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5 years5 yearsstrawbolastrawbola posted:
Building with MainVue at Woodlea - Amalfi 632

A lots happened! Frames up, windows in, roofs on, plumbing and electrical has started!

5 years5 yearsstrawbolastrawbola posted:
Building with MainVue at Woodlea - Amalfi 632

Frame has gone up in under a weeks time. Roof has arrived and roofing will go up after the weekend they say. The house feels HUGE!

5 years5 yearsstrawbolastrawbola posted:
Building with MainVue at Woodlea - Amalfi 632

Thanks! Yep its flying. Lucky we live very close so we've been visiting every few days. So good to see the progress.

5 years5 yearsstrawbolastrawbola posted:
Building with MainVue at Woodlea - Amalfi 632

Slabs down. We hired an independent inspector from Darbecca. They found about 9 issues which were all rectified at the pre-pour inspection.

5 years5 yearsstrawbolastrawbola posted:
Building with MainVue at Woodlea - Amalfi 632

Hmmm. Been a little while since positing. No we are not done. We just had the site cut done and fences put up. I must say the Henley Reserve sign…

Building with MainVue at Woodlea - Amalfi 632
8 years8 yearsstrawbolastrawbola posted:
Mainvue Amalfi 530 - Our First build

Nice colours. Ours are very similar. And yes mainvues kitchen bench in the amalfi was one of the things that first caught our attention

8 years8 yearsstrawbolastrawbola posted:
First Home Build - Carlisle Homes - Matisse 33 - Clyde Vic.

Haha cool I want a drone now. What's actually taking the images?

8 years8 yearsstrawbolastrawbola posted:
My MainVue Amalfi 530 - Post Handover Journey Begins

Cute. We're also getting a big mirror in the master suite. Love it.

8 years8 yearsstrawbolastrawbola posted:
Building our new Amalfi 532

Your house is beautiful!

8 years8 yearsstrawbolastrawbola posted:
MainVue Amalfi 532 - Final Fit off

Are they going to reposition that shower rose?

8 years8 yearsstrawbolastrawbola posted:
MainVue Amalfi 532 - Final Fit off

I wish we chose similar tiles. Ours are a dark grey. The missus really wanted them but I'm envious of your choice :P

8 years8 yearsstrawbolastrawbola posted:
MainVue Amalfi 532 - Final Fit off

Just out of curiosity what are the dimensions of that shower??

8 years8 yearsstrawbolastrawbola posted:
Building with MainVue at Woodlea - Amalfi 632

Some sort of European natural wood laminate from Carpet Call

8 years8 yearsstrawbolastrawbola posted:
Building with MainVue at Woodlea - Amalfi 632

So after our quote went up about $25k after tender we decided we would get the floors done by soomeone else. We ended up spending only a little bit less…

Building with MainVue at Woodlea - Amalfi 632
8 years8 yearsstrawbolastrawbola posted:
Our build- Henley, Monaco lux 2 in bayside Melbourne KDR

Been a while since I've last checked the forum. Everything looks lovely. A few people in our estate have similar bricks and they've said they've gotten plenty of compliments. Nice…

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8 years8 yearsstrawbolastrawbola posted:
Building with MainVue at Woodlea - Amalfi 632

I can't see us making many charges right now we left pretty happy and everything was along the lines of the photos we took along as inspiration. We had Heidi…

8 years8 yearsstrawbolastrawbola posted:
Building our new Amalfi 532

Looking good. I'm really liking the lighter colour bond rooves. And the raised ceiling really makes the facade look impressive. We picked monument but our main render is white do…

8 years8 yearsstrawbolastrawbola posted:
Building with MainVue at Woodlea - Amalfi 632

Aww thanks we were told they don't like to make changes and would charge us $150 everytime we changed something especially if it was drastic. But it's nice to know…

8 years8 yearsstrawbolastrawbola posted:
MainVue Amalfi 532 - Final Fit off

Light was the problem for us. Jane said we wouldn't get light into the bedrooms with them and there just wasn't enough space. Put a house next door and the…

9 years9 yearsstrawbolastrawbola posted:
Building with MainVue at Woodlea - Amalfi 632

We went aluminium lol. Less maintenance. There's a few places that have to be timber. There timber on the facade just below the roof and timber around 3 narrow windows…

9 years9 yearsstrawbolastrawbola posted:
MainVue Amalfi 532 - Final Fit off

The thin bricks look great. We chose ugly ones because our facade is rendered so I didn't really look into bricks. Do you have eaves? Just wondering because we don't…

9 years9 yearsstrawbolastrawbola posted:
Aegean 430 from mainvue - lockup stage pics added

I liked the white kitchen the best. And dislike kitchen benches which seem to have a dining table tacked on the end.

9 years9 yearsstrawbolastrawbola posted:
Ask a lighting design engineer - general Q&A

Not too late mate and thanks so much you've been busy a while remember to take it easy where you can

9 years9 yearsstrawbolastrawbola posted:
Building with MainVue at Woodlea - Amalfi 632

Thanks deejay :)
Alright everyone, we need some input as we're incredibly indecisive. We started with timber windows to all living areas, the master suite and timber…

9 years9 yearsstrawbolastrawbola posted:
Building Mainvue Aegean430 - 45sq in Berwick Waters

Feels lol. We're exactly the same. We haven't got to cosham yet though lol

9 years9 yearsstrawbolastrawbola posted:
Aegean 430 from mainvue - lockup stage pics added

I like the garage. Nice change.

9 years9 yearsstrawbolastrawbola posted:
MainVue Amalfi 532 - Final Fit off

Oh I really wanted a double. But I don't think we want to pay for it because we really don't host that often.
Its a good hour to 90 min…

9 years9 yearsstrawbolastrawbola posted:
MainVue Amalfi 532 - Final Fit off

Are you close to Mordi? We're in edithvale!
I was wondering whether you might have a pool table or anything like that but yeah a massive table sounds good.
Are…

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