Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Nat's Build- Driveway is going down next week... 181Jan 13, 2010 5:17 pm Nat, your progress is flying by. All these trips to Perth, and just think it won't be long and you will be there permanently. Love the double shower aswell. Blog:http://tamdaz-themajestic.blogspot.com The Majestic - Henley - Adelaide Thread:https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20635 Day 200 23-4-10 Re: Nat's Build- Driveway is going down next week... 182Jan 13, 2010 5:32 pm dragon I bought 5x 6m stormwater pipe (90mm diameter). They were $13.xx each. One end is flared so you can insert another pipe into it. You can do it properly using glue otherwise it does stay firmly together. Once it is in the ground it should not move anyway. You may be able to get away with one section of 6m pipe but depends on how wide your driveway paving will be. I sunk the pipe 500mm down. I see, I see... I'm thinking I'll buy two or three 3m pipes and just join them together. Must have taken you ages to put 30m in! Might see if I can convince a few mates to help me dig and bury it! TamDaz Nat, your progress is flying by. All these trips to Perth, and just think it won't be long and you will be there permanently. Love the double shower aswell. I know, its costing me a small fortune with all these flights! Can't wait to be there already. I'm starting to look into organising a storage shed and a truck to start moving my things down. I figure it'll take me a few trips to get it all there and theres only so many times you can drive that trip before you start to lose your mind, so it will probably take me two months to move it all Building 'The Kingston' (with 'Boston' elevation) through Blueprint Homes in Hocking, Perth **PCI complete 06.02.10** My Thread - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=17607 Re: Nat's Build- Driveway is going down next week... 183Jan 13, 2010 5:47 pm Hey Natb, just trying to catch up on a few threads and yours is one. Everything is looking fantastic loving your selections. In regards to getting your stuff down here. I know of a couple of furniture freighters that might be able to do a back delivery or whatever they call it. They do deliveries of furniture to Kal so you might be able to chuck your stuff on the empty truck to come back if you time it right. Pm me if you want the details and I will get them for you. Hope it all keeps going relatively smoothly for you. Re: Nat's Build- Driveway is going down next week... 184Jan 13, 2010 11:08 pm SO where's this driveway i've been hearing about Nat??? You're house has just come along in leaps and bounds!!! You've gotta be excited about getting out of Kal and FINALLY moving in viewtopic.php?f=31&t=22766 - my build thread! Time waits for no man. Unless that man is Chuck Norris. Re: Nat's Build- Driveway is going down next week... 185Jan 14, 2010 9:17 am You place looks amazing!!!!! I can't til I get to go thru all that! Lea Building the Adelaide Mark II split (with alterations) by Statesman Land Bought Contract for building signed 5/12/09 Current house sold settlement in Feb 2010 Re: Nat's Build- Driveway is going down next week... 186Jan 14, 2010 10:49 am Yeah its all beginning to seem 'real' now! I was going around the house last night grabbing a few bits and pieces ready to box them up. It's kind of scary thinking I'll be moving again. I took one car load of stuff with me when I moved out here 4 years ago, now I need a few truck loads to get it all back! Go figure! And Jodes, I'll do my best to have some photos up for next week of my fabulous new driveway! Might even drive to Perth next time, just so I can take a photo with my car in the garage ...although I hate the colours I have chosen and think its going to clash with the house, but we shall see... Building 'The Kingston' (with 'Boston' elevation) through Blueprint Homes in Hocking, Perth **PCI complete 06.02.10** My Thread - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=17607 Re: Nat's Build- Driveway is going down next week... 187Jan 16, 2010 11:58 am Soo I went down this morning and burried this pipe under my driveway (well my dad and my uncle did ) They've painted everything properly now, so they've jammed the 'break in' door closed so I couldnt get in I took a heap of ******* pictures through the window, but not many worked out. All my powerpoints, light switches, conduits, lights, smoke detectors etc are in now. A few small problems...They were meant to put pretty tiles over my laundry sink but have just put plain white one- not happy! They installed the plastic floor wastes, instead of the chrome ones I upgraded to. BUT they did fix my WIR issue. They've moved the shelf up higher. YAY! I forgot about this part, but my garage floor is now in (sorry, I made a bit of a mess in there!) Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ A bit more prettiness in my kitchen. (I thought they'd wait until the splashback was in before this was installed?) Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ And the first coat has been done on my front door Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Building 'The Kingston' (with 'Boston' elevation) through Blueprint Homes in Hocking, Perth **PCI complete 06.02.10** My Thread - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=17607 Re: Nat's Build- Driveway is going down next week... 188Jan 16, 2010 11:58 am Really?? They blank out the word D.O.D.G.Y now??? Why??? Building 'The Kingston' (with 'Boston' elevation) through Blueprint Homes in Hocking, Perth **PCI complete 06.02.10** My Thread - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=17607 Re: Nat's Build- Driveway is going down next week... 189Jan 16, 2010 2:42 pm I was wondering what ***** meant As no swear word seemed to make sense in that place for the intention of the sentence. Thanks for explaining. We all take D.O.D.G.Y, poor, blurred, dark, poorly lit, shadowed, unclear, ambiguous, dim, fuzzy, obscure, puzzling, strange... photos sometimes. So don't panic about that. We'd rather see these type of photos than no photos at all. P.S. Hopefully you have a new list of words to choose from, although nothing captures it like the one word D.O.D.G.Y does. Blog:http://tamdaz-themajestic.blogspot.com The Majestic - Henley - Adelaide