Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Simonds express Westbury Beckett facade 261Jan 12, 2017 2:49 pm No worries, I saved it because I knew it would come in handy - one day Re: Simonds express Westbury Beckett facade 262Jan 12, 2017 7:21 pm re: doors - shut them then try to push them open (hold the handle and push/pull to see if the door stays shut). We brought blue tape with us, we didn't need globes. Bring someone else with you to help go over everything if you can (good to have more than one set of eyes). Good luck! We built the Rathdowne with Simonds Express in Western Melbourne Site start Oct. 2015 Keys Jan. 25th, 2015 My build thread -here- Re: Simonds express Westbury Beckett facade 263Jan 12, 2017 7:53 pm Check the tops of your door and window frames, ours were all good but my friend just sent me these pics of theirs... Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Building Simonds Express Westbury Premium in Vic 2015 / 2016 Re: Simonds express Westbury Beckett facade 265Jan 12, 2017 8:30 pm Yes, same town as us so I'd assume same trades... But we did complain about the job our plasterers did so maybe they changed after ours and got worse ones lol! Building Simonds Express Westbury Premium in Vic 2015 / 2016 Re: Simonds express Westbury Beckett facade 267Jan 12, 2017 11:50 pm skinders78 We are so close now - next week I should get a call to go and do our final inspection anything that I should look out for ?? Thanks Corners of the windows/doors and in the corners of the rooms. As the house settles this is where there'll be cracks - they just need to putty them up and paint over and nothing to worry about. Just about every corner in our place had at least a hairline crack. Check doors/handles are tight. Make sure they've cleaned any grout and silicon off tiles - that is their job to do and they tiles should be clean. Oh and good definitely have your partner or someone who has not had anything to do with site supervisor like I felt bad picking heaps of stuff cos I've been dealing with the supervisor but my wife was just picking up every little thing. Re: Simonds express Westbury Beckett facade 269Jan 13, 2017 3:33 pm wadeal skinders78 We are so close now - next week I should get a call to go and do our final inspection anything that I should look out for ?? Thanks Corners of the windows/doors and in the corners of the rooms. As the house settles this is where there'll be cracks - they just need to putty them up and paint over and nothing to worry about. Just about every corner in our place had at least a hairline crack. Check doors/handles are tight. Make sure they've cleaned any grout and silicon off tiles - that is their job to do and they tiles should be clean. Oh and good definitely have your partner or someone who has not had anything to do with site supervisor like I felt bad picking heaps of stuff cos I've been dealing with the supervisor but my wife was just picking up every little thing. Thanks yep the hubby wants to go do the final inspection and he is bound to find stuff lol ! Have you settled into the new house ? Are you loving it? Re: Simonds express Westbury Beckett facade 271Jan 20, 2017 8:47 am Do u mind me asking when they last updated your mysimonds?? We haven't had anything since the 19th of December & starting to think they r delaying us on purpose Re: Simonds express Westbury Beckett facade 272Jan 20, 2017 8:51 am Mine was updated last week - and yesterday there was a construction survey in there for me to complete. It's so annoying at end of the build and you get so anxious with counting down the days Re: Simonds express Westbury Beckett facade 273Jan 20, 2017 8:53 am skinders78 Mine was updated last week - and yesterday there was a construction survey in there for me to complete. It's so annoying at end of the build and you get so anxious with counting down the days We have been waiting on a set of tap since the 22nd of November otherwise we would be in!! So frustrating Not to mention I rang the supplier & they said everything's been sent so we think they are now holding us up because we went higher up the chain.. Very disappointing Re: Simonds express Westbury Beckett facade 274Jan 20, 2017 8:51 pm PerryFamily Mine was updated last week - and yesterday there was a construction survey in there for me to complete. It's so annoying at end of the build and you get so anxious with counting down the days We have been waiting on a set of tap since the 22nd of November otherwise we would be in!! So frustrating Not to mention I rang the supplier & they said everything's been sent so we think they are now holding us up because we went higher up the chain.. Very disappointing [/quote] Why though? There is no advantage what-so-ever for them purposely holding you up. They want their payments just as much (if not more!) as you want to be in your