Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Started digging 8mtr piers - Custom Build - LIH 21Sep 23, 2012 8:48 pm Re: Started digging 8mtr piers - Custom Build - LIH 22Sep 25, 2012 3:49 pm Re: Started digging 8mtr piers - Custom Build - LIH 23Oct 09, 2012 9:18 am Hi Lourance, hope everything will be going well in your side.. howz your house contruction progress.. i also building with LIH.. they are going slow as compare to other builder. Mine color app. done on 5 Aug 2012 then they found site plan is incorrect..they have to fix the site plan. so i got pre-site meet on 19 sep 2012. last week i got confirmation that plan has been approved..they will start construction soon. I hope they will start in couple of week. shai Re: Almost Slabbed - Custom Build - LIH 24Oct 18, 2012 8:42 pm Re: TIMBER THEFT - Custom Build - LIH - Melb 26Oct 24, 2012 5:56 am Well Monday they cleaned up the block and delivered the timber. Tuesday they started the framming. As I'm a shift worker I'm on a morning rotation and have to get up at 04:30am for work. The block I'm building on is nextdoor to where I live and my house sits about 1mtr above road level. Got up this morning to see 2 pieces of 2 x 4 bobbing up and down on the other side of the fence. Yelled out and must made him crap his pants as I have never seen someone move so fast on foot. No vehicle around so he must have been local and looks like I distrubed him before he could take any timber. I know the builder will replace what goes missing but the its the delays they cause is the main problem. TIMBER THEFT - Custom Build - LIH - Melb 27Oct 24, 2012 6:52 am Lucky you were up! Amazing how brazen people can be! Building the Ascot 35 with Carlisle Homes in Pasadena Estate, Clyde VIC My build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=59776 Re: Framing Completed - Custom Build - LIH - Melb 28Oct 30, 2012 10:04 am Now its starting too look like a house and with being a house we designed and all the anxieties we hope this room is not too small.. does this work with that etc. To be able to walk through and go I'm loving it already then you have to remind yourself, dam its gonna be 3-4 months before it's finished ..I wan't it now anyhow here is some pix Front View Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Looking from the back through Alfresco Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Ps if your curious about the green stained timber it's been treated for termites. Guess the supplier ran out of normal stuff.. is all we can work out. Re: Custom Build - LIH - Melb - ROOF ON 29Nov 14, 2012 8:56 am Re: Custom Build - LIH - Melb - *** ROOF ON *** 30Nov 22, 2012 8:41 pm I love your colour choices. Your plan is great too, good use of space and private vs public areas. Custom downslope build Build thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=61873 Blog http://www.buildingroyalmanor.blogspot.com.au Re: Custom Build - LIH - Melb - *** ROOF ON *** 32Nov 23, 2012 9:31 pm Yup so looking forward to it. All the things we wished we had known when we first built our current house 17 years ago has gone into this home. I just hope it all works out. They are currently doing the bricking and I'd say lockup will probability be around 30th. And thanks for all the positive comments, gives that little warm fuzzy feeling that its going well. Latest pic halfway through bricklaying and the colour is looking ok. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Custom Build - LIH - Melb - *** ROOF ON *** 33Nov 24, 2012 3:52 pm I noticed today they havent put a floor drain in my laundry as stated in my contract but I want to put on solar panels before the rebate runs out in december so I'm thinking if they say no I can blackmail them into letting me getting them installed and not worrying about the floordrain if it comes to the crunch. They will have to jackhammer the slab to get a drain in. But I'm sure LIH will be more than happy too let me have the solar panels installed. Re: Custom Build - LIH - Melb - *** Kitchen Appliances*** 34Nov 24, 2012 7:13 pm Posting lots today prob sick of my comments but have to post the choices my wife made for kitchen appliances. We spent a bit more on the rangehood and the reason for this was quite operation and ease of cleaning. Oven Lofra D9EGSS Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ and rangehood Electrolux ERCM9010AS Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Custom Build - LIH - Melb - *** Kitchen Appliances*** 35Nov 28, 2012 7:23 pm I don't know much about appliances (ie what's good or not) but I do know that those look really nice! Bummer re the floor drain.... have you mentioned it to the builder yet? Custom downslope build Build thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=61873 Blog http://www.buildingroyalmanor.blogspot.com.au Re: Custom Build - LIH - Melb - *** Kitchen Appliances*** 36Nov 29, 2012 6:19 am HomeAngels I don't know much about appliances (ie what's good or not) but I do know that those look really nice! Bummer re the floor drain.... have you mentioned it to the builder yet? Not yet but was in 2 minds when we requested it. Migh just ask them to refund the cost. LIH was more than happy for me to have solar panels installed as long as I signed a waver for any damages done which is more than fair. Reference to the Lofra oven read some reviews on that brand and now not too sure about it. The product seems ok but the after sales service seems to be realy crap. oh well you win some and you loose some. Re: Custom Build - LIH - Melb - *** Brick Work Completed*** 37Dec 03, 2012 5:37 pm Re: Custom Build - LIH - Melb - "Ready 4 plasterboad* Photo 38Dec 20, 2012 8:29 am Well the last few weeks they have been busy finishing the plumbing, removing timber temporary supports, ducted healing, a little tidy up and yesterday completed the electrical wiring prep. Not quite lock up stage (save some interest payments over xmas as lockup stage is a fairly large payment ) as one of the doors was badly damaged so they waiting for a new one. Enjoy the holidays all and be safe... Just a updated photo of the front and a view of the inside of the kitchen/dinning/lounge area. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Custom Build - LIH - Melb - LOCKUP Photo upd 39Jan 24, 2013 9:29 am My wife had a little panic attack with the colour scheme of the inside of the house today until I reminded her that the reason the house is the colour scheme all revolved around the colour of the Benchtops (Caesar Stone Coca Fudge) that she adored. Now life is back to normal. Crisis averted Re: Custom Build - LIH - Melb - Wife thingy 40Jan 24, 2013 8:37 pm Looking great Lourance Glad the wife is happy. As my husband says "happy wife equals happy life" Custom downslope build Build thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=61873 Blog http://www.buildingroyalmanor.blogspot.com.au Any advice on a builder in NSW who is demanding an extra 22000k after the house is completed and contract paid in full .Standard HIA contract. Never received a variation.… 0 20918 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 20235 For reference, this is the Austlii reference. My take on this is, that they would be breaking the law denying access to a homeowner in Victoria, or their agent from having… 1 10490 |