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Post subject: Re: Building the Sorrento by Scott Park Homes
Posted: Dec 17, 2011 4:20 pm
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Joined: 30 Oct 2011 Posts: 1478 Location: Mandurah, WA
EXTERNAL COLOURS Bricks: Austral Bricks 'Geographe Limestone' with rolled cream mortar Roof & Gutter & Fascia: Colorbond Jasper Downpipes & Meterbox: Solver Coorong Sands Garage Door: Centurion 'Georgian' garage door in Colorbond Surfmist Driveway: Paved in Atlas Roman Cobble pavers, 60mm- Ironbark with Mocha border Windows: Dowell 'Magnolia' Internal Door Furniture: Gainsborough Liana Satin Chrome "Governer" Front Door: M&B Woodvale Designer Entrance Door in Solver Goanna, both sides. (I loved the Solver Goanna, but my partner didn't. However, I persisted )
INTERNAL COLOURS Kitchen: Laminex Benchtops in Diamond Gloss White Valencia, with Laminex Peruvian Clay Natural cupboard doors Laundry: So far doesn't have anything in it, but we will be getting the set-up kit from Bunnings (cupboards that are the same colour as the Laminex Peruvian Clay cupboards in the rest of the house), plus the Bunnings benchtop, probably a beige one. Whatever matches. Bathrooms: Laminex Benchtops in Diamond Gloss Stipple Seal, with Laminex Peruvian Clay Natural cupboard doors, Novad Vanity basins with Alder Star Mark II mixer & Toledo Close Coupled Suite ceramic toilet. Bath is 1665mm Mystery (I think). Tapware: Alder Star Mark II range Walls: Solver Smoke Pearl Feature Wall (behind bedhead in Master room and all Theatre room): Solver Warm Chocolate Internal Doors: Solver Parchment Garage Entry Door: Solver Parchment (both sides) Ceilings & Cornices: Solver WA White Polyvinyl Purple Label Tiling, Carpet & Timber Flooring: carpets are still being decided. We are going for laminate water-resistant floorboards for the majority of the house, and the colour is Burmese Teak. See below for the colour! [ img ]
Post subject: Re: Building the Sorrento by Scott Park Homes
Posted: Dec 19, 2011 7:09 pm
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Joined: 17 Oct 2011 Posts: 1280 Location: City of Cockburn
Wow I love your flooring.... wish i could convince my partner to have floorboards but he is dead against it! We got a quote for polished concrete... it was in excess of 40K!
Expected, but still a shock to confirm it!!
Looks like you kept relatively well restrained at prestart not adding too much extra stuff!! I will have to make sure I don't go crazy!!!
_________________ Jen Building with HomeGroupWA (started as Scott Park Homes ) - Grand Wisteria Check out my Build Thread!! Time line on P1.
Post subject: Re: Building the Sorrento by Scott Park Homes
Posted: Dec 20, 2011 10:46 pm
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Joined: 30 Oct 2011 Posts: 1478 Location: Mandurah, WA
Okay. Things are good. We got our unconditional finance today! Yay! And I also got a call from MIRVAC letting me know that I won't miss out on our special incentives (landscaping, fencing and $9k money back package), so I am very relieved. Relief! Now I am off to look through our settlement documents (without being able to understand anything, as usual) and talk my partner's ear off about shower accessories, he he he - Ally
Post subject: Re: Building the Sorrento by Scott Park Homes
Posted: Dec 21, 2011 3:37 pm
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Joined: 31 Oct 2011 Posts: 416 Location: Aubin Grove
We also got our unconditional finance on Tuesday! I can look through that prestart folder with much more certainty now!!! We're away for a couple of weeks over Christmas, so it's probably going to delay us getting to prestart because we haven't really got a chance to look around at any of the tile places and the like. I'm also looking through the settlement docs and wondering what I got myself into...
One question - the price you guys paid to upgrade to the diamond gloss, was it just for the kitchen area, or for bathrooms/laundry as well?
