tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43165139274318017852024-03-20T05:55:56.584+10:30CookeMansion the build!First time building, all the up's and downs - Our Journey with Desyn HomesFireFoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844121206262673550noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316513927431801785.post-78565669830284853732016-09-01T22:29:00.004+09:302016-10-08T09:17:11.419+10:30We have KitchenAnother busy month has gone by, with further works on electrical, eaves, carpentry and last bit of render work. It has been so refreshing to see trades on site everyday compared to this time last year. <br />
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Inside works have been started with the 2nd fix plumbing underway, first as always is the waterproofing layer to go in:<br />
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Yet more area's under construction, ive sheeted up what i had spare lying around with more storage in the roofspace of the garage<br />
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Door delivery arrived, and most of them are framed and installed with door hardware, carpenters have been very busy!<br />
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I finished hanging my projector screen, with border, totals 3.2m across - slightly oversize for the room its going in<br />
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Testing some colour samples against the screen, the best so far has been a grey from Dulux called milton moon, im keen to try some darker colours next; have heard great things about black screen paint<br />
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Came home from work one day to find the kitchen and all the cabinets in, very happy wife got to see them shift all the vanities in.<br />
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The glass doors either side look fantastic, very happy with the choices we picked<br />
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Front door under construction, centre peice is WA Marri timber surrounded by American Ash, another awesome piece of work from our local furniture company down the road <a href="http://www.scottscustomfurniture.com.au/">Scott's Custom Furniture</a><br />
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Stairs finally going in after originally being quoted years ago! took only one bloke to install and finish the whole thing<br />
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Landing is oversize, and the width of stair is just under a metre wide, should make for moving items up and down the stairs easier, plus storage under the stairs, plenty of room<br />
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Quick holiday to Pearl Beach with the family to keep us sane, getting closer to paint and tiling </div>
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Renderers on site to finish the remainder of the walls, guys all worked like a well oiled machine, cant wait to see what it looks like after its painted.<br />
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Every window to be removed, frames replaced and glass due to vandalism and damage </div>
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Howards storage world closing down sale, so we bought the whole shop of frames and wardrobes<br />
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Meanwhile, we have Gas and Power on site, so no more generators just power bills :) This is the device they use to dig under the roadway to run the gas line.<br />
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Scaffolding back up to fix the render and repaint top floor, the cage is back on. <br />
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Progress after all this time is so awesome to see, just having the site cleaner arrive and take the skip away brings fresh new life into the shell that was our gloomy house. Below is the beam for the garage which was installed upside down... and was bowed 30mm in the centre - only after 18months since it was installed!<br />
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Here's me playing with the FLIR camera with the building inspector for a update on the remedial work, its great for finding leaks and assisting with moisture locating.<br />
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Another project ive been on is my projector screen i'm building, i have tested with lycra, backout curtain, projector screen material and found painted wall to be better then them all. Used heavy duty angle to hold the weight of the frame and magnets from old hard drives to steady it. Screen size will be 3.2m across ample for the room its in.<br />
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Irrigation valve box to house the bore pump and cabling<br /><br />
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And finally me going to town on the trenches out the back, i stopped counting the shear amount of time it has taken me, it started off as a bit of a test to see how far i could go and how much motivation i had left in it, by the end of it i kept telling myself to get a dingo for one day and have it all done. I ran the gravity connection to the two rain water tanks, water to the deck and to the other side of the yard. together with power and networking to the shed. The sparkies thought i was crazy and even gave me a hand here and there. The things you find underground in your garden! some yee-old vacum cleaner all sorts of glass, golf balls, bricks and bra's<br />
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FireFoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844121206262673550noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316513927431801785.post-12235662263443154042016-08-31T20:42:00.000+09:302016-09-01T20:42:27.129+09:30A New HopeWell given this is the 5th time i've written this, its been hard to continue with this blog.<br />
