A big hello to all here in the homeone forums!
We've been lurking around for the last year or so picking up some really good advice and thought it was about…

Next after the roof was the first fix electrics, closely followed by the first fix plumbing and first fix for the data cabling. A few issues came up most of…

And finally to bring us right up to date, at the start of this week the windows - or most of them - have gone in.
Took these pics walking around…

So the roofers (is what they are called here?) started as soon as the frame was finished- in fact they was a day they were on site together. They started…

Yep, and unfortunately it wasn't the last shock. We also got one from the cabinet maker which I'll detail later but this one we're still trying to sort out.

The carpenter on ours was a young guy and all his workers were pretty young as well - I think ours was the first house he had done for R&C.…

Well, after I posted on the 9th September saying the builder was more than happy to resolve the things we screwed up we got a bit of a shock when…

Hi +Tbrown2012, build is coming along well, had a few little hold-ups but it's flying again now. Keep an eye out over the next few days for a few belated…

She's a serial stalker!
Service from the builder is still good but it's definitely down a bit over the last 6 weeks or so from what we were getting. Not sure…

WOW, can't believe it's been so long since our last update!
Been trying to get on here for weeks to update things but just haven't found the time and now I…

Our brickwork is pretty much complete, we still have a couple of piers that need to be built and a bit of the porch still has to be added in…

Fingers crossed it comes back within budget.

Roof timber arrived on site today, great stuff!

Yeah, I don't think anyone in their right mind would want to be in dispute with their neighbors, I think it would make life really difficult. The neighbors seems like…

Another problem solved - phew! According to the builder we could have forced the neighbor to remove the flashing but they could have refused and we would have been into…

Thanks Buildinghome1, hope you have some fairly quick progress with your own build.

So, next problem we run into is with the neighbors house having some flashing installed that is onto our block by 175mm along the whole length of their garage. Not…

Apologies, all my posts seem to be really long and so is this one.
Not been on for a couple of weeks - just been too busy but thought it was…

HI +Tbrown2012, Great to see things are back on track for you. Variation fees are way to stop people persistently changing their minds about things but $350 to change carpet…

I couldn't agree more about the drafting company - their attention to detail is abysmal. I know that the admin person there has changed in the last couple of months…

Hi tyli, so far so good with R&C - up till now they have been as good as their word on everything. We did have an independent inspection carried out…

How true Nitro! One thing is for sure, we shouldn't have to worry about the slab going anywhere!
The funny thing is the builder had to dig down for dropped footings…

There's so much activity in Burns Beach just now isn't there. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you - friend of mine built with DA in Landsdale and he had…

Thanks guys, bricks are going up really quick - been told they aim to finish all walls by end of next week
I'll keep…

And the walls are going up now

YAY! Brickie was on site today and parged (think that's what it's called) the slab. Laid out some markings and levels so it looks like the bricks start to down…

Solid rock for the entire pool area and all way down to the full depth, had to be dug out to 2.5M and only the top half meter was sand!


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