Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Ben Trager Homes: Moved in - pics!! 341Mar 03, 2014 9:21 pm Seeing as though I promised pics, thought it was time a delivered. Only have a few tho! Rendered wall for the veggie patch. Will be textured in Malay Grey (same as our front feature colour). Expecting a good harvest from it, its huge!! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Rendered outdoor kitchen, from left to right will be a sink, BBQ and wood fired oven. Wood will be stored in the section below the oven. This will be textured in Malay Grey also, bench top will be composite brushed aluminium. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Framework for deck has begun, but need to hold off finishing it as the patio needs to be installed first before we can continue. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Bit of a preview of front landscaping. Have planted native garden, next to go in will be 3 black boys, mulch, then grass and compacted limestone to the remaining area. Hoping to have the front finished in the next few weeks so more pics will follow. The black pots may be changed, I think taller square pots will look better against the thick pillars. They are very special pots however (BF's great grandfather made them) so a place will be found for them out the back! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Over the last few weeks the sunsets have been amazing! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ My Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=62841 Re: Ben Trager Homes: Slow but steady progress 342Mar 03, 2014 9:28 pm Love the outdoor kitchen. It will look great when you've got the Malay Grey on it. And Wow! That corner window is worth it's weight in gold. Bet you're so glad that you went with it. The sunsets around here are as beautiful as anywhere in the world. Re: Ben Trager Homes: Slow but steady progress 343Mar 03, 2014 9:29 pm Those sunset pictures are just breathtaking!!!! How beautiful!!! Can't wait to see your back entertaining area come together too ![]() Custom Farmhouse Build in the Great Southern | https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=67188 Re: Ben Trager Homes: Slow but steady progress 345Mar 03, 2014 11:13 pm Stunning view !!! Your outdoor kitchen is great! Re: Ben Trager Homes: Slow but steady progress 346Mar 04, 2014 12:33 am OMG that sunset view is seriously stunning! Re: Ben Trager Homes: Slow but steady progress 347Mar 04, 2014 3:11 pm So happy we changed the window! Cant wait to start BBQ'ing again, just hope it stays warm for a while longer so we can get a lot of use out of the entertaining area before winter comes! My Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=62841 Re: Ben Trager Homes: Slow but steady progress 348Mar 04, 2014 3:16 pm ![]() Cant wait to start BBQ'ing again, just hope it stays warm for a while longer so we can get a lot of use out of the entertaining area before winter comes! They're the little things you miss aren't they ... looking great!! ![]() ![]() For info on our build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=43093 Built the McLaren by Dechellis - slab down 22 Feb - handover 30 Aug 2011 - and gardens finished 9 Dec 2012!! Re: Ben Trager Homes: Slow but steady progress 350Mar 04, 2014 10:13 pm Love the design of the outdoor kitchen, been trying to get a design together for our verandah. Was this a DIY job and did you work to a plan? We have a heap of bricks left over and we need to put them to good use! Cant wait for the view either. My Thread (Halls Head Beach House): viewtopic.php?f=31&t=67006 Re: Ben Trager Homes: Slow but steady progress 351Mar 04, 2014 11:31 pm Thanks guys! Yep, we used the bricks left over from the build and the boundary wall. There were that many we didn't have to buy more. My other half drew up the plan (which he mostly stuck to) and built it himself. Had a friend come around to do the rendering. In the next few weeks he'll come back to do the texturing. Yet to build the bench seat for the outdoor fire pit, so unfortunately will have to put our hands in our pockets at some stage and purchase some more bricks! ![]() Re: Ben Trager Homes: Slow but steady progress 352Mar 05, 2014 6:32 pm Your landscaping work is looking great and what a view! Building with Dale Alcock Homes in Aveley Our thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=63880 And yes, my pants are indeed fancy. Re: Ben Trager Homes: Slow but steady progress 353Mar 07, 2014 5:58 am hi, is your plan comes with boundary wall as standard? Or did you pay extra for the boundary walls? thx Re: Ben Trager Homes: Slow but steady progress 354Apr 22, 2014 9:30 pm Busy few days, but finally more progress and finally no more sand!! Just a quick pic, was too excited to wait until tomorrow for better light, just wanted to share. Pretty pleased with how it's looking ![]() Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Laid grass out the back to, but will hold off on pics until the deck is finished. My Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=62841 Re: Ben Trager Homes: Slow but steady progress 355Apr 23, 2014 1:31 pm Looks lovely. It will be great to see more progress pics. Re: Ben Trager Homes: Slow but steady progress 357May 09, 2014 8:33 am WOW that sunset is priceless! and breathtaking!!! Re: Ben Trager Homes: Painfully slow! 358Jul 28, 2014 11:01 pm Hi all, I have been reading your posts regarding BT. We went to pre-start early Dec 2013, our build commenced early feb, it all started out really promising. Since they have started building the amount of work all tallied up would be approx 3 weeks IN TOTAL.This is in a time frame of 6 MONTHS!!!!! Nobody has been working on our house in over 3 weeks and this is not the first lull but one of many since we first started this painfully slow exercise.We were promised great things and they have yet to prove that they are worthy of their assurances. We don't even have a roof yet. We too are building in the mandurah region. There is a fair bit of activity in building going on around us and houses that stared after us and at the same time are at lock up stage, a couple of houses are getting their driveways paved which is the last stage before handover. So if you have all the time in the world and looking for a retirement home go ahead and build. We were told all this last Nov by a couple we met, they were building the same house as we are currently building. We were stupid and thought that won't happen to us.... they were unlucky! Not sure who is having the last laugh....Don't say I didn't warn you!!
Re: Ben Trager Homes: Moved in - pics!! 359Jul 28, 2014 11:16 pm ![]() Seeing as though I promised pics, thought it was time a delivered. Only have a few tho! Rendered wall for the veggie patch. Will be textured in Malay Grey (same as our front feature colour). Expecting a good harvest from it, its huge!! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Rendered outdoor kitchen, from left to right will be a sink, BBQ and wood fired oven. Wood will be stored in the section below the oven. This will be textured in Malay Grey also, bench top will be composite brushed aluminium. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Framework for deck has begun, but need to hold off finishing it as the patio needs to be installed first before we can continue. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Bit of a preview of front landscaping. Have planted native garden, next to go in will be 3 black boys, mulch, then grass and compacted limestone to the remaining area. Hoping to have the front finished in the next few weeks so more pics will follow. The black pots may be changed, I think taller square pots will look better against the thick pillars. They are very special pots however (BF's great grandfather made them) so a place will be found for them out the back! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Over the last few weeks the sunsets have been amazing! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ What a fab view. My Build, viewtopic.php?f=31&t=64837 Hi Lomarg, sounds like you're dealing with quite a commmon issue in construction projects, here's how I would look at handling it. Start by recognising the progress made… 1 5116 ![]() I ended up refusing him to pay to fix HIS mistake. I paid money to fix just one ceiling, that too was overpriced but had no choice I shared my build story on another… 2 29160 My door tends to rub against the frame during winter and I'm looking to fix it so it closes smoothly. Looking online on Youtube I'm seeing methods to fix the alignment and… 0 16835 |