Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Dee & Dan's First Home Build - HGWA - ROOF FRAME!! 181May 29, 2014 9:07 pm Providence Estate - Wellard, WA - Ventura https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=68532 Pinterest (all selections): http://www.pinterest.com/aimees88/final-house-selections/ Re: Dee & Dan's First Home Build - HGWA - ROOF FRAME!! 182May 30, 2014 10:43 am Hi Dee! I also have a few friends who have RSVP'd to the furniture sale!! Good luck!! Sounds like it could get scary. I think it could be fun just to go along and watch the chaos unfold Been quietly observing your thread for awhile, love your plan and LOVE the pool. Bring on summer!! Re: Dee & Dan's First Home Build - HGWA - ROOF FRAME!! 183May 30, 2014 1:59 pm Just rock up, in your fluro gym gear, and do heaps of warm up stretches and intimidate everyone else there! We went to one about 12 months ago, got out of the car and stood back and watched the bedlam take place. Lucky for us. We have family so work in the industry and have scammed things we have seen and liked thru favours and cartons of beer!! Maybe see it as a personal challenge - game on! Re: Dee & Dan's First Home Build - HGWA - ROOF FRAME!! 184May 31, 2014 12:09 am Rosienchris Ohhh I've been to one before actually I've been to two! Both were ABN group display home sales (so celebration homes etc we were building with celebration homes at the time) one was actually in a warehouse in Osborne park and that was quite mellow and we got loads of great bargains especially wall art, the other one was an actual display home and it was crazy! Some of the staff had actually put things on hold for themselves before the sale officially opened which we thought was a bit cheeky so we didn't find a lot at that one! Hope you find some nice bargains can't wait to hear how it was Yes this is also a Celebration homes one...seems they sell a lot of their stuff huh! Very cheeky of the staff to put things aside for themselves...hopefully there's lots of nice goodies up for grabs in the morning! elle11 Hi Dee! I also have a few friends who have RSVP'd to the furniture sale!! Good luck!! Sounds like it could get scary. I think it could be fun just to go along and watch the chaos unfold Been quietly observing your thread for awhile, love your plan and LOVE the pool. Bring on summer!! I already am scared elle! haha about to head off to bed to rest up so im fighting fit in the morning! I almost feel like I want to video the madness but im too scared I will miss out on something to do that! haha. And yes I cant wait for summer either Marcia Just rock up, in your fluro gym gear, and do heaps of warm up stretches and intimidate everyone else there! We went to one about 12 months ago, got out of the car and stood back and watched the bedlam take place. Lucky for us. We have family so work in the industry and have scammed things we have seen and liked thru favours and cartons of beer!! Maybe see it as a personal challenge - game on! Challenge accepted! We're thinking of rocking up around 5ish...3am is apparently just way to early as my other half looked like he almost had a heart attack when I told him that's how early your friends were lining up! Follow closely by his 'don't you even think about it' face! Im getting nervous now! Will let you all know how it goes!! Re: Dee & Dan's First Home Build - HGWA - ROOF FRAME!! 185May 31, 2014 12:24 am I was going to ask you to videotape it for all of our viewing pleasure, but figured you'd need both hands to fight your way in! I just noticed a facebook friend of mine RSVP'd to it also. Good luck dee. Hope you score some great stuff. Go get em and then report back Re: Dee & Dan's First Home Build - HGWA - ROOF FRAME!! 186May 31, 2014 9:07 am ardie514 I was going to ask you to videotape it for all of our viewing pleasure, but figured you'd need both hands to fight your way in! I just noticed a facebook friend of mine RSVP'd to it also. Good luck dee. Hope you score some great stuff. Go get em and then report back I want VIDEO too love to know how every behaves Re: Dee & Dan's First Home Build - HGWA - ROOF FRAME!! 187Jun 01, 2014 12:09 pm Okay sooo the sale was SO intense! We ended up sleeping in a bit longer than intended and arrived around 7:30am. Turns out that was pretty good timing as we were probably about 12th in line so not too bad at all. After that the masses arrived and by the time the doors opened the line was down the street and around the corner out of site! We were really not prepared for just HOW prepared the people in front of us were though. Between the time they walked in to 30seconds later when we did ALL the beds had been stripped people were walking out off all rooms carrying all the furniture they wanted - it was MADNESS! I would say within 5 minutes everything was gone! Some great prices and stuff but luckily we weren't too fussed this time as the house was styled in a sort of country rustic theme which isn't what we're going for. But I am so glad we went, such a great practice for the next one and now we know just how brutal we have to be! Really great opportunity for people to grab a bargain but I would definitely recommend going with a few people on your 'team' so you can hit multiple rooms at once...otherwise you have no chance! Oh and zero chance of me videoing what happened...there was so many ppl in there you could barely move let alone lift your arm up to film them! lol Re: Dee & Dan's First Home Build - HGWA - ROOF FRAME!! 