Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Who else is building with Eden Brae? 1446Oct 26, 2012 2:33 pm Built a Hawthorne 31 with EB nessjeffdreamhouse.blogspot.com.au Building an investment now with New Living homes... We are at nearly finished... Just landscaping and driveway to go! Re: Who else is building with Eden Brae? 1448Oct 27, 2012 8:59 am Built a Hawthorne 31 with EB nessjeffdreamhouse.blogspot.com.au Building an investment now with New Living homes... We are at nearly finished... Just landscaping and driveway to go! Re: Who else is building with Eden Brae? 1449Oct 27, 2012 10:54 am Kerith - Building an Eden Brae Newport 40 in Sydney's North http://kerithsedenbraehouse.blogspot.com.au/ Re: Who else is building with Eden Brae? 1451Oct 27, 2012 1:11 pm Dearheart Usually they only gyprock the internal walls (the ones shared with the house) - the outer ones are usually only bricks. Any brick that is only a face brick will look like that. It usually looks fine (once you get used to it if your not expecting it) just make sure that the mortar work is good. It wasn't in my sister garage and they needed to redo much of it. Dearheart Thanks Dearheart to explain this, I had chat with SS and he confirmed there will be no gyprock in the garage and problem is with those bricks which have one face painted. As suggested by Kerith and 1sttimebuilding, these are the perfect niches to install the shelves which'll do after post handover. Re: Who else is building with Eden Brae? 1452Oct 27, 2012 3:58 pm 1sttimebuilding2012 Houdaman - sounds like you are settling in well to your place. I like the way those companies came quickly to see if their were any issues. Any pics of your house? Hi, We are getting there. Still doing a lot of work to my old house too so I can either sell or rent it out so it slows us a little on the new one. The only pics I have are those on the blog - only external pics though and other then fences/gates installed, nothing else has happened. I'll post more when I start the landscaping and we get some rooms "finished". Houda ---- Built the Lincoln 35 at Georges Fair Re: Who else is building with Eden Brae? 1453Oct 27, 2012 4:46 pm Well called past the house today just to check everything was ok and to my surprise the brickies were there Then i went back later today to have a look after they left and they've done half the house on a saturday can't believe it. Building the Lawson with Eden Brae in Cameron Park Re: Who else is building with Eden Brae? 1454Oct 28, 2012 8:58 am sohnaeo Hi, I visited my site today and pretty happy with the brick work so far, they have completed the ground floor.I noticed one thing EB did the brickwork in the garage instead of giprocks, not sure is it good? Our sorbetto bricks have one side painted and other side unpainted. On one side of the garage wall, painted side of the brick towards outside and unpainted side towards inside the garage which doesn't match the rest of the walls looks odd, as you can see in the picture. Is it normal? Any idea to cover this? Hi sohnaeo, This is normal in most houses, unless you specifically ask for Gyprock. My house is exactly the same, and to be honest, i think it looks nicer the fact that the bricks don't match as it adds a texture. When the bricks are clean, you should like it even more. This is what mine looks like; Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ _________________ Building with EBH - Saville 30 @ The Ponds Building Blog - http://rabsndee.blogspot.com 22/08 - Slab Done 07/09 - Frames 16/09 - Roof 02/10 - Bricks 26/10 - Lockup 17/01 - Settlement Re: Who else is building with Eden Brae? 1455Oct 28, 2012 9:58 am Guys, I have just updated my blog with some pictures _________________ Building with EBH - Saville 30 @ The Ponds Building Blog - http://rabsndee.blogspot.com 22/08 - Slab Done 07/09 - Frames 16/09 - Roof 02/10 - Bricks 26/10 - Lockup 17/01 - Settlement Re: Who else is building with Eden Brae? 1456Oct 28, 2012 5:40 pm rabsta sohnaeo Hi, I visited my site today and pretty happy with the brick work so far, they have completed the ground floor.I noticed one thing EB did the brickwork in the garage instead of giprocks, not sure is it good? Our sorbetto bricks have one side painted and other side unpainted. On one side of the garage wall, painted side of the brick towards outside and unpainted side towards inside the garage which doesn't match the rest of the walls looks odd, as you can see in the picture. Is it normal? Any idea to cover this? Hi sohnaeo, This is normal in most houses, unless you specifically ask for Gyprock. My house is exactly the same, and to be honest, i think it looks nicer the fact that the bricks don't match as it adds a texture. When the bricks are clean, you should like it even more. This is what mine looks like; Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ It looks beautiful, I hope mine one will look good after wash, thanks rabsta for sharing that's a relief. Re: Who else is building with Eden Brae? 1457Oct 28, 2012 5:42 pm rabsta Guys, I have just updated my blog with some pictures Your house looks great , I hope you celebrate Christmas at new place. Re: Who else is building with Eden Brae? 1458Oct 29, 2012 1:09 pm For those who have