Thomas Archer Bayside Build

Hi fellow TA builders

Does anyone have any recommendations for window furnishings and are happy to share a contact?

Thanks

I went with Dollar curtains in oakleigh for timber plantation shutters, roller blinds and sheer curtains. Will upload photos once they are installed.

Sure do.

I walked away from Dollar Curtains who were the epitome of useless.

Mortorised Blinds and Plantation Shutters - Blinds With Flair. Glenn 0411 061 206
Sheer linen Curtains and blockout liners - Curtains Direct. Geraldine 0466 060 260

We set ourselves a target of Easter to get the front done...just stuck in!
Fence, gate and driveway slider coming soon but at least the grass is in and it looks more "finished".
Not lure how long permit for fence will take (limited to 1200 high or under here in Bayside without a permit).

Anyway- Happy Easter homes.

Wow! The jewel in the crown! How stunning is that!! Love your plant selection-especially the ferns😀

wow looks amazing. bet you would have enjoyed the pool this lovely easter weekend. hope you are all settled into the new home now.

looks amazing !!!

@ Blacktea , may I ask which color you choose for your roof?

Seems you use "Surfmist" for your fascia / downpipe , which blend into the wall color nicely, but do you also use "surfmist" for the roof ?

Thx

This facade looks beautiful! TBH, we were struggling to find a S facade that we were in love with if we decide to go with TA until I saw your finished home. Thanks for posting the photos

Just Wow! Looks absolutely amazing! I actually thought that this was a catalog render.

Oh wow thanks mate. High praise indeed!

Had our maintenance stuff done last week.
24 items (which is pretty good apparently?)

Couple of door stops missing, tighten a door handle etc
Majority was caulking and/or touch up painting.
Really impressed that they filled in ceiling holes left by batten fix lights that were replaced post handover by my sparkies.

Fireplace in next couple of weeks just in time for Melbourne's famous winters.

Hi bigdaddy I've noticed that you now have blinds installed! How did you find dollar curtains??? Would you recommend?

Yes. Installed few days ago. Highly recommend Dollar curtains in Oakleigh. Nice people and good service. Installed shutters, blinds and curtains throughout and these ppl were lower compared to quite a few.

Hi Blacktea2sugars - thanks for sharing pictures of your house. It looks amazing! May I ask what colour render your exterior upstairs/downstairs is? I am not happy with the colour I have selected.

Vanilla Quake half is the main Render colour- and the downpipes on those sections are Surfmist.

The highlight render is Dulux Silkwort and tgat is teamed with Shale grey pipes.

What render colour did you choose?

Hi blacktea2sugars, bigdaddy and anyone else who have completed their TA build. Just about to finish fixing stage (joinery is in) and wondering how you approached slight imperfections / chips etc.. on any included joinery.

Did you get TA to fix / replace panels etc? Or did you think that it was never going to be perfect?

thanks

absolutely get TA to fix any issues you have with joinery. You are paying for a premium volume builder so there are certain standards they need to adhere to. We had them fix all our joinery imperfections (e.g. scratches on the panels, the joins not aligning with the cupboards etc) and there was no hesitation with any of our requests from them. I'm sure if it unreasonable they will push back but hopefully that doesn't happen. Chips etc definitely need to be addressed.

thanks

did you get new panels or did they just do some sort of fix to it? also, did it stall your completion date or could this also be done post moving in?

Bit of both. They might end up doing it at the PCI stage though just in case there are any more trades coming through who scratch and dent things along the way.
No definitely didn't stall our dates but we didn't have any big asks. Joinery really shouldn't be a major fix based on our experience.

absolutely get TA to fix any issues you have with joinery. You are paying for a premium volume builder so there are certain standards they need to adhere to.

Sorry I'm a bit late to the party.
We had 1 issue in an overhead cupboard. It was noted by Darbecca, also by TA and a whole new door ordered. Took about 3 weeks- guy came in and replaced door in 20 minutes.

Correct- you are paying for a premium product!

Hi Blacktea2sugars, I've been really enjoying reading your thread while planning our build in Melbourne too. We have a small hiccup here - where the land hasn't settled and we're trying to get soil test + survey to start some actual drawings. The vendor hasn't been very responsive through the real estate agent. Just wondering how did you manage to have the surveyors in before settlement?

This would save us some valuable two months in planning the build..

Any advice would be very much appreciated!

Thanks,