Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Inspired Homes/Como Homes - Plaster 181Dec 29, 2018 7:16 pm Week 23 Some render went up on the blueboard section of the facade but that's all. Surprised anything happened really. Hoping everyone has a wonderful NYE and here's to 2019 in our new house. Build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88062 Re: Inspired Homes/Como Homes - Plaster 182Dec 29, 2018 9:03 pm Clareymoo Week 23 Some render went up on the blueboard section of the facade but that's all. Surprised anything happened really. Hoping everyone has a wonderful NYE and here's to 2019 in our new house. Wishing you and the fam the same clareymoo _________________________________________ Regards Manj https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88256 Re: Inspired Homes/Como Homes - Plaster 183Jan 05, 2019 6:54 pm Week 24 A little bit more render has been done around the garage roof, again more than I was expecting. SS is due back on the 14th Jan so hopefully things will kick up a gear then Build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88062 Re: Inspired Homes/Como Homes - Plaster 184Jan 12, 2019 7:07 pm Week 25 Internal doors and skirting have been delivered. Finally measured the ceiling height and it's 3330 (huge!) and add another 500 on to that for the garage. Back fence is done as our back neighbour is close to hand over. SS is back on deck on Monday so keen to see some movement. Build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88062 Re: Inspired Homes/Como Homes - Fixing 185Jan 19, 2019 10:57 am Week 26 Cabinetry and internal doors have been installed along with the front door and waterproofing for the showers and bath. Our island bench is huge and makes our open area look a lot smaller but that's ok it will all fit. Brickies were on site today adding bricks to in under the alfresco, I think the wall may have been too high and blank for rendered blue board. Fixing invoice arrived this week and I believe paint will be next. Ensuite vanity Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Ensuite Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Front door Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Internal door Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Kitchen Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Other side of island bench Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Cooker side of kitchen Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Cupboards over fridge space. I hope they put a bulkhead above Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Bath Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Bathroom vanity Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Shower Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Laundry Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Kitchen sink Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88062 Re: Inspired Homes/Como Homes - Fixing 186Jan 20, 2019 8:39 am Hey Clareymoo, Looks fantastic! Love the big island! What finish did you go for on the kitchen cabinetry? Im tossing between the Createc New Ultra White and the Themo Ultra white gloss but there is no price difference that helps sway my decision and I haven't been able to find any other evidence with for and against, for longevity or wearability. Would love to know what helped your choice? I was looking at the pic above the cook top the one where you were hoping that they put a bulk head... I have an awful feeling that they won't as it looks like your cornice is up already? I doubt they would of done that if they were putting up a bulk head? May end up a variation? Re: Inspired Homes/Como Homes - Fixing 187Jan 20, 2019 10:42 am Lukaa Hey Clareymoo, Looks fantastic! Love the big island! What finish did you go for on the kitchen cabinetry? Im tossing between the Createc New Ultra White and the Themo Ultra white gloss but there is no price difference that helps sway my decision and I haven't been able to find any other evidence with for and against, for longevity or wearability. Would love to know what helped your choice? I was looking at the pic above the cook top the one where you were hoping that they put a bulk head... I have an awful feeling that they won't as it looks like your cornice is up already? I doubt they would of done that if they were putting up a bulk head? May end up a variation? Ooh hard questions this far in lol. Let me look at my colours doc. Polytec polar white with sheen finish. Hubby wanted gloss but I remember it being a big cost to upgrade and I think sheen will hold less fingerprints than gloss. We're going to have to take a trip down to the display I think to refresh on the bulk heads. I also think we might need to move the man hole from the garage into the house as I don't think many tradies have a 4m ladder. Build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88062 Re: Inspired Homes/Como Homes - Fixing 188Jan 20, 2019 1:07 pm [quote="Clareymoo"]Week 26 Cabinetry and internal doors have been installed along with the front door and waterproofing for the showers and bath. Our island bench is huge and makes our open area look a lot smaller but that's ok it will all fit. Brickies were on site today adding bricks to in under the alfresco, I think the wall may have been too high and blank for rendered blue board. Fixing invoice arrived this week and I believe paint will be next. clareymoo... great progress .. looking good! Btw I cannot understand why they fit everything before painting don’t you get paint stains on the cabinetry and stone .. _________________________________________ Regards Manj https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88256 Re: Inspired Homes/Como Homes - Fixing 189Jan 20, 2019 3:28 pm Manj Clareymoo Week 26 Cabinetry and internal doors have been installed along with the front door and waterproofing for the showers and bath. Our island bench is huge and makes our open area look a lot smaller but that's ok it will all fit. Brickies were on site today adding bricks to in under the alfresco, I think the wall may have been too high and blank for rendered blue board. Fixing invoice arrived this week and I believe paint will be next. clareymoo... great progress .. looking good! Btw I cannot understand why they fit everything before painting don’t you get paint stains on the cabinetry and stone .. Yeah the cabinet doors are a concern but I suppose they are easily replaced. There's no stone yet and no inbuilt shelves they actually mentioned this in the contract a variation that fixing stage excludes those as they don't want them to get paint on them Build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88062 Re: Inspired Homes/Como Homes - Fixing 190Jan 26, 2019 7:37 pm Week 27 Stairs have been installed, 2 from the garage to the house and 4 from the main area to the kids area. They look good and will only look better once painted and covered. The render in the alfresco has had a second coat applied and looks really nice. Same with the facade but the scaffolding is still up so it's hard to see/take a photo. Not a lot else has happened. The laundry bench had a hole cut out for the trough and some tradies were on site filling in all the nail holes etc getting ready for paint. 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Im tossing between the Createc New Ultra White and the Themo Ultra white gloss but there is no price difference that helps sway my decision and I haven't been able to find any other evidence with for and against, for longevity or wearability. Would love to know what helped your choice? I was looking at the pic above the cook top the one where you were hoping that they put a bulk head... I have an awful feeling that they won't as it looks like your cornice is up already? I doubt they would of done that if they were putting up a bulk head? May end up a variation? Ooh hard questions this far in lol. Let me look at my colours doc. Polytec polar white with sheen finish. Hubby wanted gloss but I remember it being a big cost to upgrade and I think sheen will hold less fingerprints than gloss. We're going to have to take a trip down to the display I think to refresh on the bulk heads. I also think we might need to move the man hole from the garage into the house as I don't think many tradies have a 4m ladder. Hey Clareymoo, upon further investigation I am still non the wiser as to which is the better product from Polytec. Polytec themselves can't even advise. So I will just have to bite the bullet and flip a coin. I am constantly having to pop down to the display home to check on things LOL, and I'm only at tender stage! Who did you deal with at the como/arden head office whilst doing your tender? Will they charge you a variation to move your manhole? Re: Inspired Homes/Como Homes - Fixing 193Feb 04, 2019 6:52 pm Lukaa Clareymoo Lukaa Hey Clareymoo, Looks fantastic! Love the big island! What finish did you go for on the kitchen cabinetry? Im tossing between the Createc New Ultra White and the Themo Ultra white gloss but there is no price difference that helps sway my decision and I haven't been able to find any other evidence with for and against, for longevity or wearability. Would love to know what helped your choice? I was looking at the pic above the cook top the one where you were hoping that they put a bulk head... I have an awful feeling that they won't as it looks like your cornice is up already? I doubt they would of done that if they were putting up a bulk head? May end up a variation? Ooh hard questions this far in lol. Let me look at my colours doc. Polytec polar white with sheen finish. Hubby wanted gloss but I remember it being a big cost to upgrade and I think sheen will hold less fingerprints than gloss. We're going to have to take a trip down to the display I think to refresh on the bulk heads. I also think we might need to move the man hole from the garage into the house as I don't think many tradies have a 4m ladder. Hey Clareymoo, upon further investigation I am still non the wiser as to which is the better product from Polytec. Polytec themselves can't even advise. So I will just have to bite the bullet and flip a coin. I am constantly having to pop down to the display home to check on things LOL, and I'm only at tender stage! Who did you deal with at the como/arden head office whilst doing your tender? Will they charge you a variation to move your manhole? We had other things to spend money on, hubby really wanted the gloss but I wore him down .. and we got handle-less overhead cupboards and waterfall edges to the island bench instead. When we were at tender stage it was all still with Arden. We were working with Kirsty and Joanne did our tender presentation. We now have Courtney as our CSA and she is lovely. Our plans show bulkheads over the kitchen and laundry cabinets but not the fridge