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10 years10 yearsmckzmckz posted:
Building with Kurmond Homes

Interesting ^^
Should look pretty good!
Speaking of JS though, this may interest you: http://www.penrithcitygazette.com.au/st ... -a-record/
Also for handover - you have your final inspection, take the obligatory…

10 years10 yearsmckzmckz posted:
Building with Kurmond Homes

We had hand over today!
All went really well! The kitchen cabinetry was still messed up though (half the cabinet doors were replaced and look fine - the other half…

10 years10 yearsmckzmckz posted:
Building with Kurmond Homes

Hi all
So SS rang me this morning and the good news is that the kitchen doors will be replaced. A good outcome (and hoping that the replacement doors are much…

Building with Kurmond Homes
10 years10 yearsmckzmckz posted:
Kitchen cabinetry edging quality

Hi everyone
Looks like we have a good outcome... The site supervisor rang me this morning to say that the owner of the kitchen company has had a look at them…

10 years10 yearsmckzmckz posted:
Kitchen cabinetry edging quality

Hey all
Only update I have today was an SMS from the site supervisor saying that the owner of the kitchen company would be looking at the cabinets today. Will post…

10 years10 yearsmckzmckz posted:
Building with Kurmond Homes

Howdy
We're also building in Jordan Springs with Kurmond and expect hand over next week (although having issues with the kitchen which you can see in my other thread that may…

10 years10 yearsmckzmckz posted:
Kitchen cabinetry edging quality

Hi Chippy
Thanks for the information, that's very useful to know. I probably won't have access to the house until handover to check whether it requires trimming or scraping but I've…

10 years10 yearsmckzmckz posted:
Kitchen cabinetry edging quality

Thanks Stormy :)

10 years10 yearsmckzmckz posted:
Kitchen cabinetry edging quality

Thanks for the info Ponzu.
I've looked up the NSW guide for standard and tolerance and the section on Cabinet drawers and door fronts (10.04) directly references AS4386.1 Domestic Kitchen Assemblies…

10 years10 yearsmckzmckz posted:
Kitchen cabinetry edging quality

Hi Forg
Thanks for the info. Our cabinets are Createc so not sure where that sits in the world of kitchen cabinetry but I know the one you're talking about. A…

10 years10 yearsmckzmckz posted:
Kitchen cabinetry edging quality

Hi all,
We're about a week from handover of our house and a few weeks ago had the first walk through. One of the issues we saw was that on most…

10 years10 yearsmckzmckz posted:
Building with Kurmond Homes

All up ours was 51.5 including crossover and the extra charges we got this week were for an extra 3m² because they wanted to modify it to make it bigger…

10 years10 yearsmckzmckz posted:
Building with Kurmond Homes

So question for other people who have had their driveway done. How much did you get hit up for in regards to soil removal? I just got another variation this…

10 years10 yearsmckzmckz posted:
Building with Kurmond Homes

Thanks DG!
Got stung today with the extra driveway variations as well! Oh well... surely this is the last of those "btw we need more $$ for this" phonecalls

10 years10 yearsmckzmckz posted:
Building with Kurmond Homes

Hi Ses
Once approval came through I believe they're contractually obligated to start the build within 20 days. For us, we got the approval early March and they had started…

10 years10 yearsmckzmckz posted:
Building with Kurmond Homes

Hey all
Been a little while since I've posted. This morning we got our letter letting us know that practical completion is near. Last week did the 1st walk through and…

10 years10 yearsmckzmckz posted:
Building with Kurmond Homes

Looks awesome Bazinga... Like the window that you have over your stairs...wishing we did something like that now! :)
Question for anyone who has built with K…

Building with Kurmond Homes
10 years10 yearsmckzmckz posted:
Building with Kurmond Homes

Upsize & Mars - congrats on the move in! :)
I've been out of town the last few weeks so came back today to see that things…

10 years10 yearsmckzmckz posted:
Building with Kurmond Homes

Howdy all
Last week the wet areas were all tiled and all the kitchen and bathroom cabinetry was installed.
This week the stone benchtops get measured up, carpenter is back to complete…

10 years10 yearsmckzmckz posted:
Building with Kurmond Homes

Congrats upsize! How exciting for you! :-)
Interesting about the garage door lock - I never thought about it and surprised they didn't try the upsell at…

10 years10 yearsmckzmckz posted:
Building with Kurmond Homes

Awesome news Upsize and Mars... Exciting times! :-)
We're at lockup now - so I'm now just left with peering through the windows now :-)

10 years10 yearsmckzmckz posted:
Building with Kurmond Homes

Upsize..Amazing you're at PCI! How long until handover do you think?
dreamhome28.. welcome to the party :) KJ is absolutely great. If the entire company were as…

Building with Kurmond Homes
10 years10 yearsmckzmckz posted:
Building with Kurmond Homes

Awesome to see the progress pics!
Also - noticed a youtube video posted by Kurmond last week showing the construction of their display homes in Kellyville:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhXe5ToIS7k
I'd mute…

10 years10 yearsmckzmckz posted:
Building with Kurmond Homes

Upsize your house is looking great!
Cladding was finally completed today on ours and internal walls were meant to go up on Tuesday but the pin was pulled by the…

11 years11 yearsmckzmckz posted:
Building with Kurmond Homes

Update from us.
The roof on the ground level was completed today. We got an invoice for it on Monday but due to a stuff up the installers for the colorbond…

11 years11 yearsmckzmckz posted:
Building with Kurmond Homes

Hi Ses it took us about 9 months to go from tender to build. Sounds like yours is dragging on :(
The soil test for us was…

11 years11 yearsmckzmckz posted:
Building with Kurmond Homes

Hey all
Scaffolding should hopefully be coming down this week as the eaves on the top floor and downpipes were painted over the weekend. The roof on the ground level and…

11 years11 yearsmckzmckz posted:
Building with Kurmond Homes

Hey all,
So this time last week the roof went on but since then no further activity. If upsize is correct I imagine that they're having issues sourcing brickies but it's…

11 years11 yearsmckzmckz posted:
Building with Kurmond Homes

In the last 3 weeks we've had barely any activity. Scaffolding went up back then, roof tiles were delivered but only the fascia and gutter on the 2nd storey has…

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