Browse Forums Building A New House Kate & Dean - Urbanedge Build - Bacchus Marsh 61Mar 17, 2011 9:09 pm viewtopic.php?f=31&t=40976 Aug 26/10 -Land settle Oct 1-Signed UE Nov 4 -Site Cut 22 -Slab 26 -Frame Dec 17 -Lock Up Feb 1/11 -Fixing Mar 31+Apr 14 -PCI cancelled Re: Kate & Dean - Urbanedge Build - Bacchus Marsh 62Mar 18, 2011 7:05 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: Kate & Dean - Urbanedge Build - PCI Booked 63Mar 23, 2011 11:32 pm viewtopic.php?f=31&t=40976 Aug 26/10 -Land settle Oct 1-Signed UE Nov 4 -Site Cut 22 -Slab 26 -Frame Dec 17 -Lock Up Feb 1/11 -Fixing Mar 31+Apr 14 -PCI cancelled Kate & Dean - Urbanedge Build - Latest PICS! PCI booked 31/0 64Mar 27, 2011 4:46 pm viewtopic.php?f=31&t=40976 Aug 26/10 -Land settle Oct 1-Signed UE Nov 4 -Site Cut 22 -Slab 26 -Frame Dec 17 -Lock Up Feb 1/11 -Fixing Mar 31+Apr 14 -PCI cancelled Re: Kate & Dean - Urbanedge Build - Bacchus Marsh 66Mar 27, 2011 8:03 pm viewtopic.php?f=31&t=40976 Aug 26/10 -Land settle Oct 1-Signed UE Nov 4 -Site Cut 22 -Slab 26 -Frame Dec 17 -Lock Up Feb 1/11 -Fixing Mar 31+Apr 14 -PCI cancelled Re: Kate & Dean - Urbanedge Build - Latest PICS!!! PCI Thurs 67Mar 28, 2011 7:26 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 Kate & Dean - Urbanedge Build - Latest PICS!!! PCI Thurs 68Mar 28, 2011 2:25 pm viewtopic.php?f=31&t=40976 Aug 26/10 -Land settle Oct 1-Signed UE Nov 4 -Site Cut 22 -Slab 26 -Frame Dec 17 -Lock Up Feb 1/11 -Fixing Mar 31+Apr 14 -PCI cancelled Re: Kate & Dean - Urbanedge Build - Latest PICS!!! PCI Thurs 69Mar 28, 2011 2:32 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: Kate & Dean - Urbanedge Build - Latest PICS!!! PCI Thurs 70Mar 28, 2011 2:34 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 Kate & Dean - Urbanedge Build - Latest PICS!!! PCI Thurs 71Mar 28, 2011 7:28 pm viewtopic.php?f=31&t=40976 Aug 26/10 -Land settle Oct 1-Signed UE Nov 4 -Site Cut 22 -Slab 26 -Frame Dec 17 -Lock Up Feb 1/11 -Fixing Mar 31+Apr 14 -PCI cancelled Re: Kate & Dean - Urbanedge Build - Latest PICS!!! PCI Thurs 72Mar 28, 2011 8:00 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 Kate & Dean - Urbanedge Build - Latest PICS!!! PCI Thurs 73Mar 28, 2011 8:33 pm viewtopic.php?f=31&t=40976 Aug 26/10 -Land settle Oct 1-Signed UE Nov 4 -Site Cut 22 -Slab 26 -Frame Dec 17 -Lock Up Feb 1/11 -Fixing Mar 31+Apr 14 -PCI cancelled Re: Kate & Dean - Urbanedge Build - Latest PICS!!! PCI Thurs 74Apr 01, 2011 9:22 am So very unhappy with yesterdays proceedings. We were booked in two weeks ago to have our PCI yesterday and then we get there and our SS arrives and says the house isn't 100% ready and I say ok so what is the process for PCI how does it work and he says PCI isn't today it's just a walk through. Hang on a second we got a letter saying PCI is today. Oh that's right no one called you yesterday (Wednesday) to tell you that it has been cancelled!! Instantly blood pressure hits the roof. We were told that it was cancelled becasue our SS has his meeting days on Wednesday and is unable to come and check the house prior to PCI. So in our very strongly worded email yesterday we reminded them of the fact that UE booked the PCI date not us, and it was us who had to arrange time off work for a day that was a complete waste of time and which now we will need to request more time off for the next PCI....grrrr so frustrating!!! And then we are informed that the painters have said they are finished. Words cannot even describe how awful and disgracful the paint job is. I will let the pictures do the talking. There is so many issues with the paint work that our corrections list is 5 pages long and that is not including all paint issues as it got beyond such a joke that we stopped documenting. We think we have enough to plead our case that those painters never come back and we get the whole house painted again. Also frustrating that we had a walk through 3+ weeks ago with our SS and placed correction tape throughout the house, to find that none of the issues have been fixed but instead the painters half hearted fix their mistakes and then remove all the tape from the house. So in 3+ weeks all that has been done is carpet gone in, shelving in wardrobe and linen (one of these is incorrect), some door handles put on which are now covered in paint, our trough with no plumbing and some corking which the guy retuned yesterday to finish. Most of the skirting joins aren't flush, most of the doors have chips in them which have been painted over, the cracks that we pointed out 3+ weeks ago have been painted over and the painters say they had only painted two coats on the house at the start of last week and