Hello all,

After looking up info regarding building I discovered this site and forum!

We are building a Piazza 250 style home through AV Jennings. After the bumpy start (thanks to council) we are at frame stage.

I am hoping that we will be in earlier than expected....but not sure :S If things keep up at the speed they are we will definitely be in by xmas, not the expected 28th Feb 2012

If there is anyone else out there who have or are building with AV let me know your thoughts?

I was so happy to find a similar thread on this site which has helped us so much through the beginning process Thank you ness'n'troy!

Please feel free to comment about your own building experiences. I need all of the advice being a first time builder

Thank you all and I will be posting regular updates about our dream house

Kelly

welcome Kelly,
I have not built with av jennings, but looking forward to following your build!!

Hello kiwi

This is my first build and we fell in love with the design. We hadnt heard anything too negative about AVJ and went ahead with it.

So far my only concerns are for the finish date Knowing it can be finished quicker makes me hopeful that it can be done.

I went past my house yesterday and woohoo!!! we have the frame of the roof 90% finished!
I will post pictures soon.

Kiwi who have you built with?

Kelly

yay I found you!! :)

Now you just have to post some pics

we built here in nz.
we had a local builder who was a machine. mostly worked alone, 12 weeks from slab down we were in.

I KNOW!
I have told him some of the h1 girls want to send him an airfare so he can build theirs

we have been in since end march, LOVE IT

on the first page of my thread (see below) are some pics of our countryside.
we live in the whop woops

nice though, looks like the southern highlands of nsw, if you know that area

Hi there neighbour!
wow, 90% of the roof!
i drove past tues, but not yesterday......they did heaps in one day!
good to hear

I just read this thread, did you see it?
viewtopic.php?f=31&t=50413

Kiwi absolutely gorgeous! I just had a look and wow!

Congrats on your new home! and in 12 weeks?!?! I think I will pay your builder to come over and help mine lol

I have tried to post pics but I dont know how :S

My area is lovely too and we are right on the edge of suburbia. Behind us is a local farm with trees and hills. It is so quiet and peaceful!

wildorchid Great to hear from you and oh I know! They managed to put most of the roof up yesterday....but unfortunately today no progress

Would you believe I called my customer service rep today and he has gone on leave? I wasnt even notified! lol...luckily I found someone who was so much help and made me feel better about the process. The lack of communication is driving me bonkers! We have invested a lot of money into this home and I feel a bit out of the loop!

Hopefully things will get better

Kel

hey,

to post pics you need to upload them on photobucket first. Then just paste the image code on this page.

(can you tell I really want to ee your pics?? lol)

What are some of your colour selections? Paint, rollerdoor, render, roof, kitchen, bathrooms?

or use www.tinypic.com and put the 'default setting' at 15/ 17 inch monitor then copy the link 'forum' to here

I use tinypic

thanks for your kind words. it is a nice spot.
no people...love that!

looking forward to seeing your pics!

Thank you for the help

I hope this works :S

We have gone for cream bricks, cream render, with black roof and door. Im hoping it will look okay But im always second guessing it. ah well too late now I guess hehe

I called my Customer Service Rep (after he went on leave for 2 days and I didnt know) and asked for an update. He couldnt give me one! what the?? Says he has a mtg 2moro with the builder and that he will know more then. I SHOULD get a phone call tomorrow but was told to call later that day if I dont hear anything.

I drove past and still no work! They have only worked 1 day this week! what the??

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This is the block

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Our cut.

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Our slab I was scared that it was going to look small....I was wrong hehe

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The frame!!!

So far our roof is nearly complete...but I havnt loaded them yet. Gohh I hope these work :S

yay they worked!!!

looks great!!!

hehe yey It worked! (minus the out of whack comments under each photo but easy to match up

...and thank you I love the area!

wow they bring back some memories lol

Love your block. Nice tree

We have the light bricks and render with the black roof and it looks great so dont stress. And the black door will look great!

Do you mean black front door or roller door?

Thank you Ness

I fell in love with the block because of the tree but it did give us some hassles with council. grrr

I am having both black front and roller door black in contrast with the light colour render. Your house looks lovely so I am hopeful it will turn out

Yesterday I was told bricks will start this coming week! woohoo!!! Monday the entire frame should be complete and then bricks tues! YEY!

visiting our block today and we have noticed our second concern. The eves on the house are NO where near long enough! I have taken photos and compared with other houses but they only come out about 20 cm! Not even enough for our gutters! Noooooooo! let the headache begin!

Ok...so here are the photos of the eaves.....does anyone else think they should be longer than this?
We paid extra to increase the pitch of the roof. There should be eaves longer than this shouldn't there?

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ooow , little stumpy eaves!
I have no idea re if they are ok, just wanted to write stumpy

Congrats on starting your build we are about the same stage as you, just a little in front, up in the hills your plans and contract should state how wide your eaves are - we have none at the front but 450mm all the way round the rest. Ours is a normal roof pitch though.

I hear you about customer liaisons. They are pretty tragic, whoever you build with

Kiwi lol stumpy is what they are lol
They are probably fine but it's better to be over cautious than find out they were wrong!

Thank you Cassie! Congers to you too it's so exciting isn't it! Oh and not to mention the stress but that is all part of the excitement hehe
Who are you building with?

Thank you for your help

Kelly