Browse Forums Building A New House Building Metricon Glendale 42 Limited Edition in Geelong 2721Oct 15, 2017 10:37 pm Wow looking awesome Kylz Win win on spray gun that’s for sure. We’ve done the back fence and right side. The worst side and lucky last we’ll leave for next week. We can’t put it off either because hubby wants his shed built ASAP. Painting fences can be a crap job without spray guns lol Also the cost of fence paint is a killer We used 7 litres to the back and almost 9 litres on right. Now we need another 10 litres for last side and that’s just one coat We also managed to stain outdoor decking and will hopefully stain our front deck on the weekend which is yet another expense!!! Never bloody ends! I so wished we done tiles so much easier lol But we’re almost there. We just have security doors to go and everything else can wait So awesome to see yours. I see you have a Japanese maple I couldn’t resist buying one of those as well and it’s my feature tree in the backyard. Hubby splashed out on a new bbq so we’ve been enjoying the outdoors now. Oh my gosh on the cracks on pillars!!! How can this even happen we had our 90 day service last week and everything was better then expected. Just the odd things like window winder, 1 down-pipe needs to be aligned and external PowerPoint to be fixed and window seal needs to be redone. Hope all your issues gets fixed ASAP, can’t get over your decking. Such a creative way to disguise your taps. Well done Re: Building Metricon Glendale 42 Limited Edition in Geelong 2723May 27, 2018 12:55 pm shokel1975 Hi kylz4, I see you used Moonshadow bricks. Did you have any issues with the bricks being chipped and showing a different colour underneath?? Yes we did end up with issues! Think they acid washed them too strong. They ended up getting a company in to paint them to fix up all the red brick colour coming through. Meant they are just a flat colour though, not the different tones that moonshadow had Re: Building Metricon Glendale 42 Limited Edition in Geelong 2724May 27, 2018 1:09 pm kylz4 shokel1975 Hi kylz4, I see you used Moonshadow bricks. Did you have any issues with the bricks being chipped and showing a different colour underneath?? Yes we did end up with issues! Think they acid washed them too strong. They ended up getting a company in to paint them to fix up all the red brick colour coming through. Meant they are just a flat colour though, not the different tones that moonshadow had Oh no! Thanks for getting back to me so quickly! I’m getting a bit worried about them now.... just chose them at yesterday’s colour selections but now hearing about the colour coming off. Re: Building Metricon Glendale 42 Limited Edition in Geelong 2725May 27, 2018 4:15 pm shokel1975 kylz4 shokel1975 Hi kylz4, I see you used Moonshadow bricks. Did you have any issues with the bricks being chipped and showing a different colour underneath?? Yes we did end up with issues! Think they acid washed them too strong. They ended up getting a company in to paint them to fix up all the red brick colour coming through. Meant they are just a flat colour though, not the different tones that moonshadow had Oh no! Thanks for getting back to me so quickly! I’m getting a bit worried about them now.... just chose them at yesterday’s colour selections but now hearing about the colour coming off. Oh no, I hadn't heard of it being an issue, I thought ours was a one off. I recall someone else upgraded whole house to moonshadow in Melbourne and he had no issues with it! Maybe speak to your site supervisor about your concerns and make sure they are on the ball about not having too high pressure on it. Re: Building Metricon Glendale 42 Limited Edition in Geelong 2726May 27, 2018 6:11 pm I think I will do exactly that! Pre warn them about issues I have heard and hopefully that prevents anything happening. Thanks so much! Re: Building Metricon Glendale 42 Limited Edition in Geelong 2727May 28, 2018 1:03 am shokel1975 I think I will do exactly that! Pre warn them about issues I have heard and hopefully that prevents anything happening. Thanks so much! That’s what I did too. All the muck ups I went to my ss and told him to make sure this gets done or that. So it doesn’t cause a defect. But he was always pretty much on top of everything. viewtopic.php?t=86597 Re: Building Metricon Glendale 42 Limited Edition in Geelong 2729Jun 10, 2018 10:15 pm Orpheus Kyla, how’s yr beautiful house and garden coming along? Sorry Orph, just noticed this tonight!! So we've had some fix ups done at beginning of year including * ripping out and replacing stairs as the dark stain never took properly when they went over the mucked up colour. Since we were starting from scratch we went back to our original choice of a light stain and absolutely love it!! * front door was also replaced due to same issue with stain as well as some swelling issues over summer * We had our carpet ripped up and replaced (we upgraded to a better quality whilst at it....soooo much better!!), * we also had scaffold back up for a few weeks to repair the cracks in our rendered balcony piers * Our driveway will be getting ripped up soon as we chose a dark coloured through concrete and they poured light grey and then painted it dark and it's all wearing off. When we confronted them they told us the sample