Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Nov 23, 2009 4:57 am 20-11-09 block scraped and Pad down 1/2 day (complete 10-12-09 slab laid 1/2 day (complete) 16-01-10 frame complete 2 days (complete) 01-02-10 Gutters and roof complete 2 days (complete) 18-03-10 Brickwork essencially finished 6 weeks (complete) 25-03-10 Gyprock installation started 3 days (complete) 06-04-10 electrical second fix complete 1 day (complete) 08-04-10 Doors arrived "LockUP" 15-04-10 second fix carpentry complete, cornice installed and kitchen delivered http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/houseplan.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/1scrapedblock.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/2peersdug.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/3concretepour.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/4Framebuilding.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/IMG_0141-1.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/8garagewallgoingup.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/7Brickydoinghisthing.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/IMG_0160.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/IMG_0211.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/DSCF3442.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/DSCF3441.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/DSCF3447.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/DSCF3431.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/DSCF3480.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/DSCF3455.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/DSCF3495.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/DSCF3490.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/DSCF3486.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/DSCF3481.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/DSCF3482.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/DSCF3593.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/DSCF3606.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/DSCF3524.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/DSCF3531.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/DSCF3538.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/DSCF3533.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/DSCF3558.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/DSCF3564.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/DSCF3565.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/DSCF3553.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/DSCF3607.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/IMG_0247.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/IMG_0248.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/IMG_0246.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/IMG_0256.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/IMG_0250.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/IMG_0249.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/IMG_0251.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/IMG_0252.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/IMG_0255.jpg http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/IMG_0253.jpg Rossdale Homes "Houghton" Sovereign specification Re: Building Rossdale Homes "Houghton" - Adelaide 2Nov 25, 2009 2:13 pm I contacted the builder and told them what had happened. I got a phone call from the Site Supervisor about 10 min later (first time he called) and he told me not to worry about it. If we have removed all the soil they had scraped it should be fine. He advised that he had put the order in for the 27th and the contractors had gone there a week early. That said I have made it quite clear to rossdale that I will not wear any charges pertaining to this . I reminded them that I had contacted them to make sure that when i was proposing to have the block scraped they were not going to be starting. This coupled with the contract start date of 27th Nov and no formal notification what so ever advising us of an earlier date they dont really have a leg to stand on. On the other hand I dont want to get into an argument with them and have building stop so its a fine line. Ive played my cards and will see where it goes. A good thing to come out of it is the Site Supervisor believes the slab will be down and the frame up before they stop for christmas so fingers crossed. Rossdale Homes "Houghton" Sovereign specification Re: Building Rossdale Homes "Houghton" - Adelaide 3Nov 25, 2009 2:27 pm How exciting - we are just having pad put down now - do you find it a bit surreal to see something happening after waiting a long time and all the tooing and froing to get to this point? Just interested because we feel a bit odd (but happy) watching stuff happen. Re: Building Rossdale Homes "Houghton" - Adelaide 4Nov 25, 2009 2:35 pm bluesteel How exciting - we are just having pad put down now - do you find it a bit surreal to see something happening after waiting a long time and all the tooing and froing to get to this point? Just interested because we feel a bit odd (but happy) watching stuff happen. Oh yes I understand where you are coming from. the best part for us was not knowing that it was happening and finding out from another contractor that was going to prepare the block for them The only issue we have bluesteel is that we are building in the wrong time of the year. we will have to look at our builds over the christmas period knowing there is no chance what so ever that anything is going to happen, although we plan on having some christmas dinner on our slab (with a slab of course) Rossdale Homes "Houghton" Sovereign specification Re: Building Rossdale Homes "Houghton" - Adelaide 5Nov 30, 2009 1:42 pm Hi Tpin70, We're in the same boat at the moment. I might be slightly ahead with my block already trenched but waiting on the slabs...also with Rossdale. It's exciting seeing things happening, although I'm not there when things are actually happening coz I'm at work, but great to come by and seeing something new. Is the portaloo on your site yet? End Feb 09-Deposit and paperwork Nov 09-Slab! Dec 10-Frames End Jan 10-Roof/Brick Feb 10-Lockup! March 10-Benches, tiling/Painting April 10-Stormwater, lights, Carpets End April-handover! My build forum: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=23112 Re: Building Rossdale Homes "Houghton" - Adelaide 6Dec 08, 2009 10:56 am Any further progress Tpin70? My slab was poured over the weekend which was a nice surprise. Hope things are moving for you. End Feb 09-Deposit and paperwork Nov 09-Slab! Dec 10-Frames End Jan 10-Roof/Brick Feb 10-Lockup! March 10-Benches, tiling/Painting April 10-Stormwater, lights, Carpets End April-handover! My build forum: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=23112 Re: Building Rossdale Homes "Houghton" - Adelaide 7Feb 11, 2010 9:57 pm saoye Any further progress Tpin70? My slab was poured over the weekend which was a nice surprise. Hope things are moving for you. Hey saoye sorry for the late reply (3 months) Ive been very slack and havnt updated this post for a while. Up until now all has gone very fast. Dec the slab was laid Jan - the frame went up and roof was installed. Feb - the plumbing, electrical and most of the windows have been installed now the snail has arrived .. a single brick layer bricking a 230 sq/m home. the guy is a very nice guy and he is doing some quality work but we feel we are going to die because its going so slow. So far this week he has done half of a wall off the side of a standard size double garage. I dont really want to complain yet because we feel its either going to be slow but great job or fast and wham bam thankyou mam job so it is very hard Thus far we are very happy with the quality of work on the home. Everything has gone to plan but the time is going to blow out because the bricking will take so long where are you at with your build? I havnt got a blog with pictures but i do have a heap of pictures. pm me if you would like to see any pics of the place thus far Rossdale Homes "Houghton" Sovereign specification Re: Building Rossdale Homes "Houghton" - Adelaide 8Feb 13, 2010 7:53 pm Hey tpin, At least you have something physical to look at. We're at the go slow stage waiting for engineers reports and revised plans. Looks like we might wait a long time for anything to happen. Our consulatant said June but others have said more like August. The FHOG has really clogged up the works. The first time we built we signed in April, started to build in Aug and handover was late Nov. Doesn't happen like that nowadays. Have you offered to help be a brickie's labourer to speed things up? Handover February 2011 Happy with our home Re: Building Rossdale Homes "Houghton" - Adelaide 9Feb 13, 2010 8:25 pm I know all about the go slow process 'robin' we are now 8 months in to pre construction, we are mean to start march the 3rd, and that aint gonna happen, but tpin, keeps me going with positive emails and a glimpse of what i will get eventually. Re: Building Rossdale Homes "Houghton" - Adelaide 10Feb 14, 2010 7:12 am robinred55 Hey tpin, At least you have something physical to look at. We're at the go slow stage waiting for engineers reports and revised plans. Looks like we might wait a long time for anything to happen. Our consulatant said June but others have said more like August. The FHOG has really clogged up the works. The first time we built we signed in April, started to build in Aug and handover was late Nov. Doesn't happen like that nowadays. Have you offered to help be a brickie's labourer to speed things up? yes I offered and would be good if i could as i shift work and would be able to do it on days off but alas OH&S I am not allowed to work on the site where there are contractors on the site so i give the bricky moral support Rossdale Homes "Houghton" Sovereign specification Re: Building Rossdale Homes "Houghton" - Adelaide 11Feb 14, 2010 8:31 am Yes Guys they are slower than most especially at the moment with all the FHOG backlogs but as I keep telling people "good things come to those whom wait!!" The quality of work thus far has been excellent. We have an independant Building Inspector and he has advised us that the slab, frame and windows are "excellent" and well within spec. Our bricks are going up very slow which annoyed us a tad but after having a look around at other places that have been "wham bam thankyou mam" bricks up in several days type jobs we are very happy to have an old school bricky doing a very good job. Since our build has started we have had 1 issue and that is with a sliding door installed sliding from the wrong direction but alas we are going to leave it that way because it will fit in with where we want to put our outdoor kitchen in the alfresco. We hope to continue with minimal issues until completion Rossdale Homes "Houghton" Sovereign specification Re: Building Rossdale Homes "Houghton" - Adelaide 12Feb 15, 2010 10:14 am Hi Tpin70, We had 3 brickies doing the job so it was fairly quick. I think the cornices will go up this week as I saw them in the living room floor with all the windows and doors opened for 1 week. Thinking it's something to do with the walls, ceillings and cornices aclimatising maybe? Saw some more lengths of wood delivered over the weekend so hoping to see cupboards and doors soon. End Feb 09-Deposit and paperwork Nov 09-Slab! Dec 10-Frames End Jan 10-Roof/Brick Feb 10-Lockup! March 10-Benches, tiling/Painting April 10-Stormwater, lights, Carpets End April-handover! My build forum: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=23112 Re: Building Rossdale Homes "Houghton" - Adelaide 13Feb 17, 2010 9:52 pm Well the bricks are still going up each day bit by bit. Over coming days the AC Pipe work will be installed so its ready for the ac install once lockup hits. We have been watching another build down the road (same builder) and it is going up much faster than ours. it started a month after ours and they have their gyprock onsite ready for install anyway here is the latest pic of the brickwork happening http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww275/tpin70/house%20build/IMG_0141.jpg Rossdale Homes "Houghton" Sovereign specification Re: Building Rossdale Homes "Houghton" - Adelaide 14Mar 05, 2010 12:24 pm Well it all comes to a hault!!! A Dire issue has crept in that could de-rail our build for an unknown period of time, not that its going very fast anyway almost 5 weeks bricking and we are only 80 percent bricked Originally in our design we had a 200mm drop down ceiling over the kitchen area, about 4.5m x 2.5m. During the Kitchen selections the Kitchen people put a 300mm bulkhead above the kitchen cupboards which we did not pick up and was not communicated to