Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Thorney's GJ Lewis Home...28/9 The End is Nigh :) 881Sep 28, 2009 10:35 pm Looking great Love the light switches! Re: Thorney's GJ Lewis Home...28/9 The End is Nigh :) 883Sep 29, 2009 7:46 am Hi thorney, yay!!!!! It is all coming together so well. Bloody dogs, when our concrete got done the guy doing our fences had a little jack russell running around but luckily didn't go near the freshly poured concrete. I think your bathroom vanity would look better in a darker colour to match the feature tiles. What do you think? I sure you can live with it now and maybe do something about it down the track (our downpipe is still un touched ) Wow friday will come around so fast Are you moving in over the weekend? How long has the build been in total, it seems really fast? Re: Thorney's GJ Lewis Home...28/9 The End is Nigh :) 884Sep 29, 2009 8:24 am Well done Thorney it looking fantastic. I love your big alfresco I agree with the bathroom benchtop it looks abit peachy on my computer, like mundie said a darker one to match the feature tile would be nice later on down the track, then you could get dark towels too. One thing you could do is... Look around for a vase or ornament that has the dark colour of you feature tile and also a bit of the colour of your bench top that could tie it all together You can pick up a lot of two toned things at the moment, and maybe when using towels or facewashers get them in both of the colours then that way it would look like thats how it was meant to be and noone (except yourself) would be non the wiser Know where your going in life............... you may already be there Re: Thorney's GJ Lewis Home...28/9 The End is Nigh :) 885Sep 29, 2009 8:36 am Looking fab...luv the double windows in the bathroom...Have you started to pack yet? Re: Thorney's GJ Lewis Home...28/9 The End is Nigh :) 886Sep 29, 2009 10:44 am Wow Thorney, I love your ensuite...from the lights to the dark tiles Re: Thorney's GJ Lewis Home...28/9 The End is Nigh :) 888Sep 30, 2009 1:54 am Love your portico - frontpath skewered curve .... Have you been able to get some now that the time is nigh? My head would be buzzing with "to do" stuff! Am so excited for you that I'm buzzing too! In fact, I'm buzzing for anyone who's at the finish line What will I be like when I'm at my own finish line! Building thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=22917 27.07.09 Contract signed. 08.09.09 Site scraped. 18.09.09 Slab completed! 23.11.09 Bricking done 09.03.10 - Tiling 15.04.10 PCI 01.05.10 Handover Re: Thorney's GJ Lewis Home...28/9 The End is Nigh :) 889Sep 30, 2009 8:01 am Thorney it is looking FABULOUS!! You must be so excited about it all! You've done a great job 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: Thorney's GJ Lewis Home...28/9 The End is Nigh :) 890Sep 30, 2009 8:58 am You home is really looking great Thorney, well done... I can't believe how quick your builds gone, they have been great builders, would you recommend them to people? Have you been happy with most things? Am loving the size of your alfresco, how big is it? It looks huge! Can't wait till' I am at the stage your at, sick of feeling nauseated all the time, with worry over the house. Building Thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=13002 Site start: 8th July 2009 Handover: 11/12/2009! 5 months total build time. 40 sqs of luxuary...Bliss! Re: Thorney's GJ Lewis Home...28/9 The End is Nigh :) 891Sep 30, 2009 5:01 pm Wow, wow, wow!! Your house looks beautiful Thorney!!! You must be so excited to be so very close to the end. Building with PD - Regent 23 Cascades on Clyde Estate HomeOne Building Thread - PCI Completed - 28th August. Handover - 11th September. Re: Thorney's GJ Lewis Home...28/9 The End is Nigh :) 892Oct 01, 2009 11:12 am Yeahhhhh Thorney not long now START THE COUNT DOWN Congratulations your house looks amazing, from the colours to the paths to the switches, to the lights, you sure have done a wonderful job you should be very happy with yourself. All the best https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=19655 FINALLY slab down 5th SEPT Oct 16 Bricking/ plaster starting Dec 1 Painting started END OF CONTRACT IS UP SOON HURRY UP AND FINISH MY HOME..... countdown to 27th Feb. LATROBE 320 WITH DENNIS FAMILY HOMES Re: Thorney's GJ Lewis Home...28/9 