Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building Custom Double Storey with Burbank 21Jan 20, 2014 5:17 pm My Block!!!
I thought I post a image of my block how I originally purchased it before I never see it in this state again Approx 620m2 Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Wed 26th Jun 2013 - All mine Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Building Custom Double Storey with Burbank 22Jan 22, 2014 7:58 am You should have a slab in no time! Have they given you an actual date for the pour? Re: Building Custom Double Storey with Burbank 23Jan 24, 2014 4:48 pm Week 3 - Stormwater & Sewer Pipes and SLAB!!!!
Mon 20th Jan - Sun 26th Jan 2014 Continues............. What a great week this has been.. I must say this must be the most exciting week of the build process.... Mon 20th Jan - Day 8 Underground Pipes!!! Tue 21th Jan - Day 9 underground Pipes finish and re-levelled Wed 22nd Jan - Day 10 Slab preparation You wouldn't believe it but caught the delivery truck on the way out to work at 6:30AM delivering the waffle foam, Steel mesh.. perhaps ready for the slab preparation tommorrow?? Yet whilst I as at work, my (to-be) neighbor was kind enough to snap up some shots of the SLAB preparations.. YAP you heard right ....we may soon have SLAB Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Then at about 4pm received the first weekly call update from the builder admin providing me a status update 'sight scrape, under ground pipes were complete and slabbed should be schedule some time early next week' Thu 23rd Jan - Day 11 SLAB DAY!! 6:30am on the way out to work I notice there were trucks already lined up outside the block. YAP thats right - they were pouring the concrete.. Apparently my (to-be) neighbor told me there were already there at 5:30AM.. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Then at 10am I got sent some photos of the finished product.. Ahhhhhh My soon (to-be) home Man standing on my Outdoor Living Area/Alfresco Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Front Porch view Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Fri 24th Jan - Day 12 Today the Builder arranged for sight to be re- levelled and was very quick to send me 'Base Claim' invoice Slab invoice# standing infront of my triple garage facing Outdoor Living Area/Alfresco Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Building Custom Double Storey with Burbank 24Jan 24, 2014 4:51 pm BuildingInBallarat You should have a slab in no time! Have they given you an actual date for the pour? Guess what we finally have a SLAB You were right it was exactly 2 weeks from first sight scrape (Day 11) Burbank Custom DS 23/01 Slab 14/02 Frame 15/04 Lockup 13/06 Fixing 02/09 PCI 11/09 Settlement My Build:viewtopic.php?f=31&t=68855 Blog:http://ourmentone3850.blogspot.com.au Re: Building Custom Double Storey with Burbank 25Jan 24, 2014 11:03 pm WOW! steel only took them one day! that's fast. I've found another 3 houses are being built by burbank in my estate, good good. The foams and steel are all deliveried on my site, I wish they would do it tomorrow, but weekend... a long weekend, but seems by the end of next week I will reveive a fat invoice too. Re: Building Custom Double Storey with Burbank 26Jan 24, 2014 11:17 pm trambay WOW! steel only took them one day! that's fast. I've found another 3 houses are being built by burbank in my estate, good good. The foams and steel are all deliveried on my site, I wish they would do it tomorrow, but weekend... a long weekend, but seems by the end of next week I will reveive a fat invoice too. Woohoo you will also have a slab in no time ..I can't believe how much they did in just 4 days this week .. What are you building ? Perhaps post your floor plan too ? Re: Building Custom Double Storey with Burbank 27Jan 25, 2014 9:58 am I'm building cornell 1900, their standard design, the only change is swap the master room with living as I don't want to share wall with other room. :) http://www.burbank.com.au/victoria/hous ... spx?ID=270 Re: Building Custom Double Storey with Burbank 28Jan 25, 2014 12:25 pm Looks great, congratulations! Your water metre seems to be in quite an inconvenient place (I only noticed because ours is a bit too far over in front of our garage door), are they going to move that? Re: Building Custom Double Storey with Burbank 29Jan 25, 2014 3:46 pm BuildingInBallarat Looks great, congratulations! Your water metre seems to be in quite an inconvenient place (I only noticed because ours is a bit too far over in front of our garage door), are they going to move that? Hiya, At first Garage was build 20mm off the side boundry so the water meter was in a good location. But after they applied for the Permit they were advised there was a 1 meter restriction. Hence had to update the drawings to reflect so house had to shift left 1 meter so now its right in front of the single garage.. errrrrr... I dont think they will accept any variation now that they have start building.. what to do? Burbank Custom DS 23/01 Slab 14/02 Frame 15/04 Lockup 13/06 Fixing 02/09 PCI 11/09 Settlement My Build:viewtopic.php?f=31&t=68855 