Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Bray Park (G.J Gardner) - Week 15 - Painting 281Oct 15, 2018 10:51 am All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: Bray Park (G.J Gardner) - Week 15 - Painting 283Oct 15, 2018 11:04 am All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: Bray Park (G.J Gardner) - Week 15 - Painting 286Oct 15, 2018 6:27 pm All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: G.J Gardner build - Week 15 - Painting 287Oct 18, 2018 8:13 am All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: G.J Gardner build - Week 16 - Painting 288Oct 23, 2018 9:52 am All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: G.J Gardner build - Week 16 - Painting 293Oct 23, 2018 11:25 am All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: G.J Gardner build - Week 16 - Painting 294Oct 24, 2018 3:40 pm All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: G.J Gardner build - Week 16 - Painting 296Oct 24, 2018 4:14 pm All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: G.J Gardner build - Week 16 - Painting 298Oct 24, 2018 8:26 pm All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: G.J Gardner build - Week 16 - Painting 299Oct 28, 2018 8:51 am Sorry for your woes (especially with your medical considerations) though to be honest I think you would always have been pushing it to have it all done this year. It is a large house afterall My build was started 6 weeks before yours and is the tinniest 3 bedroom single storey you can imagine. And even it is looking perilously close to missing this year's cutoff. I may just make it, but if I do it's likely to be a handover days before the Christmas break so no way to get a removalist anyway. But I empathise with the whole rent thing. I'd bargained to be out of my current place around early November at the absolute worst since all other (much larger) builds by my builder (if extrapolated to my start date) would have had me in my new home in late September or at worst the second week of October. But now I'm looking at "what if" scenarios and will probably let my current rent expire in November as normal and then try to pay to share a place with a relative in the interim. I know you have been concerned about security. Have you given any more thought to that, especially now it looks like it won't be occupied over Christmas / New Year? I started to look into it myself for the same reason but it looks way too expensive. Re: G.J Gardner build - Week 16 - Painting 300Oct 31, 2018 3:26 pm Mr. Sausage Sorry for your woes (especially with your medical considerations) though to be honest I think you would always have been pushing it to have it all done this year. It is a large house afterall My build was started 6 weeks before yours and is the tinniest 3 bedroom single storey you can imagine. And even it is looking perilously close to missing this year's cutoff. I may just make it, but if I do it's likely to be a handover days before the Christmas break so no way to get a removalist anyway. But I empathise with the whole rent thing. I'd bargained to be out of my current place around early November at the absolute worst since all other (much larger) builds by my builder (if extrapolated to my start date) would have had me in my new home in late September or at worst the second week of October. But now I'm looking at "what if" scenarios and will probably let my current rent expire in November as normal and then try to pay to share a place with a relative in the interim. I know you have been concerned about security. Have you given any more thought to that, especially now it looks like it won't be occupied over Christmas / New Year? I started to look into it myself for the same reason but it looks way too expensive. It's all OK, we have come to the realisation that it's better to let it be and just deal with it all. It would have been such a rush and stress to get everything done by Xmas - like you, removalists wont want to work that close to the break, plus we need to get a heap of stuff (carpets, wardrobes, driveway) done before we can comfortable live in the house. The loan payments and rent aren't a huge hassle right now - just need to budget a little better. Security - We are going with Absolute Security & Blinds. They gave us the choice to mix between the cheapest diamond grille on the windows that you don't see (utility side of the house) and the nice mesh for the feature doors and windows. The price is "reasonable" I guess for a full fitout and install. I plan to make it my fortes of solitude - every door and window locked up as well as a solid cement brick fence with mechanical gate out the front. All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 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 24870 6 60442 Can anyone recommend a good/affordable retaining wall and fence builder that I can get a quote from located in Sydney? 8 52320 |