Do you have stormwater gully traps with grates at or above ground level in your yard?
If so, how many and what do they look like when completed?
Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Ausbuild Finlay 36 @ Thornlands - Tiling almost finished 42Aug 27, 2018 9:26 pm Hi Irish16 Yes we do have a number of gully drains. There are nine around the house plus one under both water taps. Eight of the nine are close to the house, one is in the backyard and then two for the taps. Not sure what they look like at finish as ours are still just pipes sticking up out of the ground. The yellow highlight below shows their location. The next door neighbour has roughly the same number and they have left them higher that ground level with a grate on the top. The landscaper will cut them down to ground level once they finalise the levels. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Ausbuild Finlay 36 @ Thornlands - Tiling almost finished 43Sep 02, 2018 6:25 pm It's been great following your build so far - not long to go now!
I've just bought in Thornlands, so will be going up nearby Re: Ausbuild Finlay 36 @ Thornlands - Tiling almost finished 44Sep 02, 2018 7:41 pm Re: Ausbuild Finlay 36 @ Thornlands - Tiling almost finished 46Sep 02, 2018 10:59 pm Thanks! We haven't picked a builder yet - we were pretty close with Clarendon, but after we went through the Rochedale displays (again) today Mrs got a bit nervous and started looking at different designs that we'd already ruled out because we didn't like them... whew, and I thought her indecision was bad enough during the land selection! Re: Ausbuild Finlay 36 - Tiling finished, painting to commen 48Sep 11, 2018 11:24 am How exciting...we believe the painters are at our house this week. Hopefully we will be in by Christmas. What stage are they at with your build? Who is your site supervisor? Re: Ausbuild Finlay 36 - Tiling finished, painting to commen 49Sep 11, 2018 11:47 am pbwhi0 How exciting...we believe the painters are at our house this week. Hopefully we will be in by Christmas. What stage are they at with your build? Who is your site supervisor? We had the wall insulation installed yesterday and looks like ceiling insulation today. So about 10 weeks behind I think? We have Ken, has been good guy so far. Re: Ausbuild Finlay 36 - Tiling finished, painting to commen 50Sep 11, 2018 10:12 pm That is great. Our neighbours had Ken and he was terrific. They were in ahead of schedule and no major defects. Re: Ausbuild Finlay 36 - Tiling finished, painting to commen 51Sep 16, 2018 7:02 pm Our new neighbours to be let us know the Painters were onsite today (Sunday) and sprayed the undercoat. Under 2 hours! Amazing how quick the spray gun is compared to roller. Let’s hope they are able to finish the remaining coats this week. Then only fit off and driveway to go. We are doing carpets and wardrobes after handover so not left now... Re: Ausbuild Finlay 36 - Painting commenced, driveway instal 52Sep 20, 2018 10:56 pm Well, the last two weeks the build has been flat out. After tiling the house was prepared for painting. Commenced on Sunday this week and we believe the upper floor is finished and they have started on the ground floor. Maybe two days left. Also a surprise this week was the driveway and slabs for aircon & gas bottles. After this week we will only have electrical and plumbing fit off. We are doing carpet and wardrobe shelving after hand over. There is a slim chance we might have PCI in around 4 weeks. Here are some photos. Inside pics are through the alfresco glass doors. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Driveway Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Rear drive through garage and laundry. Motorbikes will be parked here but would also accommodate trailer or small boat. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Family room looking to front door. Ceilings are done and the cut in for top of walls is ready for rolling main coat tomorrow. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Nice clean work area! Wall colour is only undercoat. Top coat will be a bit lighter. Floor tiling is done so glad the protective wrap is in place. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Side path. After hand over we will install trip drain and concrete to fence. This path will be used by motorbikes. Re: Ausbuild Finlay 36 - Painting commenced, driveway instal 53Sep 21, 2018 3:29 pm It's looking very impressive! Getting pretty close to the end now Re: Ausbuild Finlay 36 - Painting commenced, driveway instal 55Sep 21, 2018 7:39 pm Thanks all! Yes it is amazing what paint does. The painters were there again today and said they have completed all ceilings, doors, architraves and skirtings. The walls are only undercoat but they will finish them either tomorrow or Monday. They have cut in with paint so only need to roll. We were able to get some indoor photos today. Main ensuite, waiting for free standing bath. Behind this wall is the shower - no doors and ceiling shower heads. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Main shower - there are two ceiling shower heads. Out of window we have a glimpse of Nth Stradbroke Island. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Main ensuite standing in shower door looking to bedroom and toilet on left. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Kitchen - hard to see but splash back tiles are glass mosaic. Look better in real life! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Butlers pantry Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Ausbuild Finlay 36 - Painting commenced, driveway instal 57Sep 22, 2018 6:25 am I have been meaning to drop past your place and have a look. Might venture there today. I think from memory our scaffold was up for just over three weeks. While the scaffold was in place they installed the upper level hardiplank, soffits, down pipes and painted the upper level including soffits. The scaffold costs a bit so they try and get the jobs done quick. It is great to see the house when the scaffold is removed. Exciting times for you ahead. Re: Ausbuild Finlay 36 - Painting commenced, driveway instal 59Sep 23, 2018 8:49 am Hi, Sandrascma's other half here, by all means take a wonder around, your place is looking so close to done, gives us a sneak peak what to expect. We have a bit of bricks still to go up then scaffold should be erected, once they done with soffit and painted I have a small windows to get my cameras up before the scaffold comes down. Solar will also be using the scaffold so hope it's not to busy. Feels like the bricks going so slow in comparison to another house down the road, all bricks up in one day, given it was a single story but still. Re: Ausbuild Finlay 36 - Painting commenced, driveway instal 60Sep 23, 2018 6:35 pm Hey Grant, welcome to the discussion! We did have a wander around your build. Brings back memories of our build. Looking good and you have a large back yard. We had a gang of 6 doing our bricks and they took 4 working days. Don't be too concerned that it feels slow at some point - things appear to go slow then all of a sudden there is a flurry of activity. Our painters finished the internal walls and ceilings yesterday. Still some external work to do and touch ups internally but is probably 95% done! Communication from head office has been atrocious so not sure what is up next. Hopefully plumbing and electrical fit outs will start this week. When your bricks are done if they have any left over ask the SS if you can keep them. Before we could ask they cleaned the site and dumped 1.5 pallets into the skip bin - what a waste! They kept some aside for the letterbox but by our calculations they are way short. Yet another issue we will have to cross when we get to that item. Cheers, Paul Any advice on a builder in NSW who is demanding an extra 22000k after the house is completed and contract paid in full .Standard HIA contract. Never received a variation.… 0 20515 Can you give advice on how to get missing certificates needed for a form 21? Our bank requires us to provide one but we are missing 4 building certificates from our first… 3 71814 yes it does, you've just not understood it. theres a difference. 4 5322 |