finished (lucky buggers!), do they deliever and install the appliances right at the end when you settle? Re: Who else is building with Eden Brae? 1459Oct 29, 2012 1:55 pm Hi, Thought I'd sign on and join this forum as I know that I'll be needing the support and advice from everyone that has built with Eden Brae. A little bit about us first: We are building a Hamilton 33 in Baulkham Hills area and have increased the house by 2squares (EB promotion) and have made a few modifications to the standard design to suit our needs. We had our tender meeting on July 8, contract signing on July 26, and had our HOG and Tiles and electricals done in August and September. I can't believe how much it cost us to upgrade our kitchen to a point that we are happy with (over $12K) and also to upgrade our electricals (over $7K). This is in addition to the allowance the EB give! We have found that the admin stage has been fairly smooth sailing, our CSA Sara is fantastic. I must have sent her hundreds of emails over the admin stage and she ALWAYS responded to my queries no matter how silly in a prompt manner. Their estimations team have been excellent, but a word of warning to those who are still doing variations, that you have to check the prices they give you very carefully. We were charged an extra $1500 for our brick colour PGH Vino, which was included in our prestige package. Once this was pointed out, the cost for the bricks was taken off. Other issues with pricing were always cleared up very quickly so I really can't complain there. Last week we were given a letter stating that works would commence in the coming days and that our site supervisor Troy M would give us a call to introduce himself. We swung by our block of land yesterday, fully expecting that nothing had been done as our SS hadn't contacted us yet, to find that the block has been leveled out. That was a pleasant surprise, but I am starting to get a bit worried that our SS hasn't contacted us yet. Can anyone tell me if their SS contacted them prior to building commencing just to say G'day? Or if you have had my SS and what is he like? Is anyone building near the Baulkham Hills area? How have you found the quality of the tradies working on your home? Thanks in advance Slab – 31 Oct 2012 Frame - 15 Nov 2012 Bricks – 26 Nov 2012 Roof - 14 Jan 2013 Lock Up- 11 Feb 2013 PCI- 23rd May 2013 Settlement - 7th June 2013 Re: Who else is building with Eden Brae? 1460Oct 29, 2012 2:11 pm Baulkham Hills Hi, Thought I'd sign on and join this forum as I know that I'll be needing the support and advice from everyone that has built with Eden Brae. A little bit about us first: We are building a Hamilton 33 in Baulkham Hills area and have increased the house by 2squares (EB promotion) and have made a few modifications to the standard design to suit our needs. We had our tender meeting on July 8, contract signing on July 26, and had our HOG and Tiles and electricals done in August and September. I can't believe how much it cost us to upgrade our kitchen to a point that we are happy with (over $12K) and also to upgrade our electricals (over $7K). This is in addition to the allowance the EB give! We have found that the admin stage has been fairly smooth sailing, our CSA Sara is fantastic. I must have sent her hundreds of emails over the admin stage and she ALWAYS responded to my queries no matter how silly in a prompt manner. Their estimations team have been excellent, but a word of warning to those who are still doing variations, that you have to check the prices they give you very carefully. We were charged an extra $1500 for our brick colour PGH Vino, which was included in our prestige package. Once this was pointed out, the cost for the bricks was taken off. Other issues with pricing were always cleared up very quickly so I really can't complain there. Last week we were given a letter stating that works would commence in the coming days and that our site supervisor Troy M would give us a call to introduce himself. We swung by our block of land yesterday, fully expecting that nothing had been done as our SS hadn't contacted us yet, to find that the block has been leveled out. That was a pleasant surprise, but I am starting to get a bit worried that our SS hasn't contacted us yet. Can anyone tell me if their SS contacted them prior to building commencing just to say G'day? Or if you have had my SS and what is he like? Is anyone building near the Baulkham Hills area? How have you found the quality of the tradies working on your home? Thanks in advance Welcome to the Edenbrae world, we are building in Beaumont Hills. My SS didnt contact me so I had to contact him and I have requested him for the slab inspection which he thought not necessary, he advised me there are no inspections until lock up stage. But I go on every weekend if I see any issue, I contatct him and he responds promptly. I built with EB back on 2009. Check out this thread on this forum. viewtopic.php?f=31&t=12911&p=154061#p154061 I can't speak for recent expericience however, we had no… 1 30371 No idea about the driveway question, but your price for a house that size including landscaping seems very good! 1 22207 No, not yet. It’s currently being assessed by our building surveyor 4 19465 |