Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Bray Park (G.J Gardner) - Week 9 - Bricks and Plaster 221Sep 03, 2018 9:23 am Stopped by the house yesterday to move the left over bricks. They haven't quite finished yet, so that will have to wait till Wednesday. It looks great - the only thing I wish they had done was turned a few bricks around so the painted side was facing out on the front of the house - even though its going to be rendered at the front, the mix-mash of colours looks a little bad. Just me expecting perfection when in reality its not an issue. They have the side of the garage to finish off and a few areas around sliding doors. All sliding doors are in - all working correctly and are operating in the correct direction. The plaster got delivered - its all stacked up in the garage. So over the next week we should see internal works picking up There seems to be an issue with the kitchen over head cupboards next to the rangehood - ill explain once I get more information. Basically the way the kitchen people designed the layout, isn't what they can actually make due to the window on the other side of the bench. So yeah - I'm not sure whats actually the issue, but that needs to be sorted. All in all - it's going along smoothly 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 9 - Bricks and Plaster 222Sep 03, 2018 9:37 am I believe it is a badge of honour amongst skilled brickies to make future rendered brickwork as "patchworked" and aesthetically ugly as possible. The more unruly it looks, the better. You should have seen the house being built near me a couple of weeks ago. And you should have a look at it now it's been rendered Re: Bray Park (G.J Gardner) - Week 9 - Bricks and Plaster 223Sep 03, 2018 9:41 am Mr. Sausage I believe it is a badge of honour amongst skilled brickies to make future rendered brickwork as "patchworked" and aesthetically ugly as possible. The more unruly it looks, the better. You should have seen the house being built near me a couple of weeks ago. And you should have a look at it now it's been rendered Ah ha! Well that make sense then... They did a “good” job at making it look very patchy 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 9 - Bricks and Plaster 224Sep 03, 2018 2:59 pm Information coming through hot off the press.... Bricks have been completed. Looking fabulous I've been told. Plaster work has started - almost all of the ceiling has been done. A few walls started. 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 9 - Bricks and Plaster 225Sep 03, 2018 3:11 pm Some new pics for your viewing pleasure 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 ⋅ I really want this house locked up now - I don't want any low-life damaging the walls or roof. 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 9 - Bricks and Plaster 226Sep 03, 2018 7:38 pm Yep, I know the feeling. My house is between fixout and completion and I am starting to spend an unreasonable amount of time worrying about security. There is a certain amount of helplessness when you realise the only thing between bliss and low lives ruining everything is a temporary fence with a chain around a couple of posts. Hopefully all the research I did to make sure I was buying into a good area will pay off but the complete lack of control over it does weigh on my mind. Like you I guess, I'm counting down the days till the keys are in my hand and I can arrange fences, lockable gates, security doors, etc. Re: Bray Park (G.J Gardner) - Week 9 - Bricks and Plaster 227Sep 03, 2018 7:49 pm wow lots of progress since i last checked. Everystage i find myself getting so excited thinking gee this looks like a house then the next stage is even better haha Re: Bray Park (G.J Gardner) - Week 9 - Bricks and Plaster 228Sep 04, 2018 2:21 pm Mr. Sausage Yep, I know the feeling. My house is between fixout and completion and I am starting to spend an unreasonable amount of time worrying about security. There is a certain amount of helplessness when you realise the only thing between bliss and low lives ruining everything is a temporary fence with a chain around a couple of posts. Hopefully all the research I did to make sure I was buying into a good area will pay off but the complete lack of control over it does weigh on my mind. Like you I guess, I'm counting down the days till the keys are in my hand and I can arrange fences, lockable gates, security doors, etc. Yep - spot on. I have been getting quotes for security. Price is a little shocking but worth it I guess. I’ll see if I can ask the SS once all the external stuff is completed if I can get Simone in to fit the security screens before we move in. He’s been really good allowing my dialysis plumbers and elec in to do work. And he solar guys. 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 9 - Bricks and Plaster 229Sep 05, 2018 10:32 am Here is just a little nugget for fun.... It seems the brickies decided to add a bit of heritage to the house by using 2 of the original bricks from the house that was previously on the block. 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: Bray Park (G.J Gardner) - Week 9 - Bricks and Plaster 231Sep 05, 2018 11:48 am blackcat20 How bizarre! I think is funny - it’s all being rendered anyway Just a funny fact I can tell people. 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 9 - Bricks and Plaster 232Sep 05, 2018 11:52 am marz1983 wow lots of progress since i last checked. Everystage i find myself getting so excited thinking gee this looks like a house then the next stage is even better haha It’s been a roller coaster of emotions for sure. Get all excited about a stage and before you know it - it’s completely changed! I’m still getting over how much I was geeking out over the slab. 