Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Our Simonds Harcrest build in Brisbane 128Aug 05, 2014 10:34 pm TomCat what facade are you getting? I'm trying to work out BG's -- Plymouth or Waterford maybe? Whatever, it's lovely! Pretty sure it's the Plymouth. We shrank our balcony a bit so it might look a bit non-standard. Hope that helps I linked our actual floor plans way early in this thread so maybe more useful into in there too. Cheers, Geoff Re: Our Simonds Harcrest build in Brisbane 129Aug 05, 2014 11:16 pm Fabulous, you legend Geoff. I just been reading over your journey. Funny how the bricks did look meh on the pallet. But they've now got presence. And your mortar, although not as bright as expected is fine in the whole scheme. The 'slurry' bricks are a bit of a weird thing but all the nice colours are slurry bricks. We have a nice full clay brick here which I think might be similar to yours. I'm sure Deluxes has it --- Archipelago. D if you read this; is Archipelago full clay? And do you reckon it looks a bit like Brissyguy's? Thanks again for this Geoff! I have my interior sorted but I do like yours too That is a nice facade! Re: Our Simonds Harcrest build in Brisbane 130Aug 21, 2014 12:46 pm What's happening. - have you had hand over yet? I stumbled across a new build simonds very close to where i live and was happy to see the Canyon brick being used- makes my brick choice much easier. Don't forget to show us how its looking. Re: Our Simonds Harcrest build in Brisbane 131Aug 21, 2014 2:03 pm aussiepam1327 What's happening. - have you had hand over yet? I stumbled across a new build simonds very close to where i live and was happy to see the Canyon brick being used- makes my brick choice much easier. Don't forget to show us how its looking. Hi aussiepam and others. Sorry it's a bit of a blur at the moment with the house but more so work trying to finalize a big project. So we have handover tomorrow morning at 9am. There is a disagreement over a couple of issues but I am living in hope they will be resolved before handover. I'll wait til I see what they fix before I post the list up.. It's only 5 or so items. Meanwhile the retaining wall is going in and were packing the old house up like mad! Update tomorrow night Re: Our Simonds Harcrest build in Brisbane 133Aug 22, 2014 11:29 am Exciting news - we have keys and have completed handover. Not exciting news - several items raised at PCI have not been fixed. Our site super was away so I guess someone else was coordinating. The CSO is calling the SS today and organising it all. I have returned one set of keys to Simonds so they can come and go until next Wednesday when we move in. Slightly disappointing finale to an otherwise build. I am confident they will fix the key items quickly though. As promised here's the list: - no front door handle, only a deadlock - deadlock doesn't latch completely - some silicon missing in shower - weep holes need some cleaning out - one of the gutters doesn't join up to the house (1cm gap) - manhole cover missing - damaged window and scratch on glass That last one was a point of contention with the SS so I'm not surprised it wasn't fixed. CSO agrees it needs replacing. Really only the front door handle and shower silicon are critical to me. Pics to come when I get back there tomorrow, had to run to work Re: Our Simonds Harcrest build in Brisbane 135Aug 22, 2014 7:22 pm Hello from Melbourne! We live in a Simonds home but have also built one in SA, the Leon. Your home is coming along nicely. Loving all the touches you have made and colour choices. Cant wait to see more of the kitchen Re: Our Simonds Harcrest build in Brisbane 136Aug 22, 2014 8:47 pm Congrats on handover brissyguy, hopefully all of your issues get sorted out before you move in. Building a Sierra on the Gold Coast https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=68899 Full timeline on Pg 1 Settlement: 13/05/14 Retaining Walls: 20/06/14 Site Start: 02/07/14 Re: Our Simonds Harcrest build in Brisbane 138Sep 02, 2014 10:58 pm So it's been pretty intense this last week. Blinds and shutters going in, moving, settlement on old house to new buyer. Simonds are still fixing up a few things but have been pretty good so far - we're building a list for their "1 month maintenance" schedule. I snapped a few really bad photos which is lame I know. After we finish unpacking this weekend hope to put proper ones up. Our carpet guy was pretty mediocre, he has to come back. Retaining wall guys are great - man that's a big project. Not so good though were the boundary survey pegs, the fence holes went in and were obviously wrong to me. Goodbye 800$ to get an urgent survey done, money well spent thought! Allllso not so good is the bobcat guy we hired whose machine "slipped off" a dirt pile and destroyed the neighbours new turf. Not our cost but their SS was ** - they had handover for this Friday. Not best way to start neighbourly relations! Overall still very happy though. This house is massive! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Our Simonds Harcrest build in Brisbane 140Sep 03, 2014 10:05 pm WOW - looks great and as you said massive! There are always issues at handover and over the next few months - unfortunately but it sounds like Simonds are quite good to deal with (sigh of relief here) Shame about the other problems but hopefully they all get fixed quickly. 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