Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 6201Apr 21, 2015 8:49 am @1st time- can you tell me how much it was to upgrade your ceilings to 9ft? @Desert- I'm also somewhat near the city- 11km away.. Excited to follow your progress. Modified Killara25 Brisbane, QLD Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 6203Apr 21, 2015 10:58 am Hey guys! Long time! Happy to say that my partner and I paid our $1k deposit over the weekend. We are looking at building the Paddington 31 with some minor changes. We are so undecided as we also love the Parkhill 32. But apparently it might be too wide to fit on our 12.5x30m block (?) I suppose we still have plenty of time to decide but it's doing my head in! Anyway, have been busy catching up on all the posts. Have still been following this thread since a couple months ago when I asked about variations and upgrades to factor. THank you everyone. You guys have been heaps helpful and really appreciate all your help (it's actually helped in leaning me towards Clarendon as our builder!!) Very excited but also very nervous! Everyone's builds look so beautiful. I'm sure I will be re-reading posts and blogs as there are definitely some colours re: bricks and paint for walls I have seen and loved! Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 6204Apr 21, 2015 11:01 am Hi bk84 Congrats on your first step towards the construction of your new home ! Where are you building ... ? Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 6206Apr 21, 2015 11:10 am Congrats bk84. Anything you need to know about the next step ask away, i've just been through that. We are just about to lodge to council! We are all at different stages which is fun to watch! We can all help you along the way. This Clarendon Group have helped every newbie along the way! Building the Clarendon Merriden 30 (44 after Mods) @ Harrington Grove! Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 6207Apr 21, 2015 11:19 am Thanks Lizzy! I'm sure I will have a gazillion questions in the near future - you guys have been a tonne helpful already in helping us to decide to be honest. I can't wait until we are at your stage, ready to lodge to council but I think that will be a while away! Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 6208Apr 21, 2015 11:21 am We have a 12.5m x 30m lot and the Paddington fits "snugly" on it.. The Parkhill 32 is another metre wide.. so I'm not sure it would fit in a low-density residential zone.. you might get away with it in a medium-density zone though.. Clarendon should be able to help you out with that kind of thing though. Paddington 29 @ Blue Horizon Estate (Lot 105, Wattleridge Crescent, North Kellyville) Our Build Progress Blog: http://light487.wordpress.com/ Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 6209Apr 21, 2015 11:22 am bk84 Hey guys! Long time! Happy to say that my partner and I paid our $1k deposit over the weekend. We are looking at building the Paddington 31 with some minor changes. We are so undecided as we also love the Parkhill 32. But apparently it might be too wide to fit on our 12.5x30m block (?) I suppose we still have plenty of time to decide but it's doing my head in! Anyway, have been busy catching up on all the posts. Have still been following this thread since a couple months ago when I asked about variations and upgrades to factor. THank you everyone. You guys have been heaps helpful and really appreciate all your help (it's actually helped in leaning me towards Clarendon as our builder!!) Very excited but also very nervous! Everyone's builds look so beautiful. I'm sure I will be re-reading posts and blogs as there are definitely some colours re: bricks and paint for walls I have seen and loved! Building Sheridan 34 (38 after upgrades) @ Kellyville, NSW Check out our Clarendon Building Progress Blog Homeone Topic: Clarendon Casadream Build Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 6210Apr 21, 2015 11:29 am light487 We have a 12.5m x 30m lot and the Paddington fits "snugly" on it.. The Parkhill 32 is another metre wide.. so I'm not sure it would fit in a low-density residential zone.. you might get away with it in a medium-density zone though.. Clarendon should be able to help you out with that kind of thing though. Yeah light487 we were thinking we could zero lot and the Parkhill 32 on display at Parklea states it is designed to fit lots from 12.5m wide so I was a bit confused? We're very happy with the Paddington design though! Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 6212Apr 21, 2015 11:30 am mrrrrt bk84 Hey guys! Long time! Happy to say that my partner and I paid our $1k deposit over the weekend. We are looking at building the Paddington 31 with some minor changes. We are so undecided as we also love the Parkhill 32. But apparently it might be too wide to fit on our 12.5x30m block (?) I suppose we still have plenty of time to decide but it's doing my head in! Anyway, have been busy catching up on all the posts. Have still been following this thread since a couple months ago when I asked about variations and upgrades to factor. THank you everyone. You guys have been heaps helpful and really appreciate all your help (it's actually helped in leaning me towards Clarendon as our builder!!) Very excited but also very nervous! Everyone's builds look so beautiful. I'm sure I will be re-reading posts and blogs as there are definitely some colours re: bricks and paint for walls I have seen and loved! Thank you mrrrrt! And thanks Rose! Your house looks like a dream! Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 6213Apr 21, 2015 11:43 am bk84 Thanks Lizzy! I'm sure I will have a gazillion questions in the near future - you guys have been a tonne helpful already in helping us to decide to be honest. I can't wait until we are at your stage, ready to lodge to council but I think that will be a while away! You cant wait til you're at my stage? I cant wait til I'm at Pennodream or rmjrose , or justwondering1 stage! Building the Clarendon Merriden 30 (44 after Mods) @ Harrington Grove! Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 6214Apr 21, 2015 11:49 am Lizzy083 bk84 Thanks Lizzy! I'm sure I will have a gazillion questions in the near future - you guys have been a tonne helpful already in helping us to decide to be honest. I can't wait until we are at your stage, ready to lodge to council but I think that will be a while away! You cant wait til you're at my stage? I cant wait til I'm at Pennodream or rmjrose , or justwondering1 stage! Hahahahaahahah ok very true! I feel like getting to Pennodream, rmjrose or justwondering1's stage is a very, very long time away. Will *try* to enjoy the admin side of things in the meantime lol (doubt it) Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 6215Apr 21, 2015 11:54 am Myself and Hubby are finding this part very frustrating because EVERYTHING is an upgrade! At the beginning we thought everything was included but as you go along you find that the nicer stuff is all upgrades! We are all mostly spending onwards of half a mill on our builds alone and we won't settle for mediocre finishes and looks! So we have to pay extra, extra, extra! Building the Clarendon Merriden 30 (44 after Mods) @ Harrington Grove! Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 6216Apr 21, 2015 11:54 am Myself and Hubby are finding this part very frustrating because EVERYTHING is an upgrade! At the beginning we thought everything was included but as you go along you find that the nicer stuff is all upgrades! We are all mostly spending onwards of half a mill on our builds alone and we won't settle for mediocre finishes and looks! So we have to pay extra, extra, extra! Building the Clarendon Merriden 30 (44 after Mods) @ Harrington Grove! Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 6217Apr 21, 2015 12:21 pm Our Paddington 29 build worked out to be around 337,000.. quite reasonable when you consider that it has Sapphire inclusions, a driveway, all the Summer of "Free" inclusions and so on.. We'll end up also with a 12 jet spa bath in the main and a third bathroom downstairs.. we didn't feel the need to upgrade anything beyond that.. the sapphire inclusions really are pretty amazing.. certainly don't consider anything we are doing as "mediocre" that's for sure. They could be better but the house is going to look pretty high end at the end of the process compared to existing builds around the same suburbs. Paddington 29 @ Blue Horizon Estate (Lot 105, Wattleridge Crescent, North Kellyville) Our Build Progress Blog: http://light487.wordpress.com/ Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 6218Apr 21, 2015 12:29 pm Hey! I'm building park hill 32 with alfresco and media room and our block is 12.5 m wide. Where r u building? bk84 Hey guys! Long time! Happy to say that my partner and I paid our $1k deposit over the weekend. We are looking at building the Paddington 31 with some minor changes. We are so undecided as we also love the Parkhill 32. But apparently it might be too wide to fit on our 12.5x30m block (?) I suppose we still have plenty of time to decide but it's doing my head in! Anyway, have been busy catching up on all the posts. Have still been following this thread since a couple months ago when I asked about variations and upgrades to factor. THank you everyone. You guys have been heaps helpful and really appreciate all your help (it's actually helped in leaning me towards Clarendon as our builder!!) Very excited but also very nervous! Everyone's builds look so beautiful. I'm sure I will be re-reading posts and blogs as there are definitely some colours re: bricks and paint for walls I have seen and loved! Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 6219Apr 21, 2015 12:39 pm Each to their own light487. We didn't like most of the "FREE" inclusions. If we all had the same taste this would be a boring world..... In saying that the free stuff is quite nice we just wanted EXTRA nice... P.S By mediocre i meant quality not look. For instance, the "Free" carpet is horrible quality but its $8k to upgrade to the beautiful stuff. So we are taking the credit back and for that same price we got a top quality carpet at a carpet place. The "Free"tiles, are ok but we want 600 x 600 and for Clarendon that would be an upgrade, but for the credit we get back we can have the tiles we want and not pay Clarendon an arm and a leg! Building the Clarendon Merriden 30 (44 after Mods) @ Harrington Grove! Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 6220Apr 21, 2015 12:51 pm Lizzy083 Myself and Hubby are finding this part very frustrating because EVERYTHING is an upgrade! At the beginning we thought everything was included but as you go along you find that the nicer stuff is all upgrades! We are all mostly spending onwards of half a mill on our builds alone and we won't settle for mediocre finishes and looks! So we have to pay extra, extra, extra! Yes, we're very worried about all the upgrades we will be doing. We've asked Clarendon to include everything in the tender like flooring/tiles, driveway, etc etc that way we know what our max is (for the timebeing). We'll only have a mnimal allowance after for electricals and colours so I am hoping that we will find something we are happy with in their standard range It is Genneral stairs, but they won't deal with anyone off the street. They will only work with clients of project home builders. I tried to but some of these exact… 3 7986 The two 15mm holes are obviously not compliant. The Dept of Fair Trading would love to see this one! Do the gutters pool water after it stops raining? Although it's… 4 8381 I do enjoy the drama:-D In his latest two videos he has started bringing security guards to site, I am waiting for the punch on to begin lol 6 46264 |