Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Our First Home - Building with Valeco in Brookhaven Esta 110Mar 24, 2018 8:18 am staceyrussell @breebarter Just checked through our emails to see our timeline... We had building approval on 04/09/17, our land registered on 5/09/17 and we returned signed council approved plans on this date too, we were give our initial site supervisors name (only, no contact details) on 6/09/17. On the 25/09/17 our site supervisor called us to say hello (but never organised an on site meeting). We didn't get a slab until sometime end of October (almost 2 months into the build - rain delayed it).. I don't have an exact date, but we had frames happening around 04/11/17. We never met on site with our original SS and on 21/11/17 we were informed that our SS left and were assigned a new one (again, name only and no contact details). After a few emails we were finally able to arrange a walk through with this new SS (who turned out to be a temp) on 12/12/17. By this stage we already electrical and doors/windows. You might have a great SS though.. as soon as you hear from him you should ask to meet up on site. We should have done this when we first heard from ours. Don't worry.. the house always looks small as a slab. Wait until you have frames and walls and it will feel much better! That’s Stacey, so helpful! Will be sure to schedule an on site meeting ASAP, there is a few things we want to talk to him about anyway so best to get it all out of the way first! Thanks guys l, I have heart it all looks small but it’s so nerve racking isn’t it lol! Re: Our First Home - Building with Valeco in Brookhaven Esta 111Mar 24, 2018 8:14 pm Today we went out to Spectrum Plants Gold Coast at Wongawallan. Love this place, such a beautiful drive and they even have a petting zoo. We ended up buying our first plant haha! A dwarf lemon tree. I really want a dwarf olive tree now. Anyone in the area or close by should check out the nursery for their plants. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ We also drove to the estate today to take a walk through the soon to be finished park that was meant to open tomorrow. Looking good! We also noticed we had lots of steel and a pile of something on our lot that was dropped off today, they don’t waste any time. 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 ⋅ Re: Our First Home - Building with Valeco in Brookhaven Esta 112Mar 24, 2018 10:00 pm Spectrum is only 5 mins up the road from our new build 😊 Also take a look at Barellan Nursery at Pimpama, it’s fantastic and always well priced, especially if you pay cash. Loving your plans we considered Valeco before deciding on Brighton homes. Congratulations on your site start 🎉 Cant wait to see it come together. :-D Modified Miami 31- Brighton Homes https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=91265&f=31&p=1789112#p1789112 Re: Our First Home - Building with Valeco in Brookhaven Esta 113Mar 24, 2018 10:10 pm Thanks Kailie, it’s such a beautiful area out where you are, so many rolling hills and greenery! Will be sure to check our the other nursery Re: Our First Home - Building with Valeco in Brookhaven Esta 114Mar 25, 2018 3:45 pm how pretty does your park look breebarter? so nice! We went to look at furniture today, but thankfully i didn't like anything because it means i get to save a bit longer. So many things i want to get. Re: Our First Home - Building with Valeco in Brookhaven Esta 115Mar 25, 2018 4:43 pm gr8ly how pretty does your park look breebarter? so nice! We went to look at furniture today, but thankfully i didn't like anything because it means i get to save a bit longer. So many things i want to get. What kind of furniture are you after gr8ly? It’s bittersweet this whole process isn’t it. You’d love to buy all this stuff, but you know your budget really won’t love you after it lol! Re: Our First Home - Building with Valeco in Brookhaven Esta 116Mar 25, 2018 4:46 pm need to get a couple of couches, guest bed, entertainment units, washing machine, fridge and a few other bits and pieces. ugh It's just the couches im having trouble choosing. I already know what i want for everything else. Plus we are getting a custom wardrobe fitout.. need to save some money for that too. Re: Our First Home - Building with Valeco in Brookhaven Esta 117Mar 26, 2018 8:43 pm Im finding it so hard to restrain myself from going out to our site every day, as everyday there has been progress. Today we have slab preparations. Also does it look like we have any piering? We put an extra $2500 into our contract for 'Just in case' we need piering, but to us it doesn't look like we have needed any.. is this something Valeco will try and get us for, or should we be able to get our money back for this? I'm guessing they won't say anything unless we bring it up first.. I wish we knew whether everything was okay structurally or even what we were looking at? unfortunately we just don't have the extra cash right now to get inspections for each stage, though we will definitely make sure the last stage is privately inspected. Anyone have any insight on what this trench at the front is for? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ This afternoon our construction supervisor rang us to introduce himself and get us up to speed on where they are at, from here on in we will receive updates at least fortnightly. He seemed very genuine and said that he is focused on making sure we understand every stage, he said we are able to call or text him any time with our concerns and no issue is too small. apparently he has been with the company for a very long time so we will see how he goes. Tomorrow the slab will be poured, and left to cure over easter. Next Tuesday the frame will start and be finished by the end of next week. Then the following 2 weeks after that will be focusing on pre-plumbing, pre-wiring, roof and externals. Re: Our First Home - Building with Valeco in Brookhaven Esta 118Mar 26, 2018 8:50 pm Yay! seems like you got lucky with you SS - hopefully smooth sailing ahead. Will happen really quickly once the slab is down. Get out that drone Re: Our First Home - Building with Valeco in Brookhaven Esta 119Mar 26, 2018 8:56 pm The drone, the drone. Keep forgetting to take it out! no doubt we will be out there tomorrow afternoon to see the slab so ill remember to take it out! Cant give recommendations in general with that builder, but during the colour selection, this is honestly personal preference. Depends on the style you want. Do you want… 1 1164 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 Soak wells and electrical run in happening this week! Summit has told me they will relocate the laundry plumbing after the walls are completed. I'm actually pretty happy… 13 38029 |