Browse Forums Building A New House Re: our first home, custom split level - painted! 241Feb 16, 2013 5:04 pm Its great to see a pic, the red looks great! It will work well with your kitchen & timber floors Em. We built the Wisdom Majestic 40 - moved in! Our blog - http://ourwisdommajestic40.blogspot.com.au/ Our H1 thread - viewtopic.php?t=54156 Re: our first home, custom split level - painted! 243Feb 18, 2013 12:42 am Onewheel Its great to see a pic, the red looks great! It will work well with your kitchen & timber floors Em. Another vote for the red it will look stunning Re: our first home, custom split level - painted! 244Feb 18, 2013 2:47 pm JB1 Good choice on the white vanity top. The most practical colour. For your Splashback, it's so small I wouldn't put red or any bright colour, you want your focus on the window. Me, because its small so won't cost too much, I would use the small stone on your benchtops on the Splashback. That way it will blend in and you focus on the window. thanks JB, the vanity tops went in on friday - ill post a couple of pics below. im glad i stuck with white. i think grey would have looked good in the ensuite but without samples i would have just been choosing a colour off their website and didnt want to risk it. re the splashback, it's too late, ive already picked red. fingers crossed it will look ok. i hadnt thought about putting stone there. ive already told DF next time i want tranquil retreat walls and splashback - he's looking forward to it already, not suh And here it is, courtesy of Mrs B in Show me your kitchen thread thanks for posting the photo, suh. i actually found it on friday in a red splashback thread (created by you in 2009???) and was going to post it over the weekend but ran out of time. did you end up getting a red splashback? would love it see a pic if you did! bradster181 Onewheel Its great to see a pic, the red looks great! It will work well with your kitchen & timber floors Em. Another vote for the red it will look stunning thanks guys, i hope you're right!! im pretty sure it will. gogo65 Wow Em, it's all coming together so well. You deserve to be so very proud of the end result. Well done thank you so much for your kind words, gogo. im really happy with the way it's all coming together. i think ill feel proud when the stress of the last few weeks is over! we found the painter on site on saturday so got to see the vanity stone installed. im not sold on the basin in the main bathroom, i thought we were getting a bigger one and i think it needs it. main bath Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ ensuite Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ theatre Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ kitchen bulkhead painted Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Timeline Land deposit 14.9.10 Land settled 16.6.11 DA submitted 13.3.12 DA appoved 17.5.12 Construction cert 6.7.12 Site scrape 23.7.12 Lock up 29.11.12 Re: our first home, custom split level - painted! 245Feb 18, 2013 3:45 pm bathroom sink does look smaller then the others but paint is looking fantastic Re: our first home, custom split level - painted! 246Feb 18, 2013 5:43 pm Love your home theatre colour...... What colour is it? We built the Wisdom Majestic 40 - moved in! Our blog - http://ourwisdommajestic40.blogspot.com.au/ Our H1 thread - viewtopic.php?t=54156 Re: our first home, custom split level - painted! 247Feb 18, 2013 7:48 pm I did have a red splashback in our bar but I've just changed it to blue. I'm afraid I'm not a fan of red I don't like red anything, clothes, undies, nothing but I appreciate that other people do like it and I always like their results. Re: our first home, custom split level - painted! 248Feb 22, 2013 9:22 pm How's your build coming along EmRuss? I saw your builders there this morning. Are you still on track for handover next week? We built the Wisdom Majestic 40 - moved in! Our blog - http://ourwisdommajestic40.blogspot.com.au/ Our H1 thread - viewtopic.php?t=54156 Re: our first home, custom split level - painted! 249Feb 24, 2013 6:07 pm 1rocky bathroom sink does look smaller then the others but paint is looking fantastic thanks rocky. turns out the builder ordered the wrong basin. but the correct one was ordered and delivered in time for the plumber last wednesday. i think it looks so much better! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Onewheel Love your home theatre colour...... What colour is it? thanks onewheel, it's dulux grid. suh I did have a red splashback in our bar but I've just changed it to blue. I'm afraid I'm not a fan of red I don't like red anything, clothes, undies, nothing but I appreciate that other people do like it and I always like their results. thanks suh, i think i remember coming across your red one in my searches over the years! i really hope the splashback looks good. Onewheel How's your build coming along EmRuss? I saw your builders there this morning. Are you still on track for handover next week? hi onewheel, ive been a bit busy this week and trying to get my head around the final stages of this build. it's still going smoothly but no we wont be having handover this week. we received our final invoice on friday and our PCI will be this friday. i think it's just the shower screens and mirrors that have held us up (apparently the fancy easy clean glass i decided to get takes longer to get in so they wont be intalled till thursday), as far as i know everything else happened as planned last week. unfortunately, because we were under the impression that handover would be this friday, we've already given notice on our rental and have booked all our trades in to start from next saturday. the builder said he thinks we can come to some