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11 years11 yearspaulevanpaulevan posted:
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don't know about pine, but I brought the cheap decking material from bunnings for about $3m and cut them to about 2m lengths and used the same decking material for…

12 years12 yearspaulevanpaulevan posted:
My Masterton Nightmare

Update: We are negotiating, it is a pity that lawyers need to be involved to get anything done. Lawyers are not in anyone's best interests. The results will most likely…

12 years12 yearspaulevanpaulevan posted:
My Masterton Nightmare

Yes, they are one of the avenues I am pursuing. However, anything that goes for arbitration outside of your builder will take time. During which the builder will find more…

12 years12 yearspaulevanpaulevan posted:
Masterton Homes - The new thread 3.0

the majority of our frame was done in 2 weeks. Then there was a 2 week break where nothing happened, and then 1 week to finish. So about 5 weeks.

12 years12 yearspaulevanpaulevan posted:
My Masterton Nightmare

Yes, there are legal options available. But M have made it difficult at every turn. They know their legal obligations and know what must need to be done. They block…

12 years12 yearspaulevanpaulevan posted:
My Masterton Nightmare

I would like to detail my experiences with this Master Builder of quality homes so that others may learn from the painful lessons they taught me and avoid this builder.…

12 years12 yearspaulevanpaulevan posted:
Masterton Homes - The new thread 3.0

thnx.. think that is one thing that didnt stuff up on my house... the quality of the pain job was shocking though.

12 years12 yearspaulevanpaulevan posted:
Masterton Homes - The new thread 3.0

how can you tell?

12 years12 yearspaulevanpaulevan posted:
Masterton Homes - The new thread 3.0

thanks... gee what a mess they leave behind then... they left this green material on the sides of the house as well... a whole long wall of it spiked into…

12 years12 yearspaulevanpaulevan posted:
Masterton Homes - The new thread 3.0

Does anyone know if masterton are suppose to clean up all the rocks and pebbles they put on site when they were in construction? They put it there to "stabilise"…

12 years12 yearspaulevanpaulevan posted:
Masterton Homes - The new thread 3.0

That's no good, state demolition were quite good for me... did the job in no time at all...

12 years12 yearspaulevanpaulevan posted:
Masterton Homes - The new thread 3.0

cat5 is 100mg, cat6 is gigabit... same cable but more twists to reduce interference or rather... you want cat6, the cost difference is minimal.

Hi dsa39,
No idea re: CAT5 and 6…

12 years12 yearspaulevanpaulevan posted:
plastic sheet between bricks and frame

Damp course thanks... Was trying to poke an aerial antenna to the ground floor and I kept on hitting it...
For anyone who is researching this afterwards, I used a…

12 years12 yearspaulevanpaulevan posted:
plastic sheet between bricks and frame

Does anyone know what that piece of black plastic that sits between the bricks and frame is? Used for? they seem to put a strip between the raw brick and…

12 years12 yearspaulevanpaulevan posted:
Masterton Homes - The new thread 3.0

is it safe entering a house that has asbestos being removed to take pictures? with all the dust around?

12 years12 yearspaulevanpaulevan posted:
Masterton Homes - The new thread 3.0

We did not get anything... they might do the reverse and charge you for the privilege of changing the plans...

12 years12 yearspaulevanpaulevan posted:
Masterton Homes - The new thread 3.0

I love mastertons after sales... They had to do some repairs on my roof, they came in, did about 30 mins of work then cracked a couple of my roof…

12 years12 yearspaulevanpaulevan posted:
Masterton Homes - The new thread 3.0

My demo took 2 days, they came first day and setup the fence and took the glass etc off, second day... I saw the digger and by lunchtime they had…

12 years12 yearspaulevanpaulevan posted:
Masterton Homes - The new thread 3.0

yulp, I have heard this comment as well. However, with all the tiers I have asked for a quote from, they have all said 600x600 requires screeding, 600x300 does not.…

12 years12 yearspaulevanpaulevan posted:
Masterton Homes - The new thread 3.0

welcome, ah yes... you did the same thing I did, asked them to make the tender exactly like the display home... Didn't work out for me, they stuffed up my…

12 years12 yearspaulevanpaulevan posted:
Masterton Homes - The new thread 3.0

I was not given this option at my colors appointment...

12 years12 yearspaulevanpaulevan posted:
Masterton Homes - The new thread 3.0

I got the actron with 8 zones, any zone can be on at any time. But if all zones are turned off and you turn on the aircon, one default…

12 years12 yearspaulevanpaulevan posted:
Masterton Homes - The new thread 3.0

gratz on your new home, $1800 for blinds... that is really cheap... what did you get? They charge me that much for one blind...

12 years12 yearspaulevanpaulevan posted:
Masterton Homes - The new thread 3.0

This is how it happened for me, after PCI and they fixed all the problems I went to WF to pickup up my keys, I rang Accent to tell them…

12 years12 yearspaulevanpaulevan posted:
Masterton Homes - The new thread 3.0

Sentinel is probably the worst sub that M uses. The alarm sensors keep tripping up, they made holes everywhere and didn't put outlets where they are suppose to go, ie…

12 years12 yearspaulevanpaulevan posted:
Masterton Homes - The new thread 3.0

If you choose carpets at your colors appointment M will use accent to install the carpet, Accent then subcontracts to another set of people to do the carpets for you.…

12 years12 yearspaulevanpaulevan posted:
Masterton Homes - The new thread 3.0

ask if that includes stormwater plans and how much they expect it to cost, from memory mine was quoted 6k in initial tender then went up to 12k... woohoo, and…

12 years12 yearspaulevanpaulevan posted:
Masterton Homes - The new thread 3.0

could you pass on the details of the concreter and how much? how many sqm was your driveway and crossover? I am getting a few quotes done now... and would…

12 years12 yearspaulevanpaulevan posted:
Masterton Homes - The new thread 3.0

yulp pretty much... i have mismatching cornices... they don't care...

12 years12 yearspaulevanpaulevan posted:
Masterton Homes - The new thread 3.0

Do you mind sharing how much you did your driveway for and with who? I am needing a driveway done and getting quotes that are too high IMO

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