Our First Home - Building with Valeco in Brookhaven Estate

breebarter · Jul 06, 2018 2:31 pm

PCI today went great, took about 2 hours and our SS was more picky then us lol. He had more blue tape on the walls then we did.

Things to fix:
- seal behind fridge cabinetry
- cover for hole under sink due to dishwasher pipe work
- silicon top of island bench
- hole in top of alfresco stackers
- adjust door guides in bed 1
- adjust upside down light switches
- general and minor paint touch ups

Soooo good! Handover 20th July at 2:30pm if all goes well with bank

_sallz · Jul 06, 2018 2:36 pm

breebarter

PCI today went great, took about 2 hours and our SS was more picky then us lol. He had more blue tape on the walls then we did.

Things to fix:
- seal behind fridge cabinetry
- cover for hole under sink due to dishwasher pipe work
- silicon top of island bench
- hole in top of alfresco stackers
- adjust door guides in bed 1
- adjust upside down light switches
- general and minor paint touch ups

Soooo good! Handover 20th July at 2:30pm if all goes well with bank

Im soooo excited for you 😄😄😄😄😄😄😄

Still waiting for mine...... slowly.... slowlyyyy

Tashmc · Jul 06, 2018 3:01 pm

Congrats that is awesome news, not much to fix up. You will be in your home in no time. 🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊

breebarter · Jul 06, 2018 4:53 pm

_sallz

breebarter

PCI today went great, took about 2 hours and our SS was more picky then us lol. He had more blue tape on the walls then we did.

Things to fix:
- seal behind fridge cabinetry
- cover for hole under sink due to dishwasher pipe work
- silicon top of island bench
- hole in top of alfresco stackers
- adjust door guides in bed 1
- adjust upside down light switches
- general and minor paint touch ups

Soooo good! Handover 20th July at 2:30pm if all goes well with bank

Im soooo excited for you

Still waiting for mine...... slowly.... slowlyyyy

Thanks

Shouldn’t be too far for you!

breebarter · Jul 13, 2018 11:00 am

Is anybody here with ANZ as their lender?

I’m nervous today as our valuation is booked in for 10:30am and our landscaping hasn’t been done yet...

Valeco didn’t want to complete until the day before handover as they would have to water the gardens and turf, but we specifically said we were happy to water It every day so that it could be completed before our valuation was done and therefore funds transferred and no delay to handover.

Or SS said that some banks are fine with works being completed after valuation as long as the owner is happy.
Anyone have experience with this yet?

Cheers

breebarter · Jul 18, 2018 8:42 pm

Landscaping turned out better than expected!

1 day till handover! 🤞

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Tashmc · Jul 18, 2018 8:57 pm

How exciting Bree 1 more sleep and the house is all yours 😁😎😀.

Your facade and landscaping look fabulous, they have done a great job.

breebarter · Jul 18, 2018 9:09 pm

Thanks Tash, we are really happy with it

we paid a little bit extra for landscaping but I feel it was totally worth it now!

gr8ly · Jul 18, 2018 9:42 pm

love love love your facade! the exterior colours have worked so well. Did you get your backyard done as well?

breebarter · Jul 18, 2018 9:56 pm

gr8ly

love love love your facade! the exterior colours have worked so well. Did you get your backyard done as well?

Thanks gr8ly

We just got turf out the back, it’s not a huge area, but enough to play some back yard cricket or have a fire pit in winter

Turf cost us a bomb! Fiancé had to have soft leaf buffalo (palmetto) he assures me it will be worth it in the cooler months when we have nice green grass and everyone else’s is dead and brown! Lol

gr8ly · Jul 18, 2018 10:13 pm

arghh! we have so much to turf in our backyard. Should i start saving now? Really want to turf before we move in.

meanwhile i will need to remember that grass haha! i have no idea with plants/grass/anything outside. You'll need to take some pics from the handover

so excited for you

breebarter · Jul 18, 2018 10:34 pm

gr8ly

arghh! we have so much to turf in our backyard. Should i start saving now? Really want to turf before we move in.

meanwhile i will need to remember that grass haha! i have no idea with plants/grass/anything outside. You'll need to take some pics from the handover

so excited for you

We used our whole landscaping allowance just on upgraded turf. So $4000, we don’t have a lot of turfed area and that was upgraded through the company not through Valeco. My fiancé thinks we could have gotten it cheaper but it was just the convenience of getting it all done before.

Yes definitely remember the soft leave buffalo! One of the turfs that stay green all year round with little maintenance, but it comes with the hefty price tag lol.

I literally said hedges down the side of the driveway, and I like those purple leaf plants.. not sure what they are called, just make sure it’s low maintenance.. and that’s what we got given lol!

We have plans for other plants later down the track so I didn’t see any point putting a lot of thought into it right now.

Will definitely be spamming with an overload of pictures! Sorry not sorry lol!

gr8ly · Jul 19, 2018 10:37 pm

how did handover go?!?!?!!!

haha yeah time to start saving for luscious green grass now then.

breebarter · Jul 23, 2018 11:07 am

Wow! This weekend was a loooong one lol I am so exchausted and underestimated how big moving is! This was harder than moving from Sydney to the Gold Coast lol!

So everything went great, couple of things trades are coming back for, electrician still needs to install the pendant lights and fans, carpenter for the towel ladder, painter for the letterbox and a door needs to be fixed. Other than that.. this house is already starting to feel like home! Just a couple of pictures, I’m not completely happy with furniture placement and haven’t yet chosen a “colour scheme”, everything is still quite messy but I tidied up a bit this morning lol
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Tashmc · Jul 23, 2018 12:00 pm

🎊🎉😆 congrats your in how exciting, enjoy making it feel like a home.

icat2000 · Jul 23, 2018 12:05 pm

Congrats. Looks great. Enjoy your new home.

CC7 · Jul 23, 2018 12:18 pm

Looks beautiful so far!

allblaqk · Jul 23, 2018 6:29 pm

Your kitchen backsplash looks great! And I love the colour scheme of the bathroom.
Now comes the fun part - decorating!

gr8ly · Jul 23, 2018 9:25 pm

love it! congratulations guys! you're in!! so good! that media room couch looks so comfy

out of curiosity what gift did you get? haha

Renman · Jul 29, 2018 10:44 am

Congrats on the move. Agree that your kitchen splash back looks fantastic