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The last 6 months have been trying to say the least, and the short of it is that the builder went under and we got another one to continue. The long of it was that we had to: <br />
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<li>5 different quotes (and over 12x shut doors to lots of builders who wouldn't touch it), </li>
<li>months and i mean MONTHS of delays with the bank, </li>
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and still thousands spent in the wrong direction.<br />
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From the fallout though, we got away lightly, some contractors have lost their homes. Almost 3million dollars owed to them and many other families like mine affected directly and more severely than ours. We still had a place to live and we had each others support.<br />
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<a href="http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/lifestyle/sa-lifestyle/cafe-in-central-market-arcade-shuts-after-two-months-amid-bitter-owner-split/news-story/e0ab1d5875c7efba7d4df6c78eca6edf">Cafe in Central Market Arcade shuts after two months amid bitter owner split</a><br /><a href="https://www.insolvencynotices.com.au/notice/endeavour-quality-homes-pty-ltd-2">https://www.insolvencynotices.com.au</a><br />
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Endeavour Homes is no more, and given it was management and namely the one person at the top is to blame. He dodged paying trades, dodged proper work ethic and insisted it was the clients fault for the company to fail. Right about the same time i wrote the last post; i found out later that he had opened a sandwich shop with the money that i and other people had given him; in good faith for works "somewhat " completed. Unfortunately the money didn't go to the hard working trades doing the actual job and buying the actual materials.<br />
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With the communication faults we had and numerous issues not being resolved my wife and i saw to take action. We first contacted HIA and received no assistance in resolving the said issues with workmanship and lack of updates; they suggested we speak to lawyer. (so yes let that be a lesson, if you need help in the building industry, and your a client <b>you are on your own</b>)<br />
After sourcing a <a href="http://feg.com.au/">FANTASTIC lawyer</a> in Adelaide (whom only deals with the construction industry) they suggested we get a snapshot of the house and get the building inspected properly. <i>Note there is building inspectors in Adelaide for pre-sales and actual inspectors whom do work for lawyers - you get what you pay for.</i><br />
We were astounded to find that we had over 11 pages of defects, and some extremely expensive to fix and structurally related. Gobsmacked to say the words.. could not understand how we had just gone through all this drama and found more things to not only fix but how could happen under our noses.<br />
We then used the information we had to start the HIA legal process <i>as part of the contract you sign, there is a dispute process.</i><br />
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The response we got from our builder was again astounding, they believed that the inspector was wrong, our complaints were premature, their management was not negligent and so on. (if you put in writing a report like this the builder MUST answer it as part of the contract you sign, they cant just ignore it) To add insult to injury, they used it as a excuse not to do anymore work <b>until we pay for works not even started</b>! - bah illegal!<br />
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Endeavour went under whilst this was underway, and it would seam that the other clients must have been calling lawyers like i was. We then went through a huge period of uncertainty; with things disappearing from our site front fence, down pipes, ladders and constant issues with vandals we had no one to turn to. Our house now wasn't even at lock up, pages of things to fix and we couldn't find a builder to take it on.<br />
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Lucky we were to find <a href="http://www.desyn.com.au/">Desyn Homes</a> they were within 10k of the other 3 quotes we had for the remedial and remainder of the build. So far we have now all the structural issues resolved, cosmetic issues with the render sorted, electrical almost re-ran! and now past the lock up stage into 2nd fix finally.<br />
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Insulation went in (Han Solo called and said stop shaving chewie)<br /><br />
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The light at the end is getting brighter.... :)<br />
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<br />FireFoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844121206262673550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316513927431801785.post-62053719289688949632016-02-20T19:09:00.000+10:302016-09-01T19:18:13.294+09:30Words cannot....What can i report on? since the last post what 3 months ago now<br />
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All we've got since then is delays, excuses, vandals, drama's unfolding, slackness, lies and more grey hairs. We have had 1st fix electrical completed, 1st fix plumbing completed, roofing 80% completed....<br />
