Re: Building in Aveley - Living, one year on...

Very cool video Hootie!! Love that idea Your elevation looks even more amazing in it too! Great news about the internal render

Your house is looking amazing hootie! I looooove your elevation! So unique! What colour is your roof? Is it shale grey?

Thanks jelbell55, I tried to capture the skillion from a different angle and it seemed to work ...Still waiting for internal render though ,hope they start soon.



Hey Justin, no worries, I know you've been busy with your place Hope you are enjoying the fruits of your building.

Thanks for the compliments on the video, quality will improve once my equipment arrives lol...love ebay.

In addition to going up the house to capture some video shots in the weekend, I'm glad we died because my wife's sharp eyes spotted issues with the roof cover that we would need to highlight to the SS if not solved prior:

Let there be light? No we don't want light there, but it seems as if a flashing has not yet been installed in this area as the daylight is able to shine thru the sheeting. This is approximately between our ensuite and the walk in linen area:



Slight "lifting" of the roof sheet at the point where the roof meets the garage pier. I swear I would not have seen this if not for the eagle eyes of the missus lol:



This plus several areas where flashings need to be installed....

Overall the slab had somewhat of a clean and the excess roof timbers and timber wastes have all been removed!

Jobs still outstanding for this week (which is listed in the fortnightly report) include finishing off the roof, brick clean, and hopefully some internal render (but internal render probably not till the roof is completed).

Roof cover started on 16 June, so hopefully they are on to it and will return to finish the job soon...yes we have a different roof design but roof cover is taking a long time

I agree, MalSannie, it's hard to do a video well...I have ordered some "proper" equipment off ebay so hopefully those will help. I have still some time to practice until the house is complete, so that I can shoot it properly after handover

Today the roofies returned! The completed the skillion section and also some other bits, but we have yet to inspect it properly as it got dark.

Here's how the roof and skillion section looks today:

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Another perspective:

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From the second photo it looks like the corner bit of the roof near the pier is still to be addressed, but we are pretty happy with today's outcome...can't see the wooden part of the skillion frame anymore, but the roof now looks more complete.

And oh yes I received the progress payment request from the builder today...how quickly they get those sent out lol...

Looks amazing Hootie, your elevation makes quite a statement! Love it

Love your elevation.... It's great watching the build progress!

Cheers Purplenetti, it's been an experience seeing the house form from the plans to the actual building...we are enjoying the progress too



Nah, we wish but not the whole house. We probably got about a third of the house done today. My wife spotted 3 plasterers working. I think there are still these rooms to be done - living, dining kitchen, theatre, study, main entry, laundry and scullery. Maybe even one more bedrooms as I just spotted red brick in the pic I posted earlier lol...

Haha yeah, some of us seem to be on a common timeline now, how coincidental

Thanks, we love the elevation too...can't wait to see it more complete.

Today grey float continues and I think they might finish the rest of the house today. My wife was there in the late arvo and they were still working on the Theatre....what a different the grey float makes!

Part of living and kitchen area:

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Dining area and study (behind the young man):



Laundry and scullery area also had grey float done.

And the gutter, fascia and remaining downpipe along the skillion roof area has been done too! So stoked at how it looks now that it's complete:

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Makes a huge difference! Your elevation is going to be a stunner.