Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Who is building with Beechwood 1381Oct 18, 2011 9:59 pm eave fitted lights look really nice .. but i would have to say youd have to have more lights than just them fitted.. maybe have eave lights fitted over the taps or where the bins are gunna be or maybe the bbq.. but if you want to light up an alfresco area or back yard id say centreroof/wall mounted. building modified merlot with terrazza central coast 23 june 2011 - council approved 18 december 2011 - gyprock Re: Who is building with Beechwood 1382Oct 18, 2011 10:04 pm must remember to wake up early and go throw a handful of money in the front entrance of the house before they pour the slab..its good luck and brings wealth to the household... superstitous much??? lol building modified merlot with terrazza central coast 23 june 2011 - council approved 18 december 2011 - gyprock Re: Who is building with Beechwood 1383Oct 18, 2011 10:26 pm just a few photos of the house before slab is poured... 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McKeachies Run, Aberglasslyn Deposit paid 11th April Land registered 6th June Land settled 20th June Colour selections and contract signed 5th August Commencement letter received 26th September Re: Who is building with Beechwood 1386Oct 19, 2011 8:22 pm Haha had to add that burger. Looks like me moonriver and sarbear are all a week apart in what's getting done. Got the slab today looks pretty good! Can't add photos from fine while at work. Fingers crossed all work stays like this!! Has anyone had to pay themselves for council to come and put in the water meter?? building modified merlot with terrazza central coast 23 june 2011 - council approved 18 december 2011 - gyprock Re: Who is building with Beechwood 1387Oct 20, 2011 10:47 am Piers where done on Tuesday. An extra $1800. Less than we thought. Can't complain I suppose. Coastie- Wow, your house nearly takes up the whole block!! Not much mowing for you guys. Is your block in Erina?? It's just I think Erina and surrounding area is so pretty. Very thick bushland. Don't know about paying for water meter, but our block's water is connected and usable but we are'nt paying for the usage yet, so my DH tells me. 2.2acre-The old Italian concretor said the exact same thing to me that he said to you regarding cleaning.... Beechwood Homes Muscle Creek, Hunter Valley Paid Deposit Oct '10 Colour selec/Contract 17 Aug '11 28 days start- 12 Sept Bricks start 12 Jan Walk-through 12 April Re: Who is building with Beechwood 1388Oct 20, 2011 1:55 pm funny old italian bloke.... all the concretors were good .. moonriver how many lineal metres did you go over for it to be $1800 land is at narara very nice quiet street in narara near the research station.. by the time ive finished im pretty sure ill be able to mow the lawn with a pair of scissors.. the block is only 600sqm regard to the water meter.. im on a battleaxe block and when it got subdivided all the services ( gas water smart cable and sewer and storm water all were ran to the block from the road..( so it came up next to the driveway about 20 - 30 mtrs... in my quote bwood had quoted for services including the right of way.. i told them all services are piped to the block so they changed the tender to not include having to dig down the driveway now... problem is (well ive already paid council 400 now ) but problem is i rang beechwood to clarify that it has an 780 allowance for water connection in my tender /quote/contract am i to pay for the water meter or is that 780 for the connection of the meter... the bloke said i havnt got your contact in front of me ill have to find out and ring you back.. but usually we do it by memory... anyways he got back to me and said on the quote its says that the piping and water connection is exclusive of right of way.. so that also includes the meter.. the bill was $1160 before they took having to dig the right of way up then it was 780 after they didnt have to dig it up... what they took off doesnt equal the costs of getting the meter put in so im guessing ive just been rorted!! building modified merlot with terrazza central coast 23 june 2011 - council approved 18 december 2011 - gyprock Re: Who is building with Beechwood 1390Oct 20, 2011 2:26 pm few pics of the slab. 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Beechwood Homes Muscle Creek, Hunter Valley Paid Deposit Oct '10 Colour selec/Contract 17 Aug '11 28 days start- 12 Sept Bricks start 12 Jan Walk-through 12 April Re: Who is building with Beechwood 1393Oct 20, 2011 2:44 pm so we are definately all in the same bundle of houses on the go.... will be interesting to see if it stays like this.. will be able to keep tabs on where the tradies are too... might have to start offering slabs of beer to keep in front... haha moonriver. thats perfect .. least it didnt blow out too much for you guys... i was quoted 65 and think i went to 73 mtrs.. building modified merlot with terrazza central coast 23 june 2011 - council approved 18 december 2011 - gyprock Re: Who is building with Beechwood 1394Oct 20, 2011 9:34 pm Hope it does stay in this order. But think it may change once slabs done as we all have different supervisors. Slab stage is supervised by one supervisor it seems for all builds in our area. Looking at coastie and mr timelines, our piers will be done Tuesday next week with slab poured late the following week. Does that sound right? McKeachies Run, Aberglasslyn Deposit paid 11th April Land registered 6th June Land settled 20th June Colour selections and contract signed 5th August Commencement letter received 26th September Re: Who is building with Beechwood 1395Oct 21, 2011 12:44 pm sarbear-yes, that's does sound about right. Approx. about 2 weeks after piers are down you should have a slab. After piers, the plumber comes in and then concretors form up. Beechwood Homes Muscle Creek, Hunter Valley Paid Deposit Oct '10 Colour selec/Contract 17 Aug '11 28 days start- 12 Sept Bricks start 12 Jan Walk-through 12 April Re: Who is building with Beechwood 1396Oct 23, 2011 12:08 pm Quick Q: We have recieved our pre-lockup invoice, however I was