Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building Arden Homes Genoa Verve 26 in North East VIC 22May 18, 2018 4:19 pm Build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=90888 Re: Building Arden Homes Genoa Verve 26 in North East VIC 24May 22, 2018 10:20 pm Build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=90888 Re: Building Arden Homes Genoa Verve 26 in North East VIC 25May 26, 2018 10:09 pm Build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=90888 Re: Building Arden Homes Genoa Verve 26 in North East VIC 26May 27, 2018 6:41 am Build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88062 Re: Building Arden Homes Genoa Verve 26 in North East VIC 27May 27, 2018 11:14 am Build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=90888 Re: Building Arden Homes Genoa Verve 26 in North East VIC 28May 27, 2018 7:40 pm Build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88062 Re: Building Arden Homes Genoa Verve 26 in North East VIC 29Jun 03, 2018 8:12 pm Build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=90888 Re: Building Arden Homes Genoa Verve 26 in North East VIC 30Jun 06, 2018 12:52 pm Build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=90888 Re: Building Arden Homes Genoa Verve 26 in North East VIC 31Jun 07, 2018 9:33 pm Build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=90888 Re: Building Arden Homes Genoa Verve 26 in North East VIC 32Jun 09, 2018 4:53 pm Build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=90888 Re: Building Arden Homes Genoa Verve 26 in North East VIC 33Jun 17, 2018 1:34 pm Build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=90888 Re: Building Arden Homes Genoa Verve 26 in North East VIC 34Jun 25, 2018 8:54 pm Build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=90888 Re: Building Arden Homes Genoa Verve 26 in North East VIC 35Jul 01, 2018 4:49 pm Build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=90888 Re: Building Arden Homes Genoa Verve 26 in North East VIC 36Jul 02, 2018 9:34 am All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: Building Arden Homes Genoa Verve 26 in North East VIC 37Jul 02, 2018 10:07 am Kollosche Week 6 Whilst the picture below may not show a substantial change since last week, most of the progress has now been happening inside the house! Quite a bit has been done this week to our great satisfaction. Early in the week the house was wrapped/weather proofed, the ducts for the heating and evaporative cooling were installed throughout the roof space and the plumbing has been installed throughout the house. Later in the week the Tesla/Bradford Solar staff came out and installed the solar panels on the roof and on Saturday (30/06/2018.) the electricians were on site in the morning/early afternoon and had done quite a bit of the necessary wiring including finally connecting the home to mains power. It is my understanding that Arden have been pushing to get everything roof related done whilst the weather has been good so that the scaffolding can come down. The final two windows should also be able to be put in once the scaffolding comes down. We also met up with our site supervisor on Saturday for the first time and had an official walk-through of the house. I had my brother who is a carpenter come through with us and he could speak builder talk to our site supervisor with regards to some outstanding concerns in relation to the frame. Nothing too concerning. Although the frame had been signed off as compliant by DJM, there still were some things that my brother was able to pick up as not being to code. Our site supervisor told us he would address these concerns which is good. Our biggest concern being slab overhang on the garage wall has been rectified, but our second issue being the ensuite wall sitting off the concrete had not been. Once confronted by my brother our site supervisor did commit to fixing the issue with some concrete sheets, which is an acceptable solution. I also noticed that the plumbers had run a rigid pipe across where our manhole access to the roof space was, this has been raised and will need to be rectified. I also took this opportunity to have my brother lend a hand in running some CAT6 cables (wired data/internet) through the walls to the two rear bedrooms. We decided that we would do these two rooms ourselves as it was quite expensive to have the electricians do this. I put the plugs on the cables today and tested them to ensure they worked (SUCCESS!). Fitting the ends to data cables can be quite a chore! As the cables are now in the walls, we should be able to just pull them through and into wall points after handover. After speaking with our site supervisor, he advised that we should expect that by the end of next week that the electrical will be done, the Hebel to likely be installed, all external doors and windows to be installed and perhaps the plastering to commence by the weeks end. Things are sure progressing quickly! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ DJM just signed off my frame approval without proper inspection. There were more than 20 structural issues as per my private inspector. Then the overhang issue DJM signed ok - the overhang was 25 as noted by DJM and my inspector but Arden got rectification for a 20mm - I send a photo to my inspector along with engineering drawing - he said the rectification is not as per the drawing at all. Questioned DJM - After 2 months they sent their inspector for checking - opened up a lot - they should not have given frame approval. I lost my cool when they send me fixing invoice with them still rectifying frame structural issues. Arden agreed they did the wrong thing. A couple of issues they gave photos were still to be rectified on my fixing inspection. follow my build Arden homes Votivo 37 iin south east: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88622 Re: Building Arden Homes Genoa Verve 26 in North East VIC 38Jul 02, 2018 12:50 pm BrentandAllison Kollosche Week 4 that the to right hand side front corner of the garage which is a load bearing portion of the wall is not sitting on the slab AT ALL! Shouldn't the have inspector picked this up in the slab inspection - measuring out the slab?? Of the SS realised that the slab was short? Seems like your the SS on the job! LOL My carpenter brother picked up on it. My independent inspector picked up on it at the frame inspection, as I had him do a pre-slab inspection, but not a slab inspection. DJM also did not signed off the frame as compliant till the slab overhang was rectified. I am still awaiting Arden to send me the DJM compliance report for the frame for my records. Build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=90888 Re: Building Arden Homes Genoa Verve 26 in North East VIC 39Jul 02, 2018 12:56 pm pEast DJM just signed off my frame approval without proper inspection. There were more than 20 structural issues as per my private inspector. Then the overhang issue DJM signed ok - the overhang was 25 as noted by DJM and my inspector but Arden got rectification for a 20mm - I send a photo to my inspector along with engineering drawing - he said the rectification is not as per the drawing at all. Questioned DJM - After 2 months they sent their inspector for checking - opened up a lot - they should not have given frame approval. I lost my cool when they send me fixing invoice with them still rectifying frame structural issues. Arden agreed they did the wrong thing. A couple of issues they gave photos were still to be rectified on my fixing inspection. I tend to agree that DJM don't seem to be putting in much effort. My carpenter brother does say that they are quite thorough from his experience as being a trade who is constantly hassled by DJM for insignificant issues prior to granting frame compliance. I suppose at the end of the day it comes down to the competence of the actual inspector DJM send. My brother has picked up on a number of frame issues which DJM missed and our inspector has agreed to rectify. However, in large the frame has been completed to a high standard using quality timber, my brother does framing for Henley largely and says that the timber he uses is not nearly the same quality. Thus far my biggest let down has been the concreters. The framers did a great job, I can't blame them for the overhang due to poor concreters... I have noticed that when my brother was talking to my SS, he seemed to pay more attention to the issues than when I brought them up with him, I suppose it is the impression that most SS deal with that the owners have no idea what they are talking about, but when it comes from a qualified trade then they take it more seriously. That said, so far I am very happy with my SS. Build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=90888 Re: Building Arden Homes Genoa Verve 26 in North East VIC 40Jul 07, 2018 5:20 pm Treedance Hey Manj How is everything going? Wondering where you are up to in the process. Hi treedance we are only vacating outlet home next week .. still to demolish _________________________________________ Regards Manj https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88256 May I ask why you chose not to use GJ Gardiner? I'm actually meeting with one of the sales guys tomorrow for an appointment. Definitely not signing anything yet… 3 14021 The warning is on the sticker on the door too. Second the aluminium powdercoat 6 19095 Hi, can anyone recommend a custom home builder who can build in north east area? Looking to build a custom 4-br energy-efficient home with a max budget of 750k. If they… 0 23634 |