Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Frozenkuku's build: lightsview SA - selections 101Jan 21, 2013 9:15 pm After our talk yesterday I'll be very interesting to see how big you variation is!!! Hopefully not too much! 6m Terrace House - Lightsview (Northgate SA) First fix completed ... 15 February 2013 Render completed... 19 February 2013 Insulation... 19 February 2013 Plasterboard... 21 February 2013 /viewtopic.php?f=31&t=58747 Re: Frozenkuku's build: lightsview SA - selections 102Feb 12, 2013 10:04 pm I will find it out this friday. We have decided to remove the door on the side of the entry (access to garage) and use that space as a linen. We have removed all the air con pipping space on bed room 3. So now bed room 3 has a nice long big BIR. lol We need one extra pipping space somewhere in the master room, we have decided to make the study nook smaller. So that's all about the updates. This friday we will tell the builder we want get rid of all the basins and change them to marble stone basin....I hope they will let us do it. 7.5M Dual Frontage terrace @ lightsview SA /viewtopic.php?f=31&t=58754 moved in - April 2014 furnitured - August 2014 home theatre - September 2014 Game room - December 2013 moved in - 09 April 2014 Re: Frozenkuku's build: lightsview SA - selections 103Feb 12, 2013 10:16 pm They should let you kuku, because surely they haven't ordered it all yet! 6m Terrace House - Lightsview (Northgate SA) First fix completed ... 15 February 2013 Render completed... 19 February 2013 Insulation... 19 February 2013 Plasterboard... 21 February 2013 /viewtopic.php?f=31&t=58747 Re: Frozenkuku's build: lightsview SA - selections 104Feb 12, 2013 10:54 pm my builder does not like us supplier our own goods....so I am worried. i am not sure why but i think it is mainly due to the insurance, sure if it got damaged or stolen, both him and us won't be happy. we haven't lock in yet, we just signed for the selection price quote for upgrades, this friday we will sign the lock in if we are happy about the price. So we should still be able to change it right??? i know after lock in every changes will occur $500 fees. 7.5M Dual Frontage terrace @ lightsview SA /viewtopic.php?f=31&t=58754 moved in - April 2014 furnitured - August 2014 home theatre - September 2014 Game room - December 2013 moved in - 09 April 2014 Re: Frozenkuku's build: lightsview SA - selections 105Feb 15, 2013 6:28 pm update: variation cost is more than $10k still working on it, so many unknown, builder is try the best to get it down. main cost = windows E glazing for all windows, upgrading all insulations. roof cover..etc will find out on tuesday, and slab will be start end of next week 7.5M Dual Frontage terrace @ lightsview SA /viewtopic.php?f=31&t=58754 moved in - April 2014 furnitured - August 2014 home theatre - September 2014 Game room - December 2013 moved in - 09 April 2014 Re: Frozenkuku's build: lightsview SA - selections 106Feb 16, 2013 10:44 pm Your kitchen selection is similar to our WC and laundry. Also, your bathroom selections resemble our upstairs bathroom. Good taste Definitely go for bigger tiles whenever possible. Less grout, less dirt, and they look stunning. Sucks about the variation, but at least you're going to live in the house, so make it like you want it. If it were an investor property, it'd be a different deal, but this is your baby. If you can afford it, hit it. Earthworks have started on our lot, so I guess my 26 weeks build time began last week. Has yours started yet? 2-Storey Terrace Build at Lightsview, Northgate SA Estimated completion: July 2013 Re: Frozenkuku's build: lightsview SA - selections 107Feb 17, 2013 12:54 am ours cannot start until i signed the variation. the price is not fully reveal yet so i cannot sign anyway. i am not very happy about the variations cos i knew those upgrades won't be noticeable. i knew i won't feel much cooler in summer after those insulations, i still need to turn on the aircon, i knew those windows won't help much, they are not double glazing grade too. the steel variation is happy to pay, i knew having extra steels will make the house stronger, less chance of falling ceiling. i have been charged $500 extra for removing tiles wax, he said the tiles we chose comes with wax. Did the tiles you guys pick also removing wax?? air con downgrade/upgrades are okay, we changed auctron 18kw esp to new daikin 16kw + linear slots. joinery upgrades are requested by us, so that's also okay. we hope tiles upgrade cost are small. we aren't happy about the carpet extra