Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Acreage Build: Jimboomba - Stroud Homes - Kentucky 304 238Mar 22, 2017 9:30 pm We finally have internet!!! Foxtel being installed tomorrow! Pics to come AND a full review of our build experience. 2 pieces of advice Ill give to anyone about to move into their completed home: 1) supervise all helpers - my husband and father took a load of things to the new house unsupervised including the fridge. They failed to empty the fridge before moving it.... needless to say the fridge looked like someone had thrown up in there and then closed the door. broken eggs... broken wine... pineapple.... it was disgusting. 2) get concrete or turf around the house as soon as possible. its rained. all. damn. week. that means that the site scrap that extended beyond the slab has turned into a thick cake batter sludge. our dog loves it.... but his muddy paws have destroyed the alfresco area. the tiles are COVERED in dirt. When its dry, its almost as bad because then a thin dust covers every surface. We've been in for almost three weeks now and this weekend will be the first weekend that I'm not working on the house all weekend. its been exhausting, but so worth it! Our acreage build: Queensland: Stroud Homes Re: Acreage Build: Jimboomba - Stroud Homes - Kentucky 304 239May 09, 2017 12:00 pm Hi Jord. Just checking in to see how everything is going! Would love to see updated pics if you want to share, as well as any stories about acreage living. I need to live vicariously while we are waiting for ours lol Re: Acreage Build: Jimboomba - Stroud Homes - Kentucky 304 240May 25, 2017 7:10 am Ah the joys of acreage living.... So far it's been fantastic. The extra space in particular in the yard and in the size of our house is exactly what we wanted and exactly why we decided to move and build in the first place. There are only a few street lights throughout the estate so at night time when the sky is clear you can actually see the stars. It really is quiet peaceful. The only real downside about acreage living we have had so far was when we got the rain from the cyclone. We lost power for 24 hours which meant that the HSTP system wasn't pumping. We quickly realised that we will need to buy a generator for any other potential power outages in the future. Also, all that rain meant that the roads leading in and out of Jimboomba were flooded and we got cut off from the rest of the world for a good two days. It was fine, we had plenty of food etc, but some people were acting like the apocalypse was nigh and so Coles and Woolworths were completely cleaned out. Our next door neighbours on the other side have finally started to build. So for the past three weeks we have been woken up at 6am on the dot by the digger and cement trucks and carpenters putting up the frame. I don't mind because thats the time my alarm goes off and they don't really work on the weekend. Another thing I will say is that everything takes a lot longer than you would think because everything is bigger. We have been working on transforming our front yard for the past few months and still don't have turf. Its likely going down next weekend, so I will take some photos then and put them up. We put garden beds down both sides of the fence and have put a huge figure 8 garden bed at the front which took FOREVER. We purchased the blocks from the local landscaping yard and then laid them ourselves to keep down costs. You also need more of everything as well. More trees, more soil, more compost etc. So landscaping has so far been one very costly endeavour. Once the front is done we will have to concentrate on the back..... Oh god, it's just so muddy out there around the house. Anytime it rains even a little bit it causes the soil around the house to become all sludgy and the dogs feet get caked in it. I haven't seen the alfresco tiles clean once since we moved in!! Our acreage build: Queensland: Stroud Homes 1 4689 Thank you so much everyone. This all makes a lot of sense. I guess when you talk to a builder who butters up everything to look very polished, you get to start believing… 7 18935 3 51176 |