Express Two Storey (Ventura Group) build in Hocking, WA

I don't think so! Assuming it was one of the air con guys putting in the ducting because only the tiler and garage door installer have been out this week so nobody else would've gone in the roof. Maybe that's why the guy I saw out the front looked in such a filthy mood given his two work mates were friendly and chatty


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Thanks for checking, we are building with Arden and they use Beaumont tiles so different grout numbers. Hopes it's similar to yours as u really have achieved the seamless look!

It's looking great Mrsdoe!

Feeling frustrated, dropped back past with Mr Doe to have a closer look after I stopped to take photos and picked up several issues. The electrician has been massively sloppy in installing the GPO's and light switches upstairs, instead of using a saw on the plasterboard it looks like he's just smashed through and there's holes around virtually every electrical fitting which will need to be fixed. Not anything major but just more time to fix things that should be done properly the first time. In the downstairs bathroom he's installed a dark grey light switch instead of white and then installed a light switch instead of a GPO in the backsplash? Mr Doe had already been going back and forward with them over the electrical in the garage being run not as per plans and being unsuitable for him to install the NBN box post-handover and they first tried saying that we could pay to change it (echoing their original sentiment on our kitchen overhead cabinets) then agreeing they would fix it. The electrician has been by far the worst trade on our job, we've had very few issues outside of the errors in the kitchen but the work from the electrician really sucks. Not the best idea to use a lax electrician when the owner is an electrician themselves! But that's more time to fix up the garage electrical and the garage ceiling can't be finished and closed up until it's fixed so that feels like it's going to delay everything more.

Biggest issue is that the ducting for the air con is supposed to run from the LHS of the store room behind the WIR along the wall and be boxed out so it's as unobstructive as possible but the air con installers have run it straight through the middle of the floor cutting off access to half the store room and they've cut a big hole in the floor to run cabling through, it's completely ridiculous


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Geez mrsdoe that's not good to hear at all. I can't believe their response in telling you they can fix their errors if you pay for it.


We are building through a Ventura subsidiary and the few minor issues we've had they've been quick to put their hands up and say it would be fixed and they have sorted it within a couple of days. I haven't had a close look at the electrical yet but I'm also not a sparky so hoping our inspector doesn't find any nasty surprises but it all looks ok.

I hope they get a new sparky to come in and takeover from the one you have had working on your place already.

WOW mrsdoe its looking great! That kitchen is to die for!!
I am loving those cabinets!

The oven looks great!

Yeah i think a big oven is a good trade off.

I've seen photos of our oven but i haven't been able to spy it through the window. Looking forward to having a big (and decent) 900mm oven. I never use the crappy oven in our rental, i just cook outside in the smoker

I have 4 bbqs so we have plenty of outdoor cooking space (although the gas bbq hasn't been fired up in a couple of years) but on these cold nights it would be nice to cook indoors

That Westinghouse oven looks huge! Nice to know the 900mm ovens can cook two roasts at once