Blog:http://ourmentone3850.blogspot.com.au Re: Building Custom Double Storey with Burbank 30Jan 27, 2014 11:16 am Yay for your slab Mentone3850! Great to see how much they got done in just a couple of days.. fingers crossed my people can work just as fast! Re: Building Custom Double Storey with Burbank 31Feb 02, 2014 12:26 pm dee_77 Yay for your slab Mentone3850! Great to see how much they got done in just a couple of days.. fingers crossed my people can work just as fast! Hiya Dee_77 Have your builder started on your block as yet? Congrats on your colour selections by the way... Mine been on a halt this week.. weather hot and also no framer available til a couple of weeks Burbank Custom DS 23/01 Slab 14/02 Frame 15/04 Lockup 13/06 Fixing 02/09 PCI 11/09 Settlement My Build:viewtopic.php?f=31&t=68855 Blog:http://ourmentone3850.blogspot.com.au Re: Building Custom Double Storey with Burbank 32Feb 02, 2014 12:37 pm Week 4 - Slabbed Down but NO FRAMER Available
Mon 27th Jan - Sun 02nd Feb 2014 What a looong week this has been.. went by the block every day hoping to see first part of the timber frame delivered but block remains untouched since Slab Pour last Thur 23 Jan. Mon 27th Jan - Day 13 Australia Day - Public Holiday Tue 28th Jan - Day 14 Industrial RDO Independent inspector came out to inspected slab - no major issues found( within tolerance ). Wed 29th Jan - Day 15 Received Burbank official 'Commencement Letter' According to Burbank, as the Slab invoice was issued on 24th Jan, this constitutes as the official 'Start Date' and completion date should be within 330 days. So technically speaking my home is to be completed by 20th December 2014. My Christmas present hey? But the contractor admin said they tend to take only 7-8 months to build a double Storey.... Fingers cross hoping to move in by July - Aug... Thu 30st Jan - Day 16 Its been exactly 7 days since Slab Pour and besides sight fill , no other progress At 1pm received weekly call from the builder contract admin providing me a status update ' Slab has been completed, and now just awaiting for Framer to be come available to start ' Thats another one or two or even three weeks I have to wait??? errrrrrrr how annoying... Re: Building Custom Double Storey with Burbank 33Feb 02, 2014 6:09 pm Hi mentone, they may surprise u! My was slab poured just a few days ago, I went to the site on Saturday early evening to have a look at the slab, see how it was curing, what i saw was the frame! So u may see your frame when you r not expecting Mine is a single storey little one, I guess they done it on saturday only, your two storey house will take more time cetrainly. Re: Building Custom Double Storey with Burbank 34Feb 02, 2014 8:48 pm trambay Hi mentone, they may surprise u! My was slab poured just a few days ago, I went to the site on Saturday early evening to have a look at the slab, see how it was curing, what i saw was the frame! So u may see your frame when you r not expecting Mine is a single storey little one, I guess they done it on saturday only, your two storey house will take more time cetrainly. Hi trambay , wow that's super quick .. Your onto a flying start .. Do you have a blog ? Have you heard from the ss or admin as yet ? Which head office are you dealing with ? I am dealing with the altona office .. I am hoping to be surprise this week .. Finger cross Re: Building Custom Double Storey with Burbank 35Feb 02, 2014 9:32 pm Mentone3850 Wed 29th Jan - Day 15 Received Burbank official 'Commencement Letter' According to Burbank, as the Slab invoice was issued on 24th Jan, this constitutes as the official 'Start Date' and completion date should be within 330 days. So technically speaking my home is to be completed by 20th December 2014. My Christmas present hey? But the contractor admin said they tend to take only 7-8 months to build a double Storey.... Fingers cross hoping to move in by July - Aug... They have an excessively long construction period in their contracts. It's an unreasonable length of time to build a house and covers them from having to pay out any liquidated damages if there are delays. We had them strike that out and put in a much shorter period. What your contract admin says is right however - they do tend to take 7-8 months on a two storey build. That's how long ours took as well. You can plan on being in your house by September Completed a knock down and rebuild in northern Melbourne. Handover completed 27/09/2013 and now moved in. Re: Building Custom Double Storey with Burbank 36Feb 02, 2014 10:09 pm Hi mentone, I'm tooo Lazy to start up a topic... but I think I will write one when it's done so other ppl who think of burbank can have a look if they want. I chose contact me via email, so normally I just have been receiving emails from them. they called, but I was driving, missed. I'm dealing with dandenong office, I think they are okay, no drama so far, I have read some blogs of burbank house owners, single storey normally only take 4 or 5 months to build, good good. I think your SS will send in ppl to do the frame very soon, 2 weeks after slab is quite normal, actually I