lwbjl posted:How has building a home changed you?
well i am not finished building yet, house has now been plastered awaiting fitout next week.
Building has not changed me one bit, But it has made me decide that i…
lwbjl posted:What bricks did you choose - Show and Tell
HI,
We are building a coral home and have choosen, Tuscany Bianica bricks with a off white morter, they look great, check out the blog below for pictures of the bricks.…
lwbjl posted:Building Coral homes Fraser 251 - Bricks and plaster done
Well its all bricked now and looks great...
The inside has all been plastered.... The plaster boards have been put on rushed... There are chips everywhere and holes to be filled…
lwbjl posted:Building Coral homes Fraser 251 - Bricks and plaster done
Our bricks are going on, we have been told by the brickies that they should have the house bricked in full by next thursday..
Its looking great, the front doors have…
lwbjl posted:Building Coral homes Fraser 251 - Bricks and plaster done
our roof has now been tiled, Got a call this morning from ss to advise merry christmas and to tell me when will be back...
Can not wait to the 11th…
lwbjl posted:Building Coral homes Fraser 251 - Bricks and plaster done
The frame went up yesterday with the roof going on today... It is moving quick now.. Only 5 days before they shut down to Christmas..
Seeing the rooms now, I think…
lwbjl posted:Building Coral homes Fraser 251 - Bricks and plaster done
Well its been 3 weeks since our site start date and we have a slab..
Called around to the house at lunch time and the site supervisor was there. He advised…
lwbjl posted:Building Coral homes Fraser 251 - Bricks and plaster done
Today i got screw piers, i can now see where the outline of the house will be.. Its looking good. I wonder what tomorrow will bring?
lwbjl posted:Building Coral homes Fraser 251 - Bricks and plaster done
mum and dad worked hard in the hot heat last week and got my retaining walls up..
Work for house will now start on tuesday..
For pics of retaining wall please see…
lwbjl posted:Building Coral homes Fraser 251 - Bricks and plaster done
Good to hear Ozzy, I am glad your start date is not to far off. 
We are also paying someone to come and do the…
lwbjl posted:building my coral brampton - official move date 01/01/2010!
Congrats Jess and Little N....
Well just as your journey is comming to an end.. Mine is just starting..
I just hope mine is quick like yours..
Christmas for you and N is…
lwbjl posted:Building Coral homes Fraser 251 - Bricks and plaster done
Site Scrape was today, it went smoothly with only a few rocks found in the driveway..
SS was good, i look forward to working with him. Starts with C, i think…
lwbjl posted:Building Coral homes Fraser 251 - Bricks and plaster done
This afternoon on my sisters way home she called and advised me that they have painted our house out and there is equipment on site. 
…
lwbjl posted:Building Coral homes Fraser 251 - Bricks and plaster done
I called the site supervisor on Friday as he had not called me yet with a time to meet him i site.
So I now have a time of 7:30 am…
lwbjl posted:building my coral brampton - official move date 01/01/2010!
Its so exciting, I can not belive how fast your house is comming along...
you will really enjoy christmas…
lwbjl posted:Advise on building first home in Geelong Area.
Have you looked at some of the other posts and what their slabs looked like, this may give you an idea of what to expect with yours.
Are there any other…
lwbjl posted:Advise on building first home in Geelong Area.
Hi Ivan,
I would not be happy with this at all... 
Goodluck with getting it fixed
lw
lwbjl posted:Building Coral homes Fraser 251 - Bricks and plaster done
I'm not real good with then plans , so can not tell you what the slop is but i think they are cuting and filling and is only about…
lwbjl posted:Building Coral homes Fraser 251 - Bricks and plaster done
Hi Sarah,
I also had to pay the $1600 for the soil tests. $40 thousand is alot for site costs, i would imagine that yours would be under this unless you…
lwbjl posted:Advise on building first home in Geelong Area.
Hi Ivan,
I would be getting on to your site supervisor asap, get it fixed now when there isnt much work to do. depending on the depth of the cracks they…
lwbjl posted:Building Coral homes Fraser 251 - Bricks and plaster done
Lender faxed through authority to commence and we now have a start date of the 20th November.
I am a bit disappointment that it is not closer. But it is only…
lwbjl posted:Coral Hamilton 278 - Update
Congrats Ozzy, looks like we will be building at the same time
I am just waiting on…
lwbjl posted:Building Coral homes Fraser 251 - Bricks and plaster done
Well we are nearly finally there.... I got a call from Coral today to say that all i need now is get my authority to commence from my lending authority.…
lwbjl posted:Building Coral homes Fraser 251 - Bricks and plaster done
Hi Jess,
My lender is waiting on coral to send the plans so they should recieve this on wednesday and then they will fax approval on the wednesday... That is great…
lwbjl posted:Building Coral homes Fraser 251 - Bricks and plaster done
Ok... a lot has happened and not happened over the last few months.....
A few updates.....
Septemeber the 6th.... Went to council.....
October 2nd -----Finishes appoitment
We choose a nice brown carpet for the…
lwbjl posted:Anyone building in early 2010???
Hi All,
We are nearly starting, we paid our deposits back in may 09 and settled on our land in june 09. We have just come out of council on Friday…
lwbjl posted:building my coral brampton - official move date 01/01/2010!
fantastic Jess!! can not wait to see some action,,, 
lwbjl posted:Building Coral homes Fraser 251 - Bricks and plaster done
we have 5 kids and building in far noth coast of nsw
lwbjl posted:Building Coral homes Fraser 251 - Bricks and plaster done
here is the floor plan... sorry its not verry good
lwbjl posted:Building Coral homes Fraser 251 - Bricks and plaster done
couldnt post plans on here so updated my blog with plans
http://buildingfraser251withcoral.blogspot.com
