Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building the Lennox with Celebration Homes in the South 129Jun 07, 2015 9:17 pm Our build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=77196 Re: Building the Lennox with Celebration Homes in the South 133Jun 22, 2015 1:43 am Thanks Malsannie! Kuka has great products and their customer service is wonderful. Worth a visit whenever you finally get to come over for a visit. Has anyone noticed the last photo that I posted? What type of quality is the grout over the ensuite taps? No one else seems to have missing grout in places like I do? I think I might call Celebration Homes tomorrow and ask about that??? A huge reason I went with Celebration homes was 1. I LOVED the floor plan and 2. Their quality has vastly improved greatly the last few years. I'm hoping the ensuite taps are okay with the grout like that??? Re: Building the Lennox with Celebration Homes in the South 134Jun 22, 2015 3:48 am JMCL I don't think it is anything to worry about, but I'm no expert! I've had a look at a few other threads - search for 'chasing' - they look similar to me. It'll have float going over it and tiles so should be fine I think! Re: Building the Lennox with Celebration Homes in the South 135Jun 22, 2015 4:12 am Thanks Malsannie! I have emailed the builder and asked my CLO to go and check on the house? We're not allowed contact with the site supervisor otherwise I would call him tomorrow? I'm hoping it's nothing to worry about but the grout looks really messy compared to other builds Re: Building the Lennox with Celebration Homes in the South 136Jun 23, 2015 12:11 am I don't think it will be anything to worry about, it'll all get covered with the grey float anyway. But, I always think it's a good idea to let the builder know that you are noticing this stuff so go ahead and query it if you want, make them work for their money Building the Lennox with Celebration Homes in the South West 137Jun 23, 2015 12:32 am Looking great JMCL! Loving your front elevation, will look fab with a picket fence. My final plan is with estimating at the mo. Can you remember how long it took Celebration between you signing your PPA and when you received your contracts? I'm nearly there, apparently if I sign up by the end of June they're going to waive the 5% Margs loading ('saving' $11k) Another potential win for me after 30c ceilings and Caesarstone in all wet areas became standard last month! Re: Building the Lennox with Celebration Homes in the South 139Jun 27, 2015 4:05 am Well Trixee and Malsannie you were right, nothing to worry about as it is getting 2 coats of grey float over it apparently? Trixee, I definitely notice the finer details FantasticFour Looking great JMCL! Loving your front elevation, will look fab with a picket fence. My final plan is with estimating at the mo. Can you remember how long it took Celebration between you signing your PPA and when you received your contracts? I'm nearly there, apparently if I sign up by the end of June they're going to waive the 5% Margs loading ('saving' $11k) Another potential win for me after 30c ceilings and Caesarstone in all wet areas became standard last month! FantasticFour, you have had some great wins! We had to pay 3% loading because we are outside Bunbury and I noticed the ceasarstone benchtops are in all wet areas now as standard the house has gone up almost 20k since we signed last year. To put ceasarstone in my larder, laundry and bathrooms was going to cost an extra 9k back then and that doesn't include what we paid for the kitchen caesarstone? Don't laugh but which form is the PPA? Is that the final contracts??? I've signed so much paperwork now I don't know the names of any of the specific contracts? I did Prestart in Nov, signed everything in the middle of December as I was flat out and couldn't do it earlier. Most people sign those papers within a few days after Prestart I think? Late Dec I asked could I redo my electrical plan as I spoke to an electrician and got quoted on paying for extra powerpoints and it was going to cost about 3/4 times the price compared to getting them done during the build. I got my electrical plan back to them and about 2 weeks later I think I was on the siteworks list? They started siteworks early feb but it took 3 weeks to do the siteworks as my land was clay and and then slab about 4 weeks after siteworks had started. I noticed a lot of recent builds in Perth had slab down anywhere from 6 weeks to 4 months later after signing the final contracts? There are a couple of people in Perth who had slab down the same time as me and already have cabinets etc and they are only 17/18 weeks from slab down? Their houses are a lot smaller though. Celebrations like to do things fast generally though? Melsie68 Omg I have missed all this . It looks great and hopefully lock up soon . Melsie, I can't wait for lock up! I can't wait to see my kitchen and all my choices come together My kitchen won't be fully finished though as we are organising the overhead cupboards ourselves in the kitchen, larder and laundry. I'm also going to redo the splashback. It might take 6 months to do all of that but it's all liveable for now. The cost of overhead cupboards with Celebrations was ridiculous and I've found a fab cabinet maker who lives near us who can put them in up to ceiling height for less the half the price of Celebrations short cupboards. Looko g forward to seeing your patio Melsie Re: Building the Lennox with Celebration Homes in the South 140Jun 27, 2015 3:35 pm PPA was the very first form I signed with the builder. Adam Baines Grad Cert Bldg Surv / Grad Dip Bldg Surv / MSAAPA Accredited Building Professional APB20210035 Builders Lic 183023 Pest Control Lic 84868 Ph 0412202336 PO… 3 47870 Update time: In my last post I had everything programmed to the minute for June a 13 handover....well that didn't happen as you can see from the photos below. We seemed… 104 374613 Well these guys are not looking good... I sent them a written enquiry last week and they have not yet replied. If they cannot respond to a simple… 4 11219 |