Browse Forums Building A New House Re: The Story of Stormy's Castle. *Busy Weekend, new pics* 1661Aug 17, 2010 9:49 am A thankful person is a happy person. [/color]My hobby design blog: http://aviewondesign.blogspot.com/ Re: The Story of Stormy's Castle. *Busy Weekend, new pics* 1662Aug 17, 2010 12:35 pm Site Start: 10th September, 2010 PCI : Friday 27th January, 2011. Handover: 3rd February, 2011 Build Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37677 Re: The Story of Stormy's Castle. *Busy Weekend, new pics* 1664Aug 17, 2010 10:16 pm Henley - Wilshire Mk 3 ... I love my house!! Site start: 4th Feb 09 Handover: 10th Sep 09 Blog: http://stormygirlscastle.blogspot.com/ Build Thread: viewtopic.php?t=7166 Re: The Story of Stormy's Castle. *12 Month Maintenance Mond 1665Aug 28, 2010 5:45 pm Henley - Wilshire Mk 3 ... I love my house!! Site start: 4th Feb 09 Handover: 10th Sep 09 Blog: http://stormygirlscastle.blogspot.com/ Build Thread: viewtopic.php?t=7166 Re: The Story of Stormy's Castle. *12 Month Maintenance Mond 1667Aug 28, 2010 9:09 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 Story of Stormy's Castle. *12 Month Maintenance Mond 1668Aug 28, 2010 9:49 pm My house and my rants.... - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=26937 We are in!!!...and still unpacking. Thankfully there are always Tim Tams Re: The Story of Stormy's Castle. *Busy Weekend, new pics* 1669Aug 29, 2010 9:02 am Henley - Wilshire Mk 3 ... I love my house!! Site start: 4th Feb 09 Handover: 10th Sep 09 Blog: http://stormygirlscastle.blogspot.com/ Build Thread: viewtopic.php?t=7166 Re: The Story of Stormy's Castle. *12 Month Maintenance Fixe 1670Sep 08, 2010 1:59 pm Henley - Wilshire Mk 3 ... I love my house!! Site start: 4th Feb 09 Handover: 10th Sep 09 Blog: http://stormygirlscastle.blogspot.com/ Build Thread: viewtopic.php?t=7166 Re: The Story of Stormy's Castle. *12 Month Maintenance Fixe 1671Sep 23, 2010 4:51 pm Henley - Wilshire Mk 3 ... I love my house!! Site start: 4th Feb 09 Handover: 10th Sep 09 Blog: http://stormygirlscastle.blogspot.com/ Build Thread: viewtopic.php?t=7166 Re: The Story of Stormy's Castle. *Extremely disappointed... 1673Sep 23, 2010 5:53 pm Thanks Joles. On closer inspection of the roof (now the sun's not in my eyes) they have NOT been on my roof, but I can't understand why they were telling me it's been fixed when it clearly has not. As for the front door, because of the disclaimer I signed it won't be fixed. Had they told me 'if there is a problem within a short amount of time with the doors let us know' then I would have called them straight away. But because I have always been of the understanding that 'do not call the warantee department unless it is an emergency' I didn't. The really ridiculous thing about the cable fiasco is the network guy was recomended through Henley who does lots of cable jobs for them. I am most annoyed about it taking 12 months for them to tell me they won't fix it. I do have a signed piece of paper pre handover that it will be fixed. The lintels won't be painted by Henley. They don't do it. None of their display homes have painted lintels. I'm considering doing it myself... I need a drink to drown my sorrows. Henley - Wilshire Mk 3 ... I love my house!! Site start: 4th Feb 09 Handover: 10th Sep 09 Blog: http://stormygirlscastle.blogspot.com/ Build Thread: viewtopic.php?t=7166 Re: The Story of Stormy's Castle. *Extremely disappointed... 1674Sep 23, 2010 5:58 pm Oh really..they don't paint lintels? That's a bit..ahhh..slack. Did they leave you with touchup paint for that colour? Wouldn't be hard to do on low windows yourself. Built Liberty 42 - Handover 26th Feb 2010 forum thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=17243 Re: The Story of Stormy's Castle. *Extremely disappointed... 1675Sep 23, 2010 6:19 pm Sorry to hear about your troubles. A shame indeed about the front door and the cable! Keep us up to date with the roof battle I'm sure things will work out! Just a tip when you replace the $200.00 HDMI cable. Don't spend $200 on another one HDMI, being entirely digital is either transmitting data, or it's not. ie: Using a $200 gold plated, titanium coated, diamond encrusted cable will do absolutely nothing more than a $20.00 copper cable from your local computer shop. Don't let any AV salesman talk you into thinking otherwise. Yes, with analogue cables (such as analogue audio), higher grade cable makes a difference due to signal loss, but with digital (binary) HDMI, there is no such thing. It is honestly scary how much people spend on these cables, and you're getting ripped off. It's a shame they damaged your expensive cable, but you can at least save yourself a bucketload by replacing it with a $20 one Quote: As long as one appreciates the limits of the point, it's an important point to make: a digital signal is just a string of ones and zeros. When a digital signal gets through a cable, and is interpreted correctly at the other end with no dropped bits, the result is no loss of information, and hence no loss of picture or sound quality. The signal may have suffered a great deal of degradation along the way from multiple causes; there may have been EMI, RFI, intrapair skew, interpair skew, return loss, rounding from capacitance, attenuation, anything - but if the bitstream gets read correctly at the end of the process, none of that degradation makes one bit (either figuratively or literally) of difference. (http://www.audioholics.com/education/cables/hdmi-cable-speed). Building at Warner Lakes in sunny Queensland. Building with Bold Properties. Building thread is here! - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=38957 Blog is here! - http://campoutforland.blogspot.com Re: The Story of Stormy's Castle. *12 Month Maintenance Fixe 1676Sep 23, 2010 8:00 pm Stormy ... 