Posts by msjovi • Home Renovation & Building Forum

10 January 2018

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Jan 10, 2018 8:59 pm

Hi everyone! Long time no post for me! It's been a crazy busy 3 months as we've been settling into our beautiful new house so I haven't been on here for a while. I literally have 1000 posts to catch up on [emoji44][emoji44] which will take me forever so I just wanted to say I hope you're all progre...

Oh It’s everything I knew it would be, just beautiful! Glad you are enjoying it with only minor hiccups. Pool is stunni...

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10 January 2018

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Jan 10, 2018 8:06 pm

Hi everyone! Long time no post for me! It's been a crazy busy 3 months as we've been settling into our beautiful new hou...

18 September 2017

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Sep 18, 2017 4:54 pm

[quote="msjovi"]Bumps in the ceilings and walls from the gyprock joins (our SS says this is acceptable and cannot be fixed. We have seen custom builds with no sign of any bumps anywhere), uneven paint work and patch jobs in places. I'm also not convinced that our house has been painted in...

Hey @msjovi just a tip, when your maintenance period is over you can get all of those fixed, every single small thing, ...

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17 September 2017

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Sep 17, 2017 10:14 pm

For those of you in construction and questioning your paint/render colours... See if you can get a colour swatch and hold it up to it to check! We never got one for our portico we just selected a colour at the colour appt. our landscaper now asked for the colour choice to be able to buy the paint t...

Wow, your landscaping is looking great! It really completes the home, doesn't it? We've got our driveway down, but can'...

17 September 2017

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Sep 17, 2017 10:05 pm

Bumps in the ceilings and walls from the gyprock joins (our SS says this is acceptable and cannot be fixed. We have seen custom builds with no sign of any bumps anywhere), uneven paint work and patch jobs in places. I'm also not convinced that our house has been painted in 3 coats as the colour is ...

Hey @msjovi just a tip, when your maintenance period is over you can get all of those fixed, every single small thing, ...

17 September 2017

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Sep 17, 2017 10:36 am

Hi everyone, I have spent the last week reading through all your posts (yes 370pages!!) We are thinking of doing a KDRB to in laws house on Ashfield with WH ambassador 36 ( designer cascade) + 60sqm 2bdrm GF. WH has given us an estimated price of $620k (signature +live boldly promo not including ot...

Hi Juls - welcome to the forum! I've been MIA for a few weeks so have had quite a few pages of catching up to do myself...

17 September 2017

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Sep 17, 2017 10:03 am

I do love a kitchen week!! Sorry for the photo spam haha https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170913/6200da5b06c975bbfb58bfe729842a4b.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170913/8fa967b21ae12a901c3fa3e7ff5ea063.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170913/c1e6b5ce50820a5b2a716387d45bbfb7.jpg https...

Kitchen looks great! Love your choice of colours!

17 September 2017

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Sep 17, 2017 10:01 am

Wow, your landscaping is looking great! It really completes the home, doesn't it? We've got our driveway down, but can'...

5 September 2017

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Sep 05, 2017 10:15 pm

Hi Guys We are unofficially deciding on the cabinetry. Most probably going with Burnished Wood, just like @msjovi. With the USB I am unable to see which ones are included & which ones are upgrade .Any suggestions where to look. Also please advice the approx. quote for Butlers Pantry cupboard fi...

Our butlers fit out came standard with the Prestige essentials package back in 2015 when we accepted tender. We had the...

4 September 2017

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Sep 04, 2017 11:18 pm

When we were at our appointment, were told burnished wood is discontinued. That was our first choice. Hopefully they di...

4 September 2017

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Sep 04, 2017 11:16 pm

Our butlers fit out came standard with the Prestige essentials package back in 2015 when we accepted tender. We had the...

1 September 2017

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Sep 01, 2017 12:58 pm

@msjovi you got there in the end! Congrats, it looks just like the brochure, what a beautiful home! Here's to enjoying it for many years to come. The labels are underneath the panel cover. If you lift the plastic cover off the big patch panel somebody would've labelled 'master BR, hallway, living' ...

HAHAHAHA I wish I knew this! I just ran Around trying each and every in our until I worked out which was which Building...

31 August 2017

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Aug 31, 2017 11:25 pm

Hey there! Thank you!! What an epic journey, hey? How are you enjoying your new home? So you reckon our data points wil...

31 August 2017

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Aug 31, 2017 1:43 pm

I just had a look and Optus cable is available at my new address which is great! Means I don't need a phone line although I'll need to connect my modem to my million data points! [emoji23][emoji23] Cannot believe they're not labeled! So unprofessional. Building Ambassador 41 - Wisdom Homes

I just had a look and Optus cable is available at my new address which is great! Means I don't need a phone line althoug...

31 August 2017

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Aug 31, 2017 12:02 pm

I had my doubts on that $790 NBN connection. We got free connection and setup where we live. What you are looking at @msjovi is the data cabling that is internally wired for each room. You will call your service provider and they will put a NBN box with connections to the data point using a data ca...

Thanks for the advice Aaron. I agree that we have way too many data points - that's what happens when you have selectio...

31 August 2017

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Aug 31, 2017 11:42 am

@msjovi - do you remember how much they charged you to remove handles from the bathroom vanities? Looks so much better. I'm waiting to get my quotes back. It's called a shark edge profile and the price ranged from $100 - $300 depending on the size of the vanity which we thought was pretty reasonabl...

It's called a shark edge profile and the price ranged from $100 - $300 depending on the size of the vanity which we tho...

31 August 2017

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Aug 31, 2017 11:40 am

Hi All, can someone help me out with timber stair case staining. Wisdom are saying that for the timber stairs, to get it the colour you want, you need to meet with a painter and then pay extra cost for coats. The meeting is $1000 !! I don't get it, this guy isn't a brain surgeon or anything. How ca...

That is ludicrous!! And I'm actually wondering whether this new requirement is as a result of the drama we had with our...

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31 August 2017

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Aug 31, 2017 11:27 am

Thanks everyone! I have to say, after all the dramas and delays we had along the way we are really happy with the quality of the finishes. There are still a few minor outstanding items that need rectifying and more that we've picked up on since the last inspection, but nothing major. I do have a co...

I thought W provided the white box (home distribution unit) but it doesn't actually specify that in my Tender so I gues...

30 August 2017

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Aug 30, 2017 9:43 pm

Thanks everyone! I have to say, after all the dramas and delays we had along the way we are really happy with the qualit...

30 August 2017