Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Our First Dream Home Week 11 Kitchen & Carpenter Fix out 221Apr 13, 2018 9:31 pm [quote="sunnycoastfirstbuild"]Oh no SN, not great news at all with the mix up with your window, but your right in that how a builder deals with mistakes tells a lot and yours seem to have dealt with this one really well and without much fuss at all. Hopefully it doesn't slow progress down for you too much in the meantime. Otherwise your cabinetry is looking awesome!! Love all your colour choices. What an absolute pain the builder made your hstp guy put the batter back!! Definitely some communication there wouldn't have gone astray. Esp after your hstp guy had done such nice dead /quote] Thank you . I agonised and procrastinated about my colours so it’s great to see them coming to life. The builder said that the window shouldn’t prolong our build time so hopefully that is the case. Our First Dream Home Week 11 Kitchen & Carpenter Fix out 222Apr 13, 2018 11:20 pm Good on you for taking it in your stride SN, it’s hard to get everything right all the time and with a custom plan the odds are stacked against you. To misalign a couple of windows out of a whole build is really amazing. Hats off to your builders for stepping up and showing you a great way to fix the problem. Mmmm the batter part sucks, I understand how frustrating that would be. We need some serious earth works done once the house is finished and I think I heard my budget running down the street screaming . I love your joinery, it all looks awesome and that laundry combo is perfect. Your ensuite cabinet is to die for and the natural oak looks awesome, I’ve used that to inlay in our kitchen. 🤭 that’s kind of funny your loo is missing, well if it’s not you dancing on the poo tank we know your trades might be poor buggers will be busting with no loo. Re: Our First Dream Home Week 11 Kitchen & Carpenter Fix out 223Apr 14, 2018 5:22 am Tribe7 Good on you for taking it in your stride SN, it’s hard to get everything right all the time and with a custom plan the odds are stacked against you. To misalign a couple of windows out of a whole build is really amazing. Hats off to your builders for stepping up and showing you a great way to fix the problem. Mmmm the batter part sucks, I understand how frustrating that would be. We need some serious earth works done once the house is finished and I think I heard my budget running down the street screaming . I love your joinery, it all looks awesome and that laundry combo is perfect. Your ensuite cabinet is to die for and the natural oak looks awesome, I’ve used that to inlay in our kitchen. 🤭 that’s kind of funny your loo is missing, well if it’s not you dancing on the poo tank we know your trades might be poor buggers will be busting with no loo. I think our builders have done a great job with a custom plan, I just hope I don’t see my uncentred window every time I use those rooms . I saw your site cut pictures and it looks like you will definitely need some retaining. Do you know what kind you are going to go with? I can’t believe how expensive retaining walls are! Thank you for loving my cabinetry lol. I’m so glad it’s worked out. I did think about using the natural oak in our kitchen as well but I was scared about it clashing with our blackbutt floors. It probably wouldn’t but I just couldn’t make the call. Hopefully they drop a new loo out for them early next week. I let our builder know and he laughed and laughed lol. Re: Our First Dream Home Week 11 Kitchen & Carpenter Fix out 225Apr 14, 2018 4:26 pm gkc Sorry if it's already covered in the thread, but can I ask what you are doing between your pantry and laundry? Is the big hole in the Laundry for cupboards? Re: Our First Dream Home Wk 12 Carpenter Fix Out&Window Fix 227Apr 15, 2018 11:05 am Instead of sleeping this morning post night shift I went to the markets and bought my first artwork for the new house. These are for the kids rooms. I have been watching this artist for ages and I’m happy to finally own some of these beautiful prints. 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 ⋅ The outlines glow in the dark. I’m hoping to pick a shade out of them for the feature wall in each of the kids rooms. I’m in love with this one as well but I didn’t buy it because it isn’t a part of the glow in the dark series and I didn’t want a potential fight with my girls later about who has a glow in the dark one . I did get a small a5 (I think) sized one thrown in for free that will look nice on one of the girls bedside tables. