Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building Stamford with Simonds!!! *** PCI 24th July!! * 41Jul 23, 2012 10:05 am I havent been on here in a little while... I have more pics to update which I will do soon Everything is coming along great!! We had our meeting with SS on the 9th July, where we went through the entire house and put dots on every mark in the paintwork that we wanted touched up and we discussed any issues that we had with the house that we wanted fixed... which wasn't that much as we are pretty happy with everything!! I did have an issue with one of the kitchen cupboards was on backwards! I thought i was being silly when it seemed to open the wrong way, and then I checked the plans of the kitchen and i was right! So that is now hopefully fixed! Other than that there was nothing major concerning us After that meeting, i couldnt see all that much left to be done, other than the sinks in the bathroom/ensuite and the driveway to be done and of course the paint touch ups where there were marks and patches... which was very exciting!! So last week I went past most days on my way home from work... And i can't get in because its all locked up tightly, which is probably good! If i cant get in, then no one else can just wander in!... So looking in the windows i could see that the dots were removed which means the paint has all now been finished! and the sinks were put in the bathrooms!!... Then on Thursday the driveway was done!! Yay!! It's nearly finished Today the QA is being done - so hopefully all is fine with that! And we have our PCI tomorrow morning first thing Cant wait to go through with everything all done!! Fingers crossed all goes well and we dont have any issues. Then we just have to wait for the final invoice (which I guess wont be too far away if they want to be paid! ) and the certificate of occupancy... Then we can arrange settlement with our bank. I'm not sure how long that will take, but hopefully they wont stuff us around too much! Re: Building Stamford with Simonds!!! 42Jul 23, 2012 7:31 pm Good luck with the PCI tomorrow. I must say I love all your tiles Re: Building Stamford with Simonds!!! 45Aug 01, 2012 11:46 pm Hello everyone!! Some photo updates!!... Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Font door... All painted! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Roof is all finished Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Downpipes painted.. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Side View of the house Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Start of a driveway Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ And its done... has since been painted after this photo, but i havent got a good pic to put up! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Ensuite all finished and shiny Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Concrete has been laid, ready for the water tank Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Finally organised for the fencing to be done so the house isnt so open... and it was started today! Yay Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Thats the latest update... I have many, many more pics as you could imagine! And cant possibly put them all up Still waiting on the certificate of occupancy to come through... hope its soon! So excited, not too much longer to go Re: Building Stamford with Simonds!!! 47Aug 02, 2012 7:48 am Love the bowl basin in the vanities. I wanted those but our builder didn't have them anymore. Feature tile in shower looks amazing. Have they said a date yet? Re: Building Stamford with Simonds!!! 48Aug 02, 2012 11:03 pm kjw7 Yay that's do exciting, everything is looking fantastic! Sooo jealous - I can't wait until we're up to the same stage Do you have any kitchen pictures? Thank you kjw7!! It seems that your house is coming along really fast too! I had a look at your thread and it looks great!! You will be up to the same stage as ours in no time!! Yep i sure do! Will put them up now Re: Building Stamford with Simonds!!! 49Aug 02, 2012 11:08 pm dazandstace Love the bowl basin in the vanities. I wanted those but our builder didn't have them anymore. Feature tile in shower looks amazing. Have they said a date yet? Oh i love them too!! I remember seeing them in a lot of display houses and decided that I definitely wanted to have them!!... Oh really! Thats a shame that your builder didnt have them Thank you!! Not an exact date yet, still waiting on the certificate of occupancy so we can send that to the bank to have the valuation done... Hopefully that will be done early next week, and then we should have a settlement date soon after! Re: Building Stamford with Simonds!!! 51Aug 03, 2012 6:45 am Your house is beautiful it looks alot like a display home, I love it! Our house is definitely coming along, it's just all the internal stuff that seems to take forever. Can't wait until we have a kitchen and tiles Kayla Re: Building Stamford with Simonds!!! 52Aug 03, 2012 2:01 pm kjw7 Your house is beautiful it looks alot like a display home, I love it! Our house is definitely coming along, it's just all the internal stuff that seems to take forever. Can't wait until we have a kitchen and tiles Aw thanks kjw7! My partner complained that there is so much white! Haha, but i told him that once all the furniture and everything is in, it will balance it out Your's is looking fantastic!!... The internal stuff is the slowest part isn't it! The outside seems to happen so quickly, and then inside not so fast... Our builder told us that they do the inside slowly because there is so many things to be done and they want to make sure it's all done properly and it's a good quality job, not rushed... which makes sense Looking forward to seeing some photo's of your kitchen and tiles! It's so exciting when they go in!! Re: Building Stamford with Simonds!!! 53Aug 03, 2012 4:41 pm White is so classic - you can't go wrong! And you're right once you have furniture in there it will all come together and you can use whatever colours you want. Crossing my fingers for our kitchen to go in next week now...although I feel like I've been saying that every week for the last month!! Kayla Re: Building Stamford with Simonds!!! - Settlement tomorrow! 54Aug 13, 2012 11:23 pm Settlement is booked in for tomorrow afternoon!!! Soooo excited!!! We have one last inspection with the SS before we go in to the office to get our keys... Yay!!... I hope everything is in order, which i'm sure it will be! We have a lot of faith in our SS, he has been excellent! So we trust that everything will be 100%... Can't believe how fast the whole thing has gone by... I must admit, i read a lot of negative things about Simonds when we first signed up... But our experience with them has been amazing!! I would build with them again any day Re: Building Stamford with Simonds!!! 56Aug 17, 2012 6:17 pm Hi everyone, I said I'd have my own website dedicated to my experience building with Simonds. So I have begun the journey and hope everyone will find it useful. I have also added a blog if anyone is interested. go to viphark.weebly.com Hi all stamford owners thank for sharing your experience. 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