Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Our Benham 33 journey 4248Nov 28, 2013 6:25 am glacier A little bit frustrated with electricals at the moment.. We went for a visit to the site and found that the Aircon vents downstairs are very close to a light point.! This was the case with 2 vents on ground floor. I dont know what on earth those guys were thinking when they installed the aircon vents. I have no clue how its all upstairs! I'm a bit over all these!! I wonder how everybody else's build is.. Is it just us or its the same for everyone? Speaking to SS tomorrow! They installed our aircon through the fire place flue void which I though was smart (not). They had to come back and fix it. They obviously just do whats best for them Re: Our Benham 33 journey 4249Nov 28, 2013 6:48 am RawsonK thats worse than mine. Apply a little bit of sense what you call as common sense! I'm only worried about the patchwork on the ceiling. Do you think these will affect at a later stage ? The patchwork quite evident on the ceiling after an year or so? At this stage im thinking should I ask the vent to be moved or lights to be moved.. lights means its a small area on the ceiling which needs to be redone. If its the aircon vent it will be a bigger area for patchwork. Any thoughts on this would be appreciated. . Re: Our Benham 33 journey 4250Nov 28, 2013 7:45 am glacier RawsonK thats worse than mine. Apply a little bit of sense what you call as common sense! I'm only worried about the patchwork on the ceiling. Do you think these will affect at a later stage ? The patchwork quite evident on the ceiling after an year or so? At this stage im thinking should I ask the vent to be moved or lights to be moved.. lights means its a small area on the ceiling which needs to be redone. If its the aircon vent it will be a bigger area for patchwork. Any thoughts on this would be appreciated. . If feel your pain. This is the issue I've had throughout and my constant grip with 'R'. The lack of common sense used. Like yourself, we have been torn with what to fix and what to leave i.e. our bricks have chips on them, not from the cleaning but they were laid chipped - I don't mind but when they're at eye sight at and entry point I do. I asked to change them, but was told they could look worse as they're using different sand so the colour will stand out. To quote the builder ' the cure could be worse than the disease'. Like you, if common sense was used I wouldn't have the disease. And we have other issues like this. I'd leave it, Glacier. That’s my 2c. I'm hoping these 'little things' will not bug me later. Like you, I would be more annoyed if I tried to fix it and then and the patch work was worse in a year (we're leaving the brick work the way it is too). I think you'd get push back anyway as it states the location could change at the discretion of the contractor. Jen1977 ... I don't know how you like building new houses Re: Our Benham 33 journey 4251Nov 28, 2013 9:44 am rawson_k, you'll find that EVERY builder does the exact same thing with the aircon vents. They leave it up to the contractor to place them for 'best airflow' (is the reason I've been given in the past). As they do so many, they're probably experts on it, and it makes sense from an airflow or cooling/healing point of view. What they don't know, however, is what WE as the owners expect to do in the room, and there's nothing really noted anywhere saying 'furniture XYZ' will be placed here and here in the room. Or avoid this area please because of BLAH. That's life In regards to patching, from when I've been up in our roof space, the air vent 'cut outs' of gyprock have all been left laying (I was unable to write 'l y i n g' because of slander detection!) around in the roof, which should make the fixing process quite easy. They just have to nail a bit of wood up there, nail/glue the gyprock 'cut out' into place, then patch up the circle cut, sand, and repaint. I've personally fixed an area in our walk in robe where we had a light point that we decided to move, and it's been easy to fix/sand by myself and feels really smooth. Re: Our Benham 33 journey 4252Nov 28, 2013 6:37 pm rawson_k All good now, Rawson have to fix the window so it opens - at their expense. Fan or not, we like to open the windows on a weekend and get fresh air throughout the house so we're happy. For those in design look carefully - AFW and ASW (F for Fixed and S for slide). Even if there is an arrow on the window indicating is slides. We looked over our plans a million times, on our second last inspection on the bathroom we realised this and caught it. It took another week and a bit to rework the whole bathroom because the window was in the shower. So glad we picked up on that, imagine someone showering and blow drying their hair at the same time it would be terribly hot. Re: Our Benham 33 journey 4253Nov 28, 2013 9:08 pm Quote: If feel your