The End is Nigh :) 893Oct 01, 2009 9:46 pm Thank you sammy, jess, ydg, rowena, blessed, megzy, lisa, erinleigh and chlocho for your compliments mundie mansion Hi thorney, yay!!!!! It is all coming together so well. Bloody dogs, when our concrete got done the guy doing our fences had a little jack russell running around but luckily didn't go near the freshly poured concrete. I think your bathroom vanity would look better in a darker colour to match the feature tiles. What do you think? I sure you can live with it now and maybe do something about it down the track (our downpipe is still un touched ) Wow friday will come around so fast Are you moving in over the weekend? How long has the build been in total, it seems really fast? Thanks MM, Ya, the footprints on my beautiful front path is still really disappointing...am hoping a quick scrub with a wire brush will fix it. Agree totally on the benchtop. I have no choice but to live with it for now! lol....just hope that the towels and venetians will make it more bearable to look at!! ah the downpipe l forgot about that! lol....does it still bug you or are you bit more ok with it? As for moving in on the weekend...yeah kinda. Planning on taking a heap of clothes, fragile stuff, shed stuff etc over the weekend. Tuesday though is the official moving in day. Yup, considering the size of the house it's been a fairly quick build....from site scrape day it's taken 18 weeks and 4 days Re: Thorney's GJ Lewis Home...28/9 The End is Nigh :) 894Oct 01, 2009 9:55 pm Taffy Well done Thorney it looking fantastic. I love your big alfresco I agree with the bathroom benchtop it looks abit peachy on my computer, like mundie said a darker one to match the feature tile would be nice later on down the track, then you could get dark towels too. One thing you could do is... Look around for a vase or ornament that has the dark colour of you feature tile and also a bit of the colour of your bench top that could tie it all together You can pick up a lot of two toned things at the moment, and maybe when using towels or facewashers get them in both of the colours then that way it would look like thats how it was meant to be and noone (except yourself) would be non the wiser Thanks taffy I just love the alfresco and also the extra wide path from it to the garage Yup, it is peachy...too peachy ...As l said before l'm hoping my dark peach towels and cedar venetians will tie the benchtop in better with the bathroom. I have a couple shades of brown towels too, so mixing them like you suggested might do the trick too. Good tip on the vases....l have bought two lots of two toned candles....one set is chocolate tones and the other is a peach tones...so that with the towels might also help!!...will just have to wait and see l guess!! Re: Thorney's GJ Lewis Home...28/9 The End is Nigh :) 895Oct 01, 2009 10:03 pm tc2000 :z: Love your portico - frontpath skewered curve .... Have you been able to get some now that the time is nigh? My head would be buzzing with "to do" stuff! Am so excited for you that I'm buzzing too! In fact, I'm buzzing for anyone who's at the finish line What will I be like when I'm at my own finish line! Thanks tc.....l love my curved path too.....everything is so square and straight so l thought l needed to bring some curves in somewhere plus l'm a bit into the feng shui thing Thanks you for being excited for me and everyone else who's finished!! it's been fantastic to have so many people to have real interest in my build and everyone elses builds...lord knows family and friends just cannot comprehend how big this building a house is!..... And yup, my head has been buzzing like crazy the last few days especially and not in a good way to be honest...there is soooo much to do that l'm feeling quite overwhelmed with it all and well.... over it...more on this later. Re: Thorney's GJ Lewis Home...28/9 The End is Nigh :) 896Oct 01, 2009 10:11 pm thorney And yup, my head has been buzzing like crazy the last few days especially and not in a good way to be honest...there is soooo much to do that l'm feeling quite overwhelmed with it all and well.... over it...more on this later. I know that feeling very well! With so many things to do it does feel overwhelming but take it one at a time and you get there 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: Thorney's GJ Lewis Home...28/9 The