arrangement so that we dont have to cancel and try to rebook everyone. so that's one problem hopefully taken care of. that just leaves the bank. our bank has been great so far but according to our mortgage broker they require an occupation certificate, but in order to get our occupation certificate we need our driveway done (which is supposed to be done after handover). we've only made a decision today about a concreter, just waiting for him to give us a call back. we've got a small window the driveway can be done in so we're crossing everything that he's got the same availability. some more pics from last week powder room Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ kitchen tap and sink Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ main bathroom Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ shower Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ bath Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ ensuite Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ toilet Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ so i think the main things we've got left are the shower screens, mirrors and wardrobe doors (being installed on thursday), a skytube in upstairs living and watertank. also a tile needs to be replaced in the ensuite because the carpenters didnt cut a hole for a powerpoint in the gyprock so the tiler tiled over it, then the electrican tried to cut a hole and cracked the tile. the concreters who have quoted for the driveway have asked for the builder to dig up the concrete mess (presumably from cleaning the mixer after the slab was poured) which will be done next tuesday or wednesday and ends need to be put on the gutters. Timeline Land deposit 14.9.10 Land settled 16.6.11 DA submitted 13.3.12 DA appoved 17.5.12 Construction cert 6.7.12 Site scrape 23.7.12 Lock up 29.11.12 Re: our first home, custom split level - painted! 250Feb 24, 2013 6:51 pm Em.Russ hi onewheel, ive been a bit busy this week and trying to get my head around the final stages of this build. it's still going smoothly but no we wont be having handover this week. we received our final invoice on friday and our PCI will be this friday. . Oh no, what a drama! Can you get an interim occupancy certificate? What does everyone else do who do the driveway after handover? Do you have some time up your sleeve with your rental? Maybe you could extend it a week if they have not already re leased it? Or if you have to leave, will the builder let you store some things in the new house before handover? Hope you can get everything done this week and it stops raining! Our driveway is due to start form work on Tuesday, subject to the weather. We are hoping for PCI at the end of the week too! We started almost the same time now finishing almost the same too! Good luck for this week!!:) Edit:,Oops, just realised I quoted everything, so I've just remedied that for easier reading We built the Wisdom Majestic 40 - moved in! Our blog - http://ourwisdommajestic40.blogspot.com.au/ Our H1 thread - viewtopic.php?t=54156 Re: our first home, custom split level - painted! 251Feb 25, 2013 11:45 am hi onewheel, ive been so stressed and confused about the whole thing. everyone else's banks seem to be fine with an interim occupation certificate. so I just rang the bank myself and they said they don’t require an occupation certificate or an interim one, just our home and contents insurance policy. OMG what a relief. i think we do have some time up our sleeve with the rental as far as i know they havent shown anyone through it yet though. they were supposed to have an open house on saturday but the agent called us in the afternoon to apologise as he'd gotten a flat tyre - i thought only tradies building houses got flat tyres Oh my gosh i need to catch up on your thread!! is your PCI booked in? we'll be there at 10am on friday. if i remember correctly we went to council within a day of each other so would be great if we finished at the same time! the builder rang this morning and reminded me we're still waiting for the splashback to go in (and the invoice for it), not sure how i forgot about that!! Timeline Land deposit 14.9.10 Land settled 16.6.11 DA submitted 13.3.12 DA appoved 17.5.12 Construction cert 6.7.12 Site scrape 23.7.12 Lock up 29.11.12 Re: our first home, custom split level - PCI booked!!! 252Feb 25, 2013 1:20 pm Hi EmRuss, I know how you are feeling, it is a stressful time without the extra stress about the Occupancy certificate, at least you know now direct from the bank you don't need it to settle. Hopefully if you need to you can delay moving and rent a bit longer. Our PCI is not booked in, but told possibly the end of this week, depending on how they go with the driveway, external plumbing, a few other jobs and the weather. We have a crazily busy week ahead. I think you will have PCI and handover before me, but you never know, we may have handover near the same together as we were at the beginning, a bit of a fluke. We'll have to officially "meet" in person and check out each others houses. After looking at your pics, would love to see the end result. Your house is looking fabulous! We built the Wisdom Majestic 40 - moved in! Our blog - http://ourwisdommajestic40.blogspot.com.au/ Our H1 thread - viewtopic.php?t=54156 Re: our first home, custom split level - PCI booked!!! 253Feb 25, 2013 8:08 pm Hey EmRuss, our PCI has now been booked - Wed, 6th March....so a few days behind you. If there are no major problems, handover will be around 19th March. We built the Wisdom Majestic 40 - moved in! Our blog - http://ourwisdommajestic40.blogspot.com.au/ Our H1 thread - viewtopic.php?t=54156 Re: our first home, custom split level - PCI booked!!! 