pain. This is the issue I've had throughout and my constant grip with 'R'. The lack of common sense used. Like yourself, we have been torn with what to fix and what to leave i.e. our bricks have chips on them, not from the cleaning but they were laid chipped - I don't mind but when they're at eye sight at and entry point I do. I asked to change them, but was told they could look worse as they're using different sand so the colour will stand out. To quote the builder ' the cure could be worse than the disease'. Like you, if common sense was used I wouldn't have the disease. And we have other issues like this. I'd leave it, Glacier. That’s my 2c. I'm hoping these 'little things' will not bug me later. Like you, I would be more annoyed if I tried to fix it and then and the patch work was worse in a year (we're leaving the brick work the way it is too). I think you'd get push back anyway as it states the location could change at the discretion of the contractor. Jen1977 ... I don't know how you like building new houses RawsonK, I have the exact problem with bricks in facade too. I was planning to ask them to get it changed. But from the experience you had, i am not going to keep high hopes on it!Also chipped bricks on the alfresco pillars! I spoke to SS today and he told aircon vents are basically placed determining the position of timber frame. I told him to have a look and then let me know what he thinks. I also told him, its in such a position that i cannot use the aircon and light at the same time. I live in an apartment now, and I cannot find any imperfections in this house. I'm pretty sure when units are built, nobody is going to check each and everything, like how we inspect our own house. I cannot find a dent/scratch or anything anywhere except for the usual wear and tear. I really don't understand why is it so difficult to do it right! Koroboo, you make the patchwork sound so easy. I'm meeting with SS onsite nextweek. I am going to ask him to explain stuffs to me as I would like to know. I would still like to have one more go with building a new home. I will make sure that I select someone which ticks all the boxes. Re: Our Benham 33 journey 4254Nov 28, 2013 9:35 pm I bought from Bunnings: 1x spatula looking thing that was flexible for putting the plaster fillter on 1x tub of plaster join stuff 1x sanding block DONE! I got up on a stepladder and just applied the filler stuff until it kind of stuck. Then waited a day, and did a sand. I should probably get around to doing another 'coat', but there's so many things to do! I just made a list of all the things we need to still do around the house, and it's quite a long list Lots of cleaning this weekend it seems... Re: Our Benham 33 journey 4255Nov 29, 2013 7:22 am Koroboo Lots of cleaning this weekend it seems... The image I had in my head was of our house being handed-over, along with the keys, all bright & shiny & in need of nothing; like a new car. But it sounds like that ain't what really happens. Re: Our Benham 33 journey 4256Nov 30, 2013 6:01 pm We finally had our slab completed today. Lots of photos on our blog. Link below .... Re: Our Benham 33 journey 4258Dec 02, 2013 7:56 am Quote: If feel your pain. This is the issue I've had throughout and my constant grip with 'R'. The lack of common sense used. Like yourself, we have been torn with what to fix and what to leave i.e. our bricks have chips on them, not from the cleaning but they were laid chipped - I don't mind but when they're at eye sight at and entry point I do. I asked to change them, but was told they could look worse as they're using different sand so the colour will stand out. To quote the builder ' the cure could be worse than the disease'. Like you, if common sense was used I wouldn't have the disease. And we have other issues like this. I'd leave it, Glacier. That’s my 2c. I'm hoping these 'little things' will not bug me later. Like you, I would be more annoyed if I tried to fix it and then and the patch work was worse in a year (we're leaving the brick work the way it is too). I think you'd get push back anyway as it states the location could change at the discretion of the contractor. Jen1977 ... I don't know how you like building new houses This is the first house that we have ever built, and my husband said during the process that he would never build again, but after being in the house less than a month he said that he would build again as the process was not so bad. Currently we are in a position that we may have to sell the house if we cannot put in certain things that we want (granny flat, shed and pool) so if we have to sell it, I will build again. In saying that - BRICKS!!! They were my gripe. I had many bricks that were chipped that were laid. It even went as far that the SS organised for the bricklayers to come back after the house was handed over and we went through all my gripes with the bricks. The brick