Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Our story so far. Foxley 26 (Warning - Pic heavy!) 22Nov 09, 2009 4:17 pm Blog: http://bluemistkids.blogspot.com "Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, and professionals built the Titanic." Re: Our story so far. Foxley 26 (Warning - Pic heavy!) 23Nov 11, 2009 10:51 am Williams Landing Stage 2 - Building Nolan with Big M - Slab Poured 09/11/09 Frame started 17/11/09 Brick started 05/01/10 Lock-up 31/01/10 Re: Our story so far. Foxley 26 (Warning - Pic heavy!) 24Nov 11, 2009 12:30 pm Forum thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=22300 Re: Our story so far. Foxley 26 (Warning - Pic heavy!) 29Nov 30, 2009 4:14 pm Our build blog -- http://fromdirttopuppies-cottesloe.blogspot.com Re: Our story so far. Foxley 26 (Warning - Pic heavy!) 37Jan 09, 2010 12:56 am I saw a guy installed your garage door on Thursday (7/1/10). Looks good. Some tradies worked on your house on Friday (8/1), not sure what they did as the house didn't look any different to me Re: Our story so far. Foxley 26 (Warning - Pic heavy!) 38Jan 09, 2010 10:57 am Thanks for the update David, we are so far away its good to know whats going on without the 15 phone calls required to get through to the CSC and SS or go all the way over. I noticed the garage door on Friday when I dropped in, it hasn't been wired yet though so I can't see it down. I didn't know it pulled down though! I think from what I saw on Friday inside they replaced a cornice in the fridge cavity and put a vent in the master bedroom roof Re: Our story so far. Foxley 26 (Warning - Pic heavy!) 39Jan 30, 2010 5:56 pm Time for an update! Well they jumped straight back into work after the christmas break and the house is starting to look like a real, liveable home. The tiles, plumbing and electrical have been all but completed and now the main things left are carpet, splashbacks/shower screens/mirrors and some finishing up of painting. They even did a quick clean, which I assume is so the carpet can be laid. Pics! Kitchen/family/dining - the burnished wood at the back looks great now all the plaster dust is gone 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 ⋅ From the entry Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Master ensuite - funny thing here. We were told we could have mirror all the way to the cabinet rather than a tiled splashback, but a few months later they came back and made us pick tiles for a tiled splashback instead. It was a bit rushed but we ended up choosing to use the floor tile (wet cement) as the tiled splashback. When we went around last weekend, we realised there is less light coming in to the ensuite than we thought and it was going to look terrible. I was too late in calling our SS the next business day to ask for the lighter wall tiles instead and the tiler had already finished as per the plan. Anyway, I got a call Wednesday morning and the plumbers had plumbed in for a tower mixer to the basins through the cabinet instead of wall mounted. To fix it, they had to rip off the wall tiles and plaster and our SS was nice enough to have the tiler replace the tiles with the lighter colour. So luckily, we ended up getting what we wanted and it now looks alot better. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Main bathroom: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Laundry: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Alfresco, now with fan: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Lastly, the master bedroom which is a bit behing the 8 ball. You can see where the roof collapsed and had to be replaced since the painters haven't been back yet. They also had only done one coat when it happened then stopped. They are supposed to be back next week to paint the render, downpipes and front door so I think they'll finish this up then. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The OP has gone The latch and striker are definitely not aligned but there was no point trying to help the OP understand that. Hence the reason they are no longer with us. 12 5901 No, I even have sections of narrowness where the tiles won't slide up any further. When I manage some spare time, I might play around with the first DIY part of my… 7 5115 Thank you so much. We ended going with the terrain that’s part of our brick. 2 2829 |