End is Nigh :) 897Oct 01, 2009 10:26 pm pinkfairymagic You home is really looking great Thorney, well done... I can't believe how quick your builds gone, they have been great builders, would you recommend them to people? Have you been happy with most things? Am loving the size of your alfresco, how big is it? It looks huge! Can't wait till' I am at the stage your at, sick of feeling nauseated all the time, with worry over the house. Thanks pfm Yup, l'm really happy with the quality of the build and the timeframe. If l ever built again (not going to happen though....ever!!) l'd go through Lewis again though l would definitely request a different SS. He's been good don't get me wrong and certainly after following alot of builds on here, l think overall he'd rate as awesome, but l wish he was a bit more assertive in general (but that's just a personality thing) and that he spent more time at the house supervising the build. There have been quite a few things that have been missed/forgotten/done in error due to him forgetting to pass on info to the tradies or because he wasn't there often enough. Thank God l we had access to the house and l was up there every day, not just cause l wanted to be there but l felt that l had to be there to make sure everything was getting done correctly. But apart from that, yeah l would definitely recommend them to others. I love my alfresco.....it's 7750 x 4200 so it's a fairly nice size. The extra wide path (1300) from it to the garage just sets it off perfectly l reckon Oh god, the amount of stress and worry and sheer amount of emotional and mental energy that l've invested over the last 6 months is unbelievable. The whole year so far my life has revolved around 'the house' and l am so so glad that it's all but over. I'm so so tired and so looking forward to getting back to having a more normal and balanced life again!! Re: Thorney's GJ Lewis Home...28/9 The End is Nigh :) 898Oct 01, 2009 11:14 pm Hey there Thorney... oh, I agree with you on the bit about friends and rellies not really comprehending the scale of emotions one invests in a house build. When I first saw the bricks up in the garage, I txted my sis in London and her answer back was," Rrrriiiigght...you're excited about the bricks. What will you be like when the whole house is bricked up"... Ha ha ha..she may have a point there For me, every waking minute and nanosecond is spent thinking about the house build! My vocab so far comprises noggins, gas. electricity pit, telstra pit/trench, aggregated driveway finish, stormwater saddle adpator, grout, tiles, caesarstone benchtop, tiles, taps.....any sentence that doesn't have any one of those words is abnormal for me these days!!!! You'll get there. Oddly enough, on the day of your move, you will be the calmest person ever! It's just the silly days beforehand that can be quite overwhelming cos' you'll have to pack a whole house, label the boxes properly so that you know where your stuff is in each box, cleanup the house, remember to take pets and kids (if applicable) and off you go into your BRAND NEW HOME!!!!!!! Just make sure you know where your kettle (along with your tea bags or coffee) is so that you can make a cuppa...and later break open the champers (heck about where you put the glasses for those. Am sure swigging it-unladylike as it may seem - will do ) Building thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=22917 27.07.09 Contract signed. 08.09.09 Site scraped. 18.09.09 Slab completed! 23.11.09 Bricking done 09.03.10 - Tiling 15.04.10 PCI 01.05.10 Handover Re: Thorney's GJ Lewis Home...28/9 The End is Nigh :) 899Oct 01, 2009 11:33 pm Ok so we have Handover tomorrow and l can't believe that l would be saying this on the eve of getting the keys but l am far from excited about tomorrow. This is not how l envisaged it would be like at all Not that l've slept all that great in all these months but the last few nights have been the worst by a mile. I'm tired in all senses beyond belief, overwhelmed and just over it. Why? Well firstly, the electricals still ain't finished.....I know my BIL has done his absolute best and has put in many many hours into our house but the constant being called away to do his other job (which has to take priority over ours) has been frustrating. He can't help it l know, and it is not like we don't highly appreciate what he's done