Building Metricon Fortitude32 - Bannockburn: FLOORING

TomCat · Nov 15, 2014 12:21 pm

Keep coming back here to eyeball your build. Gosh it's a lovely house!!! Drool drool ...

deluxes · Nov 15, 2014 12:28 pm

Oooh nice Trindy!
I just caught up and had a look... That timber facade is to die For! What an amazing "mistake".
I am a big sucker for timber :-)

Your house and selections are gorgeous

trindy · Nov 17, 2014 9:40 pm

thanks heaps guys, yeah we love the timber, such a god send, we were so disappointed when we couldnt afford it, i think the boss lady nearly cried
but we got it in the end, BONUS!

do you guys know much about PCI and post PCI, we have a few issues we can already see such as glass on one of the windows is scratched, and a few of the windows dont seem square and the trims are coming apart with seals warping etc, do things like this get picked up before PCI? a few mortar joins are insufficient and could do with some filling/topping up, is this being too picky?

joannek · Nov 18, 2014 1:46 am

No tell them now you need all the issues fixed. I reckon at pci they have the advantage as you will just want to get in. I'm lucky I had no major issues but I told them the same day when I did find something.

trindy · Nov 20, 2014 9:28 pm

joannek

No tell them now you need all the issues fixed. I reckon at pci they have the advantage as you will just want to get in. I'm lucky I had no major issues but I told them the same day when I did find something.

thats a good point, we went out the day after and they had started putting tape everywhere, so we ripped off a bit and stuck it in a few other places, today the bricky's came back to patch up the missing mortar, disappointingly enough though, they only patched the holes marked by the tape, they didnt bothered to look around for other spots, they havent touched anything else as of yet but they still have some more trades to come back

our shower screens and mirrors were fitted on tuesday, we havent been in so no pics :-(

but today, or yesterday, or laminate flooring went in which is mega exciting

K-and-T · Nov 21, 2014 10:35 am

YAY for flooring!!! Hope they fix up all the other issues for you very soon.

trindy · Nov 21, 2014 7:43 pm

K-and-T

YAY for flooring!!! Hope they fix up all the other issues for you very soon.

hehe yes, so exciting
and today the carpet was fitted
ill upload pics later

im sure the issues will get sorted

trindy · Nov 21, 2014 11:16 pm

the carpet is done, completing the flooring :-)

hopefully not long now and we'll be doing our PCI

master

from rumpus looking to front

bedroom 2

lincoln29 · Nov 21, 2014 11:18 pm

Lovely flooring choices!

trindy · Nov 22, 2014 9:51 am

lincoln29

Lovely flooring choices!

thanks lincoln, we're loving it :-)

TomCat · Nov 22, 2014 11:53 am

Stunning! I just put a deposit down on our carpet yesterday. 'California Twist' 80/20 wool/nylon. I did a search on the web and can't find it but here on the first page of your thread. I looks like ours! OMG I LOVE your floors! We were going to get taupe polished porcelain tiles for living areas/downstairs in addition to dark choc carpet upstairs and front study/library downstairs. Now I want to get the dark brown 'plank' tiles that look like timber. I wanted them first but husband prefers porcelain. He doesn't mop though, neither does the dog. I think the dark brown plank tiles are back on the shopping list. :x]

Shambini · Nov 22, 2014 2:53 pm

Choices look great, especially with the wall colour.

trindy · Nov 23, 2014 7:15 pm

TomCat

Stunning! I just put a deposit down on our carpet yesterday. 'California Twist' 80/20 wool/nylon. I did a search on the web and can't find it but here on the first page of your thread. I looks like ours! OMG I LOVE your floors! We were going to get taupe polished porcelain tiles for living areas/downstairs in addition to dark choc carpet upstairs and front study/library downstairs. Now I want to get the dark brown 'plank' tiles that look like timber. I wanted them first but husband prefers porcelain. He doesn't mop though, neither does the dog. I think the dark brown plank tiles are back on the shopping list. :x]

thanks tomcat
yeah its beautiful carpet, i think thats the grade up from ours - a bit more plush, its beautiful carpet
sounds like a nice combo, definately gotta make cleaning easy, wood look tilea are awesome
floorboards not an option?

thanks shambini, the colours are working really well together :-)

spoke to SS today, temp fencing is coming down tomorrow and site clean on wednesday, our fences are booked in at the end of the week :-)

very exciting :-)

TomCat · Nov 24, 2014 12:11 am

I like the look of timber floors but don't like walking on them or maintaining. And we've got a boofy dog with big claws

trindy · Nov 24, 2014 10:06 am

TomCat

I like the look of timber floors but don't like walking on them or maintaining. And we've got a boofy dog with big claws

hehe boofy. thats a good point

trindy · Nov 27, 2014 6:00 pm

well the SS rang yesterday to give us an update
he wanted to do PCI/walkthrough next friday, and dependant on certain things, handover the following friday.
but, unfortunately, the window suppliers are holding us up with FLYSCREENS, grrr

basically the way he says it works is, SS does a round of Quality Assurance, presents it to the construction manager, he does a round of QA, then they get a thorough clean, then they get an independent building inspector who does yet another round of QA, after that but before repairs we will goin in, do our PCI and add to the independent building inspectors faults, then trades come in, repair, then handover

but, they cant present the house to the building inspector until the fly screens are in or he will just fail it anyways, sooo... we are playing the waiting game and it looks like the december 16 deliver of our flyscreens will push us in to next year :-(

very disappointing, but there is a sign of hope as he is pushing for a solution as (like us) they want to get it out before the year ends, so we'll just have to wait and see

K-and-T · Nov 27, 2014 6:09 pm

Oooh that is so exciting - kind of... I really hope they can get you those fly screens and get you in your lovely house! Anymore photos??

trindy · Nov 27, 2014 6:18 pm

the latest ones are the carpet above, i have newer ones but we havent been in still so really nothing new

Sheilzy · Nov 27, 2014 9:10 pm

Floors look amazing! Love love love the dark timber floors. It's disappointing about the fly screens delaying your handover. Hope SS comes through and finds a solution that would get you in this year.

lincoln29 · Nov 27, 2014 9:14 pm

Fringers crossed for a quick solution.