Building Metricon Fortitude32 - Bannockburn: FLOORING

trindy · Sep 28, 2014 1:00 am

well this stage has been the longest yet, not in a bad way, bricks just take a looong time and its not like whoa everytime ya go past, more like oh they've done a little bit more, but gradually, your colour selections and your home, start to come together and look like a house, we are soo happy with our bricks.

we've also had the evap and heating done, plumbing & electrical rough in, downpipes, eve cladding, plaster is fitted and its had first fill, and they have also start on our facade wood batten feature

we've had a few minor hiccups which our site supervisor has been quick to amend and/or explain, tap rough in for bath was as per drawing but not as per selections, as i think the drafters forget to amend the plans, but this along with the location of the gas supply line was relocated without hastle.

we have also had a few unexpected things pop up
the facade downpipe, we knew it was there, but we didn't know it would look the way it does, we're not sure whether we don't like it or not, or what we could do to improve it, but it is pretty much as drawn so we can't do much about it.

here is the elevation drawing showing the down pipe, slightly more attractive than the actual product

here is the actual downpipe, 1st pic is taken from in the middle of our front portico

and this is the display home, which is kinda what we had pictured

also there was this beam we didn't notice until bricks were completed, we have a tiny little portico-ish type thing at our laundry door, so this is cause for a horizontal beam, much similar to what we see in an alfresco or a front portico
this was apparently missed on the plans by the drafters and is absolutely required
we hated it at first, now i dont think we really mind, but it would have been nice to know

the elevation plan, which doesn't show the line across the laundry to indicate a beam

K-and-T · Sep 28, 2014 6:59 pm

wow - progress!!! The only progress we have is a driveway - nothing to do with Metricon but at least it's something. Your facade is going to look amazing! Can't way to see the rest come together!

trindy · Sep 28, 2014 7:12 pm

K-and-T

wow - progress!!! The only progress we have is a driveway - nothing to do with Metricon but at least it's something. Your facade is going to look amazing! Can't way to see the rest come together!

wow, have they still not gotten anywhere? hang in there, it's well worth the wait. but seriously, ring them up and bluetooth em a foot up the bum!

hehe, yes, can't wait

TomCat · Sep 28, 2014 11:15 pm

Wow, it is looking absolutely FANTASTIC Trindy! I understand your disappointment but doesn't look as bad as I thought. That is a beautiful looking house! :x]

Sheilzy · Sep 28, 2014 11:36 pm

Oh my goodness. I'm amazed by how quickly your house is coming along. WOW! It's looking really FANTASTIC. Can't wait to see your selections for the interior come to life:)

trindy · Oct 08, 2014 8:52 pm

TomCat

Wow, it is looking absolutely FANTASTIC Trindy! I understand your disappointment but doesn't look as bad as I thought. That is a beautiful looking house! :x]

yeah not too bad now we've had time to process it, i think they were both a bit of shock more than anything, but the laundry is not really a big deal, and the down pipe isn't that bad.

Sheilzy

Oh my goodness. I'm amazed by how quickly your house is coming along. WOW! It's looking really FANTASTIC. Can't wait to see your selections for the interior come to life:)

it is absolutely flying, we thought it would be very slow, loving the pace, we hope to be in by christmas, but i asked the site super pre bricks if we would and he said not a chance, so who knows
we actually have our cabinetry in, loving it so far, will post pics when we get some decent photo's, we've just received our fixing invoice this morning, so we're on to final stage now, woohoo.

trindy · Oct 22, 2014 9:51 pm

well we have made some pretty major progress

we've been completely plastered, cabinets are in and painting is nearly finished, he will apparently be finished on friday, and tiles should be starting next monday
we had the renderers there today for a first coat on the facade

and the wood feature on the front facade, well we had a bit of a stuff up here, the best stuff up we could have asked for
we didnt find out well into our journey, we were told in our colour appointment that the wood on the front is painted, not stained, if we wanted stained wood, we would require upgrading to stainable would, and further cost for staining, i think it was around $1,800, and at this point our budget was fairly drained so we couldnt go through with the upgrade
anyways, the other day we received a phone call from the site super, saying the paint was having a hissy fit because he couldnt understand why we were painting over our cedar, which was misordered instead of pine, score! so we ended up with the stained/oiled wood feature :-)

K-and-T · Oct 22, 2014 9:55 pm

Gorgeous!! LOVE the stained wood - looks absolutely fabulous. It's fantastic when mistakes go your way! It must be so exciting to be so close!

Shambini · Oct 22, 2014 11:21 pm

Looks great, what an excellent mistake.

lincoln29 · Oct 23, 2014 12:27 am

Wow! What a great mistake, it looks fantasic!

Sheilzy · Oct 23, 2014 7:45 am

Thank you Metricon! What a terrific bonus. It really gives the facade the WOW factor.

trindy · Nov 03, 2014 8:46 pm

well, we've had our tiles installed, finally :-D

and we managed to get in for a sneak peak while a trade was there.

so we've managed to get some interior pics, finally :-)

when we originally had to paint the wood feature on the front, we picked a brown colour called blackball hoping it would still have a nice effect, this colour was also going to be our bits and pieces colour for switchboard, beams etc, well i think the painter just read blackball and bought black, so now our switchboard and beams etc are black, which is fantastic, we actually wanted this but during our colour appointment, to pick the second colour it was going to cost $300-$500 from memory
so that is another little mistake we are stoked about

another mistake or overlooked thing was the bathroom ceiling fan, in our electrical appointment we were told that our bathroom did not need a ceiling fan due to having an openable window, we wanted to put one in but i couldn't justify the cost if i could do it myself, but the sparky's have put one in anyways.

today we purchased a matching fan for the laundry, we also bought our facade lights today and our downlights that i will be installing after handover

we're very happy with our tiles and havent really found anything we're unhappy with, the SS says plumbers will be in sometime this week and hopefully the glaziers or whatever to measure up for the shower screens and mirrors etc, then after that he was do some QA to ensure most trades will be completed before the flooring goes in

the ensuite shower

the bathroom shower

the bathroom

the laundry

some shots to show the natural light coming in - approximately 10am

the kitchen/butlers pantry

the boss lady with an ear to ear grin

Sheilzy · Nov 03, 2014 9:18 pm

Wow aren't you lucky with all the 'good' mistakes thrown your way! Love love love all your tile selections especially the ensuite/bathroom tiles and the subway tiles in the laundry. That's one of my fave looks for a laundry. Everything is coming along very nicely. Do you have a PCI booked?

nextbigstep · Nov 03, 2014 9:49 pm

Your house looks beautiful! Congratulations

lincoln29 · Nov 03, 2014 9:56 pm

Everything is looking good.

The bathroom tiles look amazing!!

Shambini · Nov 03, 2014 10:12 pm

Looks nice and spacious

TomCat · Nov 03, 2014 10:27 pm

Wow, that is BEAUTIFUL!!!!

joannek · Nov 03, 2014 10:42 pm

Wow your house is looking incredible. Your black window frames look lovely and it's so bright and fresh. Bet you're excited now.

trindy · Nov 03, 2014 11:22 pm

thanks everybody, loving the feedback.

yes mega excited, we were so happy to get in as its been over 3 weeks now :-D

had that feeling of over whelming excitement again

no PCI booking as yet but i think once the flooring is in that will be the next thing

TheMC · Nov 04, 2014 9:35 am

What a great build you have going here, trindy!

Your choices are matching up incredibly well and it's always nice to see a few mistakes fall the way of the customer. Will continue to follow with great interest!