The Eden's front elevation has a certain presence and I congratulate those who chose this design because it looks really great
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Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Eden by Dale Alcock in Aveley - Bricklaying 21Mar 27, 2015 2:19 pm Our Build Thread: The "Extended" Marina by Visionone Homes Our Inspirations: Frank Lloyd Wright | Houzz Re: Eden by Dale Alcock in Aveley - Bricklaying 23Mar 27, 2015 3:45 pm Our Build Thread: The "Extended" Marina by Visionone Homes Our Inspirations: Frank Lloyd Wright | Houzz Re: Eden by Dale Alcock in Aveley - Complete! 36Mar 29, 2015 3:11 am It's now mid July and the house painting has begun. We're on track for a handover late next month according to my supervisor ![]() ![]() Painting begins in the bathroom. It's the darker colour you can see at the top not the lighter undercoat still visible. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The colour is Dhimba by Solver. It's a slightly warmer colour in the bathroom, ensuite and laundry than the rest of the house. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Rest of the house is starting to turn 1 shade of grey (Scribbly Gum by Solver) Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Portico piers are now painted but still no front door.. ![]() Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ White glass sliding doors for the hallway linen cupboard, laundry cupboard and bedroom robes are installed Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ First (best?) seat in the house.. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Painting still isn't quite finished in some areas but the house is getting pretty close now in most ways. Electrical fit out is also still happening so lots of wires dangling from the roof in some rooms. Eden by Dale Alcock Homes (Aveley) My Build Land settlement: 28/11/13 Building approval: 17/12/13 Slab: 04/02/14 Plate: 03/04/14 Roof: 07/05/14 Lockup: 06/06/14 Handover 12/09/14 Re: Eden by Dale Alcock in Aveley - Bricklaying 37Mar 29, 2015 3:17 am Two heads are better than one. Ensuite shower. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Walkthrough robe fitout complete Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Handover date is now set for Friday 29th of August! Jason windows are running a bit behind with the front door as its custom made to the exact measurements of the house but we're all confident they will have it installed in time. ![]() Eden by Dale Alcock Homes (Aveley) My Build Land settlement: 28/11/13 Building approval: 17/12/13 Slab: 04/02/14 Plate: 03/04/14 Roof: 07/05/14 Lockup: 06/06/14 Handover 12/09/14 Re: Eden by Dale Alcock in Aveley - Bricklaying 38Mar 29, 2015 3:26 am OK so handover got pushed back twice by about 2 weeks in total to allow for Jason Windows to get the front door delivered and installed. They missed the deadline they gave DAH twice. ![]() ![]() DAH still did the pre-handover inspection with me at the end of August but I couldn't inspect the front door and painting in the entry at the time since it wasn't ready yet and would be allowed to do another inspection the morning of the key handover meeting. Handover is now Friday 12th of September. ![]() We only came up with about 5 pages of defects from the inspection which were mostly just minor paint touch ups, generally I was really impressed with how the house had turned out so far, a bit disappointed about the handover being pushed back but after 18 months another two weeks wasn't going to make that much difference. My flooring is being done after handover so I had to contact the flooring company who were excellent and managed to rearrange the dates to start the following Monday after the key handover on the Friday before. Liquid limestone driveway and porch to the front entry are poured, colour has turned out a little lighter than I expected which I think is actually a good thing in the end. Was supposed to be charcoal (dark grey not black) but has turned out a lighter grey a bit darker than cement sort of colour. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Garage door is installed Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Alfresco and side paving is down Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Eden by Dale Alcock Homes (Aveley) My Build Land settlement: 28/11/13 Building approval: 17/12/13 Slab: 04/02/14 Plate: 03/04/14 Roof: 07/05/14 Lockup: 06/06/14 Handover 12/09/14 Re: Eden by Dale Alcock in Aveley - Bricklaying 39Mar 29, 2015 3:32 am Some photos before handover and the day of the re-inspection before going to DAH for the key handover Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Ensuite shower glass Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Bathroom shower glass Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ After so much waiting it's finally installed! The only issue now is that the glass was supposed to have a film installed on it to make the doors frosted for privacy ! ![]() Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ DAH will have the window tinting guy contact me directly to organise a time to come to fit the missing film. Eden by Dale Alcock Homes (Aveley) My Build Land settlement: 28/11/13 Building approval: 17/12/13 Slab: 04/02/14 Plate: 03/04/14 Roof: 07/05/14 Lockup: 06/06/14 Handover 12/09/14 Re: Eden by Dale Alcock in Aveley - Bricklaying 40Mar 29, 2015 4:21 am Now the real work starts.. it's late on a Friday afternoon. 1. I have to get some curtains up on the windows to keep prying eyes out. 2. Start cleaning out the fine brick and plaster dust still on the floor before the flooring guys can start the next week. 3. Install a letterbox I've taken a week off work to try to get some of these jobs done before the flooring team take over for 2 weeks while they lay and seal/polish the floor boards. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Figured a wet and dry vac with a dust filter was probably the quickest way to get rid of the dust all over the floor and to try controlling all of the sand being walked in from outside. Quick trip to bunnings later, 3 or 4 full vaccum bags and 2 filters the floor was clean enough to walk on without kicking up dust. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The skirting boards and flooring got delivered early on Monday to give me time to paint the boards before the flooring crew starts on Wednesday.. two days to get 3 coats of paint on 15x 6m lengths of skirting. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The paintathon begins Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Love the lighting effect on the ensuite window in the evenings Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Decided installing the letterbox would be a good job to do while the flooring was starting to be laid Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Not a bad result after plenty of careful hole levelling and concrete pouring. Wood flooring, Spotted Gum Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ After sealing and polishing Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Carpet finally! All bedrooms and theatre room. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Front door after frosted film applied. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Eden by Dale Alcock Homes (Aveley) My Build Land settlement: 28/11/13 Building approval: 17/12/13 Slab: 04/02/14 Plate: 03/04/14 Roof: 07/05/14 Lockup: 06/06/14 Handover 12/09/14 I built with EB back on 2009. Check out this thread on this forum. viewtopic.php?f=31&t=12911&p=154061#p154061 I can't speak for recent expericience however, we had no… 1 24196 ![]() |