cost. We went to the carpet supplier and we told him we just want to pick something from our range, we do not want to pay extra. The owner recommended the carpets we are happy with, however, he charged my builder roughly $700 extra. It's not my builder's fault but we are not happy. so TripleA, does your builder must complete your house within 26weeks?? what if they don't? 7.5M Dual Frontage terrace @ lightsview SA /viewtopic.php?f=31&t=58754 moved in - April 2014 furnitured - August 2014 home theatre - September 2014 Game room - December 2013 moved in - 09 April 2014 Re: Frozenkuku's build: lightsview SA - selections 108Feb 17, 2013 8:26 am Kuku, all high shine porcelain tiles come with that wax and we are getting charged the amount to clean it too... Its normal June12 - Land settlement (18 x 27.5) Jan13 - External selections complete April13 - Selections complete viewtopic.php?f=31&t=60306 Re: Frozenkuku's build: lightsview SA - selections 109Feb 17, 2013 8:35 am That's pretty rough about the carpet variation! I would have been annoyed too! The flooring company we went through were no help either.. Not only did the guy not turn up to the appointment but the guy who ended up helping us wasn't much help at all and didn't show us the full range of timber flooring within our allowance, most of what he showed us was out of our allowance! I hope your variations get sorted soon.. I'm looking forward to seeing your build! 6m Terrace House - Lightsview (Northgate SA) First fix completed ... 15 February 2013 Render completed... 19 February 2013 Insulation... 19 February 2013 Plasterboard... 21 February 2013 /viewtopic.php?f=31&t=58747 Re: Frozenkuku's build: lightsview SA - selections 110Feb 17, 2013 1:02 pm thx, J_and_T, that made me feel better re CrazyEagle, thx, and it's great to see TrixxxA started the footings before you complete the house, it's very easy to crack the house while the next door put the hebal up. i have seen few houses cracking in LV. So it is good that he started, so any cracks your builder must fix it for you before hand over. 7.5M Dual Frontage terrace @ lightsview SA /viewtopic.php?f=31&t=58754 moved in - April 2014 furnitured - August 2014 home theatre - September 2014 Game room - December 2013 moved in - 09 April 2014 Re: Frozenkuku's build: lightsview SA - selections 111Feb 26, 2013 1:52 am update: my footing cannot start untill LV put back my boundary peg. I have request them on last thursday they said it will take 1~2 days but today when i went there, they still havent put it back yet 7.5M Dual Frontage terrace @ lightsview SA /viewtopic.php?f=31&t=58754 moved in - April 2014 furnitured - August 2014 home theatre - September 2014 Game room - December 2013 moved in - 09 April 2014 Re: Frozenkuku's build: lightsview SA - selections 112Mar 07, 2013 12:49 am site preparation & digging time http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n529/thchang01/lightsviewhome/IMG_2882_zpsf928952e.jpg http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n529/thchang01/lightsviewhome/IMG_2884_zpsb6e18973.jpg http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n529/thchang01/lightsviewhome/IMG_2885_zpsf497d24c.jpg http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n529/thchang01/lightsviewhome/IMG_2891_zpsfc3fb09f.jpg 7.5M Dual Frontage terrace @ lightsview SA /viewtopic.php?f=31&t=58754 moved in - April 2014 furnitured - August 2014 home theatre - September 2014 Game room - December 2013 moved in - 09 April 2014 Re: Frozenkuku's build: lightsview SA - digging time 113Mar 07, 2013 3:12 am congrats on the site prep Re: Frozenkuku's build: lightsview SA - digging time 114Mar 07, 2013 7:46 pm yay it'll be all go now https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=43937&start=0 Bought a block in Golden Grove - Jan 2011 Finally finished our design, Mar 2012, *yay* Signed with ADH council consent June 12 Re: Frozenkuku's build: lightsview SA - digging time 115Mar 07, 2013 7:51 pm That's fantastic Kuku!! Glad to see LV finally got their act together so you can start! Exciting times ahead! 6m Terrace House - Lightsview (Northgate SA) First fix completed ... 15 February 2013 Render completed... 19 February 2013 Insulation... 19 February 2013 Plasterboard... 21 February 2013 /viewtopic.php?f=31&t=58747 Re: Frozenkuku's build: lightsview SA - digging time 116Mar 07, 2013 9:16 pm i end up pay the surveyor to do the boundary pegs, roughly $700 lucky i did it cos they are quite off to where LV marks the pegs the dirt near the stairs are absolute horrible loose they aren't the real dirt, someone must filled it in, not compact when they dig there the dirt just collapse, i am not sure how they gonna fix there. 