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We were told that before Christmas the house would be at lock up and people would be continuing through the break. Of course since my last post my builder went silent didn't hear a thing from him until the 4th of Jan and even then it was just simply the trades will be back at work on the following week. No grievances given due to the vandals that visited the house numerous times; giving us yet more to worry about. Since then its been a painful struggle with the builder to get trades on site and finish work.<br />
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Again very disheartening when you drive past to see no one on site; has caused us considerable stress. I expected the vandals over Christmas break damaging our air con and graffiti on every window and wall. But i didn't expect to find cracks in the render already; more things that need attention let alone following what bullshit schedule they give us.<br />
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Looking back over the year there has been large periods of no work or one trade a week; simply no way to build a house in my opinion. Ive been planning this house for over 8 years and it has really shut me down knowing that there's simply no end in sight. If i had more time i would manage it myself get it done properly. Ive lost <i>all </i>confidence in building in general.<br />
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The only good news i can give you is our gyprock is planned for next week and we have constantly nagged our builder to get shit back on track; so i can only hope that we can get to lock up early this month.<br />
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I can understand that companies have dark periods; downturn in the economy effects my work as much as the rest of the country. However what i cant understand is how people can simply lie to you nor not inform you of issues. I can only hope that this is my lowest low<br />
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<br />FireFoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844121206262673550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316513927431801785.post-42248788742723652242015-11-19T07:43:00.003+10:302015-11-19T07:43:40.079+10:30Finally un-caged<br />
Long time between posts; alot of progress but again it hasn't been without its fair share of emails, meetings, phone calls and nagging. You do feel at times like your having to carry the whip just to get people on site and get an answer so simple questions. As i look back on the previous post i still find it hard to believe that was when they were 'starting' the roof; i am updating my blog as they are now finishing it.<br />
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As those contractors finished the roof, it took further weeks of waiting to get others to start on external wall rendering, and even longer for eaves to be underway. Then finally the scaffolding could come down. All our friends feel for us and our struggle with our builder; endless delays and the news that not only we wouldn't be in for christmas, but we would miss the start of our daughters school and even the beginning of March is on the horizon. Most people wouldn't accept this; we have tried to be really patient and fortunately for the builder the trades and work on site has been nothing short of well done. It still doesn't feel great when we are now over one year from starting and still not at lockup as yet.<br />
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Base coat of render going on<br />
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<br />FireFoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844121206262673550noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316513927431801785.post-35740764229626680202015-09-24T09:29:00.000+09:302015-09-24T09:29:19.923+09:30Grey HairsYes, its been this long since we have had 'progress' on site. Have spent the last 2 months sending emails, phone call and complaining to get more on the house done. The biggest issue again was the external walling contractor. And as i hired a builder to manage the house its his problem to fix; To put simply the builder gave him too many chance's to rectify the problems we found. The contractor which i will happily name simply has too much work on; under-quoted on jobs and is extremely unreliable.<br />
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<br />The contractor in question is: <a href="http://magroc.com/index.php/en/contact-us-2/4-matt-callisto">Matt Callisto</a>, from <a href="https://au.linkedin.com/pub/matthew-callisto/56/888/a14">Bluestar Homes</a>. The guy was always hard to track down, i ended up calling his supplier to contact me in which he didn't reply or even rock up when he was supposed to. I even had him openly lie to me on three occasions to when work was to be rectified and when he was going to be on site. Again this was the builders responsibly to chase him up, i personally believe we should of dumped his ass and got another walling contractor.<br />
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<br />My biggest concern other than the fact he held my build up for three months this year, was when i found shortcuts taken. The two greatest problems were finishing around the windows and using smaller 75mm panels other than the 100mm panels that we requested. Even one window <u>wasn't even attempted</u>... Had the job been finished we would of rendered and wouldn't of found this until after the internal walls were underway.<br />
Around the site there was more to find, which the builder and the renderer weren't impressed with, requiring further work. Panels not lined up correctly gaps and lots of area's under the eaves. His attitude to the build was very unprofessional; weeks between phone calls and even longer between site visits. I wouldn't use this guy to put up a dollhouse.<br />
