PVBuild posted:Bldg w Metricon QLD - Shocking experience, shld I pull out?
We had both a horrible contract period, and what started out as a positive build but turned into a pretty awful build, and are still battling Metricon to fix something.
Inspections,…
PVBuild posted:Metricon stacker vs bifold doors
It is a very bouncy flyscreen. Not security at all. I love it
PVBuild posted:KDR: Metricon Signature Split Level Sloping Block
Hey Chris, place in Coburg called Magic Furniture. Looks like a dive on the outside but they have some seriously nice things, everything Aussie made so custom if you want.
PVBuild posted:KDR: Metricon Signature Split Level Sloping Block
And probably the nicest thing in the house... My beautiful dining table and lounge.
PVBuild posted:KDR: Metricon Signature Split Level Sloping Block
Sorry for the late response, been a hectic few weeks as I was away, work restructure and then spinal surgery as well as moving house. Full on...
The house is actually…
PVBuild posted:KDR: Metricon Signature Split Level Sloping Block
Handover booked in for Thursday.
Finally.
It has felt like forever... and we had to escalate internally. The dishwasher is still the wrong model, but they'll replace it.
Phew.
PVBuild posted:Building Contract days exceeded
Our original certificate of completion was issued before Christmas. THe house was most certainly not completed to the standard we expected.
New certificate issued 19/3, and the builder has paid out…
PVBuild posted:How long did your build take, and what time did they quote?
I feel everyone's pain here.
- contract stipulated 9 month build time (38 weeks)
- builder unofficially said 5 months - single storey off the plan with modifications
- temp fence erected 5th…
PVBuild posted:Double story floor plan issues
Do you have to have the WIR behind the bed? Looks like a fair waste of space... think with the available space you have you'd be better off with BIR…
PVBuild posted:Raising house due to flood level
If you are set on the block, can you investigate building on bearers and joists rather than on slab? Importing fill and then putting a slab on it seems risky;…
PVBuild posted:KDR: Metricon Signature Split Level Sloping Block
SM has been in touch and I've walked through the place with him, relatively happy.
He's saying mid-Feb for handover. I won't be around, so the OH will have to do…
PVBuild posted:KDR: Metricon Signature Split Level Sloping Block
So it's true, absence makes the heart grow fonder. Haven't been inside the house for over a month, haven't heard from the SM for that amount of time either (strange,…
PVBuild posted:Building with Metricon
I agree with the relationship with your SM, however if your tradies are absolute rubbish then the SM is battling uphill.
I have a lot of time for our SM, and…
PVBuild posted:Sloping Narrow site: Hamptons style build. Cabinetry
mate you're going to overtake me... super exciting!
PVBuild posted:Building with Metricon
Hey Norfolk, get what you're saying - with some of us you're preaching to the converted; pretty sure Tribe is all over it quality wise.
We've had our final inspection (and…
PVBuild posted:Building with Metricon
I hear you. All my furniture is sitting in storage, I have paid for crossover permits for the council, I've given the concreter an upfront holding sum as well... My…
PVBuild posted:Building with Metricon
We started first week of April in 2017 and no handover in sight yet. However, there are 'extenuating circumstances'.
Have everyone's trades started up again? I think ours has, but my…
PVBuild posted:Open Floor Plan Suggestions
We've built the Helsinki, which was the Berkshire in the Signature range (they have discontinued it and moved it into the designer range).
The floor plan is excellent - really…
PVBuild posted:KDR: Metricon Signature Split Level Sloping Block
Not much action here - all damaged areas were ripped out before Christmas, all the lower floor, some plaster, some insulation, all arcs and skirts, and all the WIR cabinetry.…
PVBuild posted:Need some landscaping inspiration!
Ezza, what kind of garden style do you like? What sort of plants / trees do you like? Maybe give us some pictures to help us out.
It's so personal, it's…
PVBuild posted:Sloping Narrow site: Hamptons style build. Cabinetry
Oh man looks great! It's coming together.
PVBuild posted:Metricon Premature Invoicing
I always paid the invoice on advice of my independent inspector after inspections. Especially when the stage wasn't complete (in a very small way) however a heap of work had…
PVBuild posted:Project builder for steep blocks
How much slope do you have over the approximate build envelope? I think you'll find with anything over about 3m you'll have trouble getting a project home builder, as they…
PVBuild posted:KDR: Metricon Signature Split Level Sloping Block
So this is the floor that needs replacing - no comment required, pretty obvious.
The rest of the floor is beautiful though. Overall, pretty happy with the house, just lots of…
PVBuild posted:KDR: Metricon Signature Split Level Sloping Block
It was a pipe failure - literally one of the pipes burst. SM showed me yesterday - let's hope that no other pipes do the same thing when we move…
PVBuild posted:KDR: Metricon Signature Split Level Sloping Block
Not sure Barry. It was somewhere low in the wall, so potentially a pipe connection / pipe failure - meeting SM this arvo so will check.
PVBuild posted:KDR: Metricon Signature Split Level Sloping Block
We had PCI last Friday.
Unfortunately the night before a pipe burst in the solar unit, flooding the laundry, ensuite and WIR. The laundry and ensuite are fine (apart from…
PVBuild posted:Building with Metricon
Ours was a KDR on a sloping site. We had fixed site costs (astronomical, but any method of building was always going to be expensive for us), but had a…
PVBuild posted:Building the Denver 29 with Metricon
Sorry to hear you're still having ongoing dramas Jess! Hopefully they get everything fixed quick smart.
We have our PCI on Friday next week. Should be interesting. They have a list…
