Browse Forums Building A New House  14 May 2016 95 Sydney Loyal Member Re: Who is building with Beechwood 12661May 30, 2016 7:16 pm  Moscato5VERY EXCITED here this evening. After BH contacting our bank this afternoon to chase up the commencement letter and us chasing them aswell, we received a phone call at 550pm from bank and received commencement letter by email 2 mins later. It's sitting in BH emails for first thing tomorrow Onwards and upwards from here. Congrats and hope everything goes well for you Re: Who is building with Beechwood 12662May 30, 2016 8:05 pm  kays_first_homeWe got our commencement letter so our 28 day countdown starts today woohoo  JEALOUS.... lol, But seriously congrats awesome news... cant believe since I have been a member here this will be your second home and we are still yet to start our first, lol  Re: Who is building with Beechwood 12663May 30, 2016 8:06 pm  zoey93Our block has finally been benched in Oran Park.... how soon after it has been benched should Beechwood do the piering etcc... Congrats, seriously cant wait for this feeling, lol Re: Who is building with Beechwood 12664May 30, 2016 8:06 pm kays_first_homeWe got our commencement letter so our 28 day countdown starts today woohoo Moscato5VERY EXCITED here this evening. After BH contacting our bank this afternoon to chase up the commencement letter and us chasing them aswell, we received a phone call at 550pm from bank and received commencement letter by email 2 mins later. It's sitting in BH emails for first thing tomorrow Onwards and upwards from here. Yay congrats on getting started, really looking forward to following both your builds!! Kays I bet you'll totally enjoy this one since you've already built before, you know exactly what to expect..wow remember way back when it rained heaps during your build, was it when your bricks were getting done?? felt like it took forever & now you're on your 2nd home..unbelievable how fast time goes by!! Re: Who is building with Beechwood 12665May 30, 2016 8:07 pm  lileegirlfor y'all ready to commence construction on the coast, here's an outline of my friends build (moscato guest)! 28 day commencement... 3/2 silt rubbish control 9/2 land cut 12/2 portaloo & fence 15/2 piering, outer woodwork form up for slab 17/2 internal plumbing 18/2 slab formup complete 23/2 slab pour, electricity box installed 7/3 external plumbing 18/3 frames up (on a saturday...very impressed!) 21/3 roof trusses on & windows in 23/3 fascia/gutters 1/4 roof sheeting delivered 2/4 sarking/roof on 7/4 bricks delivered 11/4 brickies start 2/5 bricks complete 5/5 timber for front facade & eaves 9/5 internal plumbing rough ins 11/5 gas fittings inside 12/5 electrician 16/5 bricks cleaned 19/5 installation installed 25/5 gyprock installed 27/5 plasterers hope that helps Awesome piece of work lileegirl (as always) anything else happened to yours today? I want to see bricks, lol So have you walked through it yet (between just us - have you snuck in yet? and how many times, lol) Re: Who is building with Beechwood 12666May 30, 2016 8:10 pm  KellyNLori_BuildinOzOhhh I like the look of this, very nice... So have you already done selections? or these are just samples? Re: Who is building with Beechwood 12667May 30, 2016 8:14 pm  bpj1980 lileegirlfor y'all ready to commence construction on the coast, here's an outline of my friends build (moscato guest)! 28 day commencement... 3/2 silt rubbish control 9/2 land cut 12/2 portaloo & fence 15/2 piering, outer woodwork form up for slab 17/2 internal plumbing 18/2 slab formup complete 23/2 slab pour, electricity box installed 7/3 external plumbing 18/3 frames up (on a saturday...very impressed!) 21/3 roof trusses on & windows in 23/3 fascia/gutters 1/4 roof sheeting delivered 2/4 sarking/roof on 7/4 bricks delivered 11/4 brickies start 2/5 bricks complete 5/5 timber for front facade & eaves 9/5 internal plumbing rough ins 11/5 gas fittings inside 12/5 electrician 16/5 bricks cleaned 19/5 installation installed 25/5 gyprock installed 27/5 plasterers hope that helps Awesome piece of work lileegirl (as always) anything else happened to yours today? I want to see bricks, lol So have you walked through it yet (between just us - have you snuck in yet? and how many times, lol) Yes our roof was finished...she looks like a sparkly young bird now, not old & decraped haha...funny how the build goes through this really UGLY stage & you question your choices so many times, then suddenly it looks just how you imagined!!  Lol..not yet but Im dying to meet with our SS on thurs to go through, counting down like a kid...3 more sleeps..haha Re: Who is building with Beechwood 12668May 30, 2016 8:17 pm lileegirlYes our roof was finished...she looks like a sparkly young bird now, not old & decraped haha...funny how the build goes through this really UGLY stage & you question your choices so many times, then suddenly it looks just how you imagined!! Lol..not yet but Im dying to meet with our SS on thurs to go through, counting down like a kid...3 more sleeps..haha Have you met him yet? if so what is he like? approachable? younger or older? I wonder if he will be our SS, Re: Who is building with Beechwood 12669May 30, 2016 8:32 pm bpj1980 lileegirlLol..not yet but Im dying to meet with our SS on thurs to go through, counting down like a kid...3 more sleeps..haha Have you met him yet? if so what is he like? approachable? younger or older? I wonder if he will be our SS, yeah he's really nice, very busy but easy to talk to. Should be your SS, I think he has this whole area! Actually you get one SS for the concreting, then this SS will take over, right up to handing over the keys Re: Who is building with Beechwood 12670May 30, 2016 9:49 pm bpj1980 KellyNLori_BuildinOzOhhh I like the look of this, very nice... So have you already done selections? or these are just samples? No just samples. Still waiting on land rego. Haven't booked the colour appointment yet Our First Home Eagles Nest Wadalba Central Coast NSW http://kellyandlorenzo.blogspot.com.au/ 09 Aug 2015 298 NSW Silver Member Re: Who is building with Beechwood 12672May 30, 2016 11:29 pm Verdelho5TPiccolo must be a fairly new design??? I think its one of the 2 story Genesis range, they didn't have any when we were looking. Re: Who is building with Beechwood 12673May 31, 2016 5:19 am Does anyone have pictures of what their cavity sliding doors look like ? Also.. any sparkies or anyone do everything this.. we want to wall mount TV in media room but also run the speaker cables through the walls and ceiling to where the surround sound speakers go ? Any problems doing this ? 