Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building with Dennis Family Homes 551Sep 05, 2017 9:22 am Lenz88 We have a contract!! Yay! And more importantly, its not wildly out of budget! Phew!! Next step is submitting plans to council. Technically, t should be easy as we are not asking for any dispensations this time but then again, this is the council and who knows what mood the person whose desk it arrives on is in! That process generally takes 4-6 weeks and then its onto organizing demolition, rental, pack up and move! Eek!! Its happening!! Awesome news Lenz. One step closer and hopefully it won't take too long before it all starts. Building with Dennis Family Homes Re: Building with Dennis Family Homes 553Sep 05, 2017 1:30 pm rattleAU How are you guys going RT? Hey rattle, we are slowly still working through a list of issues with dfh. They have been out today to address the 28 outstanding issues. It's just been a headache with the move and trying to get the house looking the way you want. We have heaps of other things that we are doing ourselves that is taking longer than we thought. Our electrician is sick so we haven't had our pendants put in or downlights installed. Still waiting for our shutters and security doors to be installled. We are definitely happy with the braemar heater we installed and so glad we didnt just stick with dfh stock standard. The only thing i would suggest if you do this is make sure the return air void is big enough otherwise you have to move noggins etc, not ideal. The bosch oven is a dream to use and so glad we upgraded that. We have been in for 2 weeks now and still have things everywhere. Building with Dennis Family Homes Re: Building with Dennis Family Homes 554Sep 05, 2017 1:31 pm Oh, if you guyz are considering putting in wall insulation. We have put in 2.5r batts and it doesnt block as much noise as i thought it would so if anything i would go with a higher rating Building with Dennis Family Homes Re: Building with Dennis Family Homes 555Sep 06, 2017 2:38 pm Ah, the joys of moving into a new home. Hope it all comes together nicely soon enough. Our block backs onto a forest and there was quite a bit of old wood piled up and random bits of machinery and tin, which the forestry people had used over the years or decades I guess. Went to the local forestry office to see if they could help with cleaning it up and what I could and could not do to tidy the other side of our fence and the guy says "I know exactly where you are talking about, as I am your neighbour 2 doors down". He said to leave it to him. Went to the block today for a look and they have removed everything, burnt the old wood and flattened and scraped the entire area with a bulldozer. Looks awesome. Kids are going to love getting out there with their push bikes and radio controlled cars. That area then goes back for miles, all the way along the Murray River. Really looking forward to going for our walks and bike rides on the tracks out there. Re: Building with Dennis Family Homes 556Sep 06, 2017 2:47 pm rtforresters Oh, if you guyz are considering putting in wall insulation. We have put in 2.5r batts and it doesnt block as much noise as i thought it would so if anything i would go with a higher rating Insulation batts, even the best ones, only play a small part in sound insulation. They can only insignificantly improve STC rating of your walls. For the best results you should be considering one or combination of the following: 1) Double (best) or staggered studs. Steel studs work better. 2) Double 16 mm plasterboard with the layer of Green Glue in between. 3) Plasterboard gets attached to drywall furling channels sitting on top of soundproof clips. 4) Layer of Mass Loaded Vinyl between your plaster and studs. Also, no matter how you improve your walls, the main bottlenecks will still be your windows - make sure you cover them with sound-blocking curtains and use laminated glass double or triple glazing on them. Re: Building with Dennis Family Homes 557Sep 06, 2017 8:41 pm alexp79 rtforresters Oh, if you guyz are considering putting in wall insulation. We have put in 2.5r batts and it doesnt block as much noise as i thought it would so if anything i would go with a higher rating Insulation batts, even the best ones, only play a small part in sound insulation. They can only insignificantly improve STC rating of your walls. For the best results you should be considering one or combination of the following: 1) Double (best) or staggered studs. Steel studs work better. 2) Double 16 mm plasterboard with the layer of Green Glue in between. 3) Plasterboard gets attached to drywall furling channels sitting on top of soundproof clips. 4) Layer of Mass Loaded Vinyl between your plaster and studs. Also, no matter how you improve your walls, the main bottlenecks will still be your windows - make sure you cover them with sound-blocking curtains and use laminated glass double or triple glazing on them. Thanks. Didnt know about the plasterboard but good to know for future builds. Have already got double glazing as well as roller shutters for external noise. It's more the internal noise that annoys me that's why i thought acoustic batts would've helped but doesnt really do much Building with Dennis Family Homes Re: Building with Dennis Family Homes 558Sep 06, 2017 8:44 pm rattleAU Ah, the joys of moving into a new home. Hope it all comes together nicely soon enough. Our block backs onto a forest and there was quite a bit of old wood piled up and random bits of machinery and tin, which the forestry people had used over the years or decades I guess. Went to the local forestry office to see if they could help with cleaning it up and what I could and could not do to tidy the other side of our fence and the guy says "I know exactly where you are talking about, as I am your neighbour 2 doors down". He said to leave it to him. Went to the block today for a look and they have removed everything, burnt the old wood and flattened and scraped the entire area with a bulldozer. Looks awesome. Kids are going to love getting out there with their push bikes and radio controlled cars. That area then goes back for miles, all the way along the Murray River. Really looking forward to going for our walks and bike rides on the tracks out there. Sounds really nice esp with 6 kids, you kinda need the space look forward to seeing some pics once your place gets started Building with Dennis Family Homes Re: Building with Dennis Family Homes 559Sep 21, 2017 4:01 pm We had a little bit of progress yesterday. Got the amended contract/plans back and it was pretty good. Only a couple of minor things that we had to question and they seemed to be cut and paste things that they just include, which are not relevant to us at this point. Need to check with the council though, as it still says that we need to build a screen due to overlooking into the neighbours. Problem is that we deleted that bedroom window, so there is no looking from that wall now. We do have a bathroom window a few meters across though. Only further amendment we had to make, was with the bathroom and en suite tiles. They got it mostly correct, but some minor parts were missed, so we got them filled in. We are doing floor to ceiling tiles on all walls and had the en suite and bathroom squared off (no cornices). Keen to see what it looks like in reality, as you can only imagine it in your head and look at your own sketches at the moment. Then went to the flooring company and gave them all the info for the tiles and they are drawing it up and will give us the pricing soon. We are rural, so we have a tiling rebate. We basically select, order and pay for the tiles throughout the house and DFH will pay us back at lock up. Anyway, that stuff with the tiles will be submitted and depending on how busy they are, we should get a start date in a few weeks I guess. Re: Building with Dennis Family Homes 560Sep 23, 2017 8:43 am Nice rattleAU...sounds like good progress to me. We had completed our colour selection and awaiting contract. What makes me nervous though is the time the council is taking to approve a planning permit to remove 8 trees from the build site. 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