Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Bron's Building Bonanza (melbourne) - Tiling pics 161May 14, 2012 5:50 pm I am thrilled with the progress Gogo, but I now have a strange mix of emotions - looking at the "to do" list, I could see it all being finished in the next two weeks, but it just doesn't feel real. Part of that is because they haven't given us any kind of indication about how many weeks they expect it to take. In fact we haven't even spoken to our ss for a month. Our CSC can only give us information that the SS has given her, and that's usually about a week behind, and we already know what has happened from sneeky peeks on weekends. It's very unsettling, as there will be so much to organise once we have a handover date, and until I have an approximate idea of when that will be, I can't start organising anything. Re: Bron's Building Bonanza (melbourne) - 12 months in, ? to 162May 15, 2012 9:52 am Exactly 12 months ago, we bought an old run down house with an uncared for garden at auction from the state trustees. It's been an amazing year, full of impatience, stress and excitement as our little piece of land transformed itself into an almost finished brand new house. I'm surprised to say that things have gone pretty much exactly as expected. I'm really looking forward to the next 12 months, no doubt with just as much stress and excitement as we go through handover, flooring, moving, decorating, landscaping and renting out our unit. Re: Bron's Building Bonanza (melbourne) - 12 months in, ? to 163May 15, 2012 10:11 pm Hi Bronj, great post, it truly made me stop and think about what got my family to where we are now and how long of journey it has been, your new home wont be too far away now and then you can start a new chapter in the sweetcorn family. hubby, kids and me all waiting for the Amberlea Site Cut 27 September 2011 https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=46637 http://www.dscml.com/ Re: Bron's Building Bonanza (melbourne) - 12 months in, ? to 164May 17, 2012 9:42 am I stopped off at the house on the way to work this morning, and since the weekend they've installed all the door handles, door stops, towel rails, toilet roll holders, robe doors, cupboard shelving, and half installed the shower screens. They've also corrected the ensuite door, although the frame still needs to be finished and painted. Still no communication, but if not talking to us means they keep working at this rate, I'm happy enough. The todo list is getting incredibly short. Mirrors, paving, flyscreens, and half a dozen things that need to be revisited and fixed or finished, and we should be done! OMG I'm freaking out at how close this is!!!! Re: Bron's Building Bonanza (melbourne) - 12 months in, ? to 166May 17, 2012 1:21 pm where's the like button? Such great news, hope they keep on moving for you. hubby, kids and me all waiting for the Amberlea Site Cut 27 September 2011 https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=46637 http://www.dscml.com/ Re: Bron's Building Bonanza (melbourne) - 12 months in, ? to 167May 22, 2012 11:38 am Hi Bron & edscl, Settlement went very smoothly today. I now have keys!! Letter of undertaking for 1 cracked tile and 1 chip in one of the sliding doors. Very lucky as received money back ($1700.00) in regards to not needing "dog spotter" during material handling and we got $100.00 gift voucher for bunnings as a thank you. Very happy girl!! Bron have you got any news yet?? Re: Bron's Building Bonanza (melbourne) - 12 months in, ? to 168May 22, 2012 11:52 am That's excellent Kranzy! A bunnings voucher sounds like a very sensible handover gift - something that might actually be used. And money back is awesome! That should cover a fabulous house warming party Hmm, note to self, gotta remember to go through the contract on the 'allowances' and check whether they were used. I know there's at least the council asset protection that should be refunded if they don't need to fix the footpath. Enjoy your new house Kranzy, and when you're not busy, don't forget to upload some pics! As for us, still no communication - (I sent another email asking for an update, but no response yet), but progress keeps going at the house. We were away for the weekend, but stopped off at the house on Sunday night. Luckily the lights are now working! Progress for Thursday and Friday was: - mirrors installed - shower screen installation finished - missing kitchen cupboard doors installed Deposit gets paid to the floorboard guys this week, which is the main reason I'm pushing for some approximate timeframes. They need to order materials and tentatively book in installation dates in advance. Re: Bron's Building Bonanza (melbourne) - 12 months in, ? to 169May 22, 2012 12:26 pm Thanks Bron, are you getting someone to do your own flooring. Thats the only thing Im not 100% happy with is our laminate flooring (looks different to display) but something we can change down the track, should have gone with the real timber but trying to save money. The laminate flooring (timber look) came with the house at no cost. Yes we did have to speak up about the "allowance" and lucky we did. Yours wont be long now, just keep on them. I will download some photos Re: Bron's Building Bonanza (melbourne) - 12 months in, ? to 170May 22, 2012 1:36 pm Yes, we're doing flooring after handover. We felt this would be better for a number of reasons - we thought we'd get a better quality installation, the choices seemed fairly limited through Simonds, it was likely to be cheaper, and we could leave the decisions until the house was nearly complete. Re: Bron's Building Bonanza (melbourne) - BB is watching! 