we chose our colour from was actually a paver not concrete and they can't get concrete that dark without painting it. So we are going for exposed aggregate instead now. Front garden was finally done (apart from near driveway). I love it so much!! Need more plants out back and sides of house but need money for that lol Photos from when turf was first laid Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Building Metricon Glendale 42 Limited Edition in Geelong 2730Jun 10, 2018 11:01 pm Oh wow! That’s a lot of changes after handover! Why did you rip up carpet? Problems, or just didn’t Ike it? We are doing carpet after handover. Re: Building Metricon Glendale 42 Limited Edition in Geelong 2731Jun 11, 2018 8:56 pm shokel1975 Oh wow! That’s a lot of changes after handover! Why did you rip up carpet? Problems, or just didn’t Ike it? We are doing carpet after handover. They over stretched it in the master and the join split apart. There was also a cut in it that we found near stairs so rather than replace those two sections they said they'd be replacing the whole thing and we could upgrade whilst stir if we wanted to. So glad we got to upgrade as the quality was shocking anyway!! New one is much more plush and lovely Re: Building Metricon Glendale 42 Limited Edition in Geelong 2732Jun 11, 2018 9:25 pm So good that you were able to upgrade - but it’s the least they could do for inconveniencing your family while they re-lay new carpet. Building Metricon Glendale 42 Limited Edition in Geelong 2733Jun 12, 2018 7:48 pm kylz4 Orpheus Kyla, how’s yr beautiful house and garden coming along? Sorry Orph, just noticed this tonight!! So we've had some fix ups done at beginning of year including * ripping out and replacing stairs as the dark stain never took properly when they went over the mucked up colour. Since we were starting from scratch we went back to our original choice of a light stain and absolutely love it!! * front door was also replaced due to same issue with stain as well as some swelling issues over summer * We had our carpet ripped up and replaced (we upgraded to a better quality whilst at it....soooo much better!!), * we also had scaffold back up for a few weeks to repair the cracks in our rendered balcony piers * Our driveway will be getting ripped up soon as we chose a dark coloured through concrete and they poured light grey and then painted it dark and it's all wearing off. When we confronted them they told us the sample we chose our colour from was actually a paver not concrete and they can't get concrete that dark without painting it. So we are going for exposed aggregate instead now. Front garden was finally done (apart from near driveway). I love it so much!! Need more plants out back and sides of house but need money for that lol Photos from when turf was first laid Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Looks fantastic Kylz. Sunday was our 1 year anniversary in the house Still bits and pieces to go on our landscape but now I’m ready to change my plant selections in our garden. Lacking some colour Apart from that loving our home, only been on our balcony 5 times in the year lol I’d much prefer our backyard scenery then seeing my double storey neighbours in the front. Our Club will be completed July so more bills to pay. Yay lol Love coming back in the forums and seeing everyone’s beautiful homes Re: Building Metricon Glendale 42 Limited Edition in Geelong 2734Jun 12, 2018 9:50 pm Emmz70 kylz4 Orpheus Kyla, how’s yr beautiful house and garden coming along? Sorry Orph, just noticed this tonight!! So we've had some fix ups done at beginning of year including * ripping out and replacing stairs as the dark stain never took properly when they went over the mucked up colour. Since we were starting from scratch we went back to our original choice of a light stain and absolutely love it!! * front door was also replaced due to same issue with stain as well as some swelling issues over summer * We had our carpet ripped up and replaced (we upgraded to a better quality whilst at it....soooo much better!!), * we also had scaffold back up for a few weeks to repair the cracks in our rendered balcony piers * Our driveway will be getting ripped up soon as we chose a dark coloured through concrete and they poured light grey and then painted it dark and it's all wearing off. When we confronted them they told us the sample we chose our colour from was actually a paver not concrete and they can't get concrete that dark without painting it. So we are going for exposed aggregate instead now. Front garden was finally done (apart from near driveway). I love it so much!! Need more plants out back and sides of house but need money for that lol Photos from when turf was first laid Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Looks fantastic Kylz. Sunday was our 1 year anniversary in the house Still bits and pieces to go on our landscape but now I’m ready to change my plant selections in our garden. Lacking some colour Apart from that loving our home, only been on our balcony 5 times in the year lol I’d much prefer our backyard scenery then seeing my double storey neighbours in the front. Our Club will be completed July so more bills to pay. Yay lol Love coming back in the forums and seeing everyone’s beautiful homes Re: Building Metricon Glendale 42 