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

mrsdoe · Jan 08, 2017 7:51 pm

So after a long Christmas break where I've been busy shopping in the Boxing Day / New Years sales our block was laid the week before Christmas and has had three long weeks to cure nicely. Fall protection barriers have been put up at the back of the block last week so assuming bricks should arrive any day now. We've also hired a registered builder to inspect the build progress so we're feeling quite comfortable with progress at the moment.

mrsdoe · Jan 08, 2017 9:02 pm

Slab pics

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SilentBoB · Jan 09, 2017 1:41 pm

Like the layout and the colour choices and congratulations on the slab!

We are getting ready to pick a building inspector for our build, just need to decide which one ::surprise::

mrsdoe · Jan 10, 2017 6:10 pm

SilentBoB

Like the layout and the colour choices and congratulations on the slab!

We are getting ready to pick a building inspector for our build, just need to decide which one ::surprise::

Thanks SilentBoB

Choosing a building inspector is definitely hard, luckily I work in assessing home insurance claims so have got a lot of industry contacts and was able to ask a registered builder we work with to do my inspections even though he doesn't usually do them. It was great because it puts my mind at ease that the person keeping tabs on our build is someone I know and trust plus I've got all my own knowledge to help the process too. Good luck choosing someone!

SilentBoB · Jan 10, 2017 6:19 pm

Wow, that's really handy mrsdoe! It is good when you have contacts in the industry that can help out like that.

I think I've sort of made up my mind on which inspector to use. Just hoping all the online reviews of him are legit

mrsdoe · Jan 13, 2017 11:04 pm

Soakwells have been installed and bricks/frames scheduled to be delivered next week. Feeling excited!

Joelleg6 · Jan 16, 2017 9:24 pm

I love your house plans, especially the Master bedroom upstairs on it's own. Very exciting indeed. Can't wait to see it as it come up!

mrsdoe · Jan 18, 2017 10:16 pm

Joelleg6

I love your house plans, especially the Master bedroom upstairs on it's own. Very exciting indeed. Can't wait to see it as it come up!

Thanks Joelleg6, I can't wait to have that space where I can get away from the rest of the family when I need a few minutes without them :lol:

After the long 6hr drive home after a weekend away I was so excited to see they've removed the excess dirt from the soakwell installation and levelled everything out, broken up the leftover concrete from the slab work plus delivered bricks!

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Woolyfish · Jan 18, 2017 11:09 pm

Posting to follow. I really love all your colour selections. Can I please ask how much you paid for the laminex shaker style cupboards?

Joelleg6 · Jan 18, 2017 11:11 pm

It's all starting! I can't wait to have room to put things away. Like having the kids bicycles in the garage instead of their bedroom and having storage space for my vacuum. lol Ahh the little things.

mrsdoe · Jan 18, 2017 11:51 pm

Woolyfish

Posting to follow. I really love all your colour selections. Can I please ask how much you paid for the laminex shaker style cupboards?

Thanks Woolyfish

the ColourTech cabinets cost us $5,500 for the kitchen and was going to cost an extra $3,000 for the two bathrooms so we decided we'll convert those down the line instead. The ColourTech are two pack / polyurethane cabinets, you can do vinyl wrap for cheaper but we preferred the quality and matte textured finish on the two pack and they're not susceptible to peeling over time like vinyl wrap

mrsdoe · Jan 18, 2017 11:55 pm

Joelleg6

It's all starting! I can't wait to have room to put things away. Like having the kids bicycles in the garage instead of their bedroom and having storage space for my vacuum. lol Ahh the little things.

Oh I feel you :lol:

our rental is so tiny and we've got a storage unit packed to the roof! We went overboard on storage spaces in the new build so we don't run out... hopefully haha

SilentBoB · Jan 19, 2017 11:41 am

Looks like it's going to start taking shape real soon! Exciting!

mrsdoe · Jan 31, 2017 12:36 am

Dropped by on the weekend and frames have been delivered (so excited to see the triple panel slider frame for the back of the house, it's huge!) and the brickies are all set up ready to start with all the internal walls marked out but it's raining so they can't do anything!

Noticed someone has made a bit of a boo boo and all the service pipes in our kitchen for both our wall cabinets and island bench are out by a meter, we're going to speak to the CSO tomorrow and hopefully they'll get the supervisor out quickly to take a look and see what needs to be done

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SilentBoB · Jan 31, 2017 10:53 am

Oh no! Hope they can sort out the pipes and it doesn't hold things up too much!

mrsdoe · Feb 02, 2017 1:35 am

Brickies started on-site today! <:-P

SS also attended and agreed that the service pipes are in the wrong location and plumber will be attending tomorrow to fix this, will stop by tomorrow afternoon before picking my little one up from school around the corner to see what they've done.

yellowsp · Feb 03, 2017 12:22 am

Hope it was all sorted out

mrsdoe · Feb 03, 2017 12:43 am

yellowsp

Hope it was all sorted out

Thanks yellowsp but no luck, stopped by and said hello to the brickies and they said they'd seen no sign of the plumber so just waiting to see at the moment

mrsdoe · Feb 03, 2017 12:46 am

Lchorro

Hi MrsDoe,

Great to see someone else building with Express Two Storey...we are too!!
How is the build coming along? We have just sold our house Hocking and now building in Eden Beach (jindalee) :z:

We have just done our prestart.. exciting but so nervous at what the bill will come in at ::study::

Looking forward to hearing about your journey

Hi Lchorro, how'd you guys end up going at pre-start? Any progress on the build as yet?

mrsdoe · Feb 04, 2017 11:17 pm

Brickwork is well underway, I am so happy because their work is incredibly tidy and the nicest looking brickwork in the street

Bedroom 4 from outside, very happy with the increased bedroom window heights!
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So in love with our bricks!
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Beginnings of the garage
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Future theatre room
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