Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Our Coral 'Hamilton 278'-Frame finished 18/03-Pics 161Mar 22, 2010 11:02 am Looking good, you must be at the same stage as us, we got our frame and roof up Thursday/Friday and today plumbing and connecting the electricity... VERY EXCITING Cherie Re: Our Coral 'Hamilton 278'-Roof & windows finished 24/03-P 162Mar 24, 2010 9:53 pm Ok, so the roof is finished! YAY!
And the windows are in, front door and laundry door on, baths in and cavity sliders ready. So exciting.....Pics of course, for those that are interested (Roof is Paperbark, gutters and fascias are Jasper and the windows are White Birch) 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 ⋅ 18/02/10-Site cut 22/02/10-Screw piers 24/02/10-Underground plumbing, electrical & meter box 25/02-03/03-Rained for a week 04/03/10-Form work for slab started & finished 08/03/10-Slab poured 11/03/10-Frame started 18/03/10-Frame & roof trusses finished 18/03/10-Guttering & roofing started 22/03/10-Roof finished 24/03/10-Windows, baths & front door in 26/03/10-House wrapped & plumbing rough in 29/03/10-Electrical rough in Re: Our Coral 'Hamilton 278'-Roof & windows finished 24/03-P 163Mar 24, 2010 10:02 pm Wow, its looking good. The family area looks huge! Isn't it a nice feeling when you can see it all come together? Congrat. Re: Our Coral 'Hamilton 278'-Roof & windows finished 24/03-P 165Mar 24, 2010 11:42 pm WOW is that family room really large or is it trick photography Did you have that colourbond moment:D Looks all ready to be wrapped and bricked up Re: Our Coral 'Hamilton 278'-Roof & windows finished 24/03-P 166Mar 25, 2010 3:12 pm Thanks everyone The family area does look big in the photo, so I guess it could be DH's great photography. I think it looks bigger now but once the plaster is in and then when you get furniture in etc, it will probably feel a lot smaller I have definitely been having those Colorbond moments ...but I also find the colour of the roof varies sooo much depending on the time of the day. One minute it looks pink, then white and then cream... But I still love it!! I drove past the house earlier and it's been wrapped!! Yay! SS says that they should start the bricking by the end of next week, then it's Easter break and then back to it. Should have our electrical meeting onsite on Monday to discuss extras. We also found out today that our SS has changed AGAIN...this is the third one so far... SO hopefully no more changes from now on Re: Our Coral 'Hamilton 278'-Update 01/04 168Apr 01, 2010 3:56 pm Ok, so just an update We had our Electrical meeting onsite and went through our electrical plan with the Electrician. He then produced a rather large bill ....Shock over.. This week we've had electrical rough in, plasterboard & cornices delivered, bricks delivered, insulation installed and Air-con rough in. Today they started the bricking and plasterboard. I can't believe how fast they work, they've almost finished the bricks, they had about 8 guys working on them. We're going over tomorrow to take some pics, so no pics today but I'll post them tomorrow night HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!! Enjoy your weekend 18/02/10-Site cut 22/02/10-Screw piers 24/02/10-Underground plumbing, electrical & meter box 25/02-03/03-Rained for a week 04/03/10-Form work for slab started & finished 08/03/10-Slab poured 11/03/10-Frame started 18/03/10-Frame & roof trusses finished 18/03/10-Guttering & roofing started 22/03/10-Roof finished 24/03/10-Windows, baths & front door in 26/03/10-House wrapped & plumbing rough in 29/03/10-Electrical rough in 31/03/10-Air-con rough in 31/03/10-Insulation installed 01/04/10-Bricking started, plasterboard started Re: Our Coral 'Hamilton 278'-Update 01/04 169Apr 01, 2010 4:41 pm We ended up getting an extra $2k worth of electrical stuff ... isn't it amazing how quickly it adds up - an extra power point here, an extra tv point there Sounds like you're tradies are on the ball Can't wait to see pics! Re: Our Coral 'Hamilton 278'-Update 02/04-Pics 170Apr 02, 2010 9:30 pm Some pics to go with my previous update P.S. I love my bricks!! 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Your brickwork looks great ... isn't if funny how much you can love bricks ... before my build I never thought twice about them Re: Our Coral 'Hamilton 278'-Bricks, Cornices & Doors 08/04- 173Apr 08, 2010 10:08 pm Ok, so lots of little things happening. Firstly today is exactly one month since our slab was poured and I can't believe how much they've done!! Very happy with the progress so far