05 Jan 2016 95 Loyal Member Re: Who is building with Beechwood 12674May 31, 2016 6:34 am  poppet82Does anyone have pictures of what their cavity sliding doors look like ? Also.. any sparkies or anyone do everything this.. we want to wall mount TV in media room but also run the speaker cables through the walls and ceiling to where the surround sound speakers go ? Any problems doing this ? No problems doing this. Its what im doing in theater room. You can buy actual wall mounted plates for this. Dont rush it and it will be fine Re: Who is building with Beechwood 12675May 31, 2016 6:39 am lileegirlfor y'all ready to commence construction on the coast, here's an outline of my friends build (moscato guest)! 28 day commencement... 3/2 silt rubbish control 9/2 land cut 12/2 portaloo & fence 15/2 piering, outer woodwork form up for slab 17/2 internal plumbing 18/2 slab formup complete 23/2 slab pour, electricity box installed 7/3 external plumbing 18/3 frames up (on a saturday...very impressed!) 21/3 roof trusses on & windows in 23/3 fascia/gutters 1/4 roof sheeting delivered 2/4 sarking/roof on 7/4 bricks delivered 11/4 brickies start 2/5 bricks complete 5/5 timber for front facade & eaves 9/5 internal plumbing rough ins 11/5 gas fittings inside 12/5 electrician 16/5 bricks cleaned 19/5 installation installed 25/5 gyprock installed 27/5 plasterers hope that helps Your amazing lileegirl!! Thank you  Re: Who is building with Beechwood 12677May 31, 2016 8:22 am mrwoody1985 poppet82Does anyone have pictures of what their cavity sliding doors look like ? Also.. any sparkies or anyone do everything this.. we want to wall mount TV in media room but also run the speaker cables through the walls and ceiling to where the surround sound speakers go ? Any problems doing this ? No problems doing this. Its what im doing in theater room. You can buy actual wall mounted plates for this. Dont rush it and it will be fine Mrwoody are you doing it yourself or have someone coming in to do it all ? My husband spoke about having plugs behind the tv and at the room corners so you can unplug speakers there or the amp and not have an actual cable itself sticking out the wall ? 05 Jan 2016 95 Loyal Member Re: Who is building with Beechwood 12678May 31, 2016 8:52 am poppet82 mrwoody1985 poppet82Does anyone have pictures of what their cavity sliding doors look like ? Also.. any sparkies or anyone do everything this.. we want to wall mount TV in media room but also run the speaker cables through the walls and ceiling to where the surround sound speakers go ? Any problems doing this ? No problems doing this. Its what im doing in theater room. You can buy actual wall mounted plates for this. Dont rush it and it will be fine Mrwoody are you doing it yourself or have someone coming in to do it all ? My husband spoke about having plugs behind the tv and at the room corners so you can unplug speakers there or the amp and not have an actual cable itself sticking out the wall ? Im doing it myself. Your husband is 100% on the mark. Its basically like an rca plug.. Re: Who is building with Beechwood 12679May 31, 2016 1:38 pm lileegirl kays_first_homeWe got our commencement letter so our 28 day countdown starts today woohoo Moscato5VERY EXCITED here this evening. After BH contacting our bank this afternoon to chase up the commencement letter and us chasing them aswell, we received a phone call at 550pm from bank and received commencement letter by email 2 mins later. It's sitting in BH emails for first thing tomorrow Onwards and upwards from here. Yay congrats on getting started, really looking forward to following both your builds!! Kays I bet you'll totally enjoy this one since you've already built before, you know exactly what to expect..wow remember way back when it rained heaps during your build, was it when your bricks were getting done?? felt like it took forever & now you're on your 2nd home..unbelievable how fast time goes by!! Yeah i think we will enjoy so much more this time and only weekend visits as its a 40 min drive from home. Yeah bricks had a big delay as no brick layer was available so i got a friend to do it lol so happy i did as we are so happy with the brick laying. We have been in a whole year now it's crazy! bpj1980 kays_first_homeWe got our commencement letter so our 28 day countdown starts today woohoo JEALOUS.... lol, But seriously congrats awesome news... cant believe since I have been a member here this will be your second home and we are still yet to start our first, lol You'll be there before you know it Deposit paid 09/02/14 Plans received 26/04/14 Land registered 01/08/2014 Settled on land 18/08/2014 Plans to council 20/08/2014 http://verdelhofourtwist.blogspot.com.au/ No idea about the driveway question, but your price for a house that size including landscaping seems very good! 1 22277 No, not yet. It’s currently being assessed by our building surveyor 4 19523 With that sort of soil type if you ask for a design to include piers then I would also include void formers. That way you should reduce the chances of settlement and heave. 7 20003 |
