Home
Pros
Forum
  • About
  • Register
  • Contact
InboxSent
MembersPros
WatchingStarredHistory
lowerchittering
132 Posts
Senior Member

Follow
132PostsMost Active Topics

lowerchittering

Perth
Joined 10 December 2012
Senior Member
8 years8 yearslowerchitteringlowerchittering posted:
Building in Chittering Retreat...Redink

Hope you are happy at your new place JJb. Below are some pics I have on my phone. Some of the recycled blackbutt floor, some other pics of work outside...
Plenty…

9 years9 yearslowerchitteringlowerchittering posted:
Building in Chittering Retreat...Redink

Hi guys,
Almost 1.5yrs on, although it has felt like a lifetime. I came across a thread from HO whilst searching for patio screening ideas and I remembered the thread (this…

10 years10 yearslowerchitteringlowerchittering posted:
Yanchep RedInk build...Keys - and fence!

Hi Malsanie, congrats on your build. Brave move building whilst in another country :)! Will you be hiring an inspector to do formal inspections and reporting…

10 years10 yearslowerchitteringlowerchittering posted:
Building in Chittering Retreat...Redink

Thanks Mal and Mel :)! Things are moving along, the new supervisor knows how to get things done.
With regards to the laundry hamper, we were actually…

10 years10 yearslowerchitteringlowerchittering posted:
WHITE KITCHEN

Hi DG, we've also got a mostly white kitchen.

WHITE KITCHEN
10 years10 yearslowerchitteringlowerchittering posted:
Perth NOR OB on 5 Acres - Kitchen and Pool :-)

Looks very nice! Very stylish!

10 years10 yearslowerchitteringlowerchittering posted:
Building in Chittering Retreat...Redink

Thanks AKB, trixee and Tracy! Definitely at the tail end of the build and yes it is exciting; a much higher level of excitement.
We're really happy with how the…

10 years10 yearslowerchitteringlowerchittering posted:
Building in Chittering Retreat...Redink

Hi all,
I've added a few more pics below from today.
Update:
Ceilings painted, wet areas tiled (95%), kitchen in, robes/shelving 90%, there is still a lot of work to do.

10 years10 yearslowerchitteringlowerchittering posted:
Building in Chittering Retreat...Redink

Hi Trees, things have started to sing a long now. Hopefully not long to go.

10 years10 yearslowerchitteringlowerchittering posted:
Building in Chittering Retreat...Redink

Yeah they are, I'm quite impressed with the progress :).

10 years10 yearslowerchitteringlowerchittering posted:
Building in Chittering Retreat...Redink

More pics, the cabinetry has been started, starting to feel like a house now!

10 years10 yearslowerchitteringlowerchittering posted:
1st build Redink, Lwr Chittering. Post handover update

Hi Nikki, probably went through 50-60 cubes, but to be honest because we filled it several times we sort of lost track of what was used.

  ⋅  1
10 years10 yearslowerchitteringlowerchittering posted:
1st build Redink, Lwr Chittering. Post handover update

Hi SaveH2O,
There is a tank over flow and a dump valve at the lowest point of the plumbing. We were lucky the top of our tank is lower than the…

10 years10 yearslowerchitteringlowerchittering posted:
Building in Chittering Retreat...Redink

Thanks AKB!
Hi Nikki,
We organised our own power (3 phase), septics, earthworks, tank, etc. The shire are very helpful and more than happy to guide you through the approval/permitting process.
We got…

10 years10 yearslowerchitteringlowerchittering posted:
1st build Redink, Lwr Chittering. Post handover update

Hi Nikkis2000,
We're in Chittering Retreat, all our down pipes are connected to our rain water tank, so no soakwells.
As far as drainage goes, we've terraced a bit of the block…

10 years10 yearslowerchitteringlowerchittering posted:
1st build Redink, Lwr Chittering. Post handover update

Hi Nikkis, congratulations on signing up! We're also building in Lower Chittering through RI.
Good luck with prestart and hope you both have an enjoyable building experience :)

10 years10 yearslowerchitteringlowerchittering posted:
Custom Farmhouse Build | Settling in & a few more pics...

Very stylish! Congratulations on your lovely new home.

10 years10 yearslowerchitteringlowerchittering posted:
Building in Chittering Retreat...Redink

Hi big90, it was a slow start but because of other issues. Since the slab was poured in Jan, things did happen reasonably fast until we got to the roof…

10 years10 yearslowerchitteringlowerchittering posted:
Building in Chittering Retreat...Redink

House is nearly at 'lock up' stage!
A few more pics...

Starting to see the light now! Our finger's are crossed, hoping that everything continues to progress as well as it has…

11 years11 yearslowerchitteringlowerchittering posted:
Building in Chittering Retreat...Redink

It definitely does! It also brightens the space and gives it perspective. Getting closer to becoming a home :).
Another thing on the already long list would…

11 years11 yearslowerchitteringlowerchittering posted:
Building in Chittering Retreat...Redink

Ceiling fixers worked all day today most of the house done now...
Put more trees in today, replaced a few from last years planting and added quite a few more. Some…

11 years11 yearslowerchitteringlowerchittering posted:
Building in Chittering Retreat...Redink

So ceiling fixers have started - really happening now...
I hope I have some finished pics of the ceilings with cornices to share very soon.

11 years11 yearslowerchitteringlowerchittering posted:
Building in Chittering Retreat...Redink

Thanks Ardie. It's taken a long time, fingers crossed we move in before Christmas.

11 years11 yearslowerchitteringlowerchittering posted:
Building in Chittering Retreat...Redink

Hi AKB, it is starting to become exciting now.
I found some more pics on my other half's phone of the roof.

11 years11 yearslowerchitteringlowerchittering posted:
Building in Chittering Retreat...Redink

Hi all,
Have had our block in LC for 1 year now and we've finally bitten the bullet and signed up with a builder yesterday. Quite nerve racking, but exciting…

Building in Chittering Retreat...Redink
11 years11 yearslowerchitteringlowerchittering posted:
Building in Chittering Retreat...Redink

It's been a while since the last post.
Updates: most windows are in, plasterers have started the white set, all roof gutters have been connected to the water tank...We've been told…

Most Active Topics

Joined homeone
10 December 2012

Australia's largest home building and renovation
community with over 1.8 million posts

Home
Pros
Forum
Start a new topic
About
Advertise
Contact Homeone
Articles
All comments made express the views and opinions of the author and not the Administrators, Support nor Homeone Australia & New Zealand
© Homeone Australia & New Zealand All Rights Reserved ‎2001 - 2024

Australia's largest home building and
renovation community
Homeone
About

Terms
Privacy

Follow homeone on FacebookFollow homeone on Twitter
All comments made express the views and opinions of the author and not the Administrators, Support nor Homeone Australia & New Zealand
© Homeone Australia & New Zealand All Rights Reserved ‎2001 - 2024