All so exciting! Hope you have a wonderful christmas and new year
Post subject: Re: Building the Sorrento by Scott Park Homes
Posted: Dec 21, 2011 3:47 pm
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Joined: 30 Oct 2011 Posts: 1478 Location: Mandurah, WA
Woo, congrats on finance! Prestart is so much fun, you'll love it. It cost us $150 to upgrade to diamond gloss in the kitchen, and no cost for the bathrooms Have a lovely Christmas with your prestart folder! - xo Ally
Post subject: Re: Building the Sorrento by Scott Park Homes
Posted: Jan 01, 2012 5:31 pm
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Joined: 30 Oct 2011 Posts: 1478 Location: Mandurah, WA
Got our first home owners approval on Friday...wooo! Still waiting for the documents from the bank to arrive...sigh...they were sent out from the bank head office in Queensland on the 22nd, but we haven't got anything yet. I just want it all done and gone so I can start the New Year with NOTHING outstanding for me to do!
Post subject: Re: Building the Sorrento by Scott Park Homes
Posted: Jan 04, 2012 1:02 pm
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Joined: 30 Oct 2011 Posts: 1478 Location: Mandurah, WA
....and we got the loan document yesterday, signed them last night. Delivered back to the bank today, and settlement should be next week. Ugh. I am now sitting back and watching things happen. No more input from me. No more calls, fussing, problems, etc. Over it. Am going to go sit on my vacant block of land and stare into space for a while! - Ally
Post subject: Re: Building the Sorrento by Scott Park Homes
Posted: Jan 04, 2012 4:02 pm
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Joined: 05 Sep 2011 Posts: 718 Location: Baldivis
Congrats on all the loan documents getting signed, sealed and delivered! I remember that feeling, of what else is there to do? There must be something I have missed, surely I have not signed everything, not picked something, I was sure the banks or builder would be calling me and saying it was all a no go because I missed one bit! It felt like for so long you are signing your life away (i don't know how many people have my life now, but a lot!) and then nothing...it all stops! Then a toilet arrives on your block and you are ecstatic over a damn toilet!!!
Can't wait to see it all get started!
_________________ Building The Samui with DA Homes in Baldivis Building Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=50924
Post subject: Re: Building the Sorrento by Scott Park Homes
Posted: Jan 07, 2012 10:14 pm
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Joined: 30 Oct 2011 Posts: 1478 Location: Mandurah, WA
Hi Vans, thanks! Yeah, I feel a little relieved and yet nervous that I've missed something. Oooh am looking forward to the toilets arriving! Hahaha! I can't wait either am planning to visit the block every day (as close as I can) and take a photo from the same point, so I can make a time-lapse video of the house going up, day by day...
Post subject: Re: Building the Sorrento by Scott Park Homes
Posted: Jan 11, 2012 1:07 pm
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Joined: 30 Oct 2011 Posts: 1478 Location: Mandurah, WA
Timeline: Offer on land: 17/09/2011 Finance Pre-approval: 06/10/2011 Signed home build contract: 05/12/2011 Prestart: 16/12/2011 Unconditional Finance approval: 20/12/2011 Signed mortgage documents: 03/01/2012 Settlement: 11/01/2012
Yep yep - settlement is today! And would you believe, my settlement agent called in SICK today! My file has been to passed on to another lady, Jenny, who has so far been chatty and lovely and, to be honest, I like her better than my actual settlement agent the one I've been using, Debbie, is relatively useless. She never answers emails or messages, and I never hear about what's going on, plus she gets confused when she explains costs to me...wish I'd had Jenny from the start, which is horrible but true. ANYWAY. Settlement today, yay! Jenny will give me a call this afternoon to let me know that we own our block and Dave and I will be heading out there tonight to take a photo of us on our first home/land
Post subject: Re: Building the Sorrento by Scott Park Homes
Posted: Jan 21, 2012 9:24 pm
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Joined: 30 Oct 2011 Posts: 1478 Location: Mandurah, WA
Wooo! Lifelong debt! I got the below package delivered to our place yesterday, from our mortgage broker isn't he lovely? The letter said 'thank you for using us'......awh.
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am planning to visit the block every day (as close as I can) and take a photo from the same point, so I can make a time-lapse video of the house going up, day by day...
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