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Browse Forums Building A New House  02 Jun 2017 236 Bronze Member Re: Building Simonds Express - Westbury Premium - East Estat 201Mar 28, 2018 10:23 am Bri1234Thanks Bri 02 Jun 2017 236 Bronze Member Re: Building Simonds Express - Westbury Premium - East Estat 202Mar 28, 2018 10:26 am Settlement/handover is complete!! We finally have keys to our new home!! Shame that I couldn't be there but looking forward to being "home" in 48hrs!! What a crazy journey this has been, and really there is still alot to do to finish our new family home but the main construction is complete and we can now move in There is a light at the end of the tunnel for all of you still in the construction phase and it's all worth the wait! Simonds have been fantastic overall and I can highly recommend them! Will post some pics of the final house when I return home! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Building Simonds Express - Westbury Premium - East Estat 203Mar 28, 2018 11:01 am  smithfamilySettlement/handover is complete!! We finally have keys to our new home!! Shame that I couldn't be there but looking forward to being "home" in 48hrs!! What a crazy journey this has been, and really there is still alot to do to finish our new family home but the main construction is complete and we can now move in There is a light at the end of the tunnel for all of you still in the construction phase and it's all worth the wait! Simonds have been fantastic overall and I can highly recommend them! Will post some pics of the final house when I return home! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Fantastic. So happy for you. You give the rest of us hope, lol Awww how cute is that box with the keys. Good luck with the move this weekend! 02 Jun 2017 236 Bronze Member Re: Building Simonds Express - Westbury Premium - East Estat 205Apr 03, 2018 1:03 pm awwwww fantastic. So happy for you all. Must feel great to be in. Did you put all your blinds up over the weekend as well? You did well. I have a Simonds question for you, How were you advised of your PCI date? 02 Jun 2017 236 Bronze Member Re: Building Simonds Express - Westbury Premium - East Estat 206Apr 03, 2018 1:55 pm Bri1234awwwww fantastic. So happy for you all. Must feel great to be in. Did you put all your blinds up over the weekend as well? You did well. I have a Simonds question for you, How were you advised of your PCI date? Thanks Bri! It feels great! We put the blinds up (well my in-laws did) the day we got the keys last week. We were advised by SS when he would be ready for PCI, I then contacted CRC and booked it in..... Not sure if this is standard protocol, I was trying to hurry things up so took the reigns and went with it... 03 Jul 2016 1,232 VIC Gold Member Re: Building Simonds Express - Westbury Premium - East Estat 207Apr 03, 2018 3:28 pm smithfamilySo we're in!! What a massive weekend it was moving everything and setting everything up. No surprises when we moved in, we loved it! Still a bit of a mess in places (spare room door remains closed haha) but main areas are mostly setup. Alarm is in, CCTV is in, split system air cons are in and this morning the heater guys came and fixed that up. SS also popped in this morning to make sure all is good. Will be starting some sort of landscaping this coming weekend..... It feels like our home, although we don't have any pics of anything on walls yet, that's the least of our worries at the moment. Wife and daughter are ecstatic and loving it! Here's some pics. (excuse the mess) Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Looking awesome. Also noticed yesterday that 8homes r in as well - that’s good with someone nearby. follow my build Arden homes Votivo 37 iin south east: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88622 02 Jun 2017 236 Bronze Member Re: Building Simonds Express - Westbury Premium - East Estat 208Apr 03, 2018 3:30 pm pEast smithfamilySo we're in!! What a massive weekend it was moving everything and setting everything up. No surprises when we moved in, we loved it! Still a bit of a mess in places (spare room door remains closed haha) but main areas are mostly setup. Alarm is in, CCTV is in, split system air cons are in and this morning the heater guys came and fixed that up. SS also popped in this morning to make sure all is good. Will be starting some sort of landscaping this coming weekend..... It feels like our home, although we don't have any pics of anything on walls yet, that's the least of our worries at the moment. Wife and daughter are ecstatic and loving it! Here's some pics. (excuse the mess) Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Looking awesome. Also noticed yesterday that 8homes r in as well - that’s good with someone nearby. Yes they also moved in over the weekend. Very handy to have at least one neighbour. I expect there to be quite a few more move in over the next 3 months. 