Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Handover checklist - what's on your list? 2Aug 06, 2013 12:46 pm It's started! http://nickleglencastle.blogspot.com.au Re: Handover checklist - what's on your list? 4Aug 06, 2013 1:27 pm Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65498 Deposit 17/02/13 Contract 12/04 Slab 17/05 Roof 06/06 Bricks, Lockup and Fixing 04/07 PCI 22/08 Handover 29/08 Moved in 07/09! Re: Handover checklist - what's on your list? 6Aug 06, 2013 1:54 pm Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65498 Deposit 17/02/13 Contract 12/04 Slab 17/05 Roof 06/06 Bricks, Lockup and Fixing 04/07 PCI 22/08 Handover 29/08 Moved in 07/09! Re: Handover checklist - what's on your list? 8Aug 06, 2013 8:21 pm The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Handover checklist - what's on your list? 10Aug 06, 2013 11:06 pm Slab – 31 Oct 2012 Frame - 15 Nov 2012 Bricks – 26 Nov 2012 Roof - 14 Jan 2013 Lock Up- 11 Feb 2013 PCI- 23rd May 2013 Settlement - 7th June 2013 Re: Handover checklist - what's on your list? 13Nov 16, 2015 6:31 pm This is how it is... Top and bottom of all doors must now be painted...not just wet areas or entry doors If you use your own sticky red dots and they are pushed flat then the builder may not remove them as they could cause damage or mark the walls. Your problem, not the builders. Plus use removable dots, not permanent. Better still get the green safe removal roll of tape from Bunnings for about $1.50 roll. The sharp metal on your carpet edge is called...smoothedge and this has little metal triangles with points that hold the carpet in place. If you hammer these flat you will never get the carpet up in that area. plus is not recommended by carpet layers to do this. The "plonked" piece of carpet in your robes( except the walk in robe) is how all builders do it. This is never held in place or has an underlay but is known as loose layed. Standard practice in building industry When viewing paint....you must be 1.5 m away from the wall. 90 degrees to the wall and in natural light. You can not view paint on an angle as things like "glancing light" comes into play Scratches on glass....must be 2m from glass but there can be 3only 10mm scratches and this is within guidlines. Everything in your house has standards and tolerances so there is no such thing as perfect. hope this helps yes it does, you've just not understood it. theres a difference. 4 5579 Your house should come in "as new" condition. It should be clean, and without stains 1 4768 Thanks mate. Yeah good points! Leaning towards Option 3 to get a bit extra space in the cabinets but not going too crazy high (and expensive). Would require a mini… 13 40190 |