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

jelbell55 · Sep 17, 2015 12:23 pm

Great designs for the wardrobes, looking forward to seeing them. Love all the storage space. Love the idea of incorporating the laminate in too... will look great!

sofia14 · Sep 17, 2015 12:55 pm

Lovely kitchen and wardrobe. I like the color. You have two laminate selections. We could only choose one.

It looks like the easiest way to get business is to hook up one of the clients on H1. Perhaps i should get a quote from flexi too.

So far lifestyle is the only one being mentioned here. We haven't gone to lifestyle to look at their quality just yet. We got a drawing from them. It looks practical. We are planning to go there this weekend to check the quality. Well, we might give flexi a try as well.

MalSannie · Sep 17, 2015 7:19 pm

Hootie those wardrobes look amazing I love the renders - much easier to see what you'll end up with! It is strange how people use space differently, I personally prefer more shelving and less hanging, but my Mum said the opposite

Petad · Sep 17, 2015 8:53 pm

Wardrobes look great Hootie may have to get a quote from them as well

How did they compare with the others for pricing?

Hootie · Sep 17, 2015 9:41 pm

Thanks everyone! We love the renders too.

For those who are considering contacting Flexi, I would say go to the showroom and have a look at the display units for yourselves. They are happy to answer your queries too. P.S. I am not paid by them to say all this, it's all from our experience that I'm sharing...

The laminate edging and drawer fronts were an extra cost, but then again, it's not common to have it so we thought we'd go with it.

Also, all the shelves are removable, so we can move them as we please, or in the kids room, the shelves can be removed and a hanging rail installed if they need more hanging space. But truth be told, we don't have many hanging clothes items ::smile::

Can't really comment on pricing because each of your designs will be different but my advice is to get a quote and see how you go ::smile::

Today's update! Garage doors installed....colour is Surfmist and looks pretty good. We were worried it would be too light, but turns out it looks ok.

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On the right of the photo, you will also notice that the double sided colonial bars for the study window have been installed.

7 days till first PCI! ::celeb::

nikkis2000 · Sep 17, 2015 10:32 pm

Garage doors look great Hootie!! Really makes it looked finished!

Ourmansion · Sep 17, 2015 10:40 pm

Lovely wardrobes Hootie, love the contrast colour, we used the same for our kitchen

. Garage doors are very nice too, can't go wrong with surfmist!

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MalSannie · Sep 18, 2015 5:25 am

Was just going to say the same as nikki - it finishes it off really nicely

Purplenetti · Sep 18, 2015 9:08 am

Agree with All.... Looking Fab!!!

jelbell55 · Sep 18, 2015 4:02 pm

Love the surfmist garage door, love the contrast Hootie, works really well

trixee · Sep 18, 2015 6:16 pm

We've gone for garage doors like yours too! :lol:

I'm such a copycat. It looks great!

MalSannie · Sep 19, 2015 4:47 am

I *think* ours is the same too - the one we chose is called the Cosmopolitan and also in surfmist.

IssyandOzzy · Sep 19, 2015 12:21 pm

Look the surfmist colour hoot! Mrs hoot is such a colour expert!

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Dream_Catchers · Sep 19, 2015 5:02 pm

Love the surfmist garage against your contrasting render colours Hoot!
We have gone for surfmist too.
What are the front render colours you have there again??

Purplenetti · Sep 19, 2015 7:57 pm

Another vote for SurfMist garage door! We've done the same& render surrounding it will be Ice Volcano....

Hootie · Sep 19, 2015 9:02 pm

Thanks everyone, it's nice to know that there are quite a few people who chose Surfmist for their garage door colour too....Seems to work with most combinations!

We had good look at the exterior today, just so that we could make notes of what needs to be mentioned. Other than a few cracked cornices in the garage, a leaky tap, a couple of cracked pavers and few tiny gaps or uneveness in the eaves and alfresco ceiling section, all seemed to be ok.

Then we noticed these 2 things.... ::dizzy::

1) Damp brick seems to have grown mould (?)...This is the wall of the Theatre facing the Alfresco. This photo was taken on 12 Sept, just after we had some heavy rain:

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As you can see, there is a section of brick and mortar that seems darker than others...we are not sure how this could happen except hazzard a guess that water must have gotten in somehow got in from the roof area? Again we are not sure....but decided to keep an eye on it for the next few days. Over the week that are seemed to dry out.

However today, this is what we saw:

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Again you can see that after a week the bricks are still appear to be "drying out"...how strange. And the top brick below the fascia appeared to have a greenish tinge on it...here is a closeup:

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Are we seeing things....?? ::dizzy::

2) Finishing at fascia ends seems to need attention...hope that is not rust at the bottom part ::dizzy::

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On the bright side, we are very happy with the finishing to the front garage pier wall. As you can see, there is now a neat border installed between the rendered part and the part covered by the colorbond.

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Also, the roof area between the pier and the pitched section of the roof has been tidied up (previously the colorbond covering had been lightly wavy).

So we are very pleased that this has been rectified after we mentioned it.

5 days to first PCI.

MalSannie · Sep 19, 2015 9:46 pm

Sorry Hootie I can't help re whether it is mould, I'd definitely raise it though if I were you.

The 2nd one is worrying too - it does look like rust

Love your feature lights at the front and they've done an amazing job with the pier - wow

sofia14 · Sep 20, 2015 3:21 am

I wish we have gone with the surfmist now!

nikkis2000 · Sep 20, 2015 11:11 am

I'd be mentioning that rusting too!

Another surfmister here as well . I had a wobble a few weeks back but happy with the decision now.

Hootie · Sep 21, 2015 7:07 pm

Thanks MalSannie, sofia14 and nikkis2000, we expect the issues will be sorted efficiently as the few in the past have always been, it's just causing us a little worry but we have faith that all will be made good.

sofia14 - which colour garage door did you go with? ::smile::

Today we had a site clean and it's looking good ::cool::

We received the latest landscape design back...still thinking hard about the cost/benefit vs budget... :::

3 days to first PCI.