Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building with Henley Homes - Empire Q1 - Front render co 61Feb 15, 2013 12:40 pm Front render to the top floor is done and the scaffolding is removed. Love the colour of the render. Looks nice when you see it in real. blog update with picture Re: Building Empire! - Fixing Stage progressing on a brisk p 62Mar 05, 2013 10:47 am We are well and truly in the midst of the fixing stage and things are progressing fine even though we had few hiccups along the way!! Plasterboard and Cornices - done Internal doors - done Architraves - - done Skirting - done Stairs - done Garage ceiling - 95% done Gas point - done Things still to be done. 1. Install the front main door. The ones whichever delivered last week got stolen. Damn they need to re-order them again and this will be delayed. 2. Complete the remainder of the stack stone on the facade. the stack stone tiles were stolen too. can't believe the number of thefts in the building sites. there should be someway to stop these from happening again. SS is talking to his boss to get the iDetect system installed. I think it is high time Henley needs to do something to stop these idiots building a new house with my (actually Henley's) materials. 3. Install the cabinets in the kitchen and the wet areas. 4. And then hit us with a bill for fixing stage and move onto the final stage!! Re: Building Empire! - Midst of fixing stage 63Mar 15, 2013 4:04 pm Caught up with our SS this morning. We are quite happy with the progress so far. Painting almost done. They will come back for wood staining on a later date (during touchups I believe). SS indicated the PCI (new home inspection) will be in 4-5 weeks time. Exciting time! Re: Building Empire! - Midst of fixing stage 64Mar 15, 2013 4:50 pm congrats jag we are nearly same stage as you just had the bill for the fit out and on to the last payment stage. we have had kitchen installed and up to painting and tiling the main areas Re: Building Empire PCI tentatively scheduled for mid April 69Mar 25, 2013 10:09 am Spoke to the SS today and he informed me that New Home Inspection is tentatively scheduled for mid April. finally I can see a light at the end of the tunnel!! Re: Building Henley Empire - PCI booked for 19th June 71Jun 12, 2013 5:28 pm Yay!! Finally the phone call I was waiting for weeks has come!! Our New Home Inspection is booked for 19th of this month. Hopefully we should be in soon after as lot of issues were raised by us and the Internal QA long time ago and most of them are fixed already. Fingers crossed!! J Re: Building Henley Empire - PCI done! Next up handover 72Jun 20, 2013 5:19 pm Looks like I am talking to myself in this thread!! But anyway for continuity purpose(for any future readers) here is an update from the PCI. The PCI (New Home Inspection - Henley's terminology) is done and red dotted. We and an independent inspector went around the house spotting and dotting any blemishes. Only major issue we found is in the roof cavity. All ceiling insulation batts are thrown into a pile by some tradesman and Henley did not bother to send someone up there to relay them before the inspection. So much for a delayed internal ticksheet inspection!! Now they have to do it anyway. Apart for that nothing major just lot of paint issues, damage in sewer inspection pipe (due to someone testing it out with a bobcat!) etc. The handover guy won't give us a handover date yet as he wants to see the independent inspector report first. I have emailed it to my admin this morning. Hopefully I will hear for the handover department soon. By the way the new SS J is nice and very prompt in getting the tradesmen back to fix any issues we raised before the PCI. In the hindsight we should have had J as our SS all along. But anyway we are at the end of this journey and we are looking forward to move into our new home and settle in. I am currently finalising the tradesmen for the post handover jobs like. Driveway Timber decking at the front Antenna installation Curtain installation etc. J Re: Building Henley Empire - PCI booked for 19th June 73Jun 20, 2013 5:28 pm Hi JagSRK! Congrats on your pci! Could i have a link to your blog? Would love to see some pictures. Re: Building Henley Empire - PCI booked for 19th June 74Jun 26, 2013 5:41 pm Congrats on PCI, Any chance you could add pics or maybe put your blog URL in your signature for easy reference? I can't seem to find a link. Blog http://tobuildahomeimprobable.blogspot.com.au/ Settlement Apr Council Jul Contracts Dec Earthworks Dec Frames Jan Trusses Feb Roof Feb Windows Mar Re: Building Henley Empire - PCI booked for 19th June 75Jun 26, 2013 9:22 pm lmille32 Congrats on PCI, Any chance you could add pics or maybe put your blog URL in your signature for easy reference? I can't seem to find a link. Thanks for that. Here is the link to the blog Http://empire.jag.im Wow I hadn't realised things had gotten that pricey in just a couple of years since I built, that is crazy with how much land is now costing if you aren't lucky enough to… 3 7053 Yes, I have. But, I haven't paid yet. They know they did not do proper jobs and I sent the email re: final payment, I cannot pay. They said, we will do 2nd PCI. Since… 2 5486 We hired Darbecca to do every stage inspection, and I strongly recommend them to anyone that asks me. They were amazing. Thorough reports with photos at every stage,… 6 7103 |