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Browse Forums Building A New House Re: KDR - SE Melb - Simonds Flinders - Painting !! 422Feb 13, 2018 1:10 pm Lot's of trades on site again today. That's a good thing. Hoping I'll be able to get a look this afternoon after they go. Private Inspection was supposed to be done yesterday for lock up and fixing. Hopefully we'll get that report today. We have a better idea of window coverings so we went out to Victory this morning to have a good look and booked a time for measure and quote. Hopefully this time is good with the SS, waiting to hear back from him. Will also book a couple of other quotes once I know what suits SS. On the way home we popped in to a pool table place as well. DH was in heaven, lol. He now has an idea of what he would like. Started trying to get fence quotes yesterday. What a pain. Either they don't do colorbond or don't anwser/return calls. I seriously hate organising quotes. Hopefully back later with a site update........... Re: KDR - SE Melb - Simonds Flinders - Painting !! 423Feb 13, 2018 2:16 pm Bri1234 Lot's of trades on site again today. That's a good thing. Hoping I'll be able to get a look this afternoon after they go. Private Inspection was supposed to be done yesterday for lock up and fixing. Hopefully we'll get that report today. We have a better idea of window coverings so we went out to Victory this morning to have a good look and booked a time for measure and quote. Hopefully this time is good with the SS, waiting to hear back from him. Will also book a couple of other quotes once I know what suits SS. On the way home we popped in to a pool table place as well. DH was in heaven, lol. He now has an idea of what he would like. Started trying to get fence quotes yesterday. What a pain. Either they don't do colorbond or don't anwser/return calls. I seriously hate organising quotes. Hopefully back later with a site update........... Excellent! Hopefully you can get a peek in later today. I bought all our blinds today from Blinds Online, worked out much cheaper and same quality (after getting samples) than retail shops, plus have heard good reviews. Fence quotes....ahhh yes how annoying!! Re: KDR - SE Melb - Simonds Flinders - Painting !! 424Feb 13, 2018 2:55 pm Bri1234 Lot's of trades on site again today. That's a good thing. Hoping I'll be able to get a look this afternoon after they go. Private Inspection was supposed to be done yesterday for lock up and fixing. Hopefully we'll get that report today. We have a better idea of window coverings so we went out to Victory this morning to have a good look and booked a time for measure and quote. Hopefully this time is good with the SS, waiting to hear back from him. Will also book a couple of other quotes once I know what suits SS. On the way home we popped in to a pool table place as well. DH was in heaven, lol. He now has an idea of what he would like. Started trying to get fence quotes yesterday. What a pain. Either they don't do colorbond or don't anwser/return calls. I seriously hate organising quotes. Hopefully back later with a site update........... Wow - once in - you will get the correct idea about the length and width of everything and the open space but once flooring is in u will know how the colour combination has worked - Offvourse we r a little bit far away from this yet follow my build Arden homes Votivo 37 iin south east: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88622 Re: KDR - SE Melb - Simonds Flinders - Painting !! 425Feb 13, 2018 4:02 pm smithfamily Bri1234 Lot's of trades on site again today. That's a good thing. Hoping I'll be able to get a look this afternoon after they go. Private Inspection was supposed to be done yesterday for lock up and fixing. Hopefully we'll get that report today. We have a better idea of window coverings so we went out to Victory this morning to have a good look and booked a time for measure and quote. Hopefully this time is good with the SS, waiting to hear back from him. Will also book a couple of other quotes once I know what suits SS. On the way home we popped in to a pool table place as well. DH was in heaven, lol. He now has an idea of what he would like. Started trying to get fence quotes yesterday. What a pain. Either they don't do colorbond or don't anwser/return calls. I seriously hate organising quotes. Hopefully back later with a site update........... Excellent! Hopefully you can get a peek in later today. I bought all our blinds today from Blinds Online, worked out much cheaper and same quality (after getting samples) than retail shops, plus have heard good reviews. Fence quotes....ahhh yes how annoying!! Ohhhhh interesting. I was looking at them. Did you have to do all the measurements yourself and then I'm assuming you'll have to install yourself as well? Re: KDR - SE Melb - Simonds Flinders - Painting !! 426Feb 13, 2018 4:05 pm Got our report from PI. Not too bad actually. A few little bits and pieces but some of them were expected because we're not actually at fixing stage yet. We wanted the report for the lock up and water proofing. The photo's included have me wanting to go up and have a look even more. In one pic some of the kitchen cabinets were in and this was done on Monday. Re: KDR - SE Melb - Simonds Flinders - Painting !! 427Feb 13, 2018 5:21 pm oooooooowwwwww I have some pictures. I was locked out so please excuse the not so great shots but it gives an idea. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Looks like the external painting is nearly done. I think they have left the down pipe on the post because it is supposed to be getting moved. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Laundry. Hard to see but there are cupboards above as well and there is also a broom cupboard in there closer to the doorway. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Ensuite Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Kitchen. Loving the pot drawers. Can see that the heating and cooling vents are in too. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Terrible picture but shows the space for the under bench oven and the drawer under that. I think that was a good added expense. So far I'm very happy with the colours. We went with a very grey palette and will brighten it up with rugs, cushions etc. Re: KDR - SE Melb - Simonds Flinders - Painting !! 428Feb 13, 2018 6:09 pm Bri1234 oooooooowwwwww I have some pictures. I was locked out so please excuse the not so great shots but it gives an idea. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Looks like the external painting is nearly done. I think they have left the down pipe on the post because it is supposed to be getting moved. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Laundry. Hard to see but there are cupboards above as well and there is also a broom cupboard in there closer to the doorway. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Ensuite Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Kitchen. Loving the pot drawers. Can see that the heating and cooling vents are in too. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Terrible picture but shows the space for the under bench oven and the drawer under that. I think that was a good added expense. So far I'm very happy with the colours. We went with a very grey palette and will brighten it up with rugs, cushions etc. House is looking gorgeous! Amazing how much of a difference painting can make for a home. Loving the colour palette Just a hint - put your phone on the glass to take a pic - you get less reflection. Then I can have a really good nosey into your home - lol. Re: KDR - SE Melb - Simonds Flinders - Painting !! 429Feb 13, 2018 6:13 pm Rachael13 House is looking gorgeous! Amazing how much of a difference painting can make for a home. Loving the colour palette Just a hint - put your phone on the glass to take a pic - you get less reflection. Then I can have a really good nosey into your home - lol. Ahh good to know. Thanks for the tip. We noticed that they painted the little insert bits of the gable the wrong colour so I'll have to message the SS and get that sorted. Re: KDR - SE Melb - Simonds Flinders - Painting !! 430Feb 13, 2018 6:35 pm Bri1234 smithfamily Bri1234 Lot's of trades on site again today. That's a good thing. Hoping I'll be able to get a look this afternoon after they go. Private Inspection was supposed to be done yesterday for lock up and fixing. Hopefully we'll get that report today. We have a better idea of window coverings so we went out to Victory this morning to have a good look and booked a time for measure and quote. Hopefully this time is good with the SS, waiting to hear back from him. Will also book a couple of other quotes once I know what suits SS. On the way home we popped in to a pool table place as well. DH was in heaven, lol. He now has an idea of what he would like. Started trying to get fence quotes yesterday. What a pain. Either they don't do colorbond or don't anwser/return calls. I seriously hate organising quotes. Hopefully back later with a site update........... Excellent! Hopefully you can get a peek in later today. I bought all our blinds today from Blinds Online, worked out much cheaper and same quality (after getting samples) than retail shops, plus have heard good reviews. Fence quotes....ahhh yes how annoying!! Ohhhhh interesting. I was looking at them. Did you have to do all the measurements yourself and then I'm assuming you'll have to install yourself as well? Yep measured twice and then three times just to make sure we had it right haha Yeah we have to install ourselves but being roller blinds, not difficult at all, just 2 brackets per blind and done. Re: KDR - SE Melb - Simonds Flinders - TILES!! 431Feb 15, 2018 3:19 pm Today's update So earlier in the week I forwarded our inspection report to SS and also messaged him asking about access for window covering quotes. I didn't hear back so send a "Call Request" via MySimonds. He called me within minutes (o: It turns out that he has been responding to me via MySimonds but I'm not getting them. He's going to look in to it. We're good to go ahead and organise quotes. Just let him know when and he'll leave a door unlocked. He suggested trying to book more than one on a day so the house isn't unlocked too often. Makes sense. He then told me the tilers were there today. We'd already wondered that after driving past earlier. He asked if I was able to go look at the tiles and make sure they were ok. He didn't have to ask me twice, lol. The tilers were really nice guys. Happy to show me and let me take pictures...;.......... Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Ensuite floor - Tiles from the standard range - Simplicity Nero Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Main bathroom will be the same tiles Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Vanity in the main bathroom. I couldn't see this through the glass doors the other day. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Main tile - Alpine Stone These are going to be in the whole main living area, hallways, laundry and main toilet I think they look great. Very happy. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ And the painting appears to be finished, except for some bits here and there. Re: KDR - SE Melb - Simonds Flinders - TILES!! 