02 Jun 2017 236 Bronze Member Re: Building Simonds Express - Westbury Premium - East Estat 210May 01, 2018 10:14 pm smithfamilySo it's been a month now in the house and we have finally gotten the yard ready for grassing. After 16 cubic meters of fill soil and 4 cubic meters of top soil, Anzac day saw the front and back areas ready to lay turf. Turf was delivered on Friday and Saturday for the front and the back, total of 65m2 of turf, we ended up going with Saffire Buffalo turf. We also bought some plants on Sunday afternoon, a few hedges for the sides at the front and some daisys and tom thumbs for along the front. We plan to put these in this coming weekend, weather dependant. Here are some pics of before and after the turf. Front yard beforeLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Front yard afterLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Backyard beforeLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Backyard afterLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Very nice. Well done, it looks great. Want to come do ours!? lol Wow have you been in a month already. Where did that time go? 02 Jun 2017 236 Bronze Member Re: Building Simonds Express - Westbury Premium - East Estat 211May 02, 2018 8:42 am Bri1234 smithfamilySo it's been a month now in the house and we have finally gotten the yard ready for grassing. After 16 cubic meters of fill soil and 4 cubic meters of top soil, Anzac day saw the front and back areas ready to lay turf. Turf was delivered on Friday and Saturday for the front and the back, total of 65m2 of turf, we ended up going with Saffire Buffalo turf. We also bought some plants on Sunday afternoon, a few hedges for the sides at the front and some daisys and tom thumbs for along the front. We plan to put these in this coming weekend, weather dependant. Here are some pics of before and after the turf. Front yard beforeLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Front yard afterLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Backyard beforeLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Backyard afterLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Very nice. Well done, it looks great. Want to come do ours!? lol Wow have you been in a month already. Where did that time go? Haha the laying the grass isn't the hard part, it's the preparation that killed me! Yep, a month already! Insane! Time flies when you're having fun! 03 Jul 2016 1,232 VIC Gold Member Re: Building Simonds Express - Westbury Premium - East Estat 212May 02, 2018 10:50 am smithfamily Bri1234 smithfamilySo it's been a month now in the house and we have finally gotten the yard ready for grassing. After 16 cubic meters of fill soil and 4 cubic meters of top soil, Anzac day saw the front and back areas ready to lay turf. Turf was delivered on Friday and Saturday for the front and the back, total of 65m2 of turf, we ended up going with Saffire Buffalo turf. We also bought some plants on Sunday afternoon, a few hedges for the sides at the front and some daisys and tom thumbs for along the front. We plan to put these in this coming weekend, weather dependant. Here are some pics of before and after the turf. Front yard beforeLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Front yard afterLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Backyard beforeLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Backyard afterLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Very nice. Well done, it looks great. Want to come do ours!? lol Wow have you been in a month already. Where did that time go? Haha the laying the grass isn't the hard part, it's the preparation that killed me! Yep, a month already! Insane! Time flies when you're having fun! Especially with all that activity around - the estate is picking up - noticed stage 5 builds r starting too - well that was were I wanted to buy till they changed the plan at last minute follow my build Arden homes Votivo 37 iin south east: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88622 02 Jun 2017 236 Bronze Member Re: Building Simonds Express - Westbury Premium - East Estat 213May 02, 2018 11:27 am pEast smithfamilyHaha the laying the grass isn't the hard part, it's the preparation that killed me! Yep, a month already! Insane! Time flies when you're having fun! Especially with all that activity around - the estate is picking up - noticed stage 5 builds r starting too - well that was were I wanted to buy till they changed the plan at last minute Yes there are lots of builds happening at the moment which is great! And it looks like 3 complete houses ready to move in to just about. Hopefully they keep on popping up and finishing, the more neighbours the better, it's very eerie at times. How is your build going pEast? 03 Jul 2016 1,232 VIC Gold Member Re: Building Simonds Express - Westbury Premium - East Estat 214May 02, 2018 11:36 am smithfamily pEast smithfamilyHaha the laying the grass isn't the hard part, it's the preparation that killed me! Yep, a month already! Insane! Time flies when you're having fun! Especially with all that activity around - the estate is picking up - noticed stage 5 builds r starting too - well that was were I wanted to buy till they changed the plan at last minute Yes there are lots of builds happening at the moment which is great! And it looks like 3 complete houses ready to move in to just about. Hopefully they keep on popping up and finishing, the more neighbours the better, it's very eerie at times. How is your build going pEast? Having waterproofing/ fixing stage inspection next Friday - then probably expecting cabinets and kitchen stuff the week after should go in. It is going to be a bit slow. Yes noticed the Simonds on corner near you has the fence up too which is good follow my build Arden homes Votivo 37 iin south