Browse Forums Building A New House Re: CABINETS/TILES Valeco Homes - Polished Concrete + Monoch 411Mar 20, 2018 7:19 am pandibabi I have no experience with them but googling their reviews sounds atrocious.. Every builder/products/company has bad reviews. Half the people out there only leave reviews when they are angry/unhappy. If they are happy, they don't spend the time to leave a review - myself included. 2014 Custom Home - Antech Constructions - 2018 Custom Home - Valeco Homes Re: CABINETS/TILES Valeco Homes - Polished Concrete + Monoch 412Mar 20, 2018 7:21 am staceyrussell I couldn't help myself and did a drive by the house again today. Only a couple of phone pics to show.. The good news is.. as far as I can tell, everything is complete except for alfresco decking (half done, but more on that below), the fixing of the gaps, letterbox and landscaping. From peaking through windows it looks like all the following is done: lights/switches/powerpoints, taps, door handles, wardrobes, appliances, carpet, aircon, blinds. I'm pretty damn excited now. Even though we havent had updates or any word on PCI.. it can't be far away. The facade is still missing the window hood. We decided to email our customer service person to raise that concern along with the battens issue and another issue with our alfresco decking.. When we met on site with the construction manager and supervisor, it was agreed that the bricks under the lip of our sliding doors would be removed so that the decking would sit flush against the doors to more accurately match our plans (this was something they messed up along with the gaps). Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ LoveLoveLove! Looks like a house straight out of a magazine. Loving the colour! I know you didnt like the grey, but in this shot, it looks great! 2014 Custom Home - Antech Constructions - 2018 Custom Home - Valeco Homes Re: CABINETS/TILES Valeco Homes - Polished Concrete + Monoch 413Mar 20, 2018 8:20 am Love your house Stacey! It’s coming along beautifully. I hope everything is sorted with your decking, I would definitely be pushing for it as the flush finish will be worth it! I agree with you sallz, unfortunately I hardly leave good reviews either, most people leave bad ones. I personally have had a great experience with Valeco so far, everything has been easy, fingers crossed it will follow through when the build is well under way. Re: CABINETS/TILES Valeco Homes - Polished Concrete + Monoch 414Mar 20, 2018 10:09 am Yes, the grey has grown on me and I quite like it. However I still dont really like it as the battens colour. I wish they were monument so that it really contrasted against the white. The window hood is also going to be white, again I think it might look better as monument but we will see how it looks and maybe paint it later. Thanks for all the compliments and assuring words guys! Fingers crossed we get an update on PCI soon. Re: CABINETS/TILES Valeco Homes - Polished Concrete + Monoch 415Mar 20, 2018 5:16 pm I think monument would look more striking but they grey looks nice too and ties in well. Defs can't be long now! Re: CABINETS/TILES Valeco Homes - Polished Concrete + Monoch 416Mar 20, 2018 8:52 pm Just got a response, our window hood just hasn't been put on yet so that's a relief. They will rectify the alfresco asap. No update on the battens yet. But we should hopefully have PCI in a couple of weeks! Yay!! Re: ALMOST PCI Valeco Homes - Polished Concrete + Monochrome 417Apr 04, 2018 1:36 pm How's everything going Stacey? Hoping that you've had PC and are getting ready to move! Re: ALMOST PCI Valeco Homes - Polished Concrete + Monochrome 418Apr 04, 2018 5:59 pm Chesapeake Ripper How's everything going Stacey? Hoping that you've had PC and are getting ready to move! Naww, thanks for checking in! Unfortunately we still have not had an update. We emailed them yesterday for an update, so hopefully soon we'll have some solid dates for PCI and handover. Re: ALMOST PCI Valeco Homes - Polished Concrete + Monochrome 419Apr 05, 2018 6:44 pm Drove past the house again this afternoon because we haven't had any updates for 2 weeks (2 weeks ago they said PCI would be in roughly 2 weeks). We emailed them on Tuesday for updates and they still hadn't replied today, so I figured I may as well look myself. The alfresco is still looking exactly the same: so they haven't even begun removing it to then start redoing it properly. The gaps in the floor still haven't been fixed. Window hood still not on yet. I noticed we have a clothesline and a letterbox though, and floors were uncovered (but still dirty.. I will wait until they are cleaned and we can get inside before I take any photos). I'm expecting the above alfresco and floor gaps issues to take a while to be completed so I'm not holding my breathe for a PCI date yet. Re: ALMOST PCI Valeco Homes - Polished Concrete + Monochrome 420Apr 09, 2018 5:09 pm how annoying staceyrussell - especially when its so close of being completed. Hopefully you'll get action this week. We've had very little progress over Easter, and apparently a lot of materials were stolen from our site which again has slowed things. If there was more action on site, im sure things wouldn't go missing. Where is that window hood?! To my understanding early saw cuts are to control shrinkage cracks, so doing them now would be pointless. 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