188Jun 01, 2014 5:12 pm That is insane! I want to go to one - you really have to case out the house prior so you know what rooms to run to haha. Providence Estate - Wellard, WA - Ventura https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=68532 Pinterest (all selections): http://www.pinterest.com/aimees88/final-house-selections/ Re: Dee & Dan's First Home Build - HGWA - ROOF FRAME!! 189Jun 01, 2014 6:00 pm wow!! I think will stick with the shops Re: Dee & Dan's First Home Build - HGWA - ROOF FRAME!! 190Jun 01, 2014 6:51 pm I am with 2 cupcakes. Think I would rather pay full price at a shop lol I would probably end up in a fist fight hahahaha! Re: Dee & Dan's First Home Build - HGWA - ROOF FRAME!! 191Jun 01, 2014 7:46 pm belzey I am with 2 cupcakes. Think I would rather pay full price at a shop lol I would probably end up in a fist fight hahahaha! LOL Re: Dee & Dan's First Home Build - HGWA - ROOF FRAME!! 192Jun 01, 2014 11:31 pm aimees88 That is insane! I want to go to one - you really have to case out the house prior so you know what rooms to run to haha. Yep that is definitely the best plan of attack! If you don't mind a big crowd then definitely give it a go belzey I am with 2 cupcakes. Think I would rather pay full price at a shop lol I would probably end up in a fist fight hahahaha! Haha belzey & cupcakes that's so funny! It was pretty fun to watch it unfold...some people brought their kids and used them to sit on their pile of goodies as they went hunting for more to make sure no one took their stash! lol Re: Dee & Dan's First Home Build - HGWA - ROOF FRAME!! 193Jun 01, 2014 11:46 pm Sounds like you had fun and the antics of others didn't disappoint!! Re: Dee & Dan's First Home Build - HGWA - ROOF FRAME!! 195Jun 06, 2014 5:15 pm V1SHRNZ Did you manage to pick up anything Dee? We didnt end up getting anything..there were some nice decorative knick knacks but for now we are focussing on the big items for the house before choosing all the little bits and pieces. Going shopping this weekend for furniture - so excited! Re: Dee & Dan's First Home Build - HGWA - ROOF FRAME!! 196Jun 06, 2014 5:24 pm Good job, enjoy your furniture shopping. Just so I can enable you some more ... here's a website I stalk ... they send out a daily email with the new sales that come up. Some of it is pricey, some not so. But you have to be quick, no indecision as stuff can sell out in literally minutes. But they play fair, you get a heads up on what is coming up in the next fortnight so you can plan ahead! You do have to register but it is definitely worth it! http://www.templeandwebster.com.au/ Re: Dee & Dan's First Home Build - HGWA - ROOF FRAME!! 197Jun 08, 2014 11:44 am Marcia Good job, enjoy your furniture shopping. Just so I can enable you some more ... here's a website I stalk ... they send out a daily email with the new sales that come up. Some of it is pricey, some not so. But you have to be quick, no indecision as stuff can sell out in literally minutes. But they play fair, you get a heads up on what is coming up in the next fortnight so you can plan ahead! You do have to register but it is definitely worth it! http://www.templeandwebster.com.au/ Ohhhh i live for this sort of thing! Cant wait to pick up a bargain! Furniture shopping is hard work...but im so excited we finally picked our lounge and bed and are tossing up 2 options for our dining table - I never knew it could be so hard to find a nice square table! Will post pics soon so I can get some opinions Re: Dee & Dan's First Home Build - HGWA - ROOF FRAME!! 198Jun 08, 2014 11:49 am I think square tables have come and gone ... We bought one about five years ago and they were everywhere. Now it looks like rectangular is back in. Good to hear you're starting to cross off the furniture list, it's so hard to come up with things when you only have paper plans to work with! Re: Dee & Dan's First Home Build - HGWA - ROOF FRAME!! 199Jun 09, 2014 6:51 pm Yes square tables are definitely not the favourite now! We need a sqaure table for our space though which is making it really hard. Oh well..more shopping for us Re: Dee & Dan's First Home Build - HGWA - ROOF FRAME!! 200Jun 10, 2014 2:41 am It's great to see it all coming togther Dee Don't know why but I haven't been getting any notifications through about threads lately so have missed all this commotion about the sale, sounds like bedlam best not let ht OH know about these otherwise I'll be dragged out no doubt With a bit of luck you'll get the roof on before too much of the heavy rain comes and you won't get held up. have you used any of the motorised curtain systems available from Ebay? Which one and how is it? 0 2461 7 30613 hi guys. Please be nice. 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