Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Anyone building with Dale Alcock or recently built 1563Oct 12, 2011 10:28 pm Preliminary agreement 23/11 Contract 22/03 Prestart 06/04 - finalised on 30/04 Unconditional approval 10/05 Demolition 05/07 Slab 26/08 Brickwork 13/09-06/10 Roof frame started 07/10 viewtopic.php?f=31&t=32292 Re: Anyone building with Dale Alcock or recently built 1565Oct 12, 2011 11:35 pm Preliminary agreement 23/11 Contract 22/03 Prestart 06/04 - finalised on 30/04 Unconditional approval 10/05 Demolition 05/07 Slab 26/08 Brickwork 13/09-06/10 Roof frame started 07/10 viewtopic.php?f=31&t=32292 Re: Anyone building with Dale Alcock or recently built 1567Oct 18, 2011 12:29 pm Dale Alcock Homes. We love building. T: 08 9242 9200 Mon – Fri 8am-5pm Sat - 10-4 thedacrew@dalealcock.com.au http://www.dalealcock.com.au http://www.facebook.com/dalealcockhomes Re: Anyone building with Dale Alcock or recently built 1568Oct 18, 2011 12:31 pm Dale Alcock Homes. We love building. T: 08 9242 9200 Mon – Fri 8am-5pm Sat - 10-4 thedacrew@dalealcock.com.au http://www.dalealcock.com.au http://www.facebook.com/dalealcockhomes Re: Anyone building with Dale Alcock or recently built 1569Oct 18, 2011 12:34 pm Dale Alcock Homes. We love building. T: 08 9242 9200 Mon – Fri 8am-5pm Sat - 10-4 thedacrew@dalealcock.com.au http://www.dalealcock.com.au http://www.facebook.com/dalealcockhomes Re: Anyone building with Dale Alcock or recently built 1571Oct 31, 2011 10:32 am Dale Alcock Homes. We love building. T: 08 9242 9200 Mon – Fri 8am-5pm Sat - 10-4 thedacrew@dalealcock.com.au http://www.dalealcock.com.au http://www.facebook.com/dalealcockhomes Re: Anyone building with Dale Alcock or recently built 1572Nov 08, 2011 1:14 pm Dale Alcock Homes. We love building. T: 08 9242 9200 Mon – Fri 8am-5pm Sat - 10-4 thedacrew@dalealcock.com.au http://www.dalealcock.com.au http://www.facebook.com/dalealcockhomes Re: Anyone building with Dale Alcock or recently built 1576Dec 31, 2011 11:30 pm It depends on how you group your light you want to turn on but usually make sense to have one box per switch Re: Anyone building with Dale Alcock or recently built 1577Jan 03, 2012 12:12 pm Hello Rustypup. Sounds exciting - starting the new year with your new home! It's a really good plan to take photos for your records as well as memories. Good luck with it all and if you have any queries about your build at any point, please let me know and I will happily assist. And please feel free to share some photos of your building journey. Best regards, Jemima. rustypup The DA Crew rustypup Starting to feel like we are finally starting our building process. Plans drawn, preselection (had a fantastic pre-selection consultant) and colors selected, now the big job of moving so the demolition can take place Hi Rustypup. Good to hear you've done your pre-selection and all went well. It looks like you're doing a demo and build - I hope everything is in place for your move. Are you going to be taking any photos of the whole process and posting them anywhere? I'd love to see how it all goes! Best, Jemima. Hi jemima, yes demolish and build. Why not add extra stress. Prestart booked for early jan with demolition due to start next week. Will b taking photos of process to keep as a reminder Dale Alcock Homes. We love building. T: 08 9242 9200 Mon – Fri 8am-5pm Sat - 10-4 thedacrew@dalealcock.com.au http://www.dalealcock.com.au http://www.facebook.com/dalealcockhomes The Final Insult 1578Jan 08, 2012 6:15 pm Hi all, sorry I haven't been around here as much lately, we've been busy enjoying our new home for the past 12-months and I've been keeping in touch with some via private messages and email. Anyway - thought I would take the opportunity to vent here once more as I've just been out shopping for some lovely Vintec wine fridges to fit in my lovely (but currently rather empty) wine fridge recesses. Anyone who has been to the Nautilus displays would know the recesses and fridges I am talking about. So the fridges at the moment are quite cheap (about $2300 for the pair) and I was close to biting the bullet today, however I thought I would do a quick measure back at home just to make sure they would fit as expected. Turns out that was a good move - the wine fridges are 595mm wide each, two requiring 1190mm in total, plus clearance space on the side. As it turns out, the lovely recess that DAH built for me is actually only 1190mm at the top, just, and 1185mm down the bottom - in other words, no chance that these fridges will fit and I'm left with an empty space I could rather do without (this photo from my blog shows the recess in question - http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YuLxK3-OngA/T ... ished5.JPG). ...And so just to cancel out any visions I had of trying to modify the width of the cabinet, upon measuring the height it turns out my recess has a 65mm fixed trim panel to the top, which means an overall height from the finished floor of 510mm - the fridges at a minimum are 520mm. I had to laugh at that point - even if I could get the fridges under that panel - I would never be able to open the doors Ahhh...the joys of building... Now of course, I could tell you that the depth was pefect and that there was adequate ventilation in the recess as per the manufacturers instructions (here in case anybody needs it - http://www.vintec.com.au/siteimages/ins ... _specs.pdf) but alas, it appears that even if I could chisel the sides of the cabinets to fit the width and the chop off the levelling feed to fit the height... the recess still wouldn't be deep enough for the cabinets to sit flush with the front cabinet work (trim panel) - in fact they would stick out by approximately 20-mm and have zero ventilation which means my warranty on over $2000 worth of wine cabinets would be void! So just a quick thank you to the team at DAH for putting such great attention to detail into your plans and works. To make use of this space that was specified specifically for these fridges I am now faced with having to organise a cabinet maker (ever reliable types ) to quote on putting in some form of customised cabinetry and glass doors to suit the space which is probably going to cost me about $2000 at a minimum (and the head-ache or accommodating multiple trades-people) and leave me with no climate control for my wine collection. I suppose at least I will always have this image to tell me what my kitchen should have looked like Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ P1T Read about my building experience: http://secondhomebuild.blogspot.com Dale Alcock Homes - 'The Nautilus' in Bletchley Park, Southern River - WA Read about my Clipsal C-BUS Home Automation Project: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=20854 Re: Anyone building with Dale Alcock or recently built 1579Jan 08, 2012 7:20 pm Yep, trade quality sadly lacking. Just started hanging pictures and wished I hadn't - not a square wall in the house. Went out to buy a light fitting for the toilet - purchased the smallest DIY available and yes you can't shut the door with it fitted so I'm stuck with a +$100 oyster in a toilet! Anyone building with Dale Alcock or recently built 1580Jan 08, 2012 9:53 pm That's really sucky P1T. Really really. my new build thread- Ben Trager https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89826 my switch build thread (2011) https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=36569 https://form.jotform.com/240284569218058 Please spare a moment to fill out this survey form for a project. You stand a chance to win a digital gift voucher. Legitimate… 0 2822 I’m loving the potential versatility and practicality of a bench seat in a shower. Anyone had one of these done recently? 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