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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Drove by the site after work and was dismayed to find that the temporary fencing has fallen!</span><br />
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</span> Our Building Journey with Carter Grangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14489466721329159999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4878643214190556052.post-23346890370142051972012-08-21T03:10:00.000-07:002012-08-21T04:37:17.004-07:00Preparation for hebel walls<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>21 AUGUST 2012</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Met with the fittings supplier this morning to confirm the positioning of our toilet accessories, before the plastering gets installed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy to see that they are now preparing for the construction of the hebel wallsl</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The frame and window installations were completed on 10 August. We dropped by the site today to do a quick check and realised that one panel of windows were not double-glazed like the rest, the garage side door is a different size to the plans and an entrance sidelight has been installed by mistake! Hopefully these errors are easily rectifiable and won't cause much delay in proceeding to the next stage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We also noticed that the water piping looks like it has only been dug 15cm into the ground and are concerned that this might become a potential problem when we do the landscaping/driveway. We are afraid that the landscapers might have to rip everything out if the pipes get in the way of the digging and re-lay them again, all of which will add to the cost. Anyway, to be safe, we will check with our Site Supervisor if connections can be run along the side of the house instead of the front.</span><br />
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<br /></div>Our Building Journey with Carter Grangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14489466721329159999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4878643214190556052.post-4282092661507269702012-07-25T03:54:00.002-07:002012-07-25T03:55:39.989-07:00Slab photo<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">25 JULY 2012</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Drove past after work and the slab has been poured! Now awaiting framing stage.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Drove by the site after work to find that the styraform and steel reinforcements have been laid. Can't wait for the slab to be poured!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We upgraded the drainage pipes to 100mm (in lieu of standard 90mm), and thankfully we managed to catch the plumbers in the morning for a quick chat and clarified our upgraded specs as they thought it was only a standard install. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We finally went on site on 9 July! The past 2.5 months have been spent going through nine rounds of Variations, </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">scrutinising floorplans, </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">shopping for appliances and </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">liaising</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> with CG to make sure that the cabinetry and electrical requirements suit the models we picked.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We will devote a later entry that will give slightly more detail about the past 2.5 months and our thoughts on what we should have done (on hindsight), and hopefully it would give you some tips for your house build.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We received our second draft of revisions today and we reckon there will only be one more round needed and we are done! Thanks Hannah! :)</span>Our Building Journey with Carter Grangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14489466721329159999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4878643214190556052.post-89681616036328397342012-04-26T02:27:00.001-07:002012-07-23T04:22:38.188-07:00Comments<div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">“Comments” have been disabled as we have received repeated accusations from one individual who thinks this blog is spam and that we are CG's employees.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">We are not employees of CG and have created this blog as a record for ourselves as well as to share our great building experience so far.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks Belinda for keeping your word and having our plans ready for us today :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">HIA appointment fixed on 25 May!</span>Our Building Journey with Carter Grangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14489466721329159999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4878643214190556052.post-84676469091936756312012-04-22T04:22:00.001-07:002012-04-24T20:57:21.702-07:00Colour & Electrical revisions<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>22 APRIL 2012</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After looking through the selection documents today, we were pleased with the accuracy of the details discussed last Sunday and only needed to email through minor amends and queries to Hannah and Belinda.</span>Our Building Journey with Carter Grangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14489466721329159999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4878643214190556052.post-91500680131462282452012-04-22T04:00:00.000-07:002012-04-24T20:57:38.994-07:00Tender appointment<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>20 APRIL 2012</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Belinda fixed our Tender appointment on 4 May! Exciting!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our prayers have also been answered - she is indeed the polar opposite of our former Coordinator at Metricon! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks Belinda for always responding so quickly, we look forward to meeting you in person :)</span>Our Building Journey with Carter Grangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14489466721329159999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4878643214190556052.post-26417938336261254072012-04-22T03:59:00.001-07:002012-04-22T03:59:04.446-07:00Colour & Electrical selections<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>19 APRIL 2012</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hannah sent through our Colour & Electrical selection documents today. Looking forward to running through them!</span>Our Building Journey with Carter Grangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14489466721329159999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4878643214190556052.post-17948711805894033052012-04-22T03:58:00.000-07:002012-04-24T20:57:51.302-07:00Colour & Electrical appointment<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>15 APRIL 2012</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We had a 4-hour appointment with our Interior Design Consultant, Hannah Seal today. Thank you Hannah for making an exception for us! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We valued Hannah's decisiveness in helping us with colour selections - we love it when experts are confident of their advice and don't tell you things like "well, it really depends on what you like". She also gave us handy tips like where to place the lights so that we don't get a shadow when looking into the bathroom mirror. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And you should see her go when it came to drawing out the electrical plan - it was precise, seamless and very pretty with all the different colours :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was a really enjoyable and productive meeting and we were stoked with the results! CG has once again exceeded our expectations!</span><br />
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