house. Honestly, trades are pretty slow to come back after Christmas. This time last year we were waiting for our OP to be done. Everyone was SO SURE it happened before Christmas but it wasn't dated until like the 15th or 20th of January or something. Also, sometimes the CRCs are slack at clicking buttons to update your MySimonds. Anyway, I don't think they're purposely holding things up even if it feels like they are. We built the Rathdowne with Simonds Express in Western Melbourne Site start Oct. 2015 Keys Jan. 25th, 2015 My build thread -here- Re: Simonds express Westbury Beckett facade 275Jan 20, 2017 8:54 pm PerryFamily Mine was updated last week - and yesterday there was a construction survey in there for me to complete. It's so annoying at end of the build and you get so anxious with counting down the days We have been waiting on a set of tap since the 22nd of November otherwise we would be in!! So frustrating Not to mention I rang the supplier & they said everything's been sent so we think they are now holding us up because we went higher up the chain.. Very disappointing [/quote] Oh that's not right is it ? I understand your frustrations.... towards the end it seems like nothing is happening! And they should understand people are in a hurry and excited about getting into their home. Our site guy is pretty good - what's the final date that you have been given ? I hope it's soon - our app had on it PCI was 9/1 and now is 25/1 they been waiting on only a few little things to fix up but just doesn't feel like the day is ever going to come when we get the key! And then there is the bank valuation and paying final invoice ! We will get there I'm sure. Hang in there PerryFamily Re: Simonds express Westbury Beckett facade 276Jan 21, 2017 11:21 am Thanks guys It makes it even more annoying as we are already paying interest on the final cheque as they requested it in December. We were told settlement would be the 19th of December; we haven't even had PCI yet And no updates yet as to anything happening Very disappointing from there side that we are this close and nothing happening. No one has even been on site since the 16th of December!! Re: Simonds express Westbury Beckett facade 277Jan 23, 2017 2:53 pm PerryFamily Thanks guys It makes it even more annoying as we are already paying interest on the final cheque as they requested it in December. We were told settlement would be the 19th of December; we haven't even had PCI yet And no updates yet as to anything happening Very disappointing from there side that we are this close and nothing happening. No one has even been on site since the 16th of December!! That's terrible ! They shouldn't be able to issue the final invoice until it's complete and have you booked in for you PCI.... we had ours today - do you have a customer service person ? I talk to ours regularly and they have been really helpful. Re: Simonds express Westbury Beckett facade 278Jan 23, 2017 3:25 pm skinders78 PerryFamily Thanks guys It makes it even more annoying as we are already paying interest on the final cheque as they requested it in December. We were told settlement would be the 19th of December; we haven't even had PCI yet And no updates yet as to anything happening Very disappointing from there side that we are this close and nothing happening. No one has even been on site since the 16th of December!! That's terrible ! They shouldn't be able to issue the final invoice until it's complete and have you booked in for you PCI.... we had ours today - do you have a customer service person ? I talk to ours regularly and they have been really helpful. Oh how did it go Yeah we go but they are only helpful sometimes.... Infact they have only just started to be helpful before now it was hopeless dealing with them Re: Simonds express Westbury Beckett facade 279Jan 23, 2017 3:28 pm How was the PCI experience Skinders? Re: Simonds express Westbury Beckett facade 280Jan 23, 2017 3:34 pm PerryFamily skinders78 PerryFamily Thanks guys It makes it even more annoying as we are already paying interest on the final cheque as they requested it in December. We were told settlement would be the 19th of December; we haven't even had PCI yet And no updates yet as to anything happening Very disappointing from there side that we are this close and nothing happening. No one has even been on site since the 16th of December!! That's terrible ! They shouldn't be able to issue the final invoice until it's complete and have you booked in for you PCI.... we had ours today - do you have a customer service person ? I talk to ours regularly and they have been really helpful. Oh how did it go Yeah we go but they are only helpful sometimes.... Infact they have only just started to be helpful before now it was hopeless dealing with them That's annoying isn't it ? 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