Browse Forums Building A New House Re: First home build with MainVue - Amalfi532 161Nov 22, 2013 10:45 am The speeds have been good...last time i checked on our 100/40 connection we were getting 65/25mbps speeds. No more buffering on youtube, Yay! Re: First home build with MainVue - Amalfi532 162Nov 22, 2013 10:48 am beats my current 10mbps on adsl2 lol.....awesome .....are u a usenet user? Re: First home build with MainVue - Amalfi532 163Nov 22, 2013 10:51 am lol, that's pretty good too as compared to ADSL2+ I've been a loyal Exetel customer for over 5 yrs now, their download limits don't count uploads check them out...http://www.exetel.com.au/residential-fibre-overview.php Re: First home build with MainVue - Amalfi 532 164Jan 12, 2014 5:01 pm Getting back to the house after a brief hiatus On the 8th of October, our SS, his boss and us met at the house for a final tour of the house and iron out the last outstanding issues. in meantime the floorboard is going hammer and tongs to complete the job. We were meant to settle that day but instead settled on 9th October at the Henley office, as the bank had transferred the monies to another account!, in a way this helped us meet all the people who assisted us in building process at various stages. 10th October the floorboards was still going on with at-least 25% still remaining. by the time he finished it was the 11th, Our SS was was due to check-in on how we have settled. The 2 days of cutting and grinding the floorboards the house was full of dust and wood clippings. looking at state in which the house was our SS immediately rung up the cleaners to come and re clean the entire house. (he's been a top man throughout the building process). They came in and completely turned the house sparkling clean in 4 hours, without them we would have been at it for at-least a week. Thank you Joe for arranging that. Im not sure if wrote about the trade person (Wayne Daniels - aka Blitz Outdoor Solutions - STAY AWAY) who was meant to do our fencing and concreting and landscaping before we moved in had siphoned off with half the deposit of $10k never to show up again (we are still chasing this at VCAT now). This meant we were without a fence and a driveway for weeks before we could arrange new trades (& money) to complete these tasks. What a nightmare those few weeks were. Not to mention the Misus was close to 9 months by then. Finally our concreter - Nathan Porter Concreting who had jobs lined up for the next few weeks mentioned he had a slot opened up they got cracking with the driveway. We got the front the driveway and the front apron in exposed agg (F19 mix from NPC's website.) and plain concrete for the side of the house. They were perhaps the best tradespeople we've ever come across. I'd highly recommend them. check them out here Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Closeup of the driveway exposed agg colour. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Finally here are some pics of the house, we're only putting up a few and the last of them. If you'd like to see some more, please contact us privately and we'll see what we can do. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ If you'll are still reading...let me know if you like to see about our landscaping updates here! Re: First home build with MainVue - Amalfi 532 165Jan 12, 2014 8:02 pm That all looks great! Congrats I'd still love to see updates! - MrsT Brought first house in 2008. Renovated...a LOT. Built in 2013. Our thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=67954 Re: First home build with MainVue - Amalfi 532 166Jan 13, 2014 9:08 am Thanks MrsT, all and all its been a great experience building a house from scratch. looking forward to reading about your progress now. Re: First home build with MainVue - Amalfi 532 167Jan 13, 2014 9:12 am Just caught up on the thread as I haven't had a chance to for a while. Looks great. Would definitely like to see landscaping progress! Re: First home build with MainVue - Amalfi 532 168Jan 13, 2014 11:43 am Hey CW, good to see that you were able to get the driveway done at least. Would love to see the landscaping pics as they happen. Are congratulations in order for you and Mrs CW? It must have been a very trying time for you both. Re: First home build with MainVue - Amalfi 532 169Jan 13, 2014 12:03 pm Thanks Metroid, love the look of the facade of your house and the kitchen area. Thanks Backpocket we've been flat-out with tiny CW taking up all our time! The post handover exterior work really pushed us to the edge, but i'm glad we managed to cope somehow then. The front landscaping is being completed as i speak, so there i'll post an update soon. Re: First home build with MainVue - Amalfi 532 171Jan 14, 2014 8:40 pm Trambay, from memory they primarily service the western suburbs, so if u are buying I the area they are definitely worth considering. Re: First home build with MainVue - Amalfi 532 172Jan 15, 2014 10:39 am Hi wacky, looking super! May i ask where you get the decor hanging on the hallway wall? Love them! Also, could you give me some insight regarding flooring. As i understand, you put the skirting after the floorboard was installed, no? If so, did the carpet go under the skirting as well? Because i notice where your carpet and floorboard join, the skirting is flush (has no height difference) which looks really really good! Thanks! Re: First home build with MainVue - Amalfi 532 173Jan 15, 2014 11:55 am cheers mtz...ive been following your thread closely and am looking forward to seeing th final pics of your house. Our flooring dint require quading, instead we got them to caulk the sides of the floorboards to water proof them where the floorboards meet the skirting, even though it wast required. Where the flooboards meet the carpet our installer had a 'Y' shaped aluminum strip, where the floorboards were inserted in the 'U' portion of the groove and the 'tail portion of the Y' was hammered down on the carpet to make it flush with the floorboards. I hope my explanation makes sense? Its an original WW2 aeroplane rotor sourced from an antique shop in Malvern. Re: First home build with MainVue - Amalfi 532 174Jan 15, 2014 12:04 pm thanks wacky i can picture how they installed your floorboards. we have settled the house, we are now in the process of installing the flooring. so much stuffs to do, i am overwhelmed. haha. i'll post up some pictures when i got the time. oh wow, that is an antique item! i'll check out an antique shop... Re: First home build with MainVue - Amalfi 532 175Jan 15, 2014 12:28 pm Wow looks fantastic! I just read through your thread start to finish. Definitely would love to see the landscaping updates too. Researching a build in South Australia from Sydney. Re: First home build with MainVue - Amalfi 532 176Jan 15, 2014 1:33 pm mtz08 its amazing the amount of work required after handover. The one thing i'd advise all of them who are building is to get the blinds order in, the moment the plaster goes on. Those lazy blinds companies take at least 4 weeks to install. ditto for fencing too. Thank you KGsGirl....glad to learn that you'll have started building this early in your life...it will really set you'll up very well for later...congrats on the loan approval too! ..... our landscaping is progress as we speak, will post updates soon. Re: First home build with MainVue - Amalfi 532 178Jan 15, 2014 7:25 pm Oh blinds... I have no idea what to do about those things! - MrsT Brought first house in 2008. Renovated...a LOT. Built in 2013. Our thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=67954 Re: First home build with MainVue - Amalfi 532 179Jan 15, 2014 9:35 pm Unless you know exactly what u want it sure is overwhelming. First the type, then style, then colour by the end of it I couldn't care whether Co. 1's Venetian blinds were 2mm thicker than the Co.2 Re: First home build with MainVue - Amalfi 532 180Jan 16, 2014 9:56 am Hi guys Wife and I are going through our quote for the Amalfi 532 and were wondering if it's worth getting refrigerated cooling through Mainvue? Would it be cheaper to get those split systems (master, living room, a bedroom) after hand over? Would I need one in the home theater room too? What are your thoughts? Does anyone have evaporative cooling? How is it on a day like this (or week in Melbourne 40+ degrees)? So it looks like we finally have some movement on site! Definitely later than expected, but I'll take any progress at this point. I'll drop by over the weekend to get… 5 27230 hi guys. Please be nice. First time home builder in Qld. I would like some feedback please on whether I should build my granny flat first before my main house at the… 0 4584 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 17511 |