Browse Forums Building A New House Re: First Home - Custom Design in South Ripley - ROOF STARTE 62Jul 08, 2017 9:35 pm Berek Coming along fast. I rode around there when you mentioned they'd poured the slab. I'm pretty happy with the speed actually, they finished off the roof today too Re: First Home - Custom Design in South Ripley - ROOF STARTE 63Jul 09, 2017 10:03 pm allblaqk. Any Basalt colorbond moment pics to share? Re: First Home - Custom Design in South Ripley - ROOF STARTE 64Jul 12, 2017 9:32 pm We did our electrical walk through yesterday, we only added about 8 power points, a data point and 3-4 lighting provisions for future pendants. Front Door in - CHECK Cavity sliders frames in - CHECK Plumbing done - CHECK Roof completed last week and wrapping started this week. Windows on Saturday and then doors, gyprock and bricks the following weeks. We met up with our builder onsite yesterday to go over selections and confirm changes here and there, man I love our builder, he is such a cool guy and so accommodating! Re: First Home - Custom Design in South Ripley - ROOF STARTE 65Jul 12, 2017 10:42 pm Whoop whoop! How exciting!! <3 Re: First Home - Custom Design in South Ripley - ROOF STARTE 66Jul 12, 2017 11:27 pm allblaqk We did our electrical walk through yesterday, we only added about 8 power points, a data point and 3-4 lighting provisions for future pendants. Front Door in - CHECK Cavity sliders frames in - CHECK Plumbing done - CHECK Roof completed last week and wrapping started this week. Windows on Saturday and then doors, gyprock and bricks the following weeks. We met up with our builder onsite yesterday to go over selections and confirm changes here and there, man I love our builder, he is such a cool guy and so accommodating! That's what you want allblaqk, an accommodating builder! They seem to be hard to come by, especially when they become a volume builder. Re: First Home - Custom Design in South Ripley - ROOF STARTE 67Jul 13, 2017 5:31 pm Yup Henry I am really pleased so far Re: First Home - Custom Design in South Ripley - ROOF STARTE 68Jul 17, 2017 9:36 pm I have had two people at work call me patient in the last week (about work related stuff) which I absolutely am not. Its just not one of my qualities at all, and its killing me currently as we were supposed to have our windows installed on Saturday. That didn't happen nor did it happen today But I'm super excited to see that our external laundry door is a glass one! Like this picture but a silver frame instead. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Met with our builder onsite last week and we should have windows, bricks and plaster the next few weeks Re: First Home - Custom Design in South Ripley - ROOF STARTE 69Jul 18, 2017 10:24 am Patience is one of those things you need to have while building. I doesn't matter who you build with, things never happen the exact time you want them to happen. Re: First Home - Custom Design in South Ripley - BRICKS STAR 70Jul 19, 2017 9:31 pm Its been pretty good so far, but I think we live in a world full of instant gratification! Windows are in, bricks started! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Ugly bricks at the front will be covered with render in the shade surfmist, which I was hoping will match the bricks but looking at it now looks like thats a NO. Also we never specified what mortar colour we wanted so it looks pretty ugly to me Re: First Home - Custom Design in South Ripley - ROOF STARTE 71Jul 19, 2017 9:33 pm Bricks are PHG Rice.
Re: First Home - Custom Design in South Ripley - BRICKS STAR 72Jul 19, 2017 9:33 pm allblaqk Its been pretty good so far, but I think we live in a world full of instant gratification! Windows are in, bricks started! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Ugly bricks at the front will be covered with render in the shade surfmist, which I was hoping will match the bricks but looking at it now looks like thats a NO. Also we never specified what mortar colour we wanted so it looks pretty ugly to me woah! how quickly is your house going up! looks amazing! I think we are doing surfmist as well... nice and crisp! meanwhile bricks look fine to me - will look different once all the window frames etc are completed Re: First Home - Custom Design in South Ripley - ROOF STARTE 73Jul 19, 2017 9:41 pm Yeah and of course they have to be cleaned too, i'm just worried we will end up with a darker mortar as we never actually seemed to have gotten a choice. 1st World Problems lol Re: First Home - Custom Design in South Ripley - ROOF STARTE 74Jul 19, 2017 9:44 pm will lighten up over time - you wont even notice it seems like you've gotten lucky with your build compared to a lot of other builds on this forum. Keep that momentum going! Re: First Home - Custom Design in South Ripley - ROOF STARTE 75Jul 19, 2017 9:50 pm Hell yes, considering we had about 10 working days that was all rainy and nothing got done, I'm pretty pleased with the speed so far we were told 16-24 weeks. Hoping its on the lower end Re: First Home - Custom Design in South Ripley - ROOF STARTE 76Jul 20, 2017 4:34 pm Well done allblaqk! I really need to sneak over to Ripley to see the house. You must be so chuffed with how it's coming! I'll try not to wander my way up to that balcony view! Follow our first house build here! -> https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=86484 Re: First Home - Custom Design in South Ripley - ROOF STARTE 77Jul 20, 2017 6:38 pm I'm really happy! Its powering along and overtaking a few that started the same time near us. Feel free to check out the view Just don't hurt yourself haha Re: First Home - Custom Design in South Ripley - BRICKS FINI 78Jul 21, 2017 5:35 pm Talking to my husband last night and he said we picked that colour mortar? Apparently since the lighter colours get dirty quite quickly... OOPS. Re: First Home - Custom Design in South Ripley - BRICKS FINI 79Jul 25, 2017 10:38 pm Will it grow on you? I hope it will. 😊There are mortar colour changing solutions if you really need go correct this "gross error in judgement by your dear hub" (we aren't all bad) 😝 Follow our first house build here! -> https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=86484 Re: First Home - Custom Design in South Ripley - BRICKS FINI 80Jul 26, 2017 6:55 pm Haha, no its not that bad, and honestly its already grown on me. It was definitely a joint decision, so can't get angry at hubby about that ideal house depends on the site and location as much as internal floor plan....what is the distance from the house to all four boundaries, where is north, describe your… 3 15170 So it looks like we finally have some movement on site! Definitely later than expected, but I'll take any progress at this point. I'll drop by over the weekend to get… 5 27738 Hi all, My first post, we are building a house and can’t decide the layout of the lounge room. We have a large N/W facing window and are wanting to have a wood slow… 0 13729 |