Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Coral Homes / Avoca 23 / May 25th - Bricks completed 168Jun 04, 2018 10:21 am bestspecials CC7 mj-mac4 Any pics CC7? I went to make a post this morning, and as usual my finger decided to press a button on the screen and the page refreshed or something and I lost my update hahaha. Then i emailed myself the photos to do it on the computer instead and the photos keep coming up rotated. I will try again soon though. We had our builder neighbour attach their side gate TO our garage wall, and it looks like a shocking job so we don't think they have even put any termite protection after drilling into our bricks (without asking might we add) and we are worried about if the actual fence there affects our visual termite barrier How can they attach the gate to your garage wall without asking? That's your property. We have spoken to the man on the side where our garage is and he has said that he will do whatever we decide. We have had no dramas from our other neighbours though, so that's amazing, and when we had our frames done I noticed there was some little metal pieces that got flown in the process into the pretty neighbours side, so I was walking around cleaning up their yard. Wouldn't want that accidentally getting buried in their yard in case they have kids/pets Re: Coral Homes / Avoca 23 / June 3rd - Walls, kitchen cabin 169Jun 04, 2018 11:04 am Oh no this is no good CC7. Surely that is not allowed! That would be so disheartening for you guys. We have a house next to us they is pretty ugly but thankfully the neighbours are nice. They just chose yuck colours. I hope it all gets sorted asap. Wehad our neighbours builders on our left side pull out our boundary pegs! We took photos and the concrete was dumped over the hole. We called there building supervisor and he denied it. But we said we have a photos and dates so he said it will be fixed before we move in. Its so frustrating to have more drama. 😩 Re: Coral Homes / Avoca 23 / June 3rd - Walls, kitchen cabin 170Jun 04, 2018 11:13 am mj-mac4 Oh no this is no good CC7. Surely that is not allowed! That would be so disheartening for you guys. We have a house next to us they is pretty ugly but thankfully the neighbours are nice. They just chose yuck colours. I hope it all gets sorted asap. Wehad our neighbours builders on our left side pull out our boundary pegs! We took photos and the concrete was dumped over the hole. We called there building supervisor and he denied it. But we said we have a photos and dates so he said it will be fixed before we move in. Its so frustrating to have more drama. 😩 Oh god! I think Coral have been amazing so far, all our rubbish is still all in our front area, and our back yard and in the house is kept pretty tidy, so it's a shame some builders make the others look crap. Yea we had photos before the cement was dumped, and it was near their house, and suddenly a few weeks later it was in the middle of our land. but they denied it of course, such a shame. There is a vaccant lot across the road from us, and so many builders have dumped all types of building rubbish there, I really feel for the people who own it, as we had three piles on ours, and I actually asked my dad to come out one morning and jackhammer the poured cement. The poor lot across from us has like 7 piles of crap. I'm PARANOID that the builders next to us put the fence up over too far and our slab is in the wrong spot because of it. But i'm probably just being paranoid and sad about the little land we have to the other side haha. I'm not sure how to look into it anyways, I'm sure it's correct, for there sake as i'd turned into the devil on them if it wasn't Re: Coral Homes / Avoca 23 / June 3rd - Walls, kitchen cabin 171Jun 04, 2018 1:30 pm Photos The front has been rendered, no eaves yet, but it looks like the rest of the facade is ready to go up soon too. One lonely bathroom cabinet ready to make a run for it if needed... or maybe it's just waiting for the waterproofing to happen Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Walls and cornices have been done inside. Kitchen cupboards are in 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 ⋅ A little bummed that the cabinets above the rangehood aren't like in a display we saw them in, we have two shelves way up the top. I was planning to put spices in there for cooking (as we didn't go with the three pot drawers high) But i've since learned its best not to put spices above the rangehood anyways. Maybe its best to have them in the cupboard to the side then?? not that much further away though. But i'm sure there's a reason it has happened this way so not overly fussed and it will work out for the better in the end. hooray for functioning cupboards though! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Really happy we went with the silk finish in kitchen! Ii was super excited to see the recessed part for our LED strip was not forgotten about, it went the entire way under the upper cabinets too (not two pieces either side of the rangehood like it was originally stated as) And for anyone curious, this is the upgraded height to the bedroom wardrobes we asked for, eager to utilize the space. We have our modem and printer going in here so hoping it will help keep the office desks clear of random equipment and cords Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Coral Homes / Avoca 23 / June 3rd - Walls, kitchen cabin 172Jun 04, 2018 1:38 pm Looks like you have nearly caught up. They will do the skirting boards, window frames, door frames and doors next. The silk finish on the cupboard doors looks great.
