We get to move into our house this year!
How good is that!!!
Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Our second home-JG King Bricks back up 801Jan 01, 2017 3:07 pm _________________________ Building the Noosa 26 with Coral Homes https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=80794 Re: Our second home-JG King Bricks back up 803Jan 01, 2017 8:55 pm _________________________ Building the Noosa 26 with Coral Homes https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=80794 Re: Our second home-JG King Bricks back up 812Jan 06, 2017 12:45 pm Thanks DreamHome2point0 we had a great christmas, living with my mum and youngest sister while we build so was lovely to have them around for the kids. But we never would have dreamed we wouldn't be in our house by now. Ive waited this long to get my mortar right so one way or another they will have to do something as im not accepting it. If it was around the back or side i wouldnt worry so much but its our facade so they will have to figure it out. I just cant wait till our ss starts back on the 9th so we can talk to him about it and get the ball rolling again. Re: Our second home-JG King Bricks back up 813Jan 06, 2017 12:47 pm Thanks Nico, do you think thats something builders do? At this point there losing $200 a week to us anyway so they will just want our build finished. Does anyone know roughly the costs on rendering? Thinking thats our only option now. Re: Our second home-JG King Bricks back up 814Jan 06, 2017 2:27 pm My feeling is that if JGK agree to render they will just rush it and the result will be no good as your at the end of the job and there is probably no money left. Better to have it done on your terms at least. Get a renderer to eyeball it or quote it and ask JGK for that much off your final payment. Costs will be around 800 to 1000 for 1 guy / 1 day. A good renderer will give you tips on where to render to make it look good - for instance just the brick pillar and doorway. You could even try match the alfresco / awning area too with the same render for continuity. May do it in dune (I think you have dune) to match the fascia. Re: Our second home-JG King Bricks back up 815Jan 08, 2017 9:40 am Ah this is sucky news! How frustrating. You're right to not settle. I noticed the dark mortar in the pre Christmas photos but assumed it wasn't dry. Hard to say from just photos but it looks like you could maybe get away with just rendering the pier. I can see the change on the wall but it's not as obvious being right up the top. I'd be inclined to let them deal with it, not sure I would want the hassle of organising the rendering ourselves. I personally haven't seen a bad rendering job by kings here in Geelong, that's one trade they seem to do well. Good luck with your ss tomorrow. Re: Our second home-JG King Bricks back up 816Jan 09, 2017 8:46 am Omg guys. This is excruciating! Drove past last week and had a look. I don't think it really stands out but as others have said, if you know what you're looking for you can see it. I would be inclined to render it too and get them to do it, hold them accountable and they will still be paying you the $200 a week while they sort it out. Just saw the jg king car drive past our place so hopefully he's had a look at it already and can sort it out. Fingers crossed! Re: Our second home-JG King Bricks back up 817Jan 09, 2017 8:48 am I would also render the pillar. Personally I would get Kings to do the render. I'm sure you already have a huge list of things you need to do after handover and you don't want to add another to the list. I also feel that if you ask for a reduction on the price ( so you can complete it later), that Kings won't give you a fair price. Re: Our second home-JG King Memphis 818Jan 11, 2017 7:59 am No update on bricks/mortar, spoken with SS he is going to have a look. The sparky has been back past and reconnected the outside electrics. Chippy has been past to and "finished" the outside work but not to a good standard and our SS agrees. Really ready to get off this merry-go-round. Our Build Thread - JG king Memphis Re: Our second home-JG King Memphis 820Jan 11, 2017 9:16 am I think it is the same guy that has done the rest of the house he is a "real" chippy, not sure why the poor quality maybe his sick of coming to our house who know? Funny thing was that our SS said he is hard to get in contact with, I would think contacting your workers would be a key to building... so if you can't easily contact him wouldn't that change his job security? Reading anyone's thread I don't know how builders can have all the issues they have when building houses it is there business/job. Can you imagine if car manufacturers built cars like some of the house building stories you hear? They'd go out of business but for some reason it's expected and accepted in house building. 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