Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 12385Sep 08, 2018 7:05 am Hi Becks81 Issues were minor discrepancies between plans and tender documents. Doors not matching on plans and schedule. Variations not included or some we had said no to still in plans. To be fair a couple of these we missed as well. I didn't really go through the plans with a fine tooth comb until draft end panel so we may of potentially saved a few days here. The main issue we had from our end was we ended up a little disorganised, as our Comms with the CSR could of been via myself or the wife depending on how busy we were with work at the time so sometimes we didnt know about all Comms and was going through 3 different emails on occasion. Biggest suggestion I would have here is to try and align all Comms and have all documentation together in one place for easy reference. I now have an expandable folder with everything we have ever got from wisdom in one place which has helped no end, previously we had some electronic and some paper so it was disjointed Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 12386Sep 08, 2018 12:11 pm Hi guys, Just wondering whether anyone used the same external tiles for the concrete stairs for the porch and in front of the laundry? Is so how ,any tiles would be required for 5 stairs? Council approval 31/01/2018 Slab 26/03/2018 Outside Plumbing/electrical work done 05/04/2018 Frames started 09/04/2018 Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 12387Sep 08, 2018 1:27 pm Step confusion: On our original plans at tender, we were told we would need one step from the alfresco and 1-2 steps from front porch. We discussed steps at the landscaping consult but didn't go into much detail. The back one is on the landscaping plan but not the front one. They still appear on the submission plans, what does this mean? Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 12388Sep 08, 2018 4:30 pm becks81 Step confusion: On our original plans at tender, we were told we would need one step from the alfresco and 1-2 steps from front porch. We discussed steps at the landscaping consult but didn't go into much detail. The back one is on the landscaping plan but not the front one. They still appear on the submission plans, what does this mean? I had a similar thing. Laundry steps were on tender but have been told Homes no longer does these steps and will be done by landscaping. I received a credit variation for the stairs and we will sort out on site Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 12390Sep 08, 2018 5:34 pm Manhattan52 becks81 Step confusion: On our original plans at tender, we were told we would need one step from the alfresco and 1-2 steps from front porch. We discussed steps at the landscaping consult but didn't go into much detail. The back one is on the landscaping plan but not the front one. They still appear on the submission plans, what does this mean? I had a similar thing. Laundry steps were on tender but have been told Homes no longer does these steps and will be done by landscaping. I received a credit variation for the stairs and we will sort out on site Our back step has now gone back to Homes and will be poured with the slab, maybe I should enquire about this for the front too. Whilst we are on the topic of steps, if there is no step shown for the laundry, does this mean there will be a step down to ground level or is it flush with ground level? Am I supposed to organise something that I don't know about? Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 12391Sep 08, 2018 5:48 pm becks81 Manhattan52 becks81 Step confusion: On our original plans at tender, we were told we would need one step from the alfresco and 1-2 steps from front porch. We discussed steps at the landscaping consult but didn't go into much detail. The back one is on the landscaping plan but not the front one. They still appear on the submission plans, what does this mean? I had a similar thing. Laundry steps were on tender but have been told Homes no longer does these steps and will be done by landscaping. I received a credit variation for the stairs and we will sort out on site Our back step has now gone back to Homes and will be poured with the slab, maybe I should enquire about this for the front too. Whilst we are on the topic of steps, if there is no step shown for the laundry, does this mean there will be a step down to ground level or is it flush with ground level? Am I supposed to organise something that I don't know about? I don’t know what you would need for your laundry would depend on your levels. I need 4 steps for laundry so need to organise with landscapes concrete stairs. This may change however as levels will have changed due to demolition. I was offered treated pine stairs however this would look cheap and random. Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 12392Sep 08, 2018 7:04 pm Priyasuresh11 Hi guys, Just wondering whether anyone used the same external tiles for the concrete stairs for the porch and in front of the laundry? Is so how ,any tiles would be required for 5 stairs? What size is the tile and how wide are the steps? Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 12393Sep 08, 2018 7:07 pm Hi, The Porch is 1.1m and laundry is 1.5m in length and the width is 250mm. Sorry forgot to add. The tile size is 450X450. Council approval 31/01/2018 Slab 26/03/2018 Outside Plumbing/electrical work done 05/04/2018 Frames started 09/04/2018 Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 12394Sep 08, 2018 11:48 pm Hi everyone. Finally after few weeks of struggle there has been some progress on our build. We are on week21 and Gyprock has been done. Though we maybe delayed by couple of weeks we are getting there. Happy to post some great pics finally. For more checkout my blog page http://www.thecomingbackhome.com/Blog/blog/ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 12396Sep 08, 2018 11:54 pm Jenifermarie We had an inspection yesterday to check on progress and catch up with our SS properly. We’re now at 26 weeks since our slab went down and 29 weeks since site scrape. We were due to have final painting done this week but some gyprock remediation took longer than expected so we still only have our first coat done. All our electrical, aircon and plumbing fitoff was done last week. We’re still waiting for tiling to be finished as well - our slab needed to be squared off for external tiling and some gyprock adjustments had to be done in our main bathroom so the window would close once the window reveal was tiled. We’re about 3-4 weeks from PCI at this stage (SS reckons 3 weeks unless we have more delays for fixing issues as Wisdom have a QA team that comes in to inspect first, then the construction manager comes in too before we get PCI). The items still outstanding are: - garage door and driveway (due this week) - internal and external painting (due this week) - internal and external tiling to be completed (about 80% finished) - wardrobe and pantry shelving - pantry doors to be fitted (opening was the wrong size) - carpet - internal doors to be hung (frames are in, doors are painted off the frames) - mirrors, shower screens and wardrobe sliding doors - kitchen splashback - balcony railing and privacy screen - flyscreens - door handles and towel rails Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Main kitchen area Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Butlers Pantry (with bonus husband assessing if it’s up to his standards for washing up) Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Love the tapware we opted for instead of the standard inclusions. Like ⋅ 3 comments ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ And the super halo shower upgrade. I really wanted to turn it on to test it but our tiling isn’t fully sealed yet in our ensuite. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Not so thrilled with the tiling in our laundry - we paid extra to increase the height of the tiling, the grout lines where the mosaic tiles have been put together are uneven widths (some too wide or narrow) a few of the tiles seem to have too much grout behind them to they stick out and the top where the tiles end isn’t completely straight. Looks like a DIY job I could have done myself (which I seriously considered to save the money but didn’t want it to end up looking like this!) Mentioned it yesterday and definitely going to be raising it at PCI to be fixed if Wisdom deem it acceptable after their inspections. We only picked this up just before we left so we will definitely go over the rest of the tiling with a fine tooth comb at PCI. Building Wisdom Aspiration 31 at Willowdale https://ourwillowdalehome.wordpress.com/ Wow great progress Jenn. Your tile selections look great. Am following your blog and progress. Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 12399Sep 09, 2018 6:30 pm Having a professional oversight on the building documentation sends a message to the contractor that the client is in control. Great opportunity to use a bit of solicitor leverage to install a decent liquidated damages figure to the contract. My mantra is, what would your boss say if you signed a $500,00 contract at work without legal oversight. She'd likely be a wee bit miffed. Some would totally disagree, of course. Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 12400Sep 10, 2018 4:22 pm Hi, Just after opinions on having a downlight in the alcoves. We have one in the alcove in the hallway. Is it something difficult to install post handover or should we put in provision now? We have an alcove in the dining room, upstairs living area and one in the home theatre. I just can’t remember if the display homes have downlights in them. Can someone please offer some advice? Im DESPERATE. Because I'm completely and utterly exhausted. 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