Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Custom build Sydney Hills with attached granny flat 12Sep 03, 2018 4:17 pm algernon Progress, at last! Hopefully the drama with the utilities is the biggest difficulty you'll face. Will be interesting to see how it all progresses. Thanks algernon. Hopefully we’ve used up all the delay time that the universe has allotted to our build and it’s smooth sailing from here. Been following your build and the energy efficiency reports are great to read! Re: Custom build Sydney Hills with attached granny flat 13Sep 19, 2018 8:37 am Re: Custom build Sydney Hills with attached granny flat 14Dec 18, 2018 12:56 pm So October was pretty much a write off as it was either raining or the ground too boggy to bring in the machinery. November was spent building the Great Wall of Rentention, which is 1.8m high by approx 30m long. It holds back our neighbour. Unfortunately in the short time between excavating to the boundary and actually putting up the wall, there was a bit of a landslide. It was a really hot day and our neighbours had their aircon on. The large unit sits on the ground just above the wall, and the vibration caused the loosened ground to shift. Neighbour called in a panic as their unit was hanging from their wall for dear life by just a few cords. Luckily our builder lives close by and could rush to the site! He dealt with it quickly, although it meant work was happening on the site till 8pm that Friday night. All resolved to the satisfaction of everyone. The aircon unit is now attached and hanging on the neighbour’s wall and our builder has paved a lovely new path etc for them. On the weekend our suburb experienced a “super cell storm”. Trees uprooted everywhere, branches and power poles down, blackouts, traffic chaos. Went to check out the site after, but no damage thank goodness. And today the slab was competed! Very exciting to see the long curved arm of the concrete pump thingie soaring over the treetops, even before the site came into view. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Pardon the builder’s crack in the foreground . (I feel I should clarify - not our builder) This is the milestone everyone was hoping to get to before Xmas, and we’ve made it! Builders go on Xmas break next week for 2 weeks. Good timing for the concrete to cure and then steel and frames will go up. Re: Custom build Sydney Hills with attached granny flat 17Dec 21, 2018 6:47 pm Forg And also some rain without summer heat, meaning the slab cures slowly & properly … seems good to me. Yes! It seems finally the weather is working in our favour! Re: Custom build Sydney Hills with attached granny flat 18Dec 29, 2018 6:34 am Very cool build. Watching with interest Re: Custom build Sydney Hills with attached granny flat 19Jan 03, 2019 2:24 pm hillsbuilds - beautiful house. Any budget in mind to build this? Also are you considering solar Re: Custom build Sydney Hills with attached granny flat 20Jan 03, 2019 4:50 pm gablesrocks @hillsbuilds - beautiful house. Any budget in mind to build this? Also are you considering solar The budget is...high (for us)! Mainly because of the “H” shape of the building and the large glass curtain walls and steel required to support it all. But this is our forever house so it’s more than just how much profit we will be able to make from it when we sell. Definitely solar - 24 panels on the main house and 4 on the granny flat. Hi all, Been browsing project builders' website and saw Masterton with attached granny flat design Seeing bad reviews from masterton in this website/facebook, does… 0 18881 I would suggest you simply go and talk to council about your proposal, most councils are getting onboard with ancillary dwellings. There is no benefit in keeping it… 1 4473 I think I know the answer but just checking to see if anyone has had experience with it. I want to build a small 20 square metre retreat in my backyard, it will have a… 0 14978 |