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11 years11 yearsBuilding the S36Building the S36 posted:
Our Benham 33 journey

After 2 months of living in our house, it is now complete- landscaping etc! Photos are on my blog
Good luck to everyone with their build/ new house

11 years11 yearsBuilding the S36Building the S36 posted:
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B & K this is exactly where our floor squeaks.. interesting

11 years11 yearsBuilding the S36Building the S36 posted:
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For those who have built a double storey, has anyone noticed their upstairs squeak? Im thinking this is def one for maintenance

11 years11 yearsBuilding the S36Building the S36 posted:
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We now have Internet. Just waiting on our kitchen splashback to go in (as we did it after handover) then will post photos! B and K... the Seaview is an…

11 years11 yearsBuilding the S36Building the S36 posted:
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B and K- handover is about 2 to 3 weeks after PCI. Note though at handover there may be some outstanding issues but they come to fix them. The only…

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Hi!!! Wow so much progress! Looking good everyone!
We have been in for a week and still no internet! Hence why we haven't put any photos.. Will do ASAP
But... Loving…

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Handover complete!!

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B & K we don't have a verandah so can't help there.
I must say we are very very impressed with the clean of our house. We were filthy when…

11 years11 yearsBuilding the S36Building the S36 posted:
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Has anyone sealed their grout? If so what's the best product? Thanks!

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HANDOVER NEXT WEDNESDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Feels like we started this journey over a decade ago! Almost there :)

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Congratulations, your house is looking great!
I like the colour change to the void and dining, it looks similar to the colour we picked for the stair void (cant remember the…

11 years11 yearsBuilding the S36Building the S36 posted:
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Haha thanks guys! BBQ will be scheduled once we have grass! We finally there (almost...)

11 years11 yearsBuilding the S36Building the S36 posted:
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So...PCI was yesterday.. went very well. No major issues at all. SS was great... painting almost perfect, tiling perfect, kitchen perfect, bricks perfect... cant really complain. Handover scheduled for late…

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Congrats Jen! Sometimes it does take all that to get the product we deserve
We have PCI for Monday! It's finally here after a year and a half!!

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Can anyone recommend a building inspector for metropolitan Sydney?
I think I remember reading somewhere on this blog a company "Howarth", "Hovarth"??
Thanks

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Thanks Jen, we are very happy with our selections. We changed our mind about a million times and still have even just before tiling but we are almost there.
Excavation…

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We will have PCI early next week, so we have been told anyway...
Before then, just waiting on the plumbing to be completed (toilets, taps etc) and the driveway (which is…

11 years11 yearsBuilding the S36Building the S36 posted:
Our Benham 33 journey

Look at my blog... our brick pier is grey moggy with a merbau door

11 years11 yearsBuilding the S36Building the S36 posted:
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So its all happening!!
Our daughter was born on Friday night, Alyssia :) What a week! So close to PCI and now a new born... what…

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I like that blue wall- what colour is it??

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Congrats Koroboo... best of luck

11 years11 yearsBuilding the S36Building the S36 posted:
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There has been some good progress on our house.
Painting is almost done... just waiting on the kitchen and bathroom vanities to go in and then the main floor tiles…

11 years11 yearsBuilding the S36Building the S36 posted:
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We are paying rent, land mortgage and construction loan... one and half incomes coming in and wife due to give birth in 2 weeks... starting to go back but hopefully…

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Does anyone know how much extra it is to get the gloss instead of semi-gloss?

11 years11 yearsBuilding the S36Building the S36 posted:
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Hi everyone just a quick question- is the grout colour on the floors in the wet areas the same as the main floor? we chose the standard coloured grout (off…

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Wow Jen ur site looks habitable now.. well almost! I guess thats what we have to look forward to
I like the matrix boards, very nice

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All I know is that once you sign off with YHC if you want to make any changes thereafter they will charge you an admin fee. They also wont change…

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Its a shame u did, the bonus had some really good things in it. Anyway I'm sure it doesnt really costs R much to give the "freebies"

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Mmm some of the comments about tiling are getting me worried. We are paying so much money you would expect something with no issues. Our SS is pretty good I…

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B and K I wud say about 3-4 weeks to brick. They wud be there on average twice per week. Your house is the same as mine so be ready!

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