Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Our new home 216Aug 21, 2017 8:14 pm I know, its great Dawn! Been waiting so long for this so happy its finally started! Re: Our new home 217Aug 21, 2017 8:32 pm Frame is fun!! When you can walk through and get your first sense of your future house. It was absolutely pouring down with rain the day I saw mine XD Hopefully they keep moving quickly so you can get to lock-up. Re: Our new home- Roof! 218Aug 24, 2017 9:10 pm Trusses came yesterday. Roof put on today! Looking good? The facade is going to be tall and there isnt much room at the front for a garden its a 5m setback to the front of the pillars. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Back yard. The house is a little longer than the original but narrower so we have a side and back yard now. I was a little concerned it would be too small however going round the back of the block today it doesnt feel so bad! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The back of the house, we have an alfresco now! There is only the one window at the back here that is a bedroom and too the right is the 2 kids walk in robes. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Hubby went for a walk through again today, the photo is standing in the living looking over to the dining room, with the kitchen on the left. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Looking out into the back yard through the dining room windows. This was one of the things I didn't think about changing until after we signed contracts and energy rating done- the left window you see is taller than the bigger window. Didnt worry about changing it. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Our new home 219Aug 25, 2017 8:49 pm Didn't go onsite today, but we both still went there over the course of the day. Apparently we got gutters onsite today!! They weren't there when I went at lunchtime or I completely missed them (more likely haha). A bit of scaffolding is up at the front of the house around the porch today too, not sure why its only there. Hubby spoke with the man (not site supervisor, but the guy who does all the ordering for everything) who has been informing us of progress. Anyway roof will be getting done next week and bricks are two weeks away? He did say something else but I cant remember what he said. So, roof and gutters, electrical? wrap? what else in this stage normally? I second taking your plans elsewhere. They're yours (unless you ended up in one of those cheaper arrangements where you don't own the rights and the build will be tendered… 2 797 "Losers" "humanity" "off time" "your" "top notch" "love symbol" Sounds like ponzo is done using other people's toilets 36 25713 Is it just a report written to give to the bank initially and it is based on what and how your payments are made up for, or is it a full service where they go out and… 2 6240 |