Browse Forums Building A New House Re: WALLS/LOCKUP Valeco Homes - Polished Concrete + Monochro 354Feb 14, 2018 7:37 am staceyrussell Ahh that sucks. Seems like Valeco arent having much luck with Site Supervisors at the moment. We did have a PS at one point, was only very breifly before xmas. He scheduled a bunch of stuff up to xmas and a couple of weeks into the New Year. Then we got our new SS. We havent really had much direct contact with any SS. The first never had the initial meeting on site and only updated us when we requested it. The second (PS) we only got to meet because we were forceful with Valeco that we wanted an on site meeting. And the third (hopefully final) SS we met on site only due to the meeting to discuss the gaps. It has been 4 weeks since that meeting and we havent heard anything since. No updates (aside from an invoice) even though we have emailed our customer service contact twice to try and chase an update.. I really want to praise Valeco but they are making it hard when we get very little communication about the build and they had that pretty major stuff up with the gaps. Fingers crossed everything else with our build goes well and I can excuse those things (nobody's build is perfect, hiccups are to be expected). Hey Stacey! when they first started, did they clear your whole block? My build has finally started but when i went passed yesterday, noticed the rear (closest to back fence) has not been touched. So they have only cleared the part which they are building on and i asked if all will be leveled before handover, the SS said no. Seems odd considering my previous build, the builder evened the block for me (and the previous block was more on a slope), this block is much flatter. 2014 Custom Home - Antech Constructions - 2018 Custom Home - Valeco Homes Re: WALLS/LOCKUP Valeco Homes - Polished Concrete + Monochro 355Feb 14, 2018 9:06 am Hey! Our land was already flat and cleared because we bought an off the plan block of land that was developed in a lendlease community. I think someone else posted in here that their block wasn't cleared too. Maybe check the contract to see ehat it says. Did you get landscaping included? Re: WALLS/LOCKUP Valeco Homes - Polished Concrete + Monochro 356Feb 19, 2018 6:55 pm Hi are you doing polished concrete flooring?? Re: WALLS/LOCKUP Valeco Homes - Polished Concrete + Monochro 357Feb 19, 2018 7:58 pm pandibabi Hi are you doing polished concrete flooring?? Hi Yes, we are having polished concrete flooring throughout most of the house. (Excluding bedrooms 2 and 3, theatre, garage, bathrooms + laundry.) We have gone for the mechanical polish method, with nil exposure and matte finish. Re: WALLS/LOCKUP Valeco Homes - Polished Concrete + Monochro 358Feb 20, 2018 5:46 am Wow sounds great. I only looked into it and not having much luck with prices. Do you have a price range? Have they started yet? Be nice to see finished product! And who / co. Is doing It? I'm in Brisbane too so like to get an idea. Re: WALLS/LOCKUP Valeco Homes - Polished Concrete + Monochro 359Feb 20, 2018 9:59 am pandibabi Wow sounds great. I only looked into it and not having much luck with prices. Do you have a price range? Have they started yet? Be nice to see finished product! And who / co. Is doing It? I'm in Brisbane too so like to get an idea. Pricing will vary depending on the method and finishes you choose = MPC or Grind&Seal etc, UV sealer / standard sealer, if grouting is required on a grind and seal, concrete dyes and aggregates etc. Typically MPC method is more expensive than Grind&Seal. The MPC method also requires 32mpa slab. Because we wanted a nil exposed, matte finish... the MPC actually worked out a little cheaper than Grind and Seal (which would have needed UV sealer and grouting). I don't have prices for concrete flooring alone, unfortunately. I only have the cost to upgrade from whatever the standard allowance was from the builder. Our upgrade to the flooring cost $5024 for approx 128m2. I believe the company they used was OzGrind (we to the OzGrind showroom before locking in our flooring options, they were great to chat to). They have a calculator on their website, using this it says ours would have cost a total of $12,672 (gst inclusive) for 128m/2. which is like $99/m2 Our flooring has already been completed. It is done after the frames are up, but before the gyprock. However, we haven't yet seen the floors as they are covered up completely for protection during the build. Very excited to see it though! Re: WALLS/LOCKUP Valeco Homes - Polished Concrete + Monochro 360Feb 20, 2018 10:10 am staceyrussell pandibabi Wow sounds great. I only looked into it and not having much luck with prices. Do you have a price range? Have they started yet? Be nice to see finished product! And who / co. Is doing It? I'm in Brisbane too so like to get an idea. Pricing will vary depending on the method and finishes you choose = MPC or Grind&Seal etc, UV sealer / standard sealer, if grouting is required on a grind and seal, concrete dyes and aggregates etc. Typically MPC method is more expensive than Grind&Seal. The MPC method also requires 32mpa slab. Because we wanted a nil exposed, matte finish... the MPC actually worked out a little cheaper than Grind and Seal (only the Grind&Seal would have needed UV sealer and grouting then too and been more expensive). I don't have prices for concrete flooring alone, unfortunately. I only have the cost to upgrade from whatever the standard allowance was from the builder. Our upgrade to the flooring cost $5024 for approx 128m2. I believe the company they used was OzGrind (we to the OzGrind showroom before locking in our flooring options, they were great to chat to). They have a calculator on their website, using this it says ours would have cost a total of $12,672 (gst inclusive) for 128m/2. which is like $99/m2 Our flooring has already been completed. It is done after the frames are up, but before the gyprock. However, we haven't yet seen the floors as they are covered up completely for protection during the build. Very excited to see it though! Actually, having said that... they may have just done a surface polish for our floors which the calculator says is $9152 (like.. $71.50/m2) In fact, I'm 99% sure that's what they did (or at least what OzGrind had recommended). Because it works out the same price as the Grind&Seal (but it would have then costed more for the sealer + grouting). To my understanding early saw cuts are to control shrinkage cracks, so doing them now would be pointless. Control joints may reduce ugly cracking during periods of soil… 3 9830 Hi all I need a guidance on how far I need to space expansion joints in the concrete driveway and its type (keyway/foam.) Contraction joints are at 3m max for a 125 slab. Thanks 0 10926 |