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Our First Dream Home Wk 12 Carpenter Fix Out&Window Fix 228Apr 15, 2018 12:44 pm Those artworks are beautiful! - B A vue of the pines on the Gold Coast forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=87210 Re: Our First Dream Home Wk 12 Carpenter Fix Out&Window Fix 229Apr 15, 2018 5:34 pm Glad to hear your builders are being "great" as you put it! Mistakes happen and definitely, it's how you deal with them rather than stuffing you around. Love that oak finish! Some designers might say match all your cabinetry so it ties all together, but I think it can go the other way too where you might have slightly different patterns to suit the room. So... is the other loo still there or they took both yours and the other one on the finished build? Follow our first house build here! -> https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=86484 Re: Our First Dream Home Wk 12 Carpenter Fix Out&Window Fix 230Apr 16, 2018 2:32 am The loo is still at the house that’s been handed over so I’m guessing they’ve taken ours instead of theirs. It will be interesting to see if we get ours back and theirs goes missing tomorrow Re: Our First Dream Home Wk 12 Carpenter Fix Out&Window Fix 231Apr 16, 2018 4:20 am sparrowsnest Instead of sleeping this morning post night shift I went to the markets and bought my first artwork for the new house. These are for the kids rooms. I have been watching this artist for ages and I’m happy to finally own some of these beautiful prints. 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 ⋅ The outlines glow in the dark. I’m hoping to pick a shade out of them for the feature wall in each of the kids rooms. I’m in love with this one as well but I didn’t buy it because it isn’t a part of the glow in the dark series and I didn’t want a potential fight with my girls later about who has a glow in the dark one . I did get a small a5 (I think) sized one thrown in for free that will look nice on one of the girls bedside tables. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Hi Sparrowsnest - do you mind me asking who the artist is? Thank you Our First Dream Home Wk 12 Carpenter Fix Out&Window Fix 232Apr 16, 2018 10:28 am If the window doesn’t bother you then you won’t notice it, I was annoyed we didn’t add doors to our media room in our first build but I loved the house so got over it. I think you will be fine. Yes we will need stepped retaining at the front and standard retaining wall at the back, I have an idea for the back retaining wall, I can’t wait to sit down and draw it up (last day of school holidays ) we will build sleeper retaining walls and clad it in hard wood again I would say, it’s a lot cheaper and we diy so no labour costs. Could you guys diy? I wanted gabion retaining but the rocks cost a bomb Yes I do love your cabinetry it’s heaven, I know what you mean about the oak in the kitchen, we have oak to our island bench shelves and oak open shelves inlaid into the black cabinetry, I’ve given up stressing if it will clash with the floor. I don’t care anymore Hahahha I laughed about your loo. How cool are those canvass your girls will be so proud and in love with there new rooms, great choices Re: Our First Dream Home Wk 12 Carpenter Fix Out&Window Fix 233Apr 16, 2018 12:57 pm angi.f sparrowsnest Instead of sleeping this morning post night shift I went to the markets and bought my first artwork for the new house. These are for the kids rooms. I have been watching this artist for ages and I’m happy to finally own some of these beautiful prints. 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 ⋅ The outlines glow in the dark. I’m hoping to pick a shade out of them for the feature wall in each of the kids rooms. I’m in love with this one as well but I didn’t buy it because it isn’t a part of the glow in the dark series and I didn’t want a potential fight with my girls later about who has a glow in the dark one . I did get a small a5 (I think) sized one thrown in for free that will look nice on one of the girls bedside tables. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Hi Sparrowsnest - do you mind me asking who the artist is? Thank you Caz Creations by Carlie Edwards https://www.cazcreations.com.au/ Re: Our First Dream Home Wk 12 Carpenter Fix Out&Window Fix 234Apr 16, 2018 1:06 pm Tribe7 If the window doesn’t bother you then you won’t notice it, I was annoyed we didn’t add doors to our media room in our first build but I loved the house so got over it. I think you will be fine. Yes we will need stepped retaining at the front and standard retaining wall at the back, I have an idea for the back retaining wall, I can’t wait to sit down and draw it up (last day of school holidays ) we will build sleeper retaining walls and clad it in hard wood again I would say, it’s a lot cheaper and we diy so no labour costs. Could you guys diy? I wanted gabion retaining but the rocks cost a bomb Yes I do love your cabinetry it’s heaven, I know what you mean about the oak in the kitchen, we have oak to our island bench shelves and oak open shelves inlaid into the black cabinetry, I’ve given up stressing