut, I remember it's not the darkest stain, the darkest was really dark so I turned away... Mentone3850 dsbuild Hi Trambay! Have they given you a date? It nearly been 3 months.. it cant be too far away! I had a look at the photos.... it looks great! Trambay NO date yet, but I think it's not far away, I'm expecting sometime of the beginning of May, will have a look Saturday morning and take some photos Wow I just checked out your photos Trambay and notice you have 12 May as PCI? wow you must be very excited.. so quick.. thats just like 4 weeks away???? Have you had any issues during fixing? BTW arent the doors locked??? Hi Mentone, overall, I am still very happy with the quality of their work! no big issues so far, basically as you guys can see, mine is a quite simple house, no much upgrades and not colorful, I like bright and white color generally I had some time last Monday and shower installer was there and so as the site supervisor, lucky. It was the first time I saw a tradie on my site seriously! maybe because it was 9am on a weekday SS said the handover will be around 23rd May or earlier, good good Also congrats to you, the house is progressing beautifully! since the roof was on, it really has taken off! Ps to you guys, seems the rain brought out some ants too, I saw ants were moving eggs into my house through bricks and window gaps, so I bought a 3L spray and applied around the house, hopefully will keep them away! you guys may wan to pay attention to those little creatures too Re: Burbank Custom Double Storey- Eaves ON and Rendering !! 160Apr 15, 2014 1:40 pm Hi! Looking good Mentone! It great they fix the taps... i'll be checking my now! With eaves on and rendering started the out side of the house will start to feel complete. I thought lockup what when the phycial outside was finshed (not garage). I didnt realise it included some plumbing and electrial. Whats the reasoning behind wanting to clean the house before the plaster goes up? (I am copy ) Cant wait to see what the next week has in stall! Colours - 12/12/13 Contracts - 4/2/14 Slab - 12/3/14 Frame - 26/3/14 Lockup - 21/5/14 My Thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70419 Our external decking was only installed 2 months ago, and already moulded, with cracks, and some timber decolorated. 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