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Of course this has brought about huge amounts of stress; As we are now well over the mid-august move in date... At this stage id say end of December or February move in. My wife and were getting close to considering a new builder as we lost faith in the paper trail i was making and simply no response from them. I ended up just walking into their office where they couldn't avoid me. This of course is what i would of expected from a large volume builder i just hope things can continue progressively now that we have just got the roof underway.<br />
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<br />So yes the roof is now underway, and the roofers have done a fantastic job with the gutters and fascia. It was refreshing after such a delay of months of no trades to see six guys on my roof actually putting the first bit of colour on the house ;)<br />
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On a happy note, due to all this inactivity we have had our first tennant upstairs, with triplelets on the way.<br />
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Well haven't i been busy, and so have my tradies! since the framing was completed it was great to see the first lot of wall panels to arrive, even managed to get a snap of the first panel to go on. <br /><br />I had my little assistant marking out the timber joists for future attachments to the wall. Id say that light items will be able to hang on the MgO panels but for strength you would want to go through to the timber. Meaning you need to mark out the joists and buy 150mm bugle head screws<br />
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The bulk of the lower floor wall panels went on in the first 3 days, smaller area's around windows and triangles on the roof area took another couple of days. They completed what they could with a ladder. These panels are around 80-100kg each, heavy considering most of it made from graphite foam. The gaps so they tell me are normal and are finished off with fibreglass webbing ready for render. <br />
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<br />Our <a href="http://www.homestyleliving.com.au/adelaide-verandahs-pergolas-carports.php">pergola company</a> came round for another measure and fortunately our quote is on budget for the pergola around the side and back together with the shed location. They still require one more visit before they can order anything and we hope to get this underway pretty soon after handover. Solar quotes have been coming in, and i've been confused to the wazoo about whom to go with, they all claim to the best at what they do. We are considering going with the cheapest and largest system and split one inverter off later to change to batteries as a hybrid system when they cost less than a small car. <br />
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<br />FireFoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844121206262673550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316513927431801785.post-51548980156985713362015-06-05T21:22:00.000+09:302015-06-05T21:22:40.252+09:30Taking shapeyes even more progress, was randomly driving past and i noticed a truck lifting some frames over the fence; i saw it was my duty as a rigger to land them safely ;) not to mention make my day. <br />
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<br />FireFoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844121206262673550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316513927431801785.post-84420202720489007622015-06-01T21:08:00.001+09:302015-06-01T21:08:20.048+09:30Up we goFinally back underway! its great to see some solid progress moving along, now that the SIP's are down for the mid floor the top floor was able to start. Our chippies arrived and within two days the top floor frames were completed. The guys have been extremely flat out working for <a href="http://www.precisionhomes.com.au/">Precision Homes</a> as well. <br />
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We are hoping to get the roof on this month; the builder updated me today with the news that the roof trusses should be started this week. All i can say is bring on the wall panels!<br />
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Further reading:<br />
<a href="http://www.fortresshomes.com.au/why-fortress/structural-insulated-panels-perth/">Sips in Perth: Fortress homes</a><br />
<a href="http://www.sipsindustries.com.au/what-are-sips">Definition AU Construction</a> <br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural_insulated_panel">Wiki: Sip's</a><br />
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After weeks of delays; in April the carpenter was back and we had wood for the ground floor on site! i found it very hard to go to work knowing there was people on site trenching wood frames and shooting nails together. Within a week of work they had the bulk of the walls up, and a few days later the windows went in together with the stiffening sorted.<br />
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Meanwhile the wife and i have been busy with sourcing decking materials; picking curtains with our interior designer, couches, cutlery and our awesome dinning room table. We have finally chosen a company to build it from a very local (100m away) place: <a href="http://scottscustomfurniture.com.au/">Scott's Custom Furniture</a>. In total we have spent at least 10hrs looking for a builder for this table; it has been a journey but i hope its all worth it. Our timber is <a href="http://www.featuretimbers.com.au/wooddata.html">WA Marri</a> and each piece is unique; so there's hardly a picture i can show similar. All i can say is that going to the timber yard, and actually picking out which piece you want in your table is alot of fun.<br />