that they still need to do a third coat....hmmm it's lucky if it has two coats!!! Surely cobwebs don't come back that fast considering they finished on Tuesday!!! Will load pics shortly! Just got an email that the construction manager will attending our house next week to assess the damage! viewtopic.php?f=31&t=40976 Aug 26/10 -Land settle Oct 1-Signed UE Nov 4 -Site Cut 22 -Slab 26 -Frame Dec 17 -Lock Up Feb 1/11 -Fixing Mar 31+Apr 14 -PCI cancelled Re: Kate & Dean - Urbanedge Build - SO ANGRY no PCI!! 75Apr 01, 2011 9:32 am Sorry to hear about the f#$k around, sounds very unprofessional. I would be pi$$ed too, especially because you need to take time off work for it. Hopefully the construction manager will sort the mess out. Did the painters fix the peeling paint or just paint over it all? 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: Kate & Dean - Urbanedge Build - SO ANGRY no PCI!! 76Apr 01, 2011 9:41 am OMG I am so gutted for you. UE's houses are impressive (in their advertising) and are not cheap homes. I certainly would expect more from them. We have a catalogue here and often drool over their houses. I would have considered one for our next house, but now I am really put off. A lot of future business comes through word of mouth, especially from this website. Hopefully you get it sorted soon. Re: Kate & Dean - Urbanedge Build - SO ANGRY no PCI!! 77Apr 01, 2011 10:02 am Hi - just read through your thread - things started so well and then to be ruined by a bad paint job is so disappointing and unbelievable - how hard is it to paint a wall?? Good luck with getting it sorted - hope Dulux get involved and help. Feeling for you .. For info on our build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=43093 Built the McLaren by Dechellis - slab down 22 Feb - handover 30 Aug 2011 - and gardens finished 9 Dec 2012!! Kate & Dean - Urbanedge Build - Latest PICS!!! PCI Thurs 78Apr 01, 2011 12:10 pm This is what our skirting boards look like throughout the house. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Our ensuite mirror with some gunk dripping down the side Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Our ensuite skirting with such a professional finish to it Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Bedroom 3 wardrobe - no idea what has happened here but they say its finished! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Around our doors Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I just love the attention to detail around our glass window by our front door. It makes a great first impression don't you think? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Yep the painters have finished! Loving the natural timber look this paint offers. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Another patch on the window sill where one roll should fix it. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Yep you picked it wizard, just one roll of the paint should fix it!!! Thank for making our argument easy painters. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ All our door handles have some form of paint on them. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Whoops missed a bit Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Geez the spiders move in fast around here. After ??? 3rd coat applied on tuesday they had moved back in by Thursday. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ viewtopic.php?f=31&t=40976 Aug 26/10 -Land settle Oct 1-Signed UE Nov 4 -Site Cut 22 -Slab 26 -Frame Dec 17 -Lock Up Feb 1/11 -Fixing Mar 31+Apr 14 -PCI cancelled Re: Kate & Dean - Urbanedge Build - SO ANGRY no PCI!! 79Apr 01, 2011 12:34 pm WOW, sorry to say, but that look horrid. I would be furious with the finish too. They have a long way to go to get it all looking like it should. If I were you I would contact someone high up in UE and email them those photos, I’m sure someone like the state manager would not accept any of that 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: Kate & Dean - Urbanedge Build - SO ANGRY no PCI!! 80Apr 01, 2011 12:38 pm OMG. It is worse than I thought!! Not good enough!! My land is 260m2 (10m x 26m) located in claymore NSW. Under campbelltown council. I know in general the following setbacks would apply ground floor side setback =… 0 6935 Thank you so much everyone. This all makes a lot of sense. I guess when you talk to a builder who butters up everything to look very polished, you get to start believing… 7 17628 Hi We have finally decided to complete a KDR on our corner plot in NE Melbourne suburbs. Given its a corner plot approx. 400 sqm just a standard design may not fit the… 0 8578 |