Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Mar 10, 2016 7:43 pm As the title states, we are building the Queenscliff 416 with Fairhaven Homes. Our journey with the Queenscliff 416 began in January 2015 after looking at many display homes from various builders and after much discussion about whether to renovate & extend our old house or knock down & rebuild and start with a blank canvas. After getting our first tender in January 2015 and 19 revisions later, we finally signed a contract in December 2015 and demolished our old home in January 2016 and had a site start on 3 March 2016. The site has been cut, holes dug for our 2 retaining walls (we are on a sloping block) and steel upright posts were installed and concreted in today. We have photos of the progress but are not sure how to load them - any assistance on how to load photos would be appreciated! Our build thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=82369&p=1525857&hilit=fairhaven#p1525857 Re: Building Queenscliff 416 with Fairhaven Homes 2Mar 10, 2016 9:13 pm Photo upload instructions, thanks to Stewie 1) Upload your photos to an image hosting site like Photobucket. 2) Click on your photo that you want to post here. 3) Locate the IMG tag under "Share Links" on the right hand side of the photo. 4) Click on that IMG code line and copy it. 5) Paste that into your post here then hit the submit button. If you have a smart phone then using Tapatalk etc for a direct upload here is probably easier... Re: Building Queenscliff 416 with Fairhaven Homes 3Mar 21, 2016 9:08 am Thanks. Some photos of our progress below 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 ⋅ Our build thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=82369&p=1525857&hilit=fairhaven#p1525857 Re: Building Queenscliff 416 with Fairhaven Homes 4Mar 21, 2016 5:34 pm Some of our colour selections 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 ⋅ Our build thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=82369&p=1525857&hilit=fairhaven#p1525857 Re: Building Queenscliff 416 with Fairhaven Homes 5Mar 25, 2016 12:47 pm Got a call from SS yesterday - the concreters started drilling some holes for the concrete piers and have advised that there is there is too much rock in the fill so it has to be removed and replaced by clean fill. The joys of building! Our build thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=82369&p=1525857&hilit=fairhaven#p1525857 Re: Building Queenscliff 416 with Fairhaven Homes 6Mar 26, 2016 6:31 pm Approved plans 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 ⋅ Our build thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=82369&p=1525857&hilit=fairhaven#p1525857 Re: Building Queenscliff 416 with Fairhaven Homes 7Apr 05, 2016 5:21 pm 59 concrete pier holes drilled - getting closer to the slab being poured. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Our build thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=82369&p=1525857&hilit=fairhaven#p1525857 Re: Building Queenscliff 416 with Fairhaven Homes 8Apr 06, 2016 7:22 pm Our build thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=82369&p=1525857&hilit=fairhaven#p1525857 Re: Building Queenscliff 416 with Fairhaven Homes 9Apr 11, 2016 7:27 pm Plumbing now underway - hopefully the slab pour is on track for Friday. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Our build thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=82369&p=1525857&hilit=fairhaven#p1525857 Re: Building Queenscliff 416 with Fairhaven Homes 10Apr 14, 2016 6:58 pm Our build thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=82369&p=1525857&hilit=fairhaven#p1525857 Re: Building Queenscliff 416 with Fairhaven Homes 11Apr 15, 2016 4:31 pm Our build thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=82369&p=1525857&hilit=fairhaven#p1525857 Re: Building Queenscliff 416 with Fairhaven Homes 12Apr 24, 2016 7:23 pm Framing due to start on 27 April and I'm incapacitated as I fractured my ankle in 3 places last weekend- impeccable timing! Our build thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=82369&p=1525857&hilit=fairhaven#p1525857 Re: Building Queenscliff 416 with Fairhaven Homes 13Apr 28, 2016 6:01 pm Given my incapacity we decided to engage an independent Building Inspector to inspect 3 stages of the build and, after informing Fairhaven of this, they are now claiming an extra 2 weeks for each inspection. Has anybody else's builder tried to claim extra time once an independent Building Inspector has been engaged? Our build thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=82369&p=1525857&hilit=fairhaven#p1525857 Re: Building Queenscliff 416 with Fairhaven Homes 14Apr 28, 2016 8:20 pm That's a little odd! Although I guess they have to wait for your inspector and building report to come back and allow time to repair any possible defaults. Maybe just precautionary? Re: Building Queenscliff 416 with Fairhaven Homes 15Apr 28, 2016 9:02 pm I hope so Kat, another 6 weeks on the build time is not something we want. Our build thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=82369&p=1525857&hilit=fairhaven#p1525857 Re: Building Queenscliff 416 with Fairhaven Homes 16May 03, 2016 9:39 am Our build thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=82369&p=1525857&hilit=fairhaven#p1525857 Re: Building Queenscliff 416 with Fairhaven Homes 18May 03, 2016 10:38 pm There were six on site today and the ground floor appears to be nearly complete. At this rate we may start to see roof trusses by the weekend. We hope to be in by mid November, may be even earlier if all goes well. Our build thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=82369&p=1525857&hilit=fairhaven#p1525857 Re: Building Queenscliff 416 with Fairhaven Homes 20May 09, 2016 5:01 pm Our build thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=82369&p=1525857&hilit=fairhaven#p1525857 We are looking to do a KDR with fairhaven homes, Have seen plenty of good reviews about them pre construction and plenty of negative reviews about them during contruction… 0 23821 Hi there! Putting the feelers out there for those who have (or almost) built with Arli homes! Interested in your experiences who've built from their stock home designs… 0 61258 HIA contract signed a couple of years ago with clear terms to increase contract price by X% if the build doesn't start by Y months. Due to land registration delay,… 0 15029 |