Plaster and cornices finished, bricks finished, interior doors hung, interior woodwork started and waterproofing finished. So I believe technically we'll be at lock-up now?? However I'm not sure and I was wondering if any other Coral Buildees can tell me if their garage internal door gets a lock on it?? As that would technically mean the house is 'locked up'. Any ideas? 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 ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 18/02/10-Site cut 22/02/10-Screw piers 24/02/10-Underground plumbing, electrical & meter box 25/02-03/03-Rained for a week 04/03/10-Form work for slab started & finished 08/03/10-Slab poured 11/03/10-Frame started 18/03/10-Frame & roof trusses finished 18/03/10-Guttering & roofing started 22/03/10-Roof finished 24/03/10-Windows, baths & front door in 26/03/10-House wrapped & plumbing rough in 29/03/10-Electrical rough in 31/03/10-Air-con rough in 31/03/10-Insulation installed 01/04/10-Bricking started, plasterboard started 06/04/10-Plaster finished 07/04/10-Doors hung, interior woodwork started, waterproofing finished 08/04/10-Cornices finished, Bricks finished Re: Our Coral 'Hamilton 278'-Bricks, Cornices & Doors 08/04- 174Apr 08, 2010 10:40 pm Walker your home is enormous. Love it. Re: Our Coral 'Hamilton 278'-Bricks, Cornices & Doors 08/04- 175Apr 08, 2010 10:43 pm Looking good Your build and mine are pretty much at the same pace ... do you have any idea yet as to when you'll be finished? Re: Our Coral 'Hamilton 278'-Bricks, Cornices & Doors 08/04- 176Apr 09, 2010 11:04 pm Oh Renee its looking awesome! Terriic idea opening that wall by making it a half wall - the already big area looks even bigger now! As for those bricks - well what can I say - I love them too - especially with the off white mortar. Looking good & seems to be moving really quickly too. As for a lock on the internal garage door, I am pretty sure that was an extra you needed to request. I think I remember the SC looking at us like we had 3 heads when we spoke about putting a lock on that door. In the end we put a cavity slider there so it wasnt raised again for us. Cheers Kim Re: Our Coral 'Hamilton 278'-Bricks, Cornices & Doors 08/04- 177Apr 12, 2010 1:07 pm Oh WOW Renee how exciting It's been ages since i've been online so it was very exciting to see how far your build has come along. Are you enjoying the process so far ?? Re: Our Coral 'Hamilton 278'-Bricks, Cornices & Doors 08/04- 178Apr 12, 2010 6:06 pm Nope the garage door is not lockable. Well, not unless you pay them extra. We didn't realise this until it was too late. Re: Our Coral 'Hamilton 278'-Kitchen arrived & Garage 12/04- 179Apr 12, 2010 9:37 pm -Rebekah- Oh WOW Renee how exciting It's been ages since i've been online so it was very exciting to see how far your build has come along. Are you enjoying the process so far ?? Thanks Beck, we are enjoying the process so far. And we're very happy with the speed of the build so far too OMG Oh Renee its looking awesome! As for those bricks - well what can I say - I love them too - especially with the off white mortar. Thanks Kim, I love the bricks too and I'm glad you like them (you're having the same ones right?... with off white mortar too?) Ok, today when we went by the house we were shocked to see the garage door on!!!! I really like it! So, this means we are at lock-up. We were under the impression that the garage door doesn't go on for a while and that's why we queried the lock on the internal garage door. Problem solved, now we get to use our special key Then when we went inside we saw the kitchen and vanities have arrived!! Very happy and excited about this. So hopefully this will be installed in the next few days. We had a call from our tiler to organise a meeting onsite on Thursday to go over everything Also very exciting! The internal woodwork is still in progress but almost finished. The skirtings are alomost finished and the robes, pantry and linen still need shelves. So it's full steam ahead!!! I can't believe how fast everything is going. Coral have been so quick with everything so far So pics below, enjoy!! 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 ⋅ 18/02/10-Site cut 22/02/10-Screw piers 24/02/10-Underground plumbing, electrical & meter box 25/02-03/03-Rained for a week 04/03/10-Form work for slab started & finished 08/03/10-Slab poured 11/03/10-Frame started 18/03/10-Frame & roof trusses finished 18/03/10-Guttering & roofing started 22/03/10-Roof finished 24/03/10-Windows, baths & front door in 26/03/10-House wrapped & plumbing rough in 29/03/10-Electrical rough in 31/03/10-Air-con rough in 31/03/10-Insulation installed 01/04/10-Bricking started, plasterboard started 06/04/10-Plaster finished 07/04/10-Doors hung, interior woodwork started, waterproofing finished 08/04/10-Cornices finished, Bricks finished 09/04/10-Eaves started 12/04/10-Kitchen arrived, garage door installed Re: Our Coral 'Hamilton 278'-Kitchen arrived & Garage 12/04- 180Apr 12, 2010 10:10 pm walker79 OMG Oh Renee its looking awesome! As for those bricks - well what can I say - I love them too - especially with the off white mortar. Thanks Kim, I love the bricks too and I'm glad you like them (you're having the same ones right?... with off white mortar too?) Yep we are having the same bricks off white mortar & raked finish. Its great to see yours coming together & gives us an idea of what our will be - with different windows, roof etc though. Keep the pics coming - it is looking terrific! Cheers Kim Ask the council if there is a chance of getting build over easement exemption. Sometimes easements are unused and 24cm is not all that much. Good luck. And yes any builder… 2 7218 It seems very clear to me that your contract states that a security account does NOT need to be established so the answer to the builder is NO. If in doubt find a contract… 1 6361 2 28562 |