Limited Edition in Geelong 2735Jun 12, 2018 10:12 pm Renman Emmz70 kylz4 [quote="Orpheus"]Kyla, how’s yr beautiful house and garden coming along? Sorry Orph, just noticed this tonight!! So we've had some fix ups done at beginning of year including * ripping out and replacing stairs as the dark stain never took properly when they went over the mucked up colour. Since we were starting from scratch we went back to our original choice of a light stain and absolutely love it!! * front door was also replaced due to same issue with stain as well as some swelling issues over summer * We had our carpet ripped up and replaced (we upgraded to a better quality whilst at it....soooo much better!!), * we also had scaffold back up for a few weeks to repair the cracks in our rendered balcony piers * Our driveway will be getting ripped up soon as we chose a dark coloured through concrete and they poured light grey and then painted it dark and it's all wearing off. When we confronted them they told us the sample we chose our colour from was actually a paver not concrete and they can't get concrete that dark without painting it. So we are going for exposed aggregate instead now. Front garden was finally done (apart from near driveway). I love it so much!! Need more plants out back and sides of house but need money for that lol Photos from when turf was first laid Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Looks fantastic Kylz. Sunday was our 1 year anniversary in the house Still bits and pieces to go on our landscape but now I’m ready to change my plant selections in our garden. Lacking some colour Apart from that loving our home, only been on our balcony 5 times in the year lol I’d much prefer our backyard scenery then seeing my double storey neighbours in the front. Our Club will be completed July so more bills to pay. Yay lol Love coming back in the forums and seeing everyone’s beautiful homes [/quote] Hi Renman. No regrets in building with Metricon. After service has been fantastic for us. We only had very minor fixes which were dealt with promptly. House is still standing after a year so that’s a bonus Hope all is well your side Re: Building Metricon Glendale 42 Limited Edition in Geelong 2736Jun 12, 2018 11:41 pm Emmz70 Renman Emmz70 [quote="kylz4"][quote="Orpheus"]Kyla, how’s yr beautiful house and garden coming along? Sorry Orph, just noticed this tonight!! So we've had some fix ups done at beginning of year including * ripping out and replacing stairs as the dark stain never took properly when they went over the mucked up colour. Since we were starting from scratch we went back to our original choice of a light stain and absolutely love it!! * front door was also replaced due to same issue with stain as well as some swelling issues over summer * We had our carpet ripped up and replaced (we upgraded to a better quality whilst at it....soooo much better!!), * we also had scaffold back up for a few weeks to repair the cracks in our rendered balcony piers * Our driveway will be getting ripped up soon as we chose a dark coloured through concrete and they poured light grey and then painted it dark and it's all wearing off. When we confronted them they told us the sample we chose our colour from was actually a paver not concrete and they can't get concrete that dark without painting it. So we are going for exposed aggregate instead now. Front garden was finally done (apart from near driveway). I love it so much!! Need more plants out back and sides of house but need money for that lol Photos from when turf was first laid Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Looks fantastic Kylz. Sunday was our 1 year anniversary in the house Still bits and pieces to go on our landscape but now I’m ready to change my plant selections in our garden. Lacking some colour Apart from that loving our home, only been on our balcony 5 times in the year lol I’d much prefer our backyard scenery then seeing my double storey neighbours in the front. Our Club will be completed July so more bills to pay. Yay lol Love coming back in the forums and seeing everyone’s beautiful homes [/quote] Hi Renman. No regrets in building with Metricon. After service has been fantastic for us. We only had very minor fixes which were dealt with promptly. House is still standing after a year so that’s a bonus Hope all is well your side [/quote]We have had a few issues post and resolution response has been really slow. Still waiting for issues to be even addressed. Re: Building Metricon Glendale 42 Limited Edition in Geelong 2737Jun 14, 2018 10:29 am shokel1975 So good that you were able to upgrade - but it’s the least they could do for inconveniencing your family while they re-lay new carpet. Don't worry, we still had to pay But cheaper than if we'd upgraded at the start I think. Re: Building Metricon Glendale 42 Limited Edition in Geelong 2738Jun 14, 2018 10:33 am Emmz70 kylz4 Orpheus Kyla, how’s yr beautiful house and garden coming along? Sorry Orph, just noticed this tonight!! So we've had some fix ups done at beginning of year including * ripping out and replacing stairs as the dark stain never took properly when they went over the mucked up colour. Since we were starting from scratch we went back to our original choice of a light stain and absolutely love it!! * front door was also replaced due