Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 14322Apr 27, 2016 12:20 am KandRCH Always delays...still now so close to handover my gosh this build has tested my patience big time!!!! We are so close (supposedly) but still feels so far away Hang in there - you're so close!!! Our kitchen cabinetry and bathroom vanities were delivered today. When did you receive the 21-day notice? Our SS says we may be able to meet the tiler this Friday. Building Sheridan 34 (38 after upgrades) @ Kellyville, NSW Check out our Clarendon Building Progress Blog Homeone Topic: Clarendon Casadream Build Who's building with Clarendon?? 14323Apr 27, 2016 6:48 am mrrrrt KandRCH Always delays...still now so close to handover my gosh this build has tested my patience big time!!!! We are so close (supposedly) but still feels so far away Hang in there - you're so close!!! Our kitchen cabinetry and bathroom vanities were delivered today. When did you receive the 21-day notice? Our SS says we may be able to meet the tiler this Friday. Building the Fairmont 38 with upgrades @ Castle Hill NSW Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 14324Apr 27, 2016 8:06 am Just a bit furious about the tire marks and scuff marks on top of our slab. I text my SS yesterday no response. It has some cracks before but now a bit worried that there's even more. No respect! because it's not their property that doesn't mean you don't care nor treat without due care...Hope he could give us assurance next time we talk. Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 14325Apr 27, 2016 8:59 am Went past the place this morning. Appears they did do the insulation yesterday since there is a bunch of pink bag stuff in the rubbish. No tilers there, maybe they slept in? The worrying thing was a guy was there to do an external wash of the house today. This kinda worries me as I thought this was already done. Appears the brickies do a wash but then the acid wash happens. I sure hope I don't end up with the same issues as MinandB and others... Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 14326Apr 27, 2016 9:11 am bmitchel Went past the place this morning. Appears they did do the insulation yesterday since there is a bunch of pink bag stuff in the rubbish. No tilers there, maybe they slept in? The worrying thing was a guy was there to do an external wash of the house today. This kinda worries me as I thought this was already done. Appears the brickies do a wash but then the acid wash happens. I sure hope I don't end up with the same issues as MinandB and others... I hope your brick wash goes well. I don't think your bricks finished to long ago did they? PGH site says they should be washed between 2-14 days of laying. Ours was 4 months after. Building a modified Madison 39 with Clarendon Homes in Tennyson homeone link: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=79106 Blog Link: https://minandb.wordpress.com/ Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 14327Apr 27, 2016 9:53 am MinandB I hope your brick wash goes well. I don't think your bricks finished to long ago did they? PGH site says they should be washed between 2-14 days of laying. Ours was 4 months after. Our bricks were finished ages ago - 22nd January. That is at least 3 months. Clearly they aren't following PGH's advice. The thing is, our house is built zero lot and the neighbour has already built and fences are up etc. He won't be able to acidwash our garage wall. I sure hope it looks ok the way it is.... Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 14328Apr 27, 2016 9:55 am My wife drove past our place this morning and the wall insulation was being installed. Hopefully start the gyprock this week Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 14329Apr 27, 2016 10:17 am bmitchel MinandB I hope your brick wash goes well. I don't think your bricks finished to long ago did they? PGH site says they should be washed between 2-14 days of laying. Ours was 4 months after. Our bricks were finished ages ago - 22nd January. That is at least 3 months. Clearly they aren't following PGH's advice. The thing is, our house is built zero lot and the neighbour has already built and fences are up etc. He won't be able to acidwash our garage wall. I sure hope it looks ok the way it is.... I'll keep my fingers crossed for you! Building a modified Madison 39 with Clarendon Homes in Tennyson homeone link: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=79106 Blog Link: https://minandb.wordpress.com/ Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 14330Apr 27, 2016 12:33 pm How often do you talk/ meet wiyh your SS? We are up to bricking (8 weeks since start) and I have chased him up and spoken to him once. Hubby rang him twice and coincidentally met him once on site. He hasn't called us at all and never organised a site visit. Is this normal?? Building a Modified Madison 37. Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 14331Apr 27, 2016 12:38 pm Ours has been pretty good and normally rings on a Monday to say what's happening that week. Haven't heard from him this week yet but he had already told us what should happen this week. I've met him once and it was only because he called me while he was onsite and I was round the corner and I told him I was dropping in http://bellaviabuild.wordpress.com Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 14332Apr 27, 2016 12:46 pm KLB Ours has been pretty good and normally rings on a Monday to say what's happening that week. Haven't heard from him this week yet but he had already told us what should happen this week. I've met him once and it was only because he called me while he was onsite and I was round the corner and I told him I was dropping in http://bellaviabuild.wordpress.com Thank you KLB. How many weeks are you into your build? Building a Modified Madison 37. Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 14333Apr 27, 2016 1:24 pm We've come to expect weekly updates usually on Friday afternoon letting us know how things are progressing and what the plan is for the following week. We do call him any other time we have concerns to keep on top of things. My regret is that I stayed too quiet for to long, patiently waiting for things to progress. I wish I was more on top of things so that mistakes (there's been many) were sorted more effectively. We should have been in at the latest at the end of March and we are still waiting Building the Fairmont 38 with upgrades @ Castle Hill NSW Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 14334Apr 27, 2016 1:29 pm bmitchel Went past the place this morning. Appears they did do the insulation yesterday since there is a bunch of pink bag stuff in the rubbish. No tilers there, maybe they slept in? The worrying thing was a guy was there to do an external wash of the house today. This kinda worries me as I thought this was already done. Appears the brickies do a wash but then the acid wash happens. I sure hope I don't end up with the same issues as MinandB and others... Our brick wash went well - nothing went inside the house - good sign I suppose. Building Sheridan 34 (38 after upgrades) @ Kellyville, NSW Check out our Clarendon Building Progress Blog Homeone Topic: Clarendon Casadream Build Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 14335Apr 27, 2016 1:33 pm leese How often do you talk/ meet wiyh your SS? We are up to bricking (8 weeks since start) and I have chased him up and spoken to him once. Hubby rang him twice and coincidentally met him once on site. He hasn't called us at all and never organised a site visit. Is this normal?? Building a Modified Madison 37. For us, our SS rings up for the weekly update every Friday afternoon. He only missed one during the shutdown period but has always diligently contacted us. We've met with him a couple of times on site as well. You should have a pre-lining walkthrough. Then another when tiles will be installed. Building Sheridan 34 (38 after upgrades) @ Kellyville, NSW Check out our Clarendon Building Progress Blog Homeone Topic: Clarendon Casadream Build Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 14336Apr 27, 2016 2:39 pm leese How often do you talk/ meet wiyh your SS? We are up to bricking (8 weeks since start) and I have chased him up and spoken to him once. Hubby rang him twice and coincidentally met him once on site. He hasn't called us at all and never organised a site visit. Is this normal?? Building a Modified Madison 37. Our SS calls every Friday afternoon with an update and a plan for the next week viewtopic.php?f=31&t=82062 Madison 37 - site start 16.2.16 Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 14338Apr 27, 2016 8:00 pm KLB Ohhh lucky you!!! Love the progress! Building a Modified Madison 37. Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 14339Apr 27, 2016 9:10 pm KLB Congrats KLB! When we had our roof done, it gave us a sense of some relief that the house will at least be protected somewhat when it rains... This is such great progress!!! Building Sheridan 34 (38 after upgrades) @ Kellyville, NSW Check out our Clarendon Building Progress Blog Homeone Topic: Clarendon Casadream Build Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 14340Apr 27, 2016 9:56 pm mrrrrt KLB Congrats KLB! When we had our roof done, it gave us a sense of some relief that the house will at least be protected somewhat when it rains... This is such great progress!!! It's definitely a relief! It also means weather isn't such an issue now and I can stop stalking the weather reports lol. the stair balustrades? There is nothing special about these and I imagine literally every stair installer will be able to do this. 1 6690 The two 15mm holes are obviously not compliant. The Dept of Fair Trading would love to see this one! Do the gutters pool water after it stops raining? Although it's… 4 7822 Thanks for your reply. I will just wait and see I guess. Trying to get some more information from our builder. 9 30236 |