us. this in turn caused a change to the house plan with the builder removing the 200mm drop down ceiling. We received our variation which said remove dropdown to cook and credited us a sum of money under 300.00. We understood this variation as the removal of the cupboards above the stove and changes to incorporate a range canopy, which one would expect being around the price of the credit we received. with the frame and the dropdown missing we asked when they were going to put it in only to be told it was not on the plan (this is when we first picked up something was not quite right). I contacted the builder who said it would cost around 1000.00 to put the ceiling back in (300% increase WTF?). The builder advised they were going to contact the kitchen people to find out what was going on . The kitchen people advised "sorry" we did not go through the plan in depth with them but we do not take any responsability for the removal of the ceiling. The builder has advised they will not take any responsability because we signed the variation. It still stands if we want the dropdown we will have to pay the cost of remedial framing about 1000.00ish I know we signed the variation but it was signed under the pretence of the changes we made to the kitchen area without knowledge of the changes to the height the kitchen people made. I dont feel we should pay this exorbadant cost to get something put back in our plan that we did not knowingly take out. Where does the responsability lie? In my Opinion the builder should take some responsability as they are the professional. Any changes to the build should be communicated and explained. We made changes and signed the variation for those changes but alas its all in the wording and we are the ones getting a smack in the hip pocket In my opinion it is the builders responsability to explain all changes as the professional service provider. I am not a builder and would not know the difference between a noggin and a joint, I fix computers thats why we contract companies like them. I liken what has happend to me fixing the builders computer. the computer had a broken hard drive and i inform the builder who verbally signs off on me replacing the drive. I then replace the hard drive but do not put windows back on. The builder only told me to replace the hard drive . When the builder complains that he has no windows on his computer i say but you verbally signed off on me replacing the hard drive. if you want windows back on you need to pay. As a professional I would not do that. I would look at the job and changes required, advise and make sure the customer knows what is changing and what other changes and requirements this will cause I am now waiting for the builder to call me back but im not holding my breath. It is amazing how things so simple and trival can be blown apart because someone (a professional) did not read the plan correctly Rossdale Homes "Houghton" Sovereign specification Re: Building Rossdale Homes "Houghton" - Adelaide 15Mar 05, 2010 12:41 pm tpin, whose your supervisor / CSC? I built with Rossdale about 18 months ago. I found going to my CSC before my supervisor was the only way things got accomplished. She chase things up very quickly with the supervisor and would often call me to say she didn't have any answer to my question, but was still following up. Re: Building Rossdale Homes "Houghton" - Adelaide 16Mar 05, 2010 1:06 pm Hi tpin70 Sorry, but I would not call this a "dire issue". Firstly it CAN be fixed. Secondly, the fix will cost $1K or less, whoever pays for it. I would've expected the builder to do it without fuss, as it really wouldn't cost them very much at all. But you have every right to argue your POV and try to get them to do it free or at least at their true cost, which would probably be about what they credited in the first place. Anyway, don't compromise on what you want and don't be afraid to argue for a deal that you're happy with. At the same time console yourself with the thought that this is really a relatively minor issue in the overall saga of building a house. Just my opinion.....I know it looks different when you're in the thick of it. But I'd be happy to swap your "dire issue" with some of our "dire issues". Cheers zeke Re: Building Rossdale Homes "Houghton" - Adelaide 17Mar 05, 2010 1:29 pm this is totally wrong in my opinion. in truth they credited you back $300 dollars for taking the frop celing out (because in their mind this is what you have signed off on) yet they want to charge you $1000 dolars to put it back in, that is robbery. how can the cost be changed just like that, if you got $300 back to lose it then you give them $300 back to get it out back in. although i like the concept of their fixed price, i dont think you ever really know what you are paying for or getting back and whether it is fair because of the way they goup tings together. this is where things can fall down and if you give in on what some people have called a trivial issue then the builde will try and take you to the bank all the time. they have made so much money out of you that they would not even notice the 1000 dolars, its a crock. and in my opinion there is no such thing as a trivial issue, is something occurs on your build that you didnt ask for or soemthing that you asked for is missed out, then its more than trivial, regardless of how easy or difficult it is to solve, because you have paid a lot of money to get what you want and thats the bottom line. Re: Building Rossdale Homes "Houghton" - Adelaide 18Mar 05, 2010 3:11 pm I just received a phone call from the builder. After 3 days without sleep they have advised that they will put the drop down ceiling back in for the original price. yay. The CSC phoned and the first words from her mouth were "YAY we won" I can now go to bed knowing all is good once again Rossdale Homes "Houghton" Sovereign specification Re: Building Rossdale Homes "Houghton" - Adelaide 19Mar 07, 2010 7:26 pm Rossdale Homes "Houghton" Sovereign specification Re: Building Rossdale Homes "Houghton" - Adelaide 20Mar 15, 2010 3:20 pm Congrats Tpin70! I take it that the bricks are done? Also congrats on the "win" End Feb 09-Deposit and paperwork Nov 09-Slab! Dec 10-Frames End Jan 10-Roof/Brick Feb 10-Lockup! March 10-Benches, tiling/Painting April 10-Stormwater, lights, Carpets End April-handover! 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