if it will clash with the floor. I don’t care anymore Hahahha I laughed about your loo. How cool are those canvass your girls will be so proud and in love with there new rooms, great choices Im worried it’s going to bother me for ever! Uncentred windows sounds like a nightmare to me . But I like to try and not stress about things I cannot control. “Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” But sometimes it really hard lol. We are planning to DIY our retaining walls as well, in woodlook concrete sleepers. Even DIY is really expensive. How does the concrete sleeper retaining walls compare to the way you are doing yours do you know? Last day of school holidays and night shift 6 of 6 then 4 days off for me, hopefully I can tick some more things off my to do list Re: Our First Dream Home Wk 12 Carpenter Fix Out&Window Fix 236Apr 16, 2018 9:12 pm sparrowsnest Tribe7 If the window doesn’t bother you then you won’t notice it, I was annoyed we didn’t add doors to our media room in our first build but I loved the house so got over it. I think you will be fine. Yes we will need stepped retaining at the front and standard retaining wall at the back, I have an idea for the back retaining wall, I can’t wait to sit down and draw it up (last day of school holidays ) we will build sleeper retaining walls and clad it in hard wood again I would say, it’s a lot cheaper and we diy so no labour costs. Could you guys diy? I wanted gabion retaining but the rocks cost a bomb Yes I do love your cabinetry it’s heaven, I know what you mean about the oak in the kitchen, we have oak to our island bench shelves and oak open shelves inlaid into the black cabinetry, I’ve given up stressing if it will clash with the floor. I don’t care anymore Hahahha I laughed about your loo. How cool are those canvass your girls will be so proud and in love with there new rooms, great choices Im worried it’s going to bother me for ever! Uncentred windows sounds like a nightmare to me . But I like to try and not stress about things I cannot control. “Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” But sometimes it really hard lol. We are planning to DIY our retaining walls as well, in woodlook concrete sleepers. Even DIY is really expensive. How does the concrete sleeper retaining walls compare to the way you are doing yours do you know? Last day of school holidays and night shift 6 of 6 then 4 days off for me, hopefully I can tick some more things off my to do list It might bother you if you let it? Awful advise I know, as you said it’s beyond your control and I would look at the window as a reminder of what you achieved by designing your own home, everything doesn’t have to be perfect . I’ve picked the crap out of my plan and would love to add articulation to the front and change a few things but it’s not going to happen. I just remind myself it’s a beautiful home for my family with lots of space . Don’t stress it, just go and look at your glorious cabinetry Yes those concrete walls are more expensive, the sleeper retaining walls are a lot cheaper to build but a fair bit more work, our front retaining wall cost just $600 total including all the timber (the merbau to front dress it) the concrete, screws and drainage. Here is a few pics so you get the idea Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ the uprights and front supports on, we then gravel filled the base and laid agg pipe and then I back filled it Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ capped the top Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ we then clad the front of the retaining wall in merbau and replaced the sleeper top with a merbau plank and I painted the sleeper uprights basalt to match our down pipes. Hope that helps Holy smokes night 6 you must be feeling like Dracula, bet you can’t wait for your nice sleep in and some shopping. Our old neighbour was a registra at GCUH and he would have his parcels delivered to me because he worked crazy hours, when I would drop them over of an late afternoon he would hiss at the sun in the door and the kids killed them selves laughing saying he was Dracula Our First Dream Home Wk 12 Carpenter Fix Out&Window Fix 237Apr 18, 2018 6:36 pm Thanks Tribe. We did consider doing sleeper retaining walls but have heard that they need to be replaced more often. Ours is 1.6 metres high. Omg. I’m not having the best luck. Got a call from the tile company and the supplier supplied the matte instead of the lappatto finish in our tile and wanted to know if that would be ok or would I like to reselect. I went to have a look at it and I don’t love it the texture of the lappato really makes a difference. They are happy for me to chose a different tile as long as it’s in stock. There’s nothing that’s really like my original tile and I can’t wait until more arrive as they think they are being discontinued. Do