171May 24, 2012 7:45 am Found a bit of a surprise at the site today - light on the balcony, garage door open, and a big pole in the middle of the front garden. There was a new sign on the fence for 'iDetect - Security Video Surveillance. Unauthorised entry will result in immediate security/police response'. Of course there was still no lock on the gate... Kind of freaked me out a bit. Now we can't even go around and look through windows to see what's been done. Has anyone else had something like this installed? Seems a bit strange this late in the build. Re: Bron's Building Bonanza (melbourne) - BB is watching! 173May 24, 2012 9:29 am Seemed real enough. If it was just the sign I might have thought that. I did a bit of a search, and they seem to be a fairly recent thing, being tried in melbourne's west in the last 6 months or so. Having heard about a couple of nearly complete big M homes being burnt down last month, I guess I should feel good about my house being protected. It's just funny that my immediate reaction is to feel guilty about having been on site previously. Re: Bron's Building Bonanza (melbourne) - BB is watching! 174May 24, 2012 11:02 am Where in Melbourne West are you building if you don't mind me asking? Maybe they do that to protect from Vandals who visit nearly completed houses for fun or aim to destroy windows/ carpet etc.... I found two people sneaking inside my house couple of weeks back Orchid 4200 with Burbank: Thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=53034 House Built in 7 Months and 2 weeks Re: Bron's Building Bonanza (melbourne) - BB is watching! 175May 24, 2012 11:29 am We're building about 20kms east of melbourne, but I googled the idetect things, and found an article about them being used in melton, caroline springs and a few other places out west. I'm sure it makes sense for them to protect the site, and probably helps with insurance. Re: Bron's Building Bonanza (melbourne) - 3 weeks, about, ma 176May 25, 2012 9:40 am Well, we finally had some contact with the builder - a site meeting this morning with our SS. The security alarm thing is apparently just a standard thing they do now towards the end of the build. No damage or theft had happened to trigger it. The house has now been cleaned, and all the plastic removed from the windows, and everything looks brighter and better. I still think the bathroom stones are too dark, but that's my own fault I guess. I didn't anticipate how dark the grout would be. While we were there the caulking was being done, and according to the SS we seem to have work booked in every day for the next week, including sunday. The most exciting news - QA is booked in for the 5th June, so maybe PCI on the 8th, and then possibly handover on the 15th! Re: Bron's Building Bonanza (melbourne) - 3 weeks, about, ma 177May 25, 2012 9:45 am Dates .... For info on our build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=43093 Built the McLaren by Dechellis - slab down 22 Feb - handover 30 Aug 2011 - and gardens finished 9 Dec 2012!! Re: Bron's Building Bonanza (melbourne) - 3 weeks, about, ma 178May 25, 2012 10:08 am Oh wow Bron, how exciting, I'm so happy for you Have you arranged blinds lights etc?? You well and truly won the race, we aren't even at lockup, although we have received the invoice Re: Bron's Building Bonanza (melbourne) - 3 weeks, about, ma 179May 25, 2012 10:42 am Blinds? Lights? Ummm... no. That's fairly far down on my priority list. Floors are number 1. I've organised my beautiful spotted gum boards, but still yet to decide on carpet. Next priority is whatever we need to do to rent out our unit. Carpets will need cleaning and we'll need to tidy up some of the garden after we move the chicken enclosure. Then comes moving, TV antenna, phone, internet, a letterbox. I can handle sheets over the bedroom window for a while. Bathroom windows are all frosted. Besides, I kind of want to see how the flooring looks before I decide what to put on the windows. So much to do!!! And don't even get me started on landscaping (Seriously, don't. I'll start another thread in the landscaping section soon, to record all the ideas floating around in my head) PS. Does anyone actually get to lockup before they send the invoice? As for the race, I think the rain gods handicapped you from the start. I'll sit and watch from the finish line with the champagne until you join me Re: Bron's Building Bonanza (melbourne) - 3 weeks, about, ma 180May 25, 2012 10:19 pm bronj PS. Does anyone actually get to lockup before they send the invoice? As for the race, I think the rain gods handicapped you from the start. I'll sit and watch from the finish line with the champagne until you join me You'll turn into an alcoholic I do enjoy the drama:-D In his latest two videos he has started bringing security guards to site, I am waiting for the punch on to begin lol 6 45547 custom probably not. Volume, most defiantly, but spec would vary. 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