7.5M Dual Frontage terrace @ lightsview SA /viewtopic.php?f=31&t=58754 moved in - April 2014 furnitured - August 2014 home theatre - September 2014 Game room - December 2013 moved in - 09 April 2014 Re: Frozenkuku's build: lightsview SA - digging time 117Mar 11, 2013 11:08 am After seeing the stuff about your site peg, i went looking for ours and found it. I always thought that post with the pink flag marked the block, haha. Ours is still in tact though which is good June12 - Land settlement (18 x 27.5) Jan13 - External selections complete April13 - Selections complete viewtopic.php?f=31&t=60306 Re: Frozenkuku's build: lightsview SA - digging time 118Mar 11, 2013 11:35 pm J_and_T After seeing the stuff about your site peg, i went looking for ours and found it. I always thought that post with the pink flag marked the block, haha. Ours is still in tact though which is good you don't need to worry anything at all, yours is free standing, you have set ins. therefore you won't build your house on someone's boundary at all. only the terrace block needs to worry. it is highly recommended terrace block to resurvey the marking, the one LV marked are not necessary correct, and if they are wrong, LV won't be responsible for it. so, i have found 3 marking point, and 4th one being damaged, so i assume at least i got 3 correct ones, however, in reality all of them were wrong, lucky i did the resurvey. 7.5M Dual Frontage terrace @ lightsview SA /viewtopic.php?f=31&t=58754 moved in - April 2014 furnitured - August 2014 home theatre - September 2014 Game room - December 2013 moved in - 09 April 2014 Re: Frozenkuku's build: lightsview SA - digging time 119Mar 14, 2013 10:07 pm Ahhh ok... Although our house is built to boundary on one side (garage side), as specified by Lightsview.... Should be fine though. June12 - Land settlement (18 x 27.5) Jan13 - External selections complete April13 - Selections complete viewtopic.php?f=31&t=60306 Re: Frozenkuku's build: lightsview SA - footing begins 120Mar 15, 2013 2:53 am photo time!!! we went to LV to take photo every day for the progress look this lovely deep footings, 1200mm hope the good fundation means no cracking walls in the future. http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n529/thchang01/lightsviewhome/IMG_2907_zpsb47e37b2.jpg http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n529/thchang01/lightsviewhome/IMG_2936_zps949ee9ae.jpg http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n529/thchang01/lightsviewhome/IMG_2938_zps70c2605e.jpg http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n529/thchang01/lightsviewhome/IMG_2947_zpsefa9d607.jpg http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n529/thchang01/lightsviewhome/IMG_2950_zpse0ebfd5f.jpg http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n529/thchang01/lightsviewhome/IMG_2951_zps4b5a967e.jpg http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n529/thchang01/lightsviewhome/IMG_2952_zps480a6ba5.jpg http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n529/thchang01/lightsviewhome/IMG_2954_zpsbe9cc050.jpg http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n529/thchang01/lightsviewhome/IMG_0959_zps9704637e.jpg http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n529/thchang01/lightsviewhome/IMG_0960_zps8d15cd30.jpg http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n529/thchang01/lightsviewhome/IMG_0961_zps9a090e9e.jpg http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n529/thchang01/lightsviewhome/IMG_0963_zpsb42de2a1.jpg http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n529/thchang01/lightsviewhome/IMG_0967_zps87edca38.jpg http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n529/thchang01/lightsviewhome/IMG_0975_zpsa214e180.jpg 7.5M Dual Frontage terrace @ lightsview SA /viewtopic.php?f=31&t=58754 moved in - April 2014 furnitured - August 2014 home theatre - September 2014 Game room - December 2013 moved in - 09 April 2014 Joe, it depends on your certifier but we are noticing the ones we deal with are really cracking down. So i would recommend you follow your approved landscaping plans to… 4 10979 Hi Simeon, Thank you for laying it down for us. Makes sense. Appreciate it very much. Have a nice day. Cheers 2 9017 Thank you so much everyone. This all makes a lot of sense. I guess when you talk to a builder who butters up everything to look very polished, you get to start believing… 7 17616 |