Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Nearly there 12Feb 20, 2011 8:05 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: Nearly there 14Feb 20, 2011 8:20 pm Stormy I took along light globes (incandescent, not fluoros) and tested all the lights in my house, and looked at all the paintwork with the lights on (they had installed the china-mans' hats plastic shades). Our lintels are not painted either, except where it butts up against render or a painted door. So all of my windows and the garage door lintels are bare. It's the same as all their display homes...if you look closely! I don't particually agree with it, but it's just what they do, and unless you know that they don't 'normally' do it, you wouldn't think about including it in your contract, assuming they were all painted! Rule #1 with building...never assume anything!!! Thanks Stormy. There might be something wrong otherwise why they didnt allow me to use light. Even for pain work they asked me to look straight not from side. If I look from side I can easily see paint brush mark even without using any light. Re: Nearly there 15Feb 20, 2011 8:22 pm just Erin ooh, sorry forgot to reply about the lintels. We only have one exposed one above the alfresco doors. It's not painted so the steel is exposed. It's a bit annoying as there's numbers written in permanent marker that I haven't bothered to try and remove yet. Same here. One of my lintel above upstair lintel has my house address written in red color. Re: Nearly there 16Feb 20, 2011 8:39 pm I had all my lintels cleaned before handover, after I mentioned to my SS that they looked crap with all the writing on them. I believe they may have used a graffiti remover. I even sat on the loo and looked around the room and noticed paint stuff ups that they fixed. As that was the sole purpose for being in the powder room! I wouldn't have noticed them if I was just standing... I don't know why they didn't allow you to use any lights. My handover Guy even got his little step ladder out of his car so we could reach the lights to put the globes in! 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: Nearly there-Pictures 17Feb 23, 2011 9:28 pm Pictures taken during PCI http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/6852/p1020490.jpg http://img602.imageshack.us/img602/1659/p1020491b.jpg http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/2171/p1020492b.jpg http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/5076/p1020493p.jpg http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/5183/p1020494y.jpg http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/2520/p1020498c.jpg http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/4916/p1020501e.jpg http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/7755/p1020502f.jpg http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/2602/p1020504z.jpg http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/3829/p1020505u.jpg http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/2969/p1020508o.jpg http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/2856/p1020510m.jpg http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/4664/p1020511p.jpg http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/9218/p1020513x.jpg http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/925/p1020519l.jpg http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/6960/p1020524k.jpg http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/1917/p1020530m.jpg http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/5464/p1020531f.jpg http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/9356/p1020533t.jpg http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/8454/p1020536v.jpg http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/4606/p1020537a.jpg http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/8053/p1020538f.jpg http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/6420/p1020542.jpg http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/2793/p1020546i.jpg http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/6449/p1020550w.jpg Re: Nearly there 18Feb 23, 2011 9:34 pm Very nice!! Riviera?? Any idea when Handover will be? You must be getting so excited! 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: Nearly there 20Feb 23, 2011 9:49 pm The facade (1 window above the garage) and the family/meals/kitchen and the laundry where it is kinda gave it away for me! It was one we looked at time and time again, but the floorplan of the Wilshire suited us/our land a little better! Was my guess correct? 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 |