Browse Forums Building A New House Re: BUILDING update 222May 17, 2008 10:41 pm Paula Is B2 DD's bedroom? Yes. She has the upper storey to herself . Hopefully this will encourage her to keep her toys upstairs Re: BUILDING update 223May 17, 2008 10:44 pm DeeElle Paula Is B2 DD's bedroom? Yes. She has the upper storey to herself . Hopefully this will encourage her to keep her toys upstairs Lucky girl and lucky parents keeping all the kids things upatairs!! Paula Re: BUILDING update 224May 17, 2008 10:48 pm It looks great Dy, can i ask if you are going to keep the portico/porch rainhead zinc, or paint to to match the render?
The colours look great and the red is a great feature to the facade... Love the cut outs in the hallway too... Hope the inspection tomorrow morning is not too stressful... Re: BUILDING update 225May 17, 2008 10:54 pm Hi P
I'm not sure if we are keeping the zinc or painting them the same as the render. If we paint the rainhead on the Dune wall it will look almost the same colour anyway. Not sure about the one of the red wall. Any suggestions?? Its on our list to ask the Builder tomorrow. I don't think it will be too stressful as the builder is pretty good. Tradies are another matter but no doubt we'll sort it out (I'm such a Pollyanna ). Re: BUILDING update 226May 18, 2008 8:46 am I don't know why but I love the contrast of the rain head things. I've never seen any like that before. I guess they are common where you are but they are almost a feature in themselves.
I think it will look great whether you match them to the walls they are against or not. Love the red feature. Looks fabulous with the other colour. Re: BUILDING update 228May 18, 2008 6:30 pm Dy,
You've got very nice kitchen area... I love it when it has a window or a door nearby so natural light would come it. Nice bi-folds... and the window at the side. They are right.. the red feature facade looks great! Looking forward to more photos! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Built the Nevada 42 Next project - landscaping! Re: BUILDING update 229May 18, 2008 7:00 pm Thanks everyone. feedback much appreciated.
As for taste .... I've changed my mind so many times I was bound to hit on a good thing eventually . We went to the house this morning and guess what .... vandals had come in over night and kicked in all the l/l internal walls and tried to light fire to the bathroom wall. Idiots. Builder will have temporary doors up tomorrow so it we will be at lock up. He also gave us the handover date for end June (4-5 weeks). Gyprock is finished and the carpenters were there today flushing the upper level walls. It should only take them a couple of hours to fix the damage caused by the vandals but it is still a hassle and will cost someone . We also met the paver on site and were quoted for paving. Next step is the bathroom vanities, then the tiling then painting. We will have our wooden floors installed prior to painting which is a risk but it is better for the final finish of the floors. Re: BUILDING update 230May 18, 2008 7:12 pm DeeElle We went to the house this morning and guess what .... vandals had come in over night and kicked in all the walls and tried to light fire to the bathroom wall. Idiots. Builder will have temporary doors up tomorrow so it we will be at lock up. He also gave us the handover date for end June (4-5 weeks). Gyprock is finished and the carpenters were there today flushing the upper level walls. It should only take them a couple of hours to fix the damage caused by the vandals but it is still a hassle and will cost someone . We also met the paver on site and were quoted for paving. Oh Dy, that's terrible news....i hope the damage is not too bad... I'd be so angry.....glad to hear though that it would only be a few hours work.... Can the builder take any precautions to avoid it happening again? Keeping our fingers crossed for you, for the end of June handover!!!! Sounds so close but yet so far away doesn't it??? Hey at least you are getting a date though....it's better than "soon"!!! BTW Dy, how is the water damage??? Re: BUILDING update 231May 18, 2008 7:28 pm Hi P
Water damage is pretty bad and so are the holes in the walls where the vandals kicked in the gyprock. I think the builder was trying to make us feel better by playing down the amount of time it will take to repair it all. I haven't taken any pics as it is just too depressing. The builder is going to put up a temporary front door tomorrow to make sure they can't get in again. But as he said, if they want to come back they only have to kick in a glass window. . He rang the police and reported it and he is stationing someone at the house until the early hours in case they return. He was pretty upset as they only finished the gyprock and downstairs flushing yesterday and now they will have to do it again tomorrow. I'm glad the kitchen wasn't in . I might ring the council tomorrow and find out when they are going to connect the street light out the front. Trouble is that there is not a lot of houses around us yet so we feel a bit vulnerable. If I know DH he'll be driving out there in the early hours to check it out . Its a nasty feeling. Re: BUILDING update 232May 18, 2008 7:35 pm I am so sorry to hear it Dy, i gasped when i read your post and my hubby ran over when i gasped to find out what's happened. I'd be in tears if it were us....i can only guess what you're going through at the moment....
I suppose if you look at it in a positive light, at least it was not after handover, and you don't have to worry about insurance claims etc, you can leave it to the builder to deal with. Good idea with the street light...that should be somewhat of a deterrant to these idiots!!!! Re: BUILDING update 233May 18, 2008 7:47 pm thanks again P
I'm numb at the moment. With all the stress of moving twice and building we are just rolling with the punches so to speak. But the support on this forum is fabulous and we'll keep moving forward. I can't believe it is only 4 weeks away before we have handover ... we have so much to do in that short time. And best of all DH and I will be taking 6 weeks long service leave when we move in to get the house in order. YIPPPPEEEEE Re: BUILDING update 235May 18, 2008 8:14 pm 's ok Bec.
I should probably be upset but to be honest it is something I almost expected. If they touch my kitchen or wooden floors tho' they had better keep running. They will be safe NOWHERE Re: BUILDING update 236May 18, 2008 9:18 pm Oh Dee elle I can't believe it. It sounds horrendous and you are doing a great job of putting on a brave face. I'd be devastated.
Hope it all gets sorted soon and is the last hiccup. Re: BUILDING update 237May 18, 2008 9:40 pm Oh man, Dy that's horrible. I'd be wanting to wring their necks
It's probably kids, unfortunately. I'd be so mad, I'd want to find out where they lived and go and kick in all their walls (or use their heads to make similar sized dents). I hope that the builders can get the damage and the balcony sorted out for you quickly to get you back on track. Dana -------------------------- Building with DFH - carpet installed! Re: BUILDING update 238May 19, 2008 8:42 am DeeElle We went to the house this morning and guess what .... vandals had come in over night and kicked in all the l/l internal walls and tried to light fire to the bathroom wall. Idiots. Little s**ts Paula Re: BUILDING update 240May 19, 2008 1:27 pm hi everyone
thanks again for the support. i'd like to do a lot of things to the little so and so's but I'll control myself and vent in here instead . thankfully nothing happened over night so hopefully they've moved on to more productive and socially acceptable pastures . it is still exciting tho' and the damage doesn't really detract (well only a little ... ) from the fact that we are looking at handover in 4-5 WEEKS. We can't wait to see our tiles and bathroom stuff going in. go upvc window frames ensure insulation under colorbond. not just sarking, lighter color roof also not sure if you have seen this viewtopic.php?t=5823 last couple of pages… 4 110572 Even if it's not being sub-divided and you want to keep it as Torrens title, you will still need to talk to a town planner or Council themselves, to see if they will allow… 1 11035 |