Thread:https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20635 Day 200 23-4-10 Re: Nat's Build- Driveway is going down next week... 190Jan 17, 2010 1:41 pm Haha thanks for my 'd.o.d.g.y' word replacement list I got a nice suprise last night... I went out for dinner with a mate and as we were driving there we drove past my street and she asked if we could stop at the house so she could have a look. It seems someone had been there during the day. My kitchen benchtop is all finished and my toilets and oven have been delivered I didnt think my tradies worked weekends? If I had known that I wouldn't have burried that pipe at 6am! I would have waited until later in the day when theres a possibility tradies could be there. I also had a look at my little progress timeline thingy. All I've got to go is installing taps and toilets, putting in my sink and oven, garage door and flyscreens. Shouldn't take too long at all (considering they told me end of March when I first started the build) ...YAY!!! Building 'The Kingston' (with 'Boston' elevation) through Blueprint Homes in Hocking, Perth **PCI complete 06.02.10** My Thread - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=17607 Re: Nat's Build- *** PCI 30.01.10 *** 191Jan 21, 2010 2:44 pm AAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!! BEST DAY EVERRRRRRRR 1) I've got an interview today for a job in Perth (Fingers Crossed!) 2) I just got word that my driveway is finished and my garage door is on 3) I just spoke to my SS who wants to do PCI THIS WEEK (although I cant get to Perth so I had to make it next weekend) but *SQUEALS* I'm excited now!!!!! Apparently my garage door looks really 'red' though (its meant to be caoba), which I'm a little worried about, but I've got someone taking photos of EVERYTHING for me right now, so hopefully it doesnt look too bad! Building 'The Kingston' (with 'Boston' elevation) through Blueprint Homes in Hocking, Perth **PCI complete 06.02.10** My Thread - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=17607 Re: Nat's Build- *** PCI 30.01.10 *** 192Jan 21, 2010 5:16 pm CONGRATULATIONS I can only imagine your excitement. Blog:http://tamdaz-themajestic.blogspot.com The Majestic - Henley - Adelaide Thread:https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20635 Day 200 23-4-10 Re: Nat's Build- *** PCI 30.01.10 *** 193Jan 21, 2010 7:01 pm OH WOW OH WOW OH WOW OH WOW OH WOW OH WOW That is HUGELY and amazingly exciting Nat!!!! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you with the job interview too! And hopefully your garage door is the perfect shade of red when you see it viewtopic.php?f=31&t=22766 - my build thread! Time waits for no man. Unless that man is Chuck Norris. Re: Nat's Build- *** PCI 30.01.10 *** 194Jan 21, 2010 8:50 pm Congrats on all fronts..exciting times for you. Re: Nat's Build- *** PCI 30.01.10 *** 195Jan 23, 2010 1:20 am Well done Nat! Love reading your thread. How did you go with getting the job? It also looks like you were ahead - timewise... As you may or may not remember we are building with blueprint too. Re: Nat's Build- *** PCI 30.01.10 *** 196Jan 23, 2010 7:13 pm Pictures look great! Thought I'd say hello as I am also building in Hocking, near your house however a lot smaller (cottage block)!! Hocking looks great at the moment, all these new houses going up! Re: Nat's Build- *** PCI 30.01.10 *** 197Jan 25, 2010 11:32 am Thanks guys! My SS reckons I should get the keys on the 11th Feb assuming everything goes well with the PCI. Ooo btw, I've got a heap of photos 'from the inside' being emailed to me, hopefully today, so keep your eyes peeled Brad 76 Well done Nat! Love reading your thread. How did you go with getting the job? It also looks like you were ahead - timewise... As you may or may not remember we are building with blueprint too. Not sure about the job yet. Will hopefully find out in the next fortnight some time. I've got another interview today (phone interview) at 10am, so thought I best get all my 'H1ing' done first to try and distract myself! When I first started building, they told me end of March it should be completed, and its all done now, so really it only took 3 months. Pretty impressive I think! (Although it does concern me in a way!) Hows your build going?? Emzza87 Pictures look great! Thought I'd say hello as I am also building in Hocking, near your house however a lot smaller (cottage block)!! Hocking looks great at the moment, all these new houses going up! Yeah its starting to look really good. I like the fact that all the houses are new, not just a new house being built in amongst old ones! Are you building in Belvedere Hills? Building 'The Kingston' (with 'Boston' elevation) through Blueprint Homes in Hocking, Perth **PCI complete 06.02.10** My Thread - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=17607 Re: Nat's Build- *** PCI 30.01.10 *** 198Jan 25, 2010 11:40 am Hi Nat, Good luck with all the job stuff... Out slab should be going down today OR wed. We have been told late May for hand-over. Although, going by your thread we may be in there before that. Re: Nat's Build- *** PCI 30.01.10 *** 199Jan 25, 2010 9:17 pm Can I ask a stupid question (just starting out on this building game!) - What does PCI stand for? I am guessing it's some kind of inspection prior to handover, but it's bugging me that I can't see what it stands for! Thanks, Nic. Built the Coral Homes Hamilton 252 - moved in 20/10/2010 and loving it!! https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=27215 Re: Nat's Build- *** PCI 30.01.10 *** 200Jan 25, 2010 9:32 pm ~Nic~ Can I ask a stupid question (just starting out on this building game!) - What does PCI stand for? I am guessing it's some kind of inspection prior to handover, but it's bugging me that I can't see what it stands for! Thanks, Nic. Hi Nic, PCI stands for "Practical Completion Inspection" viewtopic.php?f=31&t=22766 - my build thread! Time waits for no man. Unless that man is Chuck Norris. Thank you so much everyone. This all makes a lot of sense. I guess when you talk to a builder who butters up everything to look very polished, you get to start believing… 7 46717 3 66171 Not recommended! The image presented is for a sublevel area. The footings are down deep with a load bearing wall supporting the upper floor level. If you did that drain… 8 23868 |