for us but with all the other stuff l'm dealing with at the moment, l couldn't help but sound a bit short with him tonight on the phone. I told him l was over it (meaning everything with the build) and he must've took at that l was over him. The fact that Lewis is trying to lay blame on BIL for alot of the patchup work and subsequent repainting of entire walls (at BIL expense mind you) didn't go down well either. And rightly so, had the plasterers did their job properly and pulled out all the cables then BIL wouldn't have had to make extra holes in the walls trying to find them!! So BIL will be having some words with the builder tomorrow. He's willing to cover the costs for the holes he made in his error (only 3) but will not be saddled with the rest of them. So then SIL rings a little later and l get a mild please explain from her....oh god, l did not need this now!!! So l spent a good half hour telling her that l'm stressed, l'm disappointed and frustrated that the house isn't finished (not just BIL's side of things) but we do truly appreciate what he's done, that's he's done a fantastic job overall etc etc, which is all true of course. I explain that other things not yet finished with the house (only minor things but hey, it is handover tomorrow!) is making me frustrated and to top it all off, l spoke to our acting broker this arvo and he advises that the Bank has not received the final valuation back yet (done Tues arvo). OMFG!! l have handover tomorrow and l have no idea if the Bank will be ready to transfer funds. So yeah, l was short with BIL because l'm so over this house building caper. Anyhoo, in the end we sorted it all out but now l'm feeling guilty that l've made BIL feel like he has and that l've upset SIL in the process. GAAAAAAHHHH!!!! So as tonight, we still have outstanding: ceiling insulation to be re-done (in the morning) paintwork (quite a bit) to be finished (in the morning) ensuite mirrors to be siliconed (in the morning) electricals to be finished (BIL says he'll be there at first light) site levelled out, cleaned and top soiled (have no idea??) cover for the phone wires (another story al together) so it shows up at Telstra that it is 'fully connected' at which l can then organise the ADSL connection!! ...(god knows when??) the tiny matter of not knowing if the Bank will be ready to pay the final invoice tomorrow oh! l also have absolutely no idea what time tomorrow Handover is mean't to be happening! And just for good measure, l have a heap of packing to still do, l have to price stuff for the garage sale this weekend, get all my business bookwork up to date before we move (in case we still have no internet connection by then) and of course look after the kids and run the household.... So yeah, as such my excitement has been obliterated totally. It sucks Sorry for long rambling.....this is not the kind of post l dreamed l would be posting tonight Re: Thorney's GJ Lewis Home..Handover 2/10 who knows? who cares! 900Oct 02, 2009 12:01 am Oh Thorney, Sorry to hear that you're running on empty I was exactly the same when I had to packup old rental house, move out, move in, unpack, and get on with running the household, plus contend with outstanding stuff for our house build (which thankfully worked out fine). Everything just was so bleak and blah. That said, I've one less thing to do, I'm not working at the mo..... Hopefully, by some miracle, the outstanding stuff will get done for handover tomorrow. Once you've calmed down and recharged yourself (even if it's only a wee bit), your BIL will see that you've been under heaps of stress - crack open some beer or wine, choccies .... As for the bank...they are such a pain in the a*rse ... especially when valuations have to be done. Fingers crossed things work out for you... Building thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=22917 27.07.09 Contract signed. 08.09.09 Site scraped. 18.09.09 Slab completed! 23.11.09 Bricking done 09.03.10 - Tiling 15.04.10 PCI 01.05.10 Handover We already paid for somfy motors for the blinds. The quote above was purely for “pre-wiring” so the blinds company can install the motors and blinds. That’s why we… 5 16436 go upvc window frames ensure insulation under colorbond. not just sarking, lighter color roof also not sure if you have seen this viewtopic.php?t=5823 last couple of pages… 4 110703 7 12060 |