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kavother

7 April 2011

Re: M&J's Build-Photos of painting and flooring...so far!Building A New House

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Apr 07, 2011 10:53 pm

Westy- the 'preparation costs' were already built into our costs for the Vinyl planks...but those figures were based on what would be expected of a slab in a 'reasonable' condition for a newly built house. Unfortunately the slab wasn't in a 'reasonable' condition for a new house which is why the gu...

we had the same problem with ours and our buikder acknowledged the poor condition early on but wouldnt come to the part...

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kavother

30 March 2011

Re: Knockdown and building Fairhaven's Barwon 352Building A New House

Mar 30, 2011 9:45 pm

congratulations on choosing a builder. you need to change your title. we have built with Henley 11 years ago and Fairhaven last year, we thought the Henley experience back then was hard enough but that was a dream compared to fairhaven. We do love our house and design just the dramas and stress to g...

congratulations on choosing a builder. you need to change your title. we have built with Henley 11 years ago and Fairhav...

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kavother

30 March 2011

Re: Vinyl Floor Plank Installation - bumpy and not happy!Building A New House

Mar 30, 2011 11:59 am

It is a new build and the builder doesnt give a damn, the slab was absolutely appalling and they did promise to put levelling compound on but never eventuated, then when we told them we had to pay an extra $1200 and they should reimburse they wouldnt come to the party. At the end of the day, the flo...

It is a new build and the builder doesnt give a damn, the slab was absolutely appalling and they did promise to put leve...

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kavother

30 March 2011

Vinyl Floor Plank Installation - bumpy and not happy!Building A New House

Mar 30, 2011 10:47 am

We got our Polyflor vinyl wood planks installed in December and due to the first installer not prepping the floor correctly some of it was pulled up and replaced by another installer. The initial price included a 2mm feather finish coat and we had to pay $1200.00 extra for an additional coat due to ...

We got our Polyflor vinyl wood planks installed in December and due to the first installer not prepping the floor correc...

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kavother

26 March 2011

Re: white paint turned yellow builder to repaint allBuilding A New House

Mar 26, 2011 9:11 pm

Thanks for the tips. If we had been warned about white paint yellowing then we probably would have picked a different colour. We werent and we were assured they were using Haymes top quality paints. The fact that they have done touch ups 3 months later from a different can of paint and it is so obvi...

Thanks for the tips. If we had been warned about white paint yellowing then we probably would have picked a different co...

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kavother

25 March 2011

white paint turned yellow builder to repaint allBuilding A New House

Mar 25, 2011 9:27 pm

we moved into our house december and recently had one of the doors on our double door replaced and pretty much all the skirts repainted due to overspray. The new paint is a brilliant white gloss whilst the surrounding archtraves and other door half has yellowed. In my opinion this shouldnt 'age' in ...

we moved into our house december and recently had one of the doors on our double door replaced and pretty much all the s...

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kavother

25 March 2011

Re: OVER IT - 3 months later waiting for handover itemsGeneral Discussion

Mar 25, 2011 7:04 am

Can't you hold back final stage payment until all is in order? thats why im angry, they got thier money in full over 3 months ago, we have had to have tradespeople through our home while we are living it and im not comfortable with that as one of thier tradies stole our computer and camera - there ...

thats why im angry, they got thier money in full over 3 months ago, we have had to have tradespeople through our home w...

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kavother

25 March 2011

Re: OVER IT - 3 months later waiting for handover itemsGeneral Discussion

Mar 25, 2011 6:49 am

Hi Kavother, We have a different builder but the same thing happened to us. Our Handover was Dec 22nd and I had 6 items promises to be done as soon as the tradies are back from Christmas Holidays. They closed off 2 but the remaining 4 are still outstanding. Due to the delay I have asked for my mone...

same boat! you just want to be proud of your home and its difficult when others pick up ******* areas or things that ha...

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kavother

24 March 2011

Re: Fairhaven Homes Review - OngoingBuilding A New House

Mar 24, 2011 11:26 am

well its been over 3 months in and we are still waiting on a few handover items to be finished and reimbursement as we had to pay for our own site clean. The painter returned and now we await a paint representative as they repainted majority of our skirting boards and sills and some doors and they a...

well its been over 3 months in and we are still waiting on a few handover items to be finished and reimbursement as we h...

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kavother

23 March 2011

Re: OVER IT - 3 months later waiting for handover itemsGeneral Discussion

Mar 23, 2011 6:44 am

it is the truth and a matter of my opinion - no defaming anyone here. anything i have written has been an account of what happened to me. Other clients are probably very happy, im not. Its rediculous for people to be scared of defamation cases for merely stating thier dissatisfaction of a company. i...

it is the truth and a matter of my opinion - no defaming anyone here. anything i have written has been an account of wha...

