Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building with Kurmond Homes 298Aug 03, 2013 6:37 pm Hi everyone... thought I would pop in.... My Dear Carak, I am so sorry you're still fighting the good fight... hang in there luv.... I am sure after all this everything will work out... I am praying for you.... Hey Upsize I can't remember how much the additional tv points were, we had heaps in ours (total of 5) as we had one in 3 of the bedrooms plus HT and living. I would check with your Sentinel appointment or speak to them. I think from memory we swapped some things around. I think we had more phone connections than we needed as we have cordless so I think we swapped one over for a tv point. Sentinel were great, they forgot to set up our aerial and the guy had to come in and fix that up, which was lucky in the end as he then gave us a tutorial on the alarm etc as we upgraded ours to perimeter so we can have all doors and windows alarmed at night and still move around the house. While he was here he checked the sensors, as we have 10ft ceilings the sensors were not appropriate. basically in order to activate properly, they would need to sit 1/2 way up the wall as they were too far away to pick up properly - especially the distance of our garage which is 4 garages long. He said we only had the basic sensors installed (which I would not have expected anything else really), and he came back a few days later and changed every sensor to the top of the line which flash red as soon as you appear - no cost!!! So great. He was really nice - Anyway, keep this in mind if you have more than average height ceilings, make sure you also have appropriate alarm sensors to cater for the additional distance your ceilings make. Hey Mars, your feature tile I think is the same as in our main bathroom and your wall tiles look very similar also - very nice taste... Bugger on the bamboo.... they didn't have this as an option when we built I definitely would have done it if it was although DH was against Bamboo, I probably could have swung it had it been part of the build... would have saved a lot of headaches post build as we did our own tiling, although I am loving my porcelain tiles (except I still don't know how to clean them)... ANYWAY, Carak, I haven't posted any photo's yet because to be honest our house is no different to what the photo's showed 4 months ago, although today I had my first lot of shutters installed, our master, ensuite, DS's room and main bath (aka Ds's ensuite as it's 3 way) and the large window in the rumpus (aka DS's play room). So thought I would share as it's the first real change to the house for us (everything is too expensive and is going to take a while). No garden as DH is a horticultralist and says he wont plant or turf until spring as if he does it now our lawn will go brown and our plants will struggle - so come on spring... I want some green... although he did plant trees but they are disidous (pear trees I think).. so still no green.. just big twigs... lucky we have our own nursery, they are like fully grown already, at least that's one good thing... Anyway here are some pics of my new shutters: DS's Bedroom (Still need to put up his art work so walls are looking a bit bland still) Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Our Master Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/r590/Lilac500/master2open_zpsdc7283c1.jpg Master Ensuite Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/r590/Lilac500/ensuite2_zpse7d4229c.jpg Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/r590/Lilac500/ensuite4_zps96d7918d.jpg Main bathroom http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/r590/Lilac500/mainbath_zps3916d69f.jpg Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Rumpus shutters Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Back yard from rumpus (BTW the cones are for our Ds's race track for his pee wee... love all the space. We put translucent rollers on the stackers http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/r590/Lilac500/backyard_zps2dd6ccca.jpg kitchen/rumpus (Note: I am in the middle of cooking good old bubble and squeak.. so it is a working kitchen, please ignore the mess... also the stools are from our old place and will be replaced with white/stainless bar stools in the near future so no they are not a permanent fixture but will do for now and finally, the open space between the couch and kitchen will host our round dinner table that DH has lost the screws to so can't put back together... Not sure exactly when this might happen, but I am hoping soon as already for the past 4 months we have been eating on our lap.... http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/r590/Lilac500/kitchen_zps904d7ffe.jpg Anyway - that's all - I will post again when there is something to see.... probably another 6 months..... Hope everything starts moving forward for you all look forward to seeing your progress. Blog: http://cbcbuild.blogspot.com.au/ Building Thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=62155 Re: Building with Kurmond Homes 299Aug 04, 2013 11:39 am Hi all, We are waiting on the preliminary plans so not much progress. To upsizetime - does your land slope to the street or to the rear? Do you have an easement on your land? The drain may be at the "head" of a drainage line and the line flows off through other properties. If you pm me a copy of your deposited plan and a picture of the drain I will be able to tell. Re: Building with Kurmond Homes 300Aug 04, 2013 6:12 pm Love your house Lilac, can't wait to be at that stage. Beanzy, our land slopes ever so gentlly away from the street. I think it is catch all storm water running down the back. Can't do anything about it just was curious. Meet with P from Kurmond, he was good, went through everything, felt for D as he was there also and knows we went above him. Price and other things added to plan as requested, so most stuff is included in tender, bar a handful of electrical items. Also, NBN is left out to as don't think he knows what to quote for it, he suggested better leaving it for R. Plans get finalised tomorrow and then if all ok sign off time and bank time for Money!!! And guess what out bank manager is overseas, I told him we should organise before he went, but he thought we would be ok. Fingers crossed everything is right tomorrow and then contracts. What do I need to look out for there? Oven beeping time for me to go. Have a lovely night all. Ask for references and speak to them. If they are defensive or try to avoid the request, walk. 1 74688 I would never build with Fowler homes. I built with them in 2021 and till date maintenance issues are pending. All their existing trades and businesses don't work with… 14 105491 Hi there! Putting the feelers out there for those who have (or almost) built with Arli homes! 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