under the impression that pre-lockup was gyprock completed etc? They have nailed the gyprock up, but cornicing is not in place, and nothing is sanded back (not sure when that is done) did you guys get the invoice on the same day as the gyprock was done? or was it when it was complete? thanks Building Beechwood Genesis Muscat (modified) Contract signed- April 19 Benching done- May 19 Piering done- June 27 Slab Plumbing- July 1st Slab poured- July 6th Frame finished- August 11 Re: Who is building with Beechwood 1397Oct 24, 2011 5:44 am Hi Nay, you just need to refer to your building contract. We had the gyprock, cornice and a few other small things done and they tries to have us pay an invoice before wet area tiling had been done and when I brought it to their attention they claimed the new contracts are set up that wayand told me to hold off payment until tiles were done which was another week. Went past our house over the weekend and looks like painter should finish mid week. He has the skirtings and second coat of walls to go only. Bathrooms are complete with mirror and shower screens installed. Not much left to do! For those of you past walkthrough, when is this done? Is everything complete including carpet and tiles in main areas! How long from walkthrough to settlement? Thanks! Second Build @ The Ponds Wisdom Homes Aspiration 29 Re: Who is building with Beechwood 1398Oct 25, 2011 7:11 pm Well Im back, and all moved in. Our first night was last Wednesday night and our water tanks arrived last Thursday (2) and the 3rd tank was on yesty. The house is just fantastic, ill take some pics tomorrow. We had the building certifier come out today to do the final pass so we can get our garbage bins delivered. We still dont have our splashbacks but there meant to get installed this Friday. its so worth all the dramas. Our Acreage Build The Lakeview Lodge - Beechwood Homes 01/04/10 YES 2010 - Deposit paid 23/09 - PCI CANCELLED 28/09 - PCI - will it happen.-18 months later 07/10/11 - ITS OURS..WOOHOO Re: Who is building with Beechwood 1399Oct 26, 2011 4:04 am Acre1 - that's FANTASTIC!!!!! I'm so happy so you guys!! It was hard enough for me being a month behind schedule but 2 and a half would have sent me completely insane! You've done great! Can't wait to see photos!! I know I know. I need to put some up too. Well, we moved in Saturday week ago. WIR is not quite finished after much stuffing around with 'Nova'. Really not happy with our paint job but SS says that's just the way it gets done. Have spoken to several people who have built with a variety of builders and not one was happy with their paint! Just one of those things I guess. We've also had a major issue with the tiles in the outdoor area. The grout has stained the tiles. Problem has now been sent back to Indent to sort out!! We'll see how that goes ????? Had our ducted Air con installed yesterday! Bloody gyprock dust EVERYWHERE!! Will clean up tomorrow and take photos!! 20/4 - Earthworks 25/5 SLAB 9/6 Frame 21/6 Roof 5 - 22/7 Bricking 1/8 Gyprocking 16 - 18/08 Faulty Trusses repaired 17/08 Kitchen in 07/09 Tilers 15/09 Painters 30/9 Plumbers finished 7/10 Settled Re: Who is building with Beechwood 1400Oct 26, 2011 12:59 pm Here are some pics I dont have any off the outside, as its raining and its a mess, we have exposed trenches as we only got the drains inspected yesty. spare room http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff235/Jett0807/IMG_0453.jpg http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff235/Jett0807/IMG_0452.jpg Our room http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff235/Jett0807/IMG_0443.jpg http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff235/Jett0807/IMG_0444.jpg http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff235/Jett0807/IMG_0450.jpg http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff235/Jett0807/IMG_0448.jpg http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff235/Jett0807/IMG_0446.jpg http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff235/Jett0807/IMG_0445.jpg Main bathroom http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff235/Jett0807/IMG_0442.jpg http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff235/Jett0807/IMG_0440.jpg http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff235/Jett0807/IMG_0438.jpg http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff235/Jett0807/IMG_0441.jpg Laundry http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff235/Jett0807/IMG_0437.jpg entry http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff235/Jett0807/IMG_0435.jpg Media Room http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff235/Jett0807/IMG_0434.jpg http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff235/Jett0807/IMG_0433.jpg http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff235/Jett0807/IMG_0432.jpg family room http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff235/Jett0807/IMG_0431.jpg http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff235/Jett0807/IMG_0423.jpg http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff235/Jett0807/IMG_0422.jpg http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff235/Jett0807/IMG_0427.jpg http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff235/Jett0807/IMG_0428.jpg Toy room http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff235/Jett0807/IMG_0429.jpg http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff235/Jett0807/IMG_0430.jpg Back Alfresco http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff235/Jett0807/IMG_0426.jpg WIP http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff235/Jett0807/IMG_0425.jpg http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff235/Jett0807/IMG_0424.jpg Hallway door http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff235/Jett0807/IMG_0436.jpg sorry for the overload, but we just love our house Our Acreage Build The Lakeview Lodge - Beechwood Homes 01/04/10 YES 2010 - Deposit paid 23/09 - PCI CANCELLED 28/09 - PCI - will it happen.-18 months later 07/10/11 - ITS OURS..WOOHOO Thanks for your reply. 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