'Aparently', the roof tiling company has been out and fixed the roof putty/mortar where it was falling out. Ah...WHEN?? No one informed me they were coming, and I certainly hope they have NOT been in my property and on my roof without my knowledge. My home is NOT a building site anymore. I can tell you now, looking out my window it does NOT look fixed (but I'm looking into the sun and cannot see anyway). If that is the case, then I don't appreciate people trespassing on my property without my knowledge or prior arrangement. Sorry to hear this, Stormy , totally agree about the above (and the rest) and can understand how you feel. Seems like some traders feel they "own" the place, as long as they were sent by The Builder. Unfortunately, I can't offer you any advice or suggestion ... other than sympathy and best wishes that things get sorted out properly for you Hope your luck turns for the better and you cheer up My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: The Story of Stormy's Castle. *Extremely disappointed... 1677Sep 23, 2010 8:07 pm If they've given you it in writing that they will fix it, try and argue again. I've just been through two WEEKS of arguing with them about my included costs (long story short - bought house and land package that included estate guidelines, month later they said I had to pay extra $2500 for raised ceilings to be in guidelines, cue me FLIPPING out because why the hell was this not included), I got about 3-4 emails where they pretty much said they wouldn't/couldn't do anything and it was an error, after arguing and sending some strongly worded emails they turned around and included it. That's crap that they didn't advise you of it beforehand and are now coming back onto it as an excuse. viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37229 - our Iris 4! Re: The Story of Stormy's Castle. *Extremely disappointed... 1678Sep 24, 2010 9:42 am Alex88 If they've given you it in writing that they will fix it, try and argue again. I've just been through two WEEKS of arguing with them about my included costs (long story short - bought house and land package that included estate guidelines, month later they said I had to pay extra $2500 for raised ceilings to be in guidelines, cue me FLIPPING out because why the hell was this not included), I got about 3-4 emails where they pretty much said they wouldn't/couldn't do anything and it was an error, after arguing and sending some strongly worded emails they turned around and included it. That's crap that they didn't advise you of it beforehand and are now coming back onto it as an excuse. Yes, exactly my thoughts. They were very quick to state the contract in terms of the black front doors, but the handover inspector and the maintenance inspector BOTH have signed separate pieces of paper saying that the HDMI cable will be attended to. BOTH didn't let me know of the contract then, but were quick to outline the contract with the doors. If it's such a big part of the contract that they will not fix any damage caused by them to 'outside' tradies, then why the hell wasn't I informed of this 12 months ago at handover? That's the part I find the most disappointing. Anyway, I won't say too much more as I am seriously considering other 'options'. ...and further to the roof, no one has been on my roof to fix it, so I can't believe they are telling me it has all been fixed, when clearly it has not. Dated photos speak volumes. Henley - Wilshire Mk 3 ... I love my house!! Site start: 4th Feb 09 Handover: 10th Sep 09 Blog: http://stormygirlscastle.blogspot.com/ Build Thread: viewtopic.php?t=7166 Re: The Story of Stormy's Castle. *Extremely disappointed... 1679Sep 26, 2010 11:13 am I don't know if i've posted in your thread before but I think your home is just divine Everything about it screams style My building thread : viewtopic.php?f=31&t=36059 Paid initial deposit 24/7/10 Tender appointment 20/8/2010 Flooring and tile appointment 25/9/10 Colour and Electrical appointment 13/9/10 December site start delayed Site start (YAY!) 17/1/11 Slab pour 1/2/2011 Re: The Story of Stormy's Castle. *Extremely disappointed... 1680Oct 12, 2010 2:43 pm Stormy, have you seen this american website ? They ship to Australia. Aren't you a fan of the Fleur de lis? http://www.touchofeurope.net/linens/Fleur.html Built the Eden Brae Cambridge 34 Family with Boston Corner Facade Hi, We have a single story MacDonald Jones house, on a waffle pod slab with steel frame. Are we able to build a second story extension? Other info is we are 900mm from… 0 8373 We bought land in Tallawong Schofields NSW size 30m X 12.5m and planning to get double story house build around 350 sqm. We are thinking about having premium inclusions… 0 4042 |