Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Bricks! - Our forever home in West Melb. 81Sep 14, 2017 5:30 pm Bricks are finished! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ So hard to take decent photos with builders rubbish and the loo in the way. Electrical rough in done. Plumbing rough in done. Ducted heating rough in done. Insulation was due today, but it didn't happen. Pre-plaster inspection tomorrow. Plaster due on 19/9 Bathtub in Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Our rental doesn't have a bath, so I was super excited to see this. Power still not connected - "Compliance Issue" Temporary downpipes on - yay! Seems if you want them, you have to demand them. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Loving our alfresco area! Re: Plastered! - Our forever home in West Melb. 82Oct 23, 2017 9:08 am Finally Plastered! Plaster was delivered over a month ago, but was only put in the last few days due to so many frame defects still outstanding in the Pre-Plaster Inspection. We're really disappointed that they were planning to put up plaster with so many frame items outstanding, especially when they told us they would fix everything. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The ground at the front of the house is falling towards the house and our garage slab is almost permanently wet. We've raised it with Bentley so many times, they say they will fix it at next site clean but it's been this way for months. Our SS hasn't contacted us in almost 3 weeks. Overall pretty disappointed with how this build is being managed. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ We haven't even had much rain lately, this is just from the plasterers using the water. When it rains, it puddles. Re: Plastered! - Our forever home in West Melb. 83Dec 22, 2017 4:43 pm looks good! great to see the slab too i never got to see our slab as by the time i got to meet my site supervisor at the site they already stareted the frame (about 1 week after slab pour)... Re: Plastered! - Our forever home in West Melb. 84Jan 16, 2018 2:06 pm We are 8 months in and are at tiling. Stuff has been happening so slowly... Some pics of progress since my last post: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ A break in - fortunately no other damage done - 9 Nov Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Laundry cabinetry - 16 Nov Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Stone bench tops - 9 Dec Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Ensuite vanity and stone - 9 Dec Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Front door on - 12 Dec Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Painting done - 19 Dec Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Tiling started last week Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Laundry tiling Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Subway wall tiles in laundry No word yet on when the house will be ready for PCI/Handover. This certainly doesn't look good. I would be engaging with an independent inspector to have a look at this. As for the unscheduled site visits, most builders are quite… 1 28320 Hi I live in a 100yr old semi and my neighbour added an additional floor last yr and our architect has advised that we can knock down our semi and build a free-standing… 0 37715 Hi All It has been a few weeks since my last update. The build has been progressing well. No major issues to report. The scaffolding was dropped today, gyprock will be… 96 356978 |