to same issue with stain as well as some swelling issues over summer * We had our carpet ripped up and replaced (we upgraded to a better quality whilst at it....soooo much better!!), * we also had scaffold back up for a few weeks to repair the cracks in our rendered balcony piers * Our driveway will be getting ripped up soon as we chose a dark coloured through concrete and they poured light grey and then painted it dark and it's all wearing off. When we confronted them they told us the sample we chose our colour from was actually a paver not concrete and they can't get concrete that dark without painting it. So we are going for exposed aggregate instead now. Front garden was finally done (apart from near driveway). I love it so much!! Need more plants out back and sides of house but need money for that lol Photos from when turf was first laid Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Looks fantastic Kylz. Sunday was our 1 year anniversary in the house Still bits and pieces to go on our landscape but now I’m ready to change my plant selections in our garden. Lacking some colour Apart from that loving our home, only been on our balcony 5 times in the year lol I’d much prefer our backyard scenery then seeing my double storey neighbours in the front. Our Club will be completed July so more bills to pay. Yay lol Love coming back in the forums and seeing everyone’s beautiful homes Doesn't time fly! I can't believe it's already been a year. I'm starting a job next month so hopefully will be able to start ticking off some boxes of the last few things to do - concrete x2 out back, PLANTS out back, pay mum back for front garden Is your club going to have indoor pool? Ours is under cover but not enclosed so it's pretty much unused from April -September/October! Re: Building Metricon Glendale 42 Limited Edition in Geelong 2739Jun 14, 2018 10:49 am kylz4 Orpheus Kyla, how’s yr beautiful house and garden coming along? Sorry Orph, just noticed this tonight!! So we've had some fix ups done at beginning of year including * ripping out and replacing stairs as the dark stain never took properly when they went over the mucked up colour. Since we were starting from scratch we went back to our original choice of a light stain and absolutely love it!! * front door was also replaced due to same issue with stain as well as some swelling issues over summer * We had our carpet ripped up and replaced (we upgraded to a better quality whilst at it....soooo much better!!), * we also had scaffold back up for a few weeks to repair the cracks in our rendered balcony piers * Our driveway will be getting ripped up soon as we chose a dark coloured through concrete and they poured light grey and then painted it dark and it's all wearing off. When we confronted them they told us the sample we chose our colour from was actually a paver not concrete and they can't get concrete that dark without painting it. So we are going for exposed aggregate instead now. Front garden was finally done (apart from near driveway). I love it so much!! Need more plants out back and sides of house but need money for that lol Photos from when turf was first laid Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Building Metricon Glendale 42 Limited Edition in Geelong 2740Jun 14, 2018 10:59 am yoyohv kylz4 Orpheus Kyla, how’s yr beautiful house and garden coming along? Sorry Orph, just noticed this tonight!! So we've had some fix ups done at beginning of year including * ripping out and replacing stairs as the dark stain never took properly when they went over the mucked up colour. Since we were starting from scratch we went back to our original choice of a light stain and absolutely love it!! * front door was also replaced due to same issue with stain as well as some swelling issues over summer * We had our carpet ripped up and replaced (we upgraded to a better quality whilst at it....soooo much better!!), * we also had scaffold back up for a few weeks to repair the cracks in our rendered balcony piers * Our driveway will be getting ripped up soon as we chose a dark coloured through concrete and they poured light grey and then painted it dark and it's all wearing off. When we confronted them they told us the sample we chose our colour from was actually a paver not concrete and they can't get concrete that dark without painting it. So we are going for exposed aggregate instead now. Front garden was finally done (apart from near driveway). I love it so much!! Need more plants out back and sides of house but need money for that lol Photos from when turf was first laid Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Hi, did you get a building permit for that decking at the entrance of your house? No, none of the contractors I had out to quote it mentioned anything about needing a permit for it Hi, First of all, thank you to this community for sharing your thoughts and opinions. We are in early days of our pre-contract stage for Metricon Doulton and we are… 0 10749 Hello All 🙂 We are planning to start our journey of construction our first home. We zeroed down on Metricon and henley homes based on design suitable for our lot and… 0 8200 We don’t live in VIC so want to know the exterior colours of Lumiere display so we can see it at the paint shop. Not building with Metricon so my request went… 0 17332 |