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Marri timber further reading:<br />
<a href="http://gregdmiller.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/making-marri-tv-cabinet.html?m=1">gregdmiller.blogspot.com.au</a><br />
<a href="http://www.featuretimbers.com.au/wooddata.html">Technical Data</a> </div>
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We have also inspected our wall and floor panels, as they have been all completed at <a href="http://www.whereis.com/sa/wingfield-5013/yellowId-11982118">Chaplin</a>'s just down the road. Its not a great photo but you get the idea, the floor panels are 12mm boards with EPS Followed by another 12mm of MgO, together with regular yellow-tongue and soundstop we are hoping this should really help with the sound transmission through the floor. It was significantly cheaper than concrete floor.<br />
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Have been shopping for our dinning room table, and found some very nice tables with insane price tags; this table here is listed at over 5k depending on what wood chosen, again more money but i can dream :)<br />
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Also have been working on the plans for digging up the backyard to service all the plumbing we want underground, like the plumbing for tank, bore, garden, spa and aquaponics thats going in. Very rough mud map:</div>
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Over the last few weeks the slab has been settling in, hairline cracks have appeared, this of course is very normal, especially in the corners. We did however find this in the bathroom, its the mesh just below the surface; a screed and tiles will fix this issue.</div>
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During the summer we even managed a couple of days up the river, to this insane view. Hopefully i can update this blog with some more good news this week!</div>
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We are very happy with the end result; looking forward to the next few weeks watching it cure. looks flat enough to play cricket on!<br />
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Meanwhile as the pour continued on, the wife and i dug and leveled the tank base</div>
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Engineer made the call that we needed double the steel and more piers dug, and it was a frantic dash to find mesh this close to Christmas! fortunately our concrete guy found some and we are in business for a nice slab to sit there and cure over the break.<br />
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<br />FireFoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844121206262673550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316513927431801785.post-38892736339176692322014-12-18T23:43:00.001+10:302014-12-18T23:43:43.154+10:30Trenches, without the stalemateBig day, lots of progress... happy owner :)<br />
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Team responsible for the slab was over today, getting trenches dug in time for the pour next week. Its a very exciting time to see ground broken, men at work and heavy equipment being used. OK its just digging up dirt but im super excited...<br />
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From the demo our bore's casing has been damaged; would be been when they tried to remove the concrete around it and its snapped the top 150mm off the casing. We are hoping recover it; to use it for the garden.<br />
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Had the dolamite dropped off for the tank base; but they put it in the wrong corner :D<br />
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Here's the base from the builder going in, basically little rocks and dirt to level out the block completely; we are going a little higher than what was suggested. Our area is remarkably flat; our streets have alot of spoondrains. So i was concerned for any flooding that could potentially happen, even in boring olde adelaide :)<br />
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Fingers crossed we have some trenching sorted this week, as mentioned ive got some power/ cat6/ 25mm + 32mm pvc pipes to run around the block, and i really dont want to dig it all out!<br />
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<br />FireFoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844121206262673550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316513927431801785.post-12727640826355103602014-11-19T13:06:00.001+10:302014-11-19T13:06:31.259+10:30Demo Progress<br />
Asbestos guys have been through and removed a whopping 232m2 of sheets from the house; pretty massive considering the real estate said there was none to be found when we bought it...<br />
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Poor fellas were just finishing off in 40degree heat, wearing the white space suits i'm used to wearing myself. The excavator has been dropped off and the house is now in a pile of crappy gypsum board and rusty nails. Its great to see some physical progress and what better with a nice big wrecking ball.<br />
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Here is some photos of the old girl before we take a wrecking ball to it :)<br />
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Fortunately no one was hurt, and the rain water tank protected the houseFireFoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844121206262673550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316513927431801785.post-84755636000679143492014-10-11T14:29:00.000+10:302014-10-11T14:29:12.796+10:30Selections and waitingHave been quite busy getting all the final selections, and backwards and forwards nature of all the variations to contract. To this i cant fault their team at all; ill admit it i'm relentless with lots of little details; and my wife is always asking the question - what about if we just get this part done, and not the whole thing... so there's lots of emails going to and fro to confirm a variation to the existing contract.<br />
