Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Switch homes 2 storey - ceilings/doors painted,render fi 64Jul 20, 2013 11:52 am H1 Thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=61557 Re: Switch homes 2 storey-Grey float,ceilings,cornices,white 76Sep 06, 2013 11:27 am Hi everyone! Finally a lot has happened since my last post now! All go again in this last week! Plumbing finished 30/8/13 Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Internal render started and finished 30/8/13 (one day!!) Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Partial External Render started (held up by rain) 31/8/13 Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Can see the extractor fan vents poking out the side! Ceilings started 2/09/13 Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ looking into the kitchen bulkhead from alfresco Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ sliding cavity plaster wall completed Ceilings Finished 03/09/13 Cornices started and completed 4/09/13 Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ White Set Completed (whole house one day) 5/09/13 Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ terrible photo (was taken with a mini torchlight at 7pm!!) So exciting news!! all rocking along again after the little lull we had! We have our tiling meeting on the 19/09/13 so hopefully that means that we will be at lockup in the next week or so?! Also means that cabinets will be in?! not sure! exciting! everything is happening! Also the wedding is less than a month away now!! Re: Switch homes 2 storey - Colourbond installed / some cabi 77Sep 06, 2013 11:42 am ![]() Hi Kristy Just joined forum and found it very informative. We are looking to build with Switch and as first time builders we have a few questions. Like everyone we are on a budget and want to get value for money. As far as pre-start goes what is there range like, ie. stone benchtops, taps, shower screens etc. is there 2 or 3 choices or is their plenty to choose from? Also, noticed in one of your posts you mentioned a Clipsal Electrical Consultation..what is this about? and is it included in the contract or is this an additional cost. Hi alejess, The pre start was adequate. We were happy with the choices. Some things there were like 10-20 things to choose from (e.g. door handles, doors, bench tops, colour bond etc)... and other things there were only 2-3 choices (e.g. tapware, toilets, sliding robe doors, mirrors, shower screens)... we found this fine though.. as i find if you are given too much choice it can overwhelm you! I am sure that if you wanted you would be able to pick something else (e.g. different style of tap ware) you would just give them the model number i assume ![]() The electrical consult with clipsal was included in the contract. You head to the clipsal showroom inside home base expo and sit down with a consultant and decide where you want your lights, points, tv points etc etc it is very useful an the people are very knowledgeable and can give good advise as they do it all day! I think Switch are trying to steer away from the pre-start consultants doing it because they are a "jack of all trades" and may not give the right advise in regards to number and position of points etc. It went for around 90 minutes. Hpe that helps! Re: Switch homes 2 storey-grey float,ceilings,cornices,white 78Sep 06, 2013 12:37 pm Your house is looking fab and sounds like you had a much better experience so far with Switch than what I had a few years ago! We are about to build again but in the process of picking a builder. All the best of luck and hope it all keeps going smoothly! We said we'd never build again.... Re: Switch homes 2 storey-grey float,ceilings,cornices,white 79Sep 13, 2013 12:04 pm Your house is looking great! We seem to have stalled in the Switch system again. We are waiting for the final working drawings now after we managed to drag pre start out for almost a month with getting various estimates done. We decided to use Stinson Air too but have been charged $500 supervision fee by Switch for Stinson to install our air con - just wondering if you got charged that too? Looking forward to your next round of photos and updates! We are building over a main (100mm, 2m deep and concrete encased) - unfortunately in our case the SM was a late find post settlement (grrr) We have a DA and just… 2 21756 3 14927 Building Standards; Getting It Right! Hi there, We have recently built a double storey house by Coral Homes, it is a steel frame house. When someone walks upstairs it cracks with every step and it is very… 0 12337 |