east: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88622 02 Jun 2017 236 Bronze Member Re: Building Simonds Express - Westbury Premium - East Estat 215May 02, 2018 11:39 am pEast smithfamilyYes there are lots of builds happening at the moment which is great! And it looks like 3 complete houses ready to move in to just about. Hopefully they keep on popping up and finishing, the more neighbours the better, it's very eerie at times. How is your build going pEast? Having waterproofing/ fixing stage inspection next Friday - then probably expecting cabinets and kitchen stuff the week after should go in. It is going to be a bit slow. Yes noticed the Simonds on corner near you has the fence up too which is good Sounds like yours is progressing though so that's great. Can't see much with the scaffolding still up so it's hard for me to tell what stage you're at. Yes the Simonds on the corner now has their fence up. I'm not sure what's happening with the Simonds on the front corner near us though, it has it's blinds in but no fence and no-one has been on site there for weeks! 02 Jun 2017 236 Bronze Member Re: Building Simonds Express - Westbury Premium - East Estat 217May 03, 2018 11:22 am Bri1234Check if there’s a gas meter? That was our hold up. There's definitely a gas meter there. They were broken into some time ago, which caused part of the house to be flooded....perhaps that is still being repaired? Time will tell..... Another Simonds build diagonally opposite us now has fence up and driveway in, we expect them to move in within a week or two from now. Yay, a neighbour! Haha 02 Jun 2017 236 Bronze Member Re: Building Simonds Express - Westbury Premium - East Estat 218May 28, 2018 2:10 pm We have managed to get our front landscaping complete over the weekend, thanks to the perfect Melbourne weather! So for the time being, we have nothing to do outside! We have covered all mud areas with crushed rock, level and ready for concrete once we save some more $$$ and decide exactly what we want to do. Grass isn't dead and is going well, plants are in the front! Now we can concentrate on inside hahaha Crushed rock down side and around backLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Left of driveway, Metrosideros Tahiti hedging. Will grow to about 1mx1mLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Right side of property, also Metrosideros Tahiti hedging. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Along the front. Tom Thumbs and Daffodils Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Building Simonds Express - Westbury Premium - East Estat 219May 28, 2018 3:52 pm smithfamilyWe have managed to get our front landscaping complete over the weekend, thanks to the perfect Melbourne weather! So for the time being, we have nothing to do outside! We have covered all mud areas with crushed rock, level and ready for concrete once we save some more $$$ and decide exactly what we want to do. Grass isn't dead and is going well, plants are in the front! Now we can concentrate on inside hahaha Crushed rock down side and around backLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Left of driveway, Metrosideros Tahiti hedging. Will grow to about 1mx1mLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Right side of property, also Metrosideros Tahiti hedging. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Along the front. Tom Thumbs and Daffodils Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ It’s looking fantastic. Well done We’ve gone the other way round, lol. We’ve been working on the inside and the garage. Mainly because we still need to get the back fence replaced. Don’t really want to do the yard and have it messed up. All being well the fence will hopefully be done in the next couple of weeks. Plus turns out the neighbour on our other side is happy to replace that fence too. Yay. 03 Jul 2016 1,232 VIC Gold Member Re: Building Simonds Express - Westbury Premium - East Estat 220May 28, 2018 4:00 pm smithfamilyWe have managed to get our front landscaping complete over the weekend, thanks to the perfect Melbourne weather! So for the time being, we have nothing to do outside! We have covered all mud areas with crushed rock, level and ready for concrete once we save some more $$$ and decide exactly what we want to do. Grass isn't dead and is going well, plants are in the front! Now we can concentrate on inside hahaha Crushed rock down side and around backLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Left of driveway, Metrosideros Tahiti hedging. Will grow to about 1mx1mLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Right side of property, also Metrosideros Tahiti hedging. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Along the front. Tom Thumbs and Daffodils Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Yes - we had a little walk around the estate on Saturday noon and noted even without plants your front yard looked nice. And looks like at last one of your neighbours might be building soon. follow my build Arden homes Votivo 37 iin south east: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88622 سایت برد وی آی پی (BordVIP) در سال 2020 تأسیس شد و تا به امروز بیش از 200,000 کاربر در… 0 0 Oof, that sounds like a classic East Brisbane curveball. Underground utilities can really throw a wrench into even the simplest builds. 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