Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Boral Blackheath: UPDATE 4: Our castle walls crumble 61Aug 24, 2010 4:26 pm Current status: Busy making the house our home Built PD Francis 29 on our 576m2 block at Reflections in Tarneit Reflections Estate Thread Our Build Thread Re: Boral Blackheath: UPDATE 4: Our castle walls crumble 62Aug 24, 2010 4:27 pm Deemaree Kyndylan Capers: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=46852 My blog: http://www.sufficientlysufficient.blogspot.com/ Boral Blackheath: UPDATE 5: Almost on track 64Sep 07, 2010 8:48 am Current status: Busy making the house our home Built PD Francis 29 on our 576m2 block at Reflections in Tarneit Reflections Estate Thread Our Build Thread Boral Blackheath: UPDATE 5: Almost on track 65Sep 08, 2010 3:31 pm Current status: Busy making the house our home Built PD Francis 29 on our 576m2 block at Reflections in Tarneit Reflections Estate Thread Our Build Thread Re: Boral Blackheath: UPDATE 5: Almost on track 68Sep 10, 2010 3:11 pm Our Build https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=36661&start=40 Land Settlement - 19/07/09 Building Deposit Paid - 14/02/10 Site Scrape - 25/08/10 Slab - 01/09/10 Frame - 15/09/10 Roof - 21/09/10 Pre Wire/Plumbing - 23/04/09 Bi-Folds - 24/09/10 Bricks - 13/10/10 Plastering - 13/10/10 Cornice, skirting, shelving - 14/10/10 Re: Boral Blackheath: UPDATE 5: Almost on track 69Sep 10, 2010 9:40 pm RF Build: viewtopic.php?f=38&t=34534 Flooring: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=39733 Chat: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=53303 Re: Boral Blackheath: UPDATE 5: Almost on track 70Sep 11, 2010 9:33 am Current status: Busy making the house our home Built PD Francis 29 on our 576m2 block at Reflections in Tarneit Reflections Estate Thread Our Build Thread Re: Boral Blackheath: UPDATE 5: Almost on track 71Sep 11, 2010 12:29 pm RF Build: viewtopic.php?f=38&t=34534 Flooring: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=39733 Chat: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=53303 Boral Blackheath: UPDATE 6: Page 4 - BRICKS!! 72Sep 11, 2010 4:02 pm Current status: Busy making the house our home Built PD Francis 29 on our 576m2 block at Reflections in Tarneit Reflections Estate Thread Our Build Thread Boral Blackheath: UPDATE 7: Old vs New 73Sep 16, 2010 10:28 am Current status: Busy making the house our home Built PD Francis 29 on our 576m2 block at Reflections in Tarneit Reflections Estate Thread Our Build Thread Re: Boral Blackheath: UPDATE 6: Page 4 - BRICKS!! 76Sep 22, 2010 8:19 am Current status: Busy making the house our home Built PD Francis 29 on our 576m2 block at Reflections in Tarneit Reflections Estate Thread Our Build Thread Re: Boral Blackheath: UPDATE 6: Page 4 - BRICKS!! 77Sep 22, 2010 8:59 am Hi Wizard, yeah we are with lifestyle doing a Cremorne. We're already 5 weeks behind because they couldn't find brickies, the whole brick thing has turned into a nightmare! I complained Monday, the construction manager and a boral rep went out to the site yesterday and they have agreed there is a major problem. At this point they have said to wait a few days for the bricks to dry thoroughly then they will get back to me. They have suggested dying the bricks but I don't think that is a permanent solution to such a major problem, what if it starts to fade in 5/10 years? Also on the sample buildings on the Nawkaw website that they have restored it is quite obvious where the dying has been done and looks pretty ordinary. It might be alright for a few bricks, but not half a house. At this point i would expect either a rebrick or full render, can't decide which though. The time constraints are a big issue as you highlighted, but we loved the brick and all of our colour schemes were based on the brick. It is great they were willing to redo your house, the brick work looks so much better this time around. A house near ours built by 5immonds had similar problems to yours and they refused to do anything about it. I think Porter Davis are trying to make boral accept liability for my problem as the bricks were delivered in 3 lots and clearly they are from different batches. In the end though we will not be accepting the house in current form as it is extremely ugly. Re: Boral Blackheath: UPDATE 6: Page 4 - BRICKS!! 78Sep 22, 2010 9:51 am Yeah I wouldn’t accept it either, well lets hope they work something out that satisfies you and quickly. I can see how PD would be putting the blame on Boral, but then again, it depends on how PD ordered them, if they were all ordered at the same time then Boral should have gotten all the bricks from the same batch, but if PD put in 3 orders then it’s a PD issue. Keep us posted on how it all goes Current status: Busy making the house our home Built PD Francis 29 on our 576m2 block at Reflections in Tarneit Reflections Estate Thread Our Build Thread Re: Boral Blackheath: UPDATE 6: Page 4 - BRICKS!! 79Sep 22, 2010 10:36 pm Hi Fallen_Apple. Can I say that if sticking with bricks and getting them fixed is an option, go with that. In FNQ it is ALL rendered. NO new homes are bricked or anything else and it looks like lego-land. Bricks are beautiful (when they haven't been stuffed up). RF Build: viewtopic.php?f=38&t=34534 Flooring: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=39733 Chat: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=53303 Re: Boral Blackheath: UPDATE 6: Page 4 - BRICKS!! 80Sep 23, 2010 11:43 am Well the good news is Porter Davis are taking it seriously. There were a lot of people at the site this morning, including the original bricklayer. Hopefully they can come to some decisions about how to rectify the issues. Thanks for the suggestion Raleighfarm, luckily where we are render is used sparingly, so if we went for a full render we would be the odd ones out! Still waiting to get PD's verdict on what to do, I wish they would hurry up. I have stone pavement (?) in my backyard around the pool. I have not tended to them and so there is moss growing on them. I intend to clean them but was wondering what the… 0 2759 I’ve just had some outdoor textured porcelain tiles installed, and they’re already getting a bit dirty from all the trees and leaves that are around. I’m looking at… 0 756 |