432Feb 15, 2018 3:35 pm Bri1234 Today's update So earlier in the week I forwarded our inspection report to SS and also messaged him asking about access for window covering quotes. I didn't hear back so send a "Call Request" via MySimonds. He called me within minutes (o: It turns out that he has been responding to me via MySimonds but I'm not getting them. He's going to look in to it. We're good to go ahead and organise quotes. Just let him know when and he'll leave a door unlocked. He suggested trying to book more than one on a day so the house isn't unlocked too often. Makes sense. He then told me the tilers were there today. We'd already wondered that after driving past earlier. He asked if I was able to go look at the tiles and make sure they were ok. He didn't have to ask me twice, lol. The tilers were really nice guys. Happy to show me and let me take pictures...;.......... Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Ensuite floor - Tiles from the standard range - Simplicity Nero Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Main bathroom will be the same tiles Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Vanity in the main bathroom. I couldn't see this through the glass doors the other day. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Main tile - Alpine Stone These are going to be in the whole main living area, hallways, laundry and main toilet I think they look great. Very happy. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ And the painting appears to be finished, except for some bits here and there. Love your tiles!! All looking awesome! And your SS sounds very flexible and happy to provide info etc! Great progress! Re: KDR - SE Melb - Simonds Flinders - TILES!! 434Feb 15, 2018 3:47 pm Thanks SmithFamily and Lot126 The main tile was the one thing hubby and I struggled with at gallery. We wanted grey (we have a very neutral grey palette) but everything he pointed out looked greenish to me and everything I pointed out looked brownish to him, lol. Until we saw this one and we both loved it. Of course it cost $$. Yeah SS is very good. We can't believe how fast he is getting things done. Re: KDR - SE Melb - Simonds Flinders - TILES!! 435Feb 15, 2018 6:58 pm You got in - tiles are beautiful Bri. Re: KDR - SE Melb - Simonds Flinders - TILES!! 436Feb 16, 2018 5:14 pm Looks like the floor tiles are all down but not grouted. Wall / skirt tiles not quite finished yet. Not sure if the tilers were going back tonight or not. They left the gates and a door open. I have 2 window covering places booked in for quotes next week and another one the following week. Still trying to get fence quotes. Very fed up of them not bothering to call back. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Hallway to bedrooms and bathroom Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Ensuite shower (main bathroom shower will be the same. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Main bathroom Re: KDR - SE Melb - Simonds Flinders - TILES!! 437Feb 19, 2018 3:07 pm Spent a couple of hours on site today getting quotes for window coverings. First one went really well. Still waiting for the actual quote. Second one was a complete waste of time. After an hour an a half with him and he'd just about finished doing the quote, he realised that the fabric we chose wasn't available in both rollers and verticals. Groan. He should have known that. I've got another appointment booked for next week. While we were there we did get to have a good look around and take pics (o: We did find a couple of things we weren't so happy with or that we wrong so I need to message SS. And plumbers also turned up and attached all the down pipes. Yay now we won't have so much water on site. Still waiting for fence quotes )o: Re: KDR - SE Melb - Simonds Flinders - TILES!! 438Feb 20, 2018 12:18 pm Got our quote for window coverings last night. Over budget, of course, lol. Made some changes and are now waiting for the new quote. Just had a text from a fencing company who are going to be in the area tomorrow morning and can come quote, yay. Still haven't had the quote back from the first one. Will follow them up tomorrow. Still need to message SS re some items. Oh and exciting, we just ordered a pool table, woohoo!!! Re: KDR - SE Melb - Simonds Flinders - TILES!! 439Feb 21, 2018 11:49 am Bri1234 Got our quote for window coverings last night. Over budget, of course, lol. Made some changes and are now waiting for the new quote. Just had a text from a fencing company who are going to be in the area tomorrow morning and can come quote, yay. Still haven't had the quote back from the first one. Will follow them up tomorrow. Still need to message SS re some items. Oh and exciting, we just ordered a pool table, woohoo!!! Windows coverings are surprisingly expensive! We shopped around for ages and got numerous quotes to attempt to keep it under budget, eventually had to change fabrics just to keep it reasonable.... Pool table! Wooo! Re: KDR - SE Melb - Simonds Flinders - TILES!! 440Feb 21, 2018 11:52 am smithfamily Bri1234 Got our quote for window coverings last night. Over budget, of course, lol. Made some changes and are now waiting for the new quote. Just had a text from a fencing company who are going to be in the area tomorrow morning and can come quote, yay. Still haven't had the quote back from the first one. Will follow them up tomorrow. Still need to message SS re some items. Oh and exciting, we just ordered a pool table, woohoo!!! Windows coverings are surprisingly expensive! We shopped around for ages and got numerous quotes to attempt to keep it under budget, eventually had to change fabrics just to keep it reasonable.... Pool table! Wooo! Yes very expensive. Lol New quote came in better. Still over budget but we might be able to do it. Waiting to get another quote next week to compare. 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