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Little changes here and there, to get the house on budget; without compromising is hard. We had to reduce the size of the house by 900mm to make room for the bore we have on site; the guest bedroom was sitting on top of it. We plan to use the bore to top up the rain water tank during summer.<br />
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Selections of course take alot of time, they can be very stressful and lots of consideration to the big picture for what you actually want. Example to get the driveway on budget we had to choose aggregate for the driveway and front path; the side service was left just standard concrete just to save 3k.<br />
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Now that we have a final figure from the builder we are currently just waiting on the bank. Building approval has been completed; together with demolition approval. fingers crossed!FireFoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844121206262673550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316513927431801785.post-88487238725660667932014-07-21T20:21:00.000+09:302014-12-22T20:22:51.891+10:30Sparkie where art thou Electrical planning, you've got to figure out where your beds are going, furniture placement and direction of the sun :) its all relative to where those power points are going and if you want an extension lead or a floor lamp in a bad spot.<br />
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For some this is migraine territory; for me i enjoyed the hell out of it. I'm a geek and have lots of kit; thus requiring power and ability to control all the things. I was really restrained by not getting <a href="http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/2222367">c-bus </a> but even i cant justify it. Turn on a light, close a blind, pre-set air-con all sounds a bit lazy to me. Its cool technology, and its come along way; even samsung has a wifi option now - so you can drive the aircon with your fone.<br />
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Downlights have come along way in five years too; when we first started looking at building LED's were at least $200+ per light installed, competing with halogens and the insane draw they have; im glad i waited. Clipsal sell three types of downlight, 11w, 15w and the older 12w. I dont have to go with clipsal, but ive heard good things and the new <a href="http://updates.clipsal.com/ClipsalOnline/Files/Brochures/A0000269.pdf">LD series </a> with some insane 150 Deg beam; means we only need 30 lights instead of 90<br />
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Each bedroom will have fan & light combo's as it should reduce the need for air-conditioning, and its nice to have a bit of circulation at night. We are still undecided on something special for the stairway landing; perhaps a 2m dropped light etc.<br />
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This is kind of cinema im after, nothing over the top and can be still used for LAN's and slumber parties for the kids. Using these Philips Hue lights we found at <a href="http://www.harveynorman.com.au/philips-hue-smart-lightbulb-starter-kit.html">Hardly Normal</a><br />
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Im hiding the coms cabinet/rack between the staircase and garage, so i can have access to it from both sides. Ive got a deep rack that i can put networking on one side and home theater stuff on the other. At this stage i should be able to have a 3m screen; surrounded by black stack stone and the rack to the right hand side.<br />
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Fortunately for me, ive got three friend's whom are data cabler's, and since ive got over fifty runs in the house, it will save me alot of money. I roughly have two runs going to each room with a third for redundancy; there's extra for <a href="http://www.ubnt.com/unifi-video/unifi-video-camera-pro/">IP camera's</a> and some wireless gear i want to put on the roof, together with the <a href="http://www.citytechnology.com.au/store/ubiquiti-unifi-pro">local AP's</a> and shed runs.<br />
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further reading:<br />
<a href="http://www.avsforum.com/forum/19-dedicated-theater-design-construction/1498547-old-woods-theater-2-0-a-2.html">Stack stone HT build</a> - this is a painful forum for your wallet<br />
<a href="http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewforum.php?f=34&sid=2c7df86852f11d1c924253391472c418">H1 Forum for home automation </a><br />
<a href="http://www.dtvforum.info/">HT community in Oz</a><br />
<a href="http://www.crutchfield.com/S-UUYrMp29Rje/Learn/learningcenter/home/inwall_wiring.html">Guide on HT wiring</a><br />
<a href="http://www.projectorcentral.com/Epson-PowerLite_Home_Cinema_3020-projection-calculator-pro.htm">Projector Throw calc</a><br />
<a href="http://www.avsforum.com/forum/19-dedicated-theater-design-construction/852034-construction-actually-underway-utah-theater.html">AVS Epic underground cinema</a><br />
<a href="http://www.soundblock.com.au/sound-proofing-products/walls">Barrierboard</a><br />
<a href="http://www.magnesiacore.com/acoustical.html">Acoustic Mgo Board howto</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.4cabling.com.au/">4 cabling - server gear/ connections/ desk equipment</a><br />
<a href="http://www.cablechick.com.au/content/cable-connector-chart/">Cable chick - cables/ wall plates</a><br />
