Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Boutique Homes - St Tropez 31 - Pool/Landscaping Update! 42Jun 15, 2017 3:57 am Building with Dennis Family Homes Re: Boutique Homes - St Tropez 31 - Pool Timelapse Video 48Jun 30, 2017 9:11 am Mt.view Amazing result. specially the water feature. love it you have some of the best thing to own for swimming pool! water feature, hide away cover and fiber glass. Do you mind sharing the total cost of the pool? of PM plz. thx Thanks, I've PM'd you! Re: Boutique Homes - St Tropez 28 Epping Victoria - Roof/Bri 49Nov 24, 2017 11:28 am measure Insulation, Plaster and Bricks! It has been a week and a bit so time for another update. The build is really powering along now and it is awesome to see. It really looks like they are pushing to reach initial lock up before Christmas. In what seemed like only 2 days they managed to get all the insulation installed including the roof space. It was also great to see that they have insulated all internal walls as well as the roof right up to the eaves. This will really help keep noise from travelling through walls and also help keep an even temperature in very warm and very cold periods. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ In a week they have also managed to get 95% of all plastering done including the square set cornices in the living areas and the normal cornice in all other areas. Quality looks great too! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ During this time they have also worked a lot on the bricks. We were really worried up until this point not knowing if we would like our brick choice. We chose Austral Settler Pepperwood Bricks (Category 3) however were never really sure if it would match our window frames and roof colour. Since seeing a couple of walls now completed we are really happy. It is only a Cat 3 which means on the lower end of the scale (Boutique offer nearly 20 different categories of bricks). Please ignore the quality of the bricks in the photos. Looks like the camera distorted some of the picture colours. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ We are still waiting on Boutique to send us our Pre-Plaster inspection report. Hopefully they can advise that they fixed everything prior to the plaster and insulation going in as we have no way to check it. I guess we will just have to trust that Boutqiue's repuation for producing quality homes is correct! Hi what colour motar is this with the pepperwood? Re: Boutique Homes - St Tropez 31 - Pool Time-lapse Video 50Nov 24, 2017 11:32 am valerie3e measure Insulation, Plaster and Bricks! It has been a week and a bit so time for another update. The build is really powering along now and it is awesome to see. It really looks like they are pushing to reach initial lock up before Christmas. In what seemed like only 2 days they managed to get all the insulation installed including the roof space. It was also great to see that they have insulated all internal walls as well as the roof right up to the eaves. This will really help keep noise from travelling through walls and also help keep an even temperature in very warm and very cold periods. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ In a week they have also managed to get 95% of all plastering done including the square set cornices in the living areas and the normal cornice in all other areas. Quality looks great too! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ During this time they have also worked a lot on the bricks. We were really worried up until this point not knowing if we would like our brick choice. We chose Austral Settler Pepperwood Bricks (Category 3) however were never really sure if it would match our window frames and roof colour. Since seeing a couple of walls now completed we are really happy. It is only a Cat 3 which means on the lower end of the scale (Boutique offer nearly 20 different categories of bricks). Please ignore the quality of the bricks in the photos. Looks like the camera distorted some of the picture colours. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ We are still waiting on Boutique to send us our Pre-Plaster inspection report. Hopefully they can advise that they fixed everything prior to the plaster and insulation going in as we have no way to check it. I guess we will just have to trust that Boutqiue's repuation for producing quality homes is correct! Hi what colour motar is this with the pepperwood? Re: Boutique Homes - St Tropez 31 - Pool Time-lapse Video 51Dec 03, 2017 6:44 pm measure It has been very busy over the last couple of weeks. We have moved in 90% of our belongings with only a little bit to go. Appliances will be installed next week and then the move is 100% completed. Blinds were installed last week and the driveway was finished today. Unfortunately with all the bad weather a few weeks ago the pool install was pushed back which means the fence was also delayed. Hopefully they can make a start on both next week. I have also purchased material for the alfresco deck which I will be building myself so I will keep you updated to that progress as well. See photos below of blinds and driveway progress. Media Room - Wall to wall block our curtain with screen blind behind Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Bathrooms have block out only due to the frosted glass. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Main Bed - Wall to wall sheer curtain with block our blind behind Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Living area. Main doors just block out. Side windows have block out and screen. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Day 1. Final excavation and frame and metal work completed. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Day 2. Concrete poor. When the poor is complete and leveled they add a special chemical which reacts with the top layer of the concrete causing it to never dry or set. They can then come back the next day and wash the top layer off exposing the concrete. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Day 3. The soft top layer is washed off. They then add the expansion cuts into the concrete to reduce the chance of cracking and then acid wash it to give it a final clean. The only thing do to now (it is optional) is to seal the surface. Doing this will protect the aggregate however also give it an almost permanent "wet" look which will be darker and more impressive. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Boutique Homes - St Tropez 31 - Pool Time-lapse Video 52Dec 03, 2017 7:04 pm valerie3e What colour aggregate is this? Not sure of the exact colour but it was the darkest, most black colour avaliable. It hasn't been sealed yet which will give it a darker shiny look. Re: Boutique Homes - St Tropez 31 - Pool Time-lapse Video 53Jan 04, 2018 9:32 am Sorry for the delay, it has been a busy 8 months since we have moved in and we have done a lot since then. A lot of planting, landscaping and little jobs that complete our home. We love coming home and the entertaining area we have created is amazing. The house has been tested a lot over the last few weeks with Christmas and New Years being held here along with many hot weather swimming days. The house is everything we wanted and more! Beware, many photos below! 