Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Iluka - Bray Park (G.J Gardner) - Waiting to start! 141Jun 22, 2018 10:07 am All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: Iluka - Bray Park (G.J Gardner) - Waiting to start! 143Jun 22, 2018 1:54 pm All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: Iluka - Bray Park (G.J Gardner) - Waiting to start! 145Jun 22, 2018 3:23 pm All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: Iluka - Bray Park (G.J Gardner) - Waiting to start! 146Jun 22, 2018 6:43 pm BrentandAllison By far the hardest decision we have had to make are the lights! We have sat down on MANY occasions to go through all different options and styles. With the kitchen lights, do we go with a bold style to highlight the kitchen area, or simple and plain to make it all blend. The entrance - again, bold or simple. Allison wants this in the entrance.... Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Look, while I think it's awesome as a bit of a gag, maybe for a pool room/man cave, I honestly don't think ill ever grow to love it. I feel really sorry for the poor reindeer whose lives were sacrificed in the construction of that light fitting. Re: Iluka - Bray Park (G.J Gardner) - Waiting to start! 147Jun 24, 2018 7:12 pm BrentandAllison By far the hardest decision we have had to make are the lights! We have sat down on MANY occasions to go through all different options and styles. With the kitchen lights, do we go with a bold style to highlight the kitchen area, or simple and plain to make it all blend. The entrance - again, bold or simple. Allison wants this in the entrance.... Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Look, while I think it's awesome as a bit of a gag, maybe for a pool room/man cave, I honestly don't think ill ever grow to love it. I know whatever we choose, it will look great. Where are people buying their lights from?? Any suggestions? We've been looking on Aliexpress - that's seems to have some great designs. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Finally purchased our kitchen pendant lights. All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: Iluka - Bray Park (G.J Gardner) - Waiting to start! 148Jun 25, 2018 10:41 am We both would have never picked these - but for some reason, when we were at Beacon lighting looking at different lights - I walked over to these and said "Huh, these look really nice, and the way they glow would look amazing." Allison quickly agreed. So we purchased them on the spot. Thing is, because Allison kinda doesn't have much experience with design, colours etc. she is very easily convinced on what I suggest. I was worried that we made a rash decision on the lights, but a few hours later - she was still saying that she is really happy with the lights we chose. So in the end, I think we made a great decision together. All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: Iluka - Bray Park (G.J Gardner) - Waiting to start! 149Jun 26, 2018 6:13 pm BrentandAllison So did I catch our builder telling us a little lie???? Sent an email yesterday asking where we are at on a start date - the response was that the file has just been handed to the SS today who will call us in a little while. OK - so who was out at our block on Tuesday huh?? We don't know if that actually was the SS or someone else just doing a first inspection, so I'm not going to bring it up with the admin... just yet. If we start before July 1 - i'll be happy. It was a different person was a different SS to the one the paperwork was given to. All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: Iluka - Bray Park (G.J Gardner) - Waiting to start! 150Jun 28, 2018 10:16 am The meeting with our SS went really well. Very thorough. Made a few suggestions on tap and spout locations which made sense. Start date - site scrape 9 July. Plumbing rough-in 17 July Electrical rough-in 28 August So still over a week away, but looking forward to seeing progress on site. He predicts that we should have a finished home in mid December. That's worst case scenario of course, so if the planets line up, and with some good luck, we may be in earlier. So the plan now is to minimise what we have to actually move. Purge all the stuff we don't need anymore. All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: Iluka - Bray Park (G.J Gardner) - Waiting to start! 151Jun 28, 2018 10:32 am As Things slow down in The construction Industry 1. Building Times will shrink 2.Better trades become available...as the cowboys leave the industry..hopefully 3.Make sure you have the completed Engineering (Signed) Drawings & Construction Details (ie, Geotech, Retaining Walls, Footings, Slabs Frames, Wind loadings, Beams,etc,etc 4. Take photos at critical stages..if you aren't sure.. always ask an Engineer 5. Plan your visits with critical construction stages No-one will look after your build, better than YOU Cheers Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Iluka - Bray Park (G.J Gardner) - Waiting to start! 152Jun 28, 2018 10:39 am StructuralBIMGuy As Things slow down in The construction Industry 1. Building Times will shrink 2.Better trades become available...as the cowboys leave the industry..hopefully 3.Make sure you have the completed Engineering (Signed) Drawings & Construction Details (ie, Geotech, Retaining Walls, Footings, Slabs Frames, Wind loadings, Beams,etc,etc 4. Take photos at critical stages..if you aren't sure.. always ask an Engineer 5. Plan your visits with critical construction stages No-one will look after your build, better than YOU Cheers It was comforting to hear that he has his own crew that he works with - Brick, chippies, plaster, electrical. He wont lend them out to other SS unless he has no work for them. All have about 10 - 20 experience working for him. We are permitted onsite as long as we use common sense. So i'll be able to take photos of all the progress. Cheers for the info All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: Iluka - Bray Park (G.J Gardner) - Waiting to start! 153Jun 28, 2018 11:01 am That's the standard Building Company Line .. I hear it all the time on site, so please excuse me if I sound cynical You should be allowed on site, the more eyes that are cast over your build the more the chances are that mistakes , error,etc will be sorted out before they become major issues latter on Structural Engineer Inspections are critical make sure you have the right photos Slab Inspection Rectification Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Iluka - Bray Park (G.J Gardner) - Waiting to start! 154Jun 29, 2018 9:17 am Good news - some works are starting on our land. There is a shared brick fence that needs to be removed as our garage is being built on the boundary. All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: Iluka - Bray Park (G.J Gardner) - Waiting to start! 155Jun 29, 2018 5:42 pm BrentandAllison Good news - some works are starting on our land. There is a shared brick fence that needs to be removed as our garage is being built on the boundary. Some progress pics for the end of the week This was just to remove the brick fence to make room for our garage - building to boundary. 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 ⋅ All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: Iluka - Bray Park (G.J Gardner) - Week 1 - Site scrape 156Jul 09, 2018 8:53 am Site scrape booked for today. Weather is perfect. Neighbour has already told me they have arrived to start work. I'll drop by after work and take some pics. All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: Iluka - Bray Park (G.J Gardner) - Week 1 - Site scrape 158Jul 09, 2018 9:32 pm Site cut done and dusted! So far so good I think. There were paint marks on the ground, so pegging should be done next. I have a meeting with the SS on Friday to go over house placement. 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 ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: Iluka - Bray Park (G.J Gardner) - Week 1 - Site scrape 160Jul 09, 2018 9:40 pm pandibabi so jealous! The wait has been excruciating! Where are you up to with your build? All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Hi Everyone I learned something this week that I thought would be worth sharing. In NSW a lot of developers of subdivisions put covenants on the land which normally… 0 6543 May I ask why you chose not to use GJ Gardiner? I'm actually meeting with one of the sales guys tomorrow for an appointment. Definitely not signing anything yet… 3 13248 Thank you so much everyone. This all makes a lot of sense. I guess when you talk to a builder who butters up everything to look very polished, you get to start believing… 7 17591 |