254Mar 01, 2013 11:16 am PCI IS DONE!!! The place looks great and the only things that need to be done/fixed we already knew about. The site fence was taken down on Wednesday and the rubbish was removed today. All he's got left to do is Water tank Gutter guy needs to put 2 ends on our gutters Paint touch ups Brickie to do the sill under the alfresco doors The electrician has still got a few things to do and fix - somehow forgot about a powerpoint for the hot water system. We're having our appliances delivered on the monday after we move in so trying to get the electrician to come out on the Tuesday to install them and our extra pendants, external lights and a few plate things for DF. When I spoke to the builder yesterday he said the shower screen people had been but couldn't do the ensuite mirror until the broken tile had been replaced. When we got there this morning the tile had been replaced and the mirror was up The splashback was installed while we were there and also the automatic garage door thingo. I only managed one quick photo of the kitchen http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc405/emmcoy/491C4DE1-F9F9-4590-AE69-616088FFBD78-8819-0000052EA4535965_zpsb25affe5.jpg but we've got ourselves a construction key so that our trades can start going in from tomorrow. Someone from the bank tried to call the builder yesterday but their phone was off when he tried to call them back. Maybe they only did a drive by valuation (apparently the builder has that done before). They got the final invoice and our authority to pay on Tuesday and say they will arrange a valuation within 4 days. So tomorrow we've got the alarm and ducted vacuum guy going in. Tuesday ducted air con, Wednesday floor sanded, Thursday floor polished and Friday carpet. Hopefully payment will also be made on one of those days. Then the following Saturday we'll be packing up the truck DF is borrowing from work and moving on Sunday!!! Timeline Land deposit 14.9.10 Land settled 16.6.11 DA submitted 13.3.12 DA appoved 17.5.12 Construction cert 6.7.12 Site scrape 23.7.12 Lock up 29.11.12 Re: our first home, custom split level - PCI DONE!!! 255Mar 01, 2013 11:29 am oh my goodness Em.Russ i'm getting goosebumps reading how close you are and seeing pics of your kitchen! I think having very similr colour schemes i've been following your build like its my own and am totally loving how everything has turned out. I cant wait to be you in a few months ! Congrats on your successful PCI. Dont forget the finished clean house pics for us when you move in Tender /1/12 Contract 14/6/12 Planning 12/10/12 Site 23/10/12 Piers 27/11/12 Slab 12/12/12 Frame 15/12/12 Trusses 17/1/13 Roof 24/1/13 Bricks 13/2/13 Plaster 1/3/13 Re: our first home, custom split level - PCI DONE!!! 257Mar 01, 2013 2:52 pm Ribbon oh my goodness Em.Russ i'm getting goosebumps reading how close you are and seeing pics of your kitchen! I think having very similr colour schemes i've been following your build like its my own and am totally loving how everything has turned out. I cant wait to be you in a few months ! Congrats on your successful PCI. Dont forget the finished clean house pics for us when you move in thanks so much ribbon, i havent been able to stop smiling since i read your post! im really pleased with how everything has turned out. i cant wait to get back there this weekend and tonnes of photos. will definitely show you how everything looks. 1rocky so close congrats em thanks rocky! i cant believe how close we are now. feels so surreal! Onewheel Hi EmRuss, I know how you are feeling, it is a stressful time without the extra stress about the Occupancy certificate, at least you know now direct from the bank you don't need it to settle. Hopefully if you need to you can delay moving and rent a bit longer. We'll have to officially "meet" in person and check out each others houses. After looking at your pics, would love to see the end result. Your house is looking fabulous! our PCI has now been booked - Wed, 6th March....so a few days behind you. If there are no major problems, handover will be around 19th March. hi onewheel. im feel so relieved now that it all seems like it's falling in to place. hopefully nothing goes wrong in the last week. definitely crossing fingers and toes that none of our trades damage anything while they are there. i cant wait to show your our house and to check out yours! and congrats on your confirmed PCI!!! and on the sale of your house too. what a relief that must be! Timeline Land deposit 14.9.10 Land settled 16.6.11 DA submitted 13.3.12 DA appoved 17.5.12 Construction cert 6.7.12 Site scrape 23.7.12 Lock up 29.11.12 Re: our first home, custom split level - PCI DONE!!! 258Mar 01, 2013 7:40 pm Congratulations on your PCI!!!!! Love your red splashback, looks amazing and a really lovely shade of red. Hope all goes well with your tradies with this wet weather.....hopefully they'll get everything done. You must be pretty excited now, with a firm date for handover and a moving in date. Does it feel real yet? It will probably hit you on your first night sleeping there! We built the Wisdom Majestic 40 - moved in! Our blog - http://ourwisdommajestic40.blogspot.com.au/ Our H1 thread - viewtopic.php?t=54156 Re: our first home, custom split level - PCI DONE!!! 259Apr 14, 2013 3:19 pm Hey EmRuss, how are you settling into your new home??? We built the Wisdom Majestic 40 - moved in! Our blog - http://ourwisdommajestic40.blogspot.com.au/ Our H1 thread - viewtopic.php?t=54156 Move your linen into laundry and access laundry from your present linen space 1 5743 Thanks NativeZen! I can't wait to start landscaping, though it's going to be a while away yet. No movement on site yet as of the weekend. Hoping to see some earthworks… 3 2160 |