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Ever since we decided on a floor plan for our house and saw the alfresco I had decided that I wanted to give building a deck a go. The first decision was to work out what material I wanted to use. I settled on Ekodeck. It is a plastic composite which I was interested in as it should hopefully mean low maintenance. https://www.ekologix.com.au/ekodeck/ Next step was to draw up a plan of what I wanted to build. I drew this up on the computer which helped me in working out how much material I needed to buy. I purchased all the timbre joists, Ekodeck and bolts/screws/brackets from bunnings and had them delivered. All up the material cost around $3,000 Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ As you can see from the design it isn't a standard deck. I had a border around the outside and two breaker boards (running vertically in the picture above) which helped break up the deck into three sections. This meant I wouldn't have to but join the Ekodeck boards which are only 5.4m long. With no experience in deck building or timber work I spent my time on Youtube and Google learning what I needed to do. I started with the timber joists and built the borders first. I used an off cut of one of the Ekodeck boards to help space out the joists. I used 75mm screws to join all the joists together. Probably overkill for what I was building but at least it was solid. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Once all the borders were built I started laying out the joists throughout the middle of the framework. I built the two breaker board joists first and then measured even spaces between those and spaced out the joists from there. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Once all the joists were built I started bolting and nailing everything together. Up until this point I was only laying them out to make sure they all measured up. I used 5mm thick L brackets with anka screws into the concrete and hex screws into the joists. I also used L brackets with nails to secure the joists to the border frame. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Once everything was bolted and secured I added some extra noggins to stop any side to side flex in the joists. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Once I was happy with the joists I started adding the Ekodeck to the borders. Having the borders done first helped to make sure the deck was square and the remaining pieces all fit together nicely. I used spaces to make sure the gaps between the house walls and pillars and between the corner joins were even. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I continued using the spaces between each board. I made sure that I measured each space before I cut the board so that the cuts were in a straight line. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ End result. I think it looks great! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Boutique Homes - St Tropez 31 - 8 Month Update! 55Mar 13, 2018 1:43 pm yoyohv measure So I finally completed a projected I wanted to do for a long time. Building my own deck. Ever since we decided on a floor plan for our house and saw the alfresco I had decided that I wanted to give building a deck a go. The first decision was to work out what material I wanted to use. I settled on Ekodeck. It is a plastic composite which I was interested in as it should hopefully mean low maintenance. https://www.ekologix.com.au/ekodeck/ Next step was to draw up a plan of what I wanted to build. I drew this up on the computer which helped me in working out how much material I needed to buy. I purchased all the timbre joists, Ekodeck and bolts/screws/brackets from bunnings and had them delivered. All up the material cost around $3,000 Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ As you can see from the design it isn't a standard deck. I had a border around the outside and two breaker boards (running vertically in the picture above) which helped break up the deck into three sections. This meant I wouldn't have to but join the Ekodeck boards which are only 5.4m long. With no experience in deck building or timber work I spent my time on Youtube and Google learning what I needed to do. I started with the timber joists and built the borders first. I used an off cut of one of the Ekodeck boards to help space out the joists. I used 75mm screws to join all the joists together. Probably overkill for what I was building but at least it was solid. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Once all the borders were built I started laying out the joists throughout the middle of the framework. I built the two breaker board joists first and then measured even spaces between those and spaced out the joists from there. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Once all the joists were built I started bolting and nailing everything together. Up until this point I was only laying them out to make sure they all measured up. I used 5mm thick L brackets with anka screws into the concrete and hex screws into the joists. I also used L brackets with nails to secure the joists to the border frame. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Once everything was bolted and secured I added some extra noggins to stop any side to side flex in the joists. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Once I was happy with the joists I started adding the Ekodeck to the borders. Having the borders done first helped to make sure the deck was square and the remaining pieces all fit together nicely. I used spaces to make sure the gaps between the house walls and pillars and between the corner joins were even. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I continued using the spaces between each board. I made sure that I measured each space before I cut the board so that the cuts were in a straight line. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ End result. I think it looks great! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Didn't need a building permit as it was connected to the house and not close to the boundary fencing If you give it a go and have any questions feel free to ask! Re: Boutique Homes - St Tropez 31 - 8 Month Update! 58Mar 13, 2018 10:31 pm yoyohv Mate, any advice on building the outdoor kitchen? Did you diy? Re: Boutique Homes - St Tropez 31 - 8 Month Update! 60Jun 04, 2018 6:18 am Gaudi measure Very nice work on the landscaping!! How did you ekodeck go over summer? Did it fade in areas where it gets sun on it even though you have a roof?] Seems like it is a very high quality product! 10 15685 Ask for references and speak to them. If they are defensive or try to avoid the request, walk. 1 74220 |