Also SS has managed to get the Duc Vac man to come out to the site and fix up his mistake in the outlet location. Good job SS!
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| Moved outlet from the left to the right. |
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| Solar Panel 29th Oct 12 |
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| Solar Hot Water Pipes |
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| 29th Oct 12 |
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| 29th Oct 12 |
Our SS has been on annual leave and another SS has volunteered to take over his position while he is on leave. It was good to see that the new SS was on site when I went by the house. Managed to speak to him and he's advised that hebel on the right side of the house has not started because of the scaffolding being potentially too close to overhead electrical lines! And the scaffolding company has forgotten to book in a spotter for the day of installation. Next friday is the only available time the spotter can be on site and watch the Hebel panels get put up! Next Friday! 9th November 12!
Scaffoldings have a minimum setback requirements away from power lines and if they are too close, a spotter will be required.
The carpenters were out on site late last week. Working through to the weekend. I met them on site during the weekend and they've advised that they're the Lock Up carpenters and they're trying to get all the walls straightened for plastering and fixing up any other defect in the frames. They were looking to get it done by Monday 5th Nov 12.
I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the colour. I rushed back home and looked at the photos from the site - comparing it with the colour selection that we made. At first I couldn't tell if it was just my eyes or whether the rendering guys have just applied like a prime coat on the Hebel wall first and will finish it off with the actual colour later. But the more I look at it the more I get angry and upset that how can PD mix up something so significant like that?! I understand that our SS may be away on annual leave but this break-up of communication is unprofessional! I was told that any changes to our selections will supersede all previous selections and it gets put ON TOP of all other selections in our file. I even had our BC show us how they do it internally. Well I was on my email immediately, brining attention to the Office of the error that has been made and since its cup day weekend, no one is in to help us. I don't know how PD is going to fix this. Whether they can just acid spray off the render coat before applying the new colour on it or they'll have to chip off the render by hand and reapply the correct colour. I'm not going to be very happy if they are just going to apply another coat on the current one as I know in the future, the new coat will just peel off and we'll be stuck with patches of gray on my wall.
Looks like theres going to be more work needed to be done after cup day! Hopefully my next update will be a positive one.
Im super jealous of all the other houses whom seem to have it smooth sailing for them!
Scaffoldings have a minimum setback requirements away from power lines and if they are too close, a spotter will be required.
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| Power line threat |
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| Power lines are above the nature strip - but scaffoldings have to be a distance away from them |
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| Sliding doors have been delivered |
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| Temp Main door installed. |
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| Sliding door - Lounge room |
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| Sliding door - WIP |
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| Balcony doors |
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| Bathtub |
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| Plumbed! |
Okay huge disappointment coming up:
You guys can tell me what you think.
So I drove past the house yesterday morning and noticed that the rendering guys have started their work on the upper area of the house. They were doing they mixing etc.
I come back at the end of the day and found out that they've finished their job! Whohoo!
EXCEPT...its WRONG...WRONG WRONG WRONG!
These are my render colours:
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| Time Capsule - Whole house |
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| Carriage - Garage area |
The colours we have selected are as per the Greenvale showroom of the Sandringham 45. Our colour selection states that they were the same "as per Greenvale showroom".
However when they have applied the render to our home, they've used another colour instead!!
I suspect that they have used the same colour as the Harcrest showroom - a light gray colour.
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| 5th Nov 12 |
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| Wrong render colour to the house! |
Unless my eyes have gone down the drain - Im seeing a light gray colour to the upper level of the house. Not the colour of Time Capsule - a very light brown colour we have selected. What do you guys think? Its the wrong colour right?!
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| Harcrest Showroom |
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| Greenvale Showroom |
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| Another house built with PD with Time Capsule Render |
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| Wrong Render colour - Light gray colour |
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| Wrong Render Colour - Nothing like Time Capsule |
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| Wrong Render Colour |
Looks like theres going to be more work needed to be done after cup day! Hopefully my next update will be a positive one.
Im super jealous of all the other houses whom seem to have it smooth sailing for them!
Bummer. Hopefully the rest will be smooth sailing for you.
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What has PD said about your render colour are they willing to change it?
ReplyDeleteOur SS is away at the moment on Annual leave.
ReplyDeleteThe office is saying that they dont see how the render colour could be incorrect. We'll probably have to wait till Monday when our SS gets back.
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ReplyDeletecould go either way on the render colours but if it is what you want, painting is still an option. My father in law, who is a solid plasterer, still recommends painting the render (regardless that it's coloured) to seal it and get the max life out of it. So it could be a bonus for you if you get PD to pay for the paint job AND get the colour you want !
New to all this blogging....
We are just starting with PD having selected the Sandringham 45 too, with an enclosed alfresco (as a dining room). We are also a knockdown re-build and hence very interested in reading and following your experience. This has been really useful and your progress is amazing, we love the house and are really keen on getting ours started.
We have taken your advice and got a quote from Peter at FinalInspect. Would be keen to know your prices. He sounds nice to deal with on the phone too. Thanks for the tip.
Having now paid the $1000 deposit we are waiting on the site survey!! Would love a copy of yours to compare, I recall you offered it to those who may be interested. We are :).
PD was very heavy on estimated site costs as we are a sloping block, so very nervous about where to from here.
We have got prices for demolition but they are a bit heavy, one good price though, closer to yours, so here's hoping !
PD has also been a bit slow in getting the BC for us.
How long did it take before they contacted you? it has been 2 weeks for us.
We have a January start and are hopeful but there seems a mountain of stuff to do before then.....
Any advice you can give about locating the house on the block is appreciated. We are in Glen Iris and the block has a 15.2m frontage, what was yours? We are concerned that with our changes max heights and an increase of 1.2m extension to the garage we may not meet the Res code. Did PD supply a res code compliant design before the tender meeting or at contract stage?
Sorry for all the questions but your situation is so much like ours we cant help but ask..
Look forward to hearing from you and watching your blog.
Great work on that by the way, fantastic detail and we know it is going to be all worth it !!
N&G