I took a photo of the cupboards above our range and they are different to yours. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Coral Homes / Avoca 23 / June 3rd - Walls, kitchen cabin 173Jun 04, 2018 1:53 pm bestspecials Looks like you have nearly caught up. They will do the skirting boards, window frames, door frames and doors next. The silk finish on the cupboard doors looks great. yay! I can't wait for the doors to come. Hoping the garage door doesn't come too soon because that will mean lock up stage and i'm going to miss walking through haha Re: Coral Homes / Avoca 23 / June 3rd - Walls, kitchen cabin 174Jun 04, 2018 2:12 pm Yay!! It looks awesome! How exciting. I can’t wait to see all our cabinetry. 😄 Just to give you a little piece of mind. I was worried that our neighbours flab was to close to our fence. Thinking they put it in the wrong spot. But we called our Ss and he said all the builders/ engineers measure and place the slab according to gps not the pegs. I was so relieved to hear this. 😅 Re: Coral Homes / Avoca 23 / June 3rd - Walls, kitchen cabin 176Jun 04, 2018 2:26 pm oh I love the idea of the LED strips, was that an expensive upgrade? We are also planning on the raised ceilings but I'd only considered the higher wardrobes after following along your build, it looks so good! (and SO efficient!). Are your ceilings raised to 2590 or 2720? Re: Coral Homes / Avoca 23 / June 3rd - Walls, kitchen cabin 177Jun 04, 2018 3:43 pm mj-mac4 Yay!! It looks awesome! How exciting. I can’t wait to see all our cabinetry. 😄 Just to give you a little piece of mind. I was worried that our neighbours flab was to close to our fence. Thinking they put it in the wrong spot. But we called our Ss and he said all the builders/ engineers measure and place the slab according to gps not the pegs. I was so relieved to hear this. 😅 that's what my partner said about the GPS too. And i'm sure Coral would have done their gps before starting, or it would be a s**t storm for them later if it were wrong so they wouldn't slack on something like that The cupboard height was one of the first things we requested hahaha, I think it's my favourite upgrade too and probably the cheapest, i think it was $150 for three robes for the higher cupboard doors (we then upgraded two of those to have the mirror finish on top of that) Here is a photo at frame stage of the WAS study nook, turned into two robes. The lower one is across from the ensuite and that's the linen. The higher one is the media room Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I feel like maybe Coral/new builds ( ? ) have their robe shelf a little lower than at my mums house, so it may not be a huge problem. Re: Coral Homes / Avoca 23 / June 3rd - Walls, kitchen cabin 178Jun 04, 2018 3:57 pm Nublette oh I love the idea of the LED strips, was that an expensive upgrade? We are also planning on the raised ceilings but I'd only considered the higher wardrobes after following along your build, it looks so good! (and SO efficient!). Are your ceilings raised to 2590 or 2720? We had this down in our tender (we changed it like 5 times before contract) but i cant for the life of me see it in there, not in the final one either BUT our electrical paper work says $302.72 and that's for supply and install. Could not see in the paper work about the price about the recessed work on the cabinetry, but i think our Sales Assistant quoted us about the same price and we requested recessed then Really eager to see it installed, it was something my partner really wanted Our ceilings were raised to the promotion height of 2550, but we left the doors at the standard height Re: Coral Homes / Avoca 23 / June 3rd - Walls, kitchen cabin 180Jun 06, 2018 7:02 pm OMG i only JUST saw the last part of your comment until now. Oh that set up would have been more what we were after. Thank you for this. I would imagine we would have the same rangehood model too I think it depends on the companies they use, different areas. My cousin built with Coral last year and they said they didnt even get functional doors on theirs haha, so strange, and they inquired about it and i believe they said Coral said the company that currently does their cabinets on the Sunshine Coast just does it like that It could be different now. Ask the council if there is a chance of getting build over easement exemption. Sometimes easements are unused and 24cm is not all that much. Good luck. And yes any builder… 2 13814 In Qld it is a requirement that a builder must have a cost breakdown, for building a home to the same specification, with the same inclusions and the same finish. So ask… 1 4360 yes it does, you've just not understood it. theres a difference. 4 5346 |