layers can work to BCA - the building code of Australia and for memory they are allowed to lay a brick that has a chip the size of a 10 or 20c piece (cant remember which size it is). The brick layers are paid per brick that they lay, they are not paid per brick that they sort. They have labourers that pick up the bricks from the pallet and then deliver them to where the brick layers is working. He will pick the brick up and lay it. He does not look that brick over on all four side to check it is perfect. If it has a significant defect and is below the BCA then it will be rejected. if they studied every brick and made sure it was perfect they would be losing money and a lot of the bricks will be rejected. The problem with the bricks being rejected is they will be short for the house and more bricks have to be delivered. They cannot be too picky with rejecting bricks is that the brick companies will only accept backcharges for reject bricks that are actually below the BCA, not because the owner did not like them. As I went through bricks with the SS and the bricklayers, most of the chips were within standard and there was nothing I could do. The ones on the window sills were pulled out as they really stood out and some were larger than the allowed. No bricks in walls were removed. Remember when you are not living in the house you noticed everything, and a chip in a brick in a wall will stand out to you, but when you step back and look at the bigger picture do you notice the wall full of bricks or do you notice the one chip. Believe me, once you a living in the house, that one chipped brick will blend in with the others and you will forget about it. If you are still worried, go and have a look at your friends and families bricks. I complained about my bricks and how the mortar was and then I looked at my MILs house. I have never noticed her bricks before and when I had a look at them - SHOCKING. They are so bad, but she did not build the house and she moved in there and the bricks were as they were and they were accepted. Building is a rollercoaster. At the moment your mood is determined on what is happening at your house, but when you move in and get your flood of visitors that think your house is stunning you will forget - basically a bit like childbirth. Once you have that baby, you forget about all the pain - except for me when I will never forget the 26.5 hours of labour that I went through having my lovely daughter. I will have to remind her tomorrow as it is her 6th birthday and that pain is still very real. Anyway... back to building. Modified Fernside 38 Rawson Homes Blog: http://www.thehousethatmatandjenbuilt.blogspot.com Build Thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=60501 Re: Our Benham 33 journey 4259Dec 02, 2013 10:13 am Right ... building a house is like being in labour for 6 years ... got it, committed to memory. Jen1977 This is the first house that we have ever built, and my husband said during the process that he would never build again, but after being in the house less than a month he said that he would build again as the process was not so bad. Yeah, my better half swears she'll never build again ... but I'd do it. Except next time I have more of an idea of how to approach it; expectation, what sorts of things project-home builders just won't do & hence the things we'd need to talk to custom builders about if we want them. And also the approach of getting something custom built; I'd definitely pay an architect first. Although I must admit, if we were going to be in a position where we needed to sell as soon as we were finished (eg. if we couldn't get a granny-flat built) I might be in more of a murderin' mood ... Re: Our Benham 33 journey 4260Dec 02, 2013 10:35 am Forg, we went with a architect when we had diff requirements and needed a custom build. We went right through with them and got an approved DA, however only then did they complete the engineering drawings which we could take to different builders for tenders. Essentially the architects had taken too much creative license (too much glazing & complex roof design) meaning the tenders came in at over 100K over our build budget, even though we had specified our budget throughout the process to our architects. I would not go the architect route again, unless I had a builder locked in who would work with the architect throughout the design process to ensure it was inline with our budget. Any advice on how to ensure the kit home granny flat that im thinking of buying will get council approval. The kit home companys wont release plans without a deposit and… 0 7422 of course there are legal avenues. You've already mentioned it. Sue them. I find it odd that lawyers wouldnt be willing to take on the case, given CCT evidence and… 1 24106 "Losers" "humanity" "off time" "your" "top notch" "love symbol" Sounds like ponzo is done using other people's toilets 36 24227 |