Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Carnaby Home Design - H3nley Properties 45Aug 26, 2008 2:22 pm Henley - Wilshire Mk 3 ... I love my house!! Site start: 4th Feb 09 Handover: 10th Sep 09 Blog: http://stormygirlscastle.blogspot.com/ Build Thread: viewtopic.php?t=7166 Re: Carnaby Home Design - H3nley Properties 46Aug 26, 2008 2:28 pm Thanks Stormy,
Oh Damn!!! I didn't notice...maybe I'll have to double check things. Phoenix, I think we got the same splash back...Something Elephant!!! Re: Carnaby Home Design - H3nley Properties 47Aug 26, 2008 7:17 pm Hey papa, looking good at your place!!!!!!!
Lucky you having a break during your build...in Thailand too!!!! Our splashback is the same as Stormy pointed out, with the little bit on the side. (And i dont mind you linking my pics either. ) We could have opted for it to continue to match the rear one but then we'd either have to move the power points or pay to cut the glass to accomodate them.... which we preferred not to do.... But our splashback is Alecon Lace, sorry no elephants in our house papa .....i'm trying to think of the colour you are referring to now.....it'll come to me eventually. Have you been given a handover date as yet?? Re: Carnaby Home Design - H3nley Properties 49Aug 27, 2008 11:07 am Yes, it's called Sea Elephant...
strange name... I'm just about to shoot off an email to our administrator to see if they can remove and not charge us for it. it's only a minor thing that needs to be done. Phoenix, No handover date yet, they're still doing some touch ups...I promise for pics tonight... Few things that we'll need to do when handover is done... Flooring: We've chosen to go with Bamboo Timber & Select. Natural Semi Gloss. I'm a bit of a greenie so I chose to go with sustainable resource. 90 Sqm - $9500 Carpets: We've chosen to go with Western Distributors in Sunshine. Great price on floor stock. Can't remember the name of the carpet but it's 100% Nylon with Dunlop Springtred Extra. I'm going to go back and negotiate rubber underlay as I've heard it last longer and better resistance to moisture than foam. 30.7 LM - $3700 ish... Paving and Concreting: A little undecided at the moment. Thinking of going with exposed aggregete for the driveway but I've seen some really nice slate impression concreting. Also thinking of liquid limestone. Our house has dark tones at the front so I'm hesitant in having a dark driveway. It just makes things feel heavy. Liquid limestone and something along those tones would brighten the area up. So, I'm taking a long drive down to Menton Pre Mix this weeknd and seeing what range they have... Phoenix, Did you decide on your paving/driveway yet? Nath Re: Carnaby Home Design - H3nley Properties 50Aug 28, 2008 9:08 pm Evening All,
Update pics added to blog... Been in contact with Troy from Davincci and looking at getting liquid limestone paving... Met up with site supervisor today and he ran though some things that needed to be done... So far pretty happy with service and house. I won't point out issues just yet until we get Kevin to go through and check it out for himself... Comments welcomed... Re: Carnaby Home Design - H3nley Properties 51Sep 01, 2008 10:51 am Hi papa, we went with exposed agg for our driveway. Check out the Ready Set Go thread for some pics.
Liquid limestone is gorgeous! But it didn't suit our home. Troy is a great guy and very very preofessional. Looking good papa, nearly there...... Good luck with Kev's inspection!!! Unlevel Ground 52Sep 09, 2008 2:43 pm Afternoon All,
I have a major concern that has been buggin me for quite some time. I've added a new pic to my blog to show you what I mean. During the early days of construction and leveling of the site I assumed that H3nley would excavate the entire surface area that works needed to be done. The image clearly shows that the area is not clearly level. My question that I'm seeking advice from is, as a builder do they have the responsibility to clear the area and make sure that the ground is level. I should have asked this question much earlier during our building process which is slack on my part... Seeing that most of the plumbing will be done on this side of the house, can I have H3nley complete what I think should be there responsibility to have cleared during the initial rock removal and clearing of the site.... I've had a few quotes from people and they've all shook their heads saying it is the builders responsibility to remove the rocks. Can you imagine trying to remove rocks when all the equipment and plumbing is in... You advice would be greatly appreciated as I'm banging my head against the wall right now... Nath Re: Carnaby Home Design - H3nley Properties 53Sep 10, 2008 1:29 pm Okay, today I'm on the phone with the Big T...unfortunately they are the only company that supply the copper connection to our local exchange.
For those that are in this stage when you call Telstra and will be requesting activaiton of broadband in the future...make sure you tell them specifically install the service with the following: 1. - DSL Ready 2. - Not installed on a RIM 3. - No complex services added (Faxstream, messagebank etc etc) This will prevent any further work being done to the exchange in the future... Next call will be to Service Stream to request the trenching, lead in cable and our Madison Box...thanks Phoenix I had no idea what that was before... Called our Site supervisior and he has given us the all clear to proceed. Had a look around our house yesterday our H3nley has resurfaced our garage flooring and it's nice and smooth since I raised my concerns about the surface affected areas. Well done to H3nely for remembering to have this done for us. Got an email from our administrator last week, and we should be hearing something from the handover department this week. We're getting all our ducks line up...flooring, concreting, telephone, security system...so we're not to far away... Will post pics again when we got further access to the house... Re: Unlevel Ground 54Sep 14, 2008 8:03 pm papa Afternoon All, I have a major concern that has been buggin me for quite some time. I've added a new pic to my blog to show you what I mean. During the early days of construction and leveling of the site I assumed that H3nley would excavate the entire surface area that works needed to be done. The image clearly shows that the area is not clearly level. My question that I'm seeking advice from is, as a builder do they have the responsibility to clear the area and make sure that the ground is level. I should have asked this question much earlier during our building process which is slack on my part... Seeing that most of the plumbing will be done on this side of the house, can I have H3nley complete what I think should be there responsibility to have cleared during the initial rock removal and clearing of the site.... I've had a few quotes from people and they've all shook their heads saying it is the builders responsibility to remove the rocks. Can you imagine trying to remove rocks when all the equipment and plumbing is in... You advice would be greatly appreciated as I'm banging my head against the wall right now... Nath Any advice anyone? Re: Carnaby Home Design - H3nley Properties 55Sep 14, 2008 8:10 pm I've been to our house today and was having a look around.
I noticed when I walked around the house there was PVC sticking out of the ground so I pull it out, and I noticed the drainage for the storm water seems to be a little higher than normal. So I cleared the area and it is defintely not buried enough. I had a look at the other downpipes/pvc around our house and the other drainage further down was also not buried enough. The plumbers have just moved dirt over it so no one can notice. I've just posted a couple of pictures on my blog cause I don't know how to post on this forum. Question is: Does the drain/PVC need to be buried to a certain depth, my thoughts is if I have my concretors working in this area, there is no way they'll be able to concrete if the PVC is at that height... Would appreciate any feedback on regulations and requirements for plumbers to bury the PVC to a certain depth. Thanks... Re: Carnaby Home Design - H3nley Properties 56Sep 16, 2008 11:17 am Just to let everyone know that we have now arrange our first new home inspection with the Warranties departement...How EXCITEMENT!!!
Also some info on my issue regarding the storm water drainage...this will definetly help others in the same situation... https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=9446 Hi, just need to ask if anyone build with Central Properties in Victoria. Thankd 0 3491 ideal house depends on the site and location as much as internal floor plan....what is the distance from the house to all four boundaries, where is north, describe your… 3 10209 Thank you so much for the effort. We will use it to talk with builder. We also had idea of building duplex instead and seeking suggest ions. viewtopic.php?f=31&t=106744 11 10738 |