Browse Forums Building A New House Re: The building begins....**updated** 102Mar 14, 2009 8:35 pm 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: The building begins....**Independant inspector time** 109Mar 24, 2009 5:00 am "Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions." — Elizabeth Gilbert Living in our new house. Currently scaping the land. Re: The building begins....**Independant inspector time** 111Mar 24, 2009 1:34 pm Ah ok. Yes definitely get DH to mention everything. Get him to mention as much as possible, even more than what annoys you, then you (he ) can appear to 'compromise' on some things... Re: The building begins....**Independant inspector time** 112Mar 24, 2009 2:08 pm donuts Ah ok. Yes definitely get DH to mention everything. Get him to mention as much as possible, even more than what annoys you, then you (he ) can appear to 'compromise' on some things... Good strategy! 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: The building begins....**Independant inspector time** 113Mar 24, 2009 10:26 pm I plan on complaining ( can't think of a better word!) about everything that is not right, even little things, at our final inspection. I think that when you are paying so much for your house you expect each job to be done properly. Maybe I am expecting too much Do you know when your PCI is? Sonya Re: The building begins....**Independant inspector time** 114Mar 25, 2009 12:22 am I'm almost the same way monkeyupatree. I might complain to hubby but it takes a bit to get me whining to the builders. HUbby tends to be picky about things that don't even faze me. BUt oh boy if they get us both going.. watch out! DH doesn't want to have to chase anyone about anything though which makes life difficult coz i can't take/make calls during the builders work hours and i can't get any phone signal on my way to and from work. . . So unless he sees the S.S. I have to do the phoning and leave a message or email them after hours. A shame really as he is much tougher than me and won't let go of a concern until it's addressed where as I usually cave in. Re: 115Jun 16, 2009 3:39 pm I'm just curious... what are they doing with the downspouts in front of the door? Re: Re: 116Jun 17, 2009 2:32 am D&SG I'm just curious... what are they doing with the downspouts in front of the door? We had to get soakwells installed after handover. All the downpipes now go into drains which run to one of 4 soakwells, lots of hard work digging to get everything laid in, DH was happy that he wasn't doing it! Anyway a pic of how it is now... http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y89/jericoholicau/Photo0128.jpg While I am here I should update this thread. Painting is done, in 'white pepper', all except the laundry/toilet, theatre feature wall, linen and pantry...but we were so over painting by day 6 that we decided they could wait, at least until we forget about the aches and pains that those 6 days brought us! Our feature wall in the theatre will eventually be painted 'ash brown'. Soakwells were installed after some talk and non-approval from council. Long story short, they ticked off on the plan to have one large soakwell in the front.... smack bang in the middle of the electricity line! Was not meant to have any too close to our house or neighbours house, so wouldn't let us have 4 small ones in each corner. Dont know why they allow blocks so small then they told us that we had to get rain tanks. Pointless really and expensive. The soakwell guy said that the council didnt know what they were talking about and put in 4 corner ones anyway. Oh yeah they also dont take calls on Friday, at least if you want to talk to anyone except the secretary...which was the day we rang! Heating was installed so we can keep toasty warm now that the weather is getting chilly. Still have the evap to install, which had been ordered way back in Sept, but the company is fine with waiting until we can afford to install it, hopefully before summer. *fingers crossed* Flooring is all finished. We had Karndean vinyl strips 'pitch pine' laid everywhere except the theatre, bedrooms and wet areas. The bedrooms and theatre have a chocolate brown carpet...cant remember the colour name though. Still havent done our laundry/toilet, so still concrete in there. And our fence (which came with the land) was finally installed. After a month and a half of having a nice open space to view each day, I feel a little boxed in now. This was my view from the kitchen http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y89/jericoholicau/RIMG0235.jpg and back yard each day http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y89/jericoholicau/Photo0098.jpg normally with cows and birds... but now I look out and see this... http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y89/jericoholicau/Photo0127.jpg and http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y89/jericoholicau/Photo0126.jpg It makes me a little sad. We still have so much to do and buy to get the house to what we (I) wanted. A list of all that is unfinished/ needs to be done: *washing line, *curtains/blinds, *shelving, *wardrobe fitted out, *2 studies fitted out (ideally with stud wall and door to enclose them) *backyard grassed/prettied up *garden shed installed *alfresco concreted and maybe tiled/decked? *laundry/toilet painted *laundry fitted out *kitchen splashback/overhead cabinets/rangehood *light coverings/pendants/downlights (we are going the bare bulb look aat teh moment) *furniture/decorations for rooms *driveway liquid limestoned/front porch area *networking cables installed (DH is going to do this when he gets a round to it) *bathroom/ensuite exhaust fans *mailbox *make room in garage for 2 cars I guess it will s..l..o..w.l..y get done. We haven't heard back from the landscapers yet, either another thing that needs to be done. Front landscaping was included in the land so thats a bonus for us. BUT we have moved in, the kids have settled well and enjoying being here and at their new school (except DS1, but hes never happy ) so alls good. DS2 did comment the other week that it feels like he has always lived here, thats got to be a good thing. We still have boxes everywhere, until we can get some shelves/bookcases, the wardrobe fitted and the studies done we will have to put up with it. But I dont like it Just in case you want to view some pics I will include some for your viewing pleasure.... main bedroom: after paint, and before flooring.. http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y89/jericoholicau/RIMG0164.jpg after http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y89/jericoholicau/Photo0130.jpg Kitchen: before http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y89/jericoholicau/RIMG0155.jpg after: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y89/jericoholicau/Photo0124.jpg family: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y89/jericoholicau/Photo0125.jpg and a close up of our vinyl flooring: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y89/jericoholicau/RIMG0197.jpg Re: The building begins....**updated** 117Jun 17, 2009 12:04 pm Its all looking really good! I really like your vinyl flooring. Good color choices.. very very nice!! It's good to see everyone settled in.. and you will slowly finish everything off.. but I think you'll always have more things you want to do, the joys of owning your own house. Building with PD - Regent 23 Cascades on Clyde Estate HomeOne Building Thread - PCI Completed - 28th August. Handover - 11th September. Re: The building begins....**updated** 118Jul 08, 2009 10:27 pm Hey monkeyupatree, our front doors are simply stunning Well Done! Glad to see all have settled in. Must be wonderful enjoying your new home Re: The building begins....**updated** 119Aug 02, 2009 3:34 pm Hey monkey looking great. Those roof tiles still look more black that brown to me. I love how yours look. I chose the Graphite in the marseilles style. With Leonora (red, black highlights) 1-course face brick. go upvc window frames ensure insulation under colorbond. not just sarking, lighter color roof also not sure if you have seen this viewtopic.php?t=5823 last couple of pages… 4 110592 Even if it's not being sub-divided and you want to keep it as Torrens title, you will still need to talk to a town planner or Council themselves, to see if they will allow… 1 11039 |