ones, thats OK I can deal with that as the fridge is in the pantry. Havent called my SS about the manhole yet had so much other stuff going on. I really need to do it this week. Build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88062 Re: Inspired Homes/Como Homes - Paint 194Feb 09, 2019 12:59 pm Week 28 We've been locked out BUT .. that means our stone has been installed. From what we could see through the one window that has no goop on it, it looks amazing! Also, bulkheads are going in! Phew! Oh and the scaffolding at the front has finally come down. The facade is not yet finished but looks so good without the skeleton around it. Emailed my SS this week about the man hole, finally, and he agreed that having it in the garage would make it inaccessible. He is going to see if we can put it in the WIR then if that's also too high we'll put it in the back corner of the kids rumpus room. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88062 Re: Inspired Homes/Como Homes - Internal 196Feb 16, 2019 4:22 pm Week 29 We managed to pick a time to visit today when the tradies were still on site and happy for us to come in. Paint is 90% done, just some additional work to be done once the bulkheads are completed and on the stairs. It looks amazing!! So bright and light and airy. So very happy with it - we picked Lexicon half strength which is white with a slight grey tinge. We'll warm up the place with furnishings. Sinks have been installed in the kitchen and 2 bathrooms but not the powder or laundry yet. It was great to see the stone up close, it looks fantastic. Tiles have been delivered but haven't started yet. Hopefully only a few more weeks till it's ours! Entryway showing the awesome paint job Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Ensuite Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Kitchen sink Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Bulkhead over the fridge space, woo! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Wardrobe Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Main bathroom Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Kitchen Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88062 Re: Inspired Homes/Como Homes - Internal 197Feb 24, 2019 11:09 am Week 30 From what we could see through the clear windows nothing has happened this week. We did however get a tentative PCI date of 4 weeks. It's close! Hopefully in by Easter weekend (that includes time for post hand over flooring) Build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88062 Re: Inspired Homes/Como Homes - Internal 198Feb 24, 2019 2:50 pm Clareymoo Week 30 From what we could see through the clear windows nothing has happened this week. We did however get a tentative PCI date of 4 weeks. It's close! Hopefully in by Easter weekend (that includes time for post hand over flooring) Woohoo!! PCI in 4 weeks means so awesome!! clareymoo things are moving fast now !! _________________________________________ Regards Manj https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88256 Re: Inspired Homes/Como Homes - Internal 199Feb 26, 2019 6:38 pm Manj Clareymoo Week 30 From what we could see through the clear windows nothing has happened this week. We did however get a tentative PCI date of 4 weeks. It's close! Hopefully in by Easter weekend (that includes time for post hand over flooring) Woohoo!! PCI in 4 weeks means so awesome!! clareymoo things are moving fast now !! They are, I still think you're going to beat us though lol Build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88062 Re: Inspired Homes/Como Homes - Internal 200Mar 02, 2019 1:08 pm Week 31 No tradies there today so only photos through the windows. Don't blame them, this is day 3 of 35+ degree heat in Autumn in Melbourne. Tiling has been done, Belga Grey like a lot of other people, to wet areas only. We are having the rest of the flooring done after handover. We could also see wall tiles for the laundry and bathroom looking nice. Plastering has been completed except for the garage so bulkheads are done and under the stairs filled in. The control and return air for the heating is in and door handles have been installed. Closer and closer and closer. In other drama this week we got a $400 water bill for the block .. what the heck!! Let our SS know straight away and he had Yarra Valley Water come out to find a major leak on their side of the meter. It was fixed yesterday and I will be calling YVW on Monday to talk about reimbursements. We also have some water pooling at the back of the block, possibly from our neighbours (who also built with Como) so our SS will chat with their SS and see what's what. Front door bling Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Laundry splash back Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Plaster under stairs Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Bulkhead Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Builkhead in lounge room and heater control Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Bathroom wall tiles Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Floor tiles Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88062 yes it does, you've just not understood it. theres a difference. 4 5495 Your house should come in "as new" condition. It should be clean, and without stains 1 4705 Ask for references and speak to them. If they are defensive or try to avoid the request, walk. 1 76119 |