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kavother

22 March 2011

OVER IT - 3 months later waiting for handover itemsGeneral Discussion

Mar 22, 2011 10:01 pm

ive been debating whether to write my true and accurate description of our long and stressful build. I know alot of people on here dont write thier opinions as they believe their items wont get fixed. Well i dont think people should be held to ransom by builders and potential customers need to be we...

ive been debating whether to write my true and accurate description of our long and stressful build. I know alot of peop...

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kavother

20 March 2011

Re: Quote for fibreglass Swimming PoolPools & Spas

Mar 20, 2011 7:45 pm

touch wood i havnt had any problems. our installer was great and very thorough but my husband was also looking on and making sure the install went smoothly. we havnt laid the pavers yet but it looks pretty square and they were measuring heaps. my only concern is that they put it closer to our bounda...

touch wood i havnt had any problems. our installer was great and very thorough but my husband was also looking on and ma...

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kavother

18 March 2011

Re: Quote for fibreglass Swimming PoolPools & Spas

Mar 18, 2011 8:31 pm

we have the elegance pool with a waterfall at shallow end which houses all the pool equipment. im pretty sure its the cascade but only has the centre spout, we havnt hooked it up yet as we are yet to pave. we had the pool area and alfresco rough concreted and are trying to get quotes for sandstone p...

we have the elegance pool with a waterfall at shallow end which houses all the pool equipment. im pretty sure its the ca...

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kavother

15 March 2011

Re: Quote for fibreglass Swimming PoolPools & Spas

Mar 15, 2011 9:26 pm

we got a 6m x 3m elegance pool by leisure pools installed just before christmas, it is the perfect size for our young children and every kid whose swam in it are now really confident swimmers as it has a ledge all the way around. they were extremely professional and we got a great deal with waterfal...

we got a 6m x 3m elegance pool by leisure pools installed just before christmas, it is the perfect size for our young ch...

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kavother

15 March 2011

Re: Using an excel spreadsheet to record costs and expensesGeneral Discussion

Mar 15, 2011 9:11 pm

we did a excel spreadsheet with auto sums and tallying of all credits i.e sale if house and debits right down to letterboxes we had estimates and then would check off as we went along, all worked out perfect till the day after we moved in when one of our builders tradesmen stole the laptop and a cam...

we did a excel spreadsheet with auto sums and tallying of all credits i.e sale if house and debits right down to letterb...

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kavother

13 March 2011

Re: which picture?Interior Decorating Lounge

Mar 13, 2011 8:00 pm

i seconed the seconed one

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kavother

15 February 2011

Re: Builder refuses to install alfresco gas pointBuilding A New House

Feb 15, 2011 9:31 pm

i thought it was a pretty standard item these days. Ours was included by the builder as oart of the outdoor fireplace privision but we are putting in a wood fire so just had them relocate it to where the bbq will sit, no charge. unless you have built in doors then there is no reason that 'ventilatio...

i thought it was a pretty standard item these days. Ours was included by the builder as oart of the outdoor fireplace pr...

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kavother

15 February 2011

what trees for front garden feature and blockout a 2 storey?Landscape & Garden Design

Feb 15, 2011 8:58 pm

we have a 12 metre garden bed to landscape in front of our fence and sliding gate which is all to the side of a garage. across the road are large 2 stories overlooking our yard. we wanted to plant 3 established trees in a triangle to try and block their view. we liked mop top maples and have been re...

we have a 12 metre garden bed to landscape in front of our fence and sliding gate which is all to the side of a garage. ...

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kavother

26 January 2011

Re: Pools - Concrete v FibreglassPools & Spas

Jan 26, 2011 9:30 pm

We have recently installed an 'elegance' fibreglass pool by Leisure pools. Our pool builder was wonderful and so far very happy with him. We signed up ages ago and got a water feature and heaps of other extras thrown in so it was a great deal. We all love our pool and find it a little warmer than a ...

We have recently installed an 'elegance' fibreglass pool by Leisure pools. Our pool builder was wonderful and so far ver...

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kavother

24 January 2011

Re: Ground floor FRAMED! more pics++ :: our Fairhaven GlenaiBuilding A New House

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Jan 24, 2011 7:41 am

congrats on the quick progress so far, hopefully it continues and i hope you dont have our supervisor and i suggest you keep a close eye on every aspect of your build. We prob feel the same as barwon374, have been in our home just over a month absolutely love it but its not finished yet from handove...

congrats on the quick progress so far, hopefully it continues and i hope you dont have our supervisor and i suggest you ...