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<br />FireFoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844121206262673550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316513927431801785.post-73139039995195345542014-07-19T19:28:00.001+09:302014-07-19T19:28:53.481+09:30happy wife, happy lifeYay! we have the first 3D drawings back from the kitchen designer; and the wife is most impressed; just need to figure out how much over budget we have gone on the kitchen. It was the only room in the house we decided not to compromise on. Be it on bench-tops, appliances or funky gas lift doors.<br />
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Included in our quote from the builder was some standard Miele appliances; and even a given included upgrade. On arriving at the '<a href="https://www.cookingclass.miele.com.au/demonstrations/introductory-demonstrations/">Miele Experience</a>' we knew pretty quickly that we were going to go over on at least half of the items! Its pretty much a showcase of the equipment; <i>and makes an easy job of making you spend more money than you had planned. </i>As a bloke that knows how to cook baked beans on toast and considers it gourmet; i left all the decisions on what to buy to the wife.<br />
Given an unlimited budget, Miele is the place to go. They have a select bunch of ovens and wine chillers than resemble the price of a small car... each. The wife showed restraint, and kept the order down to:<br />
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As shown on the plan this this is the centrepoint of the house, we upgraded and upgraded some more. Together with some create lighting, we should be able to create a great place to entertain and cook.<br />
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We have chosen the engineered stone; also known as <a href="http://www.build.com.au/acrylic-benchtops">acrylic</a>/ <a href="http://laminex.com.au/products.php#!/benchtops/freestyle-curve-solid-surfaces-12mm/">freestyle</a>/ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corian">corian</a> and has no joins even at 3.2m. The feel of the benchtop is not as cold as natural stone or essastone. The majority of fast food benchtops are made from corian; as its repairable and non-porus (very hygienic too) the downside is cost, and plastic scratches of course.<br />
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FireFoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844121206262673550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316513927431801785.post-40085870825834125292014-07-11T11:58:00.001+09:302014-07-11T11:58:38.394+09:30Endless Choices<span id="goog_1076678304"></span><span id="goog_1076678305"></span>As selections continue; my wife and i have had such a busy week just to fit in all the choices and finishes for the house. Fortunately for us we have had almost two weeks to choose what we would like; as i hear from alot of other builders on homeone; selections are normally done within a couple of days to even hearing 4hrs!.<br />
We've spent at least 6hrs on the kitchen running over design colour schemes and position; on that we owe all the assistance to our builder supplied kitchen designer 'Tammy' from <a href="http://kersbrookcabinetmakers.com.au/">Kersbrook Kitchens.</a> Using alot of Blum equipment to accomodate our chosen Miele appliance's; we still are waiting on the 3D design and price from Tammy. Below is an idea we liked that resembled the plan<br />
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We have dropped the feature tile in favor of a glass splashback<br />
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FireFoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844121206262673550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316513927431801785.post-71800780504577802732014-06-28T20:22:00.000+09:302014-06-28T20:22:27.370+09:30Selections GaloreThings are slowly moving along, in the right direction which is great!<br />
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Our house has gone to council; and eagerly await a response; hopefully towards the end of the week.<br />
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So far we have all our selections booked; We have done exterior colour's but the samples are on the way, so ill post them when we have them all together. Plus the side evaluations - which gives more of idea of depth and scope.<br />
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Tile's have been chosen - with help from our own Interior Designer - Lindi, supplied by the builder :) she's been great to work with; getting an outside opinion to bounce idea's off. Not to mention the assistance with the daunting choices to be made. As a man i fail at seeing the end result; i can read a floorplan but that's about it!<br />
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Tiles @ Italia Ceramic's <br />
I need some more photos in better light, but you can get the idea<br />
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Grey tile - Portico<br />
Earth gray (AL 3007/Matt) - Bathroom's/Laundry<br />
Feature tile - inset into shower cubicles/above vanity<br />
Speclked white tile - Main floor tile to be on the 'all' of the lower ground floor in 600x600mm<br />
Possible Splash back tile - still deciding on glass splash-back or double height tile's. More pics below<br />
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Give's an idea of the 'face' on the tile<br />
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Happy wife with our chosen tilesFireFoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844121206262673550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316513927431801785.post-10433869586407574942014-05-27T23:16:00.001+09:302015-01-03T20:52:41.155+10:30We have signed!After years of looking for a builder countless display homes around Adelaide; we have finally settled on a small local builder whom roughly build's 30-40 homes a year.<br />