think my frame is erected too soon, as generally it happened to other ppl around 2 weeks after slab, maybe the roof truss will be put on a little bit later? is my slab strong enough for those weight? you know, I got doubts in my mind. I went to the site Sunday early morning again with a level in hand and randomly checked their work, I think their work is decent and neat, at least I will get vertical walls and square corners and no major issue, so I won't send in inspector until lock up. I suggest you go and check up too, or send in an inspector to do it for you Re: Building Custom Double Storey with Burbank 37Feb 02, 2014 10:48 pm trambay Hi mentone, I think my frame is erected too soon, as generally it happened to other ppl around 2 weeks after slab, maybe the roof truss will be put on a little bit later? is my slab strong enough for those weight? you know, I got doubts in my mind. I went to the site Sunday early morning again with a level in hand and randomly checked their work, I think their work is decent and neat, at least I will get vertical walls and square corners and no major issue, so I won't send in inspector until lock up. I suggest you go and check up too, or send in an inspector to do it for you We have two weeks of nice hot weather so I think your slab is truly dried by the time the frame was erected .. As for ours , it's been left open and exposed in direct sun for over 1 weeks now .. My hubby been worried that we may see cracks so he's been out to water the slab a few times.. After reading people blogs I opt to have an independent inspector come out during slab .. He didnt find anything major but here was his findings :- "The slab has been installed within tolerance 4mm over 2m and not more than 10mm variation across the whole floor. The patio is out by 4mm with a slight bump approx 1.5m from the sliding door. This means the builder is not required to make any adjustment. with 4mm water pooling is regarded as insignificant and will disparate quickly under decking as the concrete is not sealed" - so he gave us the OK to make the slab payment .. I will be having a frame and final inspection done by my independent inspector too.. Re: Building Custom Double Storey with Burbank 38Feb 03, 2014 7:06 am Well, I found my slab finish is rough, most of my neighbors' slabs are smooth or very smooth, I can't tell your slab finish from your photo, do you have some close up photos? From other burbank house owners' blogs, I see their slab are not smooth also, I guess that's how burbank do it.... no crack on my slab, I just feel the surface is a bit rough and ugly but it will be covered up by floor later anyway. Guessing they mixed more little stones in cement and the mixure was a little bit dry, i'm no expert to this Re: Building Custom Double Storey with Burbank 39Feb 03, 2014 7:30 am trambay Well, I found my slab finish is rough, most of my neighbors' slabs are smooth or very smooth, I can't tell your slab finish from your photo, do you have some close up photos? From other burbank house owners' blogs, I see their slab are not smooth also, I guess that's how burbank do it.... no crack on my slab, I just feel the surface is a bit rough and ugly but it will be covered up by floor later anyway. Guessing they mixed more little stones in cement and the mixure was a little bit dry, i'm no expert to this Heres a couple of photos that the SS posted on My place of the slab inspection.. As you can see the slab is completly dry (hence its so so white) Besides my porch (rough) everywhere else in the home seems to be of a smooth finish. Is your slab white yet? Standing at Alfresco facing the front of house Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Standing near garage facing my front porch Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Did they take any photos for you and upload to My place? Re: Building Custom with Burbank - NO FRAMER Available 40Feb 03, 2014 11:32 am The photos they have taken are not very clear, I just uploaded a few site photos of mine so you know the differences. Only links, don't want to take your spotlight and make other readers confused, lol.
See my neighbor's slab! such a beautie! http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p53/ ... g~original Now it's mine, so-so... http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p53/ ... g~original Close-ups.. http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p53/ ... g~original http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p53/ ... g~original With frames http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p53/ ... g~original This certainly doesn't look good. I would be engaging with an independent inspector to have a look at this. As for the unscheduled site visits, most builders are quite… 1 28312 Hi All, Recently we have signed a contract with Burbank and we are not aware that they have just DORSET, SURREY, HAMPSHIRE, KENT, PILBARA and REDGUM bricks from PGH are… 0 3152 It seems very clear to me that your contract states that a security account does NOT need to be established so the answer to the builder is NO. If in doubt find a contract… 1 8505 |