I try and go with the closest coloured tile that I don’t really love or completely change my colours. The tile I had was a light grey 450x450 that was going to go on the floors and walls. The selections lady does not think changing the colours to a dark floor will work with my coastal style at all. But I did a search on Pinterest and all of the ‘coastal bathrooms’ had grey floors and white walls. Pinterest inspiration 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 ⋅ I took a heap of samples out to the house to see what worked. This is in the laundry, the blackbutt is our main area floor that will butt up against the tiles. Note the tiles are dirty I let my youngest walk on them and I walked in them to give it a real life feel lol. The black showed the most footprints and dirt. The white on the right is the closest to the style I was going for before and I would run on the floor and walls. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ This is our carpet against our main area flooring. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ This is some pictures of of the floor tile with a white wall tile that I would run horizontally either stacked or brickbond (another decision to make) and a niche feature tile that we weren’t doing before. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Or this for the niche Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I literally cannot make a decision. I finally thought I was done with decisions. I actually love this look but MrSparrow hates it, actually he went as far as to say it was highly offensive to his eyes and various expletives. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Here’s a picture of my flooring with my kitchen which I still love at least. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Any opinions welcome Re: Our First Dream Home Wk 12 Carpenter Fix Out&Window Fix 238Apr 18, 2018 7:30 pm oh wow SN, so much to catch up on. But pressing things first tiles. My personal preference and trying to go with the theme your after would be the grey tiles on the floor and the hexagonal tiles for the niche with white wall tiles. But as I said that's what I would choose. But how annoying you are having to re choose!! Like you, I agonised over every single choice an would hate to have to go back and pick something new. omg SN that artwork is to die for!! Esp the unicorn. arrghh your lucky children!! I honestly think with your off centred window, you will notice it to start with but you will quickly become accustomed to it and no longer see it. Our stylemaster build - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=91226 Our First Dream Home Wk 12 Carpenter Fix Out&Window Fix 239Apr 18, 2018 11:21 pm Holy tiles batman . I’m hearing you about the retaining walls, we are either going to treat the timber to prevent rot or go with sandstone block retaining, depends on my budget. Sandstone is quite affordable if you get b grade it’s the machinery needed to move the damn blocks, if you have someone with a block cat or excavator you could go that way. I am with your husband blah not my cup of tea at all, Sorry ☹️. I loved them a little while back but I got over the trend, simple and elegant rocks my boat I have a option, can you keep your same white wall tiles but use grey or black penny rounds on the floor, then use the same penny rounds as a feature in your niche also it matches and is timeless and suits your cabinetry. Pricing, push back on the tile shop and tell them you want the tiles at the best possible rate, you have had to reselect at the last minute and can’t afford a big price increase. Honestly they pay squat for them so push back. I love the penny rounds on the floor they look incredible, they will go really well with your black butt flooring too. Remind me why I don’t have penny rounds on my floors?? Damn it. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ * ensuite, light grey penny rounds on the floor and in the niche to compliment your black vanity * main bath, black penny rounds on the floor and niche to compliment the timber vanity. From your pics I really like these two Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The grey floor tile would look great in the bathrooms, not sure about the black in a larger tile Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Enjoy your days off Re: Our First Dream Home Wk 12 Carpenter Fix Out&Window Fix 240Apr 19, 2018 8:29 am Bloody decisions! I like this option the best Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89059 Hi All, we are starting to think of building with Masterpiece Builders in Victoria, has anyone had any feedback or experience with them 0 14452 1 10169 Hey Setsquare Firstly thank you to all the kind comments here. Now to answer your question, it comes down to what budget you have. New South homes who are based at… 3 2116 |