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<a href="http://www.endeavourhomes.com.au/">Endeavour Quality Homes</a> , is a small company located in Henley beach; and from simply word of mouth and its work in charities have managed to grow in size. <i>Here i am sounding like an advert</i>. They were suggested to us from a friend; and i myself went to school with the builder gave me the confidence to have a look and get a quote done.<br />
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Both my wife and i are very happy to get started; fingers crossed with council and the bank :)<br />
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<br />FireFoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844121206262673550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316513927431801785.post-14540229733070771942014-05-26T16:10:00.003+09:302014-12-22T20:46:04.892+10:30magnesia albaBricks, they have been around forever. Used in roads, bridges and walls; sure we all know that but really in a house, typically brick veneer. They serve the role to clad the house, not keep the roof up. For me ive always wanted a material that served as cladding AND insulation. There is plenty of things on the market; and pending on what builder you go through, results in what gets used.<br />
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Five year's ago when i started planning for this house, the only 'common' construction walls were made from brick; and some builders hadn't heard of <a href="http://www.hebelaustralia.com.au/Pages/default.aspx">Hebel</a>!/<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoclaved_aerated_concrete">AAC</a>. Its pretty common now to find a builder willing to use it as they see it as a reliable building source together with its acoustic properties and often fully rendered look.<br />
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Ive spent alot of time watching Grand Designs UK, seeing different products used and trialed. From straw bail to <a href="http://www.zego.com.au/">ICF</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulating_concrete_form">Insulated Concrete Form</a>) <i> ahh how i wish i could afford ICF. </i>But if i wanted any of that id have to build myself, or pay a premium for someone who's willing to risk building outside the square. ICF simply is the best formwork; its a concrete wall that's encased in foam to provide strength and insulation. Getting quotes of course, i came to sences and found something bit more affordable.<br />
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Ive chosen Magnesium Oxide Panels (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnesium_oxide_wallboard">Mgo Boards</a>) its a medium weight board, similar to blue board with eps foam sandwiched in between. Mgo has proven its self world wide as a great product for its many qualities: fireproof, strength, ease of use, acoustic rating, mould proof, waterproof and contruction method. In the US its often used to replace all framing as a <a href="http://www.mag-board.com/index.php/products/magwall">SiP </a>(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural_insulated_panel">Structural Insulated Panel</a>) increasing the speed of which a building is to lock-up.<br />
Im not going that far; still wood frame construction but with the panels attached to the exterior of the house. This method has been used in Canada, NZ and now Australia. There is a number of different companies that sell the board here: <a href="http://mgoboard.com.au/project-photos/">Mgo Board</a>, <a href="http://www.fireacousticboard.com.au/#!mgo-board/cz68">FAB Board</a>, <a href="http://www.modakboard.com.au/overview">Modakboard</a> ill be going with the <a href="http://www.magroc.co.nz/products/magroc-insulated-building-systems/magroc-magclad-system/">Mag Roc Panel</a><br />
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The end result should be a fully rendered house, with a very high R value<br />
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further reading:<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnesium_oxide_wallboard">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnesium_oxide_wallboard</a><br />
<a href="http://www.ecobuiltsystems.com/eco-materials/magnesium-oxide/">http://www.ecobuiltsystems.com/eco-materials/magnesium-oxide/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.ata.org.au/forums/topic/11411">http://www.ata.org.au/forums/topic/11411</a><br />
<a href="http://magnesiumoxideboard.eu/">http://magnesiumoxideboard.eu/</a><br />
<a href="http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=45111">http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=45111</a><br />
<a href="http://www.magnesiacore.com/">http://www.magnesiacore.com/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.magtechbs.com/MagClad.html">http://www.magtechbs.com/MagClad.html</a><br />
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We have some soundproofing going in between some of the noisy spaces of the house, im hoping this should help substantially; did a bit of research and found these products work well together. Again using the MgO boards together with fyrchek plasterboard<br />
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We were very lucky to find a builder whom wasn't afraid to use something out of spec; we have a local supplier: <a href="http://adelaide.yalwa.com.au/ID_102004280/Chaplin-Industries.html">Chaplin Industries</a> whom gets the boards in from China and sticks it together here.</div>
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