Browse Forums Building A New House Re: last minute thoughts on building 4Aug 02, 2011 12:26 pm Metricon Riva 33 - http://herlihy-riva.blogspot.com Site start 15/03/2010 - Handover 23/12/2010 9 months and 8 days (284 calendar days) from site start to handover Re: last minute thoughts on building 5Aug 02, 2011 5:34 pm The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: last minute thoughts on building 9Aug 05, 2011 2:38 pm The soil tests would be done so i would assume those wouldn't need to be done again but the site survey would have taken into account the house footprint, whilst a lot of the data is probably the same the whole thing does have to be re-done. Maybe you could get a refund on the soil test if they use the previous results. For the downpipes i'd say it has to do with the design of the house and the gutter fall as well as the drainage locations for your site (naturally you want them to go into underground piping and drain away). As for choosing colours i would not recommend choosing them without seeing them, looking at a swatch on paper inside (or worse on a computer screen which is highly unlikely to be correctly calibrated for accurate colour) is a lot different to the colour of an exterior textured render, i actually went to a display with the colour i wanted to check it out. They have sample bricks at studio m but i went out to the suppliers to see them beforehand. They have tile samples too but i went for non-standard tiles. That said i don't see why you can't do all of your colours at once, i did both the exterior and interior at the same time (both as a post-contract variation). Were struck with: Colorbond Ironstone Grey roof and cream windows. What color should we render and paint the garage door to tone down the cream windows? Farm House, will… 0 27153 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 |