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 9 - Bricks and Plaster 233Sep 05, 2018 12:18 pm When I built my last house 20 years ago, I used bricks that were kept as spares from my parent's house built back in around 1960! So I sort of "took" some of their old home with me. Of course the bricks looked nothing like mine but they were used to line the sides of finished steps so you never "saw" them in the end - though I knew they were there! Re: Bray Park (G.J Gardner) - Week 9 - Bricks and Plaster 234Sep 05, 2018 2:31 pm haha that's super cute, just a little bit of history coming along for the ride Re: Bray Park (G.J Gardner) - Week 9 - Bricks and Plaster 235Sep 08, 2018 9:55 pm 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 ⋅ 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 ⋅ 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: Bray Park (G.J Gardner) - Week 10 - Plaster 237Sep 14, 2018 9:01 am Haven't had much time to visit the house this week - mainly because it's just plaster being finished off. So it wont be much of a change. When I was there last weekend, I noticed that the lock on the fence was missing. I thought the builder may have taken it or something. When I spoke to the SS on the phone, I questioned where the lock was. He said someone stole it..... lol... really, a $10 combination lock. Thing is, whoever took it, went to the trouble of undoing the clips that holds the fence together and somehow slipped the lock off. They have to go home and try to crack it and then change the code. So yeah, I'm 100% positive that some a$$ hats have been through my house, just glad no one has done anything to it. I asked the SS if I can install my security on the doors and windows early - he said absolutely not! I'm not to touch the house until its mine... Thought the company would be glad to have a bit of extra insurance on the house while building. I do however have permission to start the retaining wall. I need to backfill the block to level it out. I need advice on how to build a retaining was with a fence on top! I'm thinking of using sleepers. 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 10 - Plaster 238Sep 14, 2018 9:05 am Yes per the contract, the lot is the builder's until hand over but the builder must allow external parties representative of the owners to enter for inspections. Don't worry about theft, its covered under the builder's insurance.. apparently its quite common. I had to kick out a bunch of kids the other day when I found them inside my property! Re: Bray Park (G.J Gardner) - Week 10 - Plaster 239Sep 14, 2018 9:11 am pandibabi Yes per the contract, the lot is the builder's until hand over but the builder must allow external parties representative of the owners to enter for inspections. Don't worry about theft, its covered under the builder's insurance.. apparently its quite common. I had to kick out a bunch of kids the other day when I found them inside my property! It's a bit of oxymoron really - steal a lock so your item doesn't get stolen..... I just don't want people in there potentially doing who knows what. 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 10 - Plaster 240Sep 14, 2018 4:42 pm Quote: I do however have permission to start the retaining wall. I need to backfill the block to level it out. I need advice on how to build a retaining was with a fence on top! I'm thinking of using sleepers. I would recommend if at all possible you push the budget and get a retaining wall with proper footings underneath it and one of the concrete block retaining wall systems for the wall itself. I know it is going to stretch the budget, but you've put so much effort into it all so far I'd be concerned that using treated hardwoods is a bit of a compromise (though treated hardwood sleepers are better than treated pine). Only reason I am mentioning this is that with my first build 20 years ago I did not realise the extent of retaining walls needed - I budgeted for the main wall out the front but not the ones towards the back of the property. So I had to compromise and went with a combination of a proper footing system and concrete blocks for the main wall and then treated hardwood and pine for the ones out the back. Whilst the wall out the front with the proper footings and concrete blocks looked like it had been built yesterday 20 years down the track, the other walls were going to need some serious maintenance and rebuilding (though as I intimated earlier, the hardwood had done a lot better than the pine). And I simply did not have the money to re-do them 20 years later. But had I gotten the concrete blocks right at the very beginning for all of the walls, I never would have had to touch them again in my lifetime. If I look at one of the new estates near where I am living at the moment, every single block has already had retaining walls added by the estate developer and they are all built with proper footings and concrete blocks. That way the future owners will never have to worry about walls again. So if you reckon you'll be living in your new home for the long haul (say, 18 years plus), maybe it might be better to take the pain now. Plus your fence will thank you versus if you'd stuck it up on top of a treated wood wall. With concrete blocks you can drive the fence into the blocks - with wood it will just sit on top of the backfill. Again, not a good look over the long term as the fence won't be as well supported. 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 6515 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 13234 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 17517 |