Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Oct 16, 2012 9:06 pm After taking part in many other threads on this site, I have decided to start my own! My partner and i knew we wanted to build, we just didnt know where! We decided to take to the streets (literally) and work out where in Adelaide we wanted to live. Not an easy thing to do. Originally we had ruled out Lightsview as we were looking for a large block of land so that we could build a one-story, 4-bedroom house but still have yard. After having no luck finding that sort of block in the right location, with the right price tag, we came back to Lightsview and reconsidered our options of a 2-story house on a Lightsview block. Lightsview had always had a great feel to us, so we were hoping something would come our way. Lucky for us, the right size block, in the right location with the right price tag had just come up.... And that's where the story begins i guess! June 2012 - Settled on Lightsview land (18m x 27.5m) June12 - Land settlement (18 x 27.5) Jan13 - External selections complete April13 - Selections complete viewtopic.php?f=31&t=60306 Update 2Oct 16, 2012 9:15 pm So i guess i should do a little timeline from when we settled on the land till now. We originally had our heart SET on a specific project home builder, as we had fallen in love with their display homes. No matter how much we tried, we just could not get any of their plans to work for our block! They were all way too narrow, and therefore there would be no way LV would approve the plans. We decided against them, and got to drawing our own custom design, and set about finding the right builder. That's where the fun begins: June 2012 - Settled on Lightsview land (18m x 27.5m) August 2012 - Worked out rough plan, found builder! September 2012 - Signed up with builder October 2012 - Soil test/engineer reports being done October 2012 - Initial drafted plans pre-approved by LV June12 - Land settlement (18 x 27.5) Jan13 - External selections complete April13 - Selections complete viewtopic.php?f=31&t=60306 Re: J_and_T's House Build in Lightsview 3Oct 16, 2012 9:33 pm Woohoo! Have you mentioned who your builder is yet? Would love to see more when you are ready! 5.5m Terrace House - Lightsview (Northgate SA) Moved in!! - 22 February 2013 /viewtopic.php?f=31&t=53455 Re: J_and_T's House Build in Lightsview 4Oct 16, 2012 9:44 pm Ooops, forgot that one... Building with Homestead - will post the plans when i get a chance Was just reading the first pages of your thread Juski, and read you were reluctant to start a thread because everyone was talking about large, sprawling homes and yours is a terrace. You should never feel that way... building a home is such an exciting time, no matter how big or small. I think the terraces are AWESOME Forgot to add one other thing to our Timeline too: October 7th 12 - Dirt that someone illegally dumped on our block was FINALLY removed and we put up some really bright, unattractive orange flags around the block. You can't miss it... total eye-sore! haha June12 - Land settlement (18 x 27.5) Jan13 - External selections complete April13 - Selections complete viewtopic.php?f=31&t=60306 Re: J_and_T's House Build in Lightsview 5Oct 16, 2012 9:49 pm J_and_T Ooops, forgot that one... Was just reading the first pages of your thread Juski, and read you were reluctant to start a thread because everyone was talking about large, sprawling homes and yours is a terrace. You should never feel that way... building a home is such an exciting time, no matter how big or small. I think the terraces are AWESOME Nawww, thanks! If you judge by the excitement then our house is huge I hope Homestead is treating you well so far I assume you are J_and_T because they are your and your partner's initials? We are a J and T too! I wondered the same about tk_jm.. now that would be spooky! 5.5m Terrace House - Lightsview (Northgate SA) Moved in!! - 22 February 2013 /viewtopic.php?f=31&t=53455 Re: J_and_T's House Build in Lightsview 6Oct 16, 2012 9:55 pm Yep, i am J and he is T... that would be funny if tk_jm were there same, you're right! How funny! I must admit i was getting a little worried that we would be the youngest couple around the area, because everyone we see when we go driving through on the weekend seems older. But from chatting on here, it seems most of us are in the same boat (young couples). Are you in the Lightsview section, or Waterford? You must be REALLY excited now, considering you are moving so quickly along.... wont be long until you are in! June12 - Land settlement (18 x 27.5) Jan13 - External selections complete April13 - Selections complete viewtopic.php?f=31&t=60306 Re: J_and_T's House Build in Lightsview 7Oct 16, 2012 10:08 pm J_and_T Yep, i am J and he is T... that would be funny if tk_jm were there same, you're right! How funny! I must admit i was getting a little worried that we would be the youngest couple around the area, because everyone we see when we go driving through on the weekend seems older. But from chatting on here, it seems most of us are in the same boat (young couples). Are you in the Lightsview section, or Waterford? You must be REALLY excited now, considering you are moving so quickly along.... wont be long until you are in! I'm sure you would be shocked to learn that I am the J too We both have first names that are occasionally mistaken - stupidly - for the opposite sex though so sometimes it seems like the other way around! We are in Waterford, yep. Not far from the lake. It was the only 5.5 block available at the time. It sounds like the other Lightsview threads are mostly in the northwest part of Lightsview, I guess that was the next release? I too had mostly seen older people but my builder is only in her 20s and she lives there.. two people from high school (mid 20s) live there already... the finished house on my street seems to be owned (or at least visited) by a young man... and then there's all of us, and it sounds like we are all under 30 or so? Party suburb! Hahaha.. 5.5m Terrace House - Lightsview (Northgate SA) Moved in!! - 22 February 2013 /viewtopic.php?f=31&t=53455 Re: J_and_T's House Build in Lightsview 8Oct 16, 2012 10:14 pm Yep, we are under 30 (well i am, the boy turned 30 last week much to his disgust) haha. And yeh, our block is in the Lightsview side, one of the last blocks released in the first stage (apparently someone bought our block then couldn't come up with the money, so it went back on the market in June). tk_jm are on our street too, and i think from crazyeagles photos, they will be across the road (or thereabouts). That's great you are near the lake - it will be so pretty once it is all done. Yay to a party suburb... i am envious of you all being in your new homes before us! But i need to learn a little thing called patience.... June12 - Land settlement (18 x 27.5) Jan13 - External selections complete April13 - Selections complete viewtopic.php?f=31&t=60306 Re: J_and_T's House Build in Lightsview 9Oct 16, 2012 10:21 pm Oh you are all together! I am jealous... though I think Frozenkuku is near me. Our block was also bought by someone else and then their finance fell through. Or at least that's what Lightsview told us Actually now I think of it, friends of ours are really keen to build in Lightsview now (made extra appealing by this increase in the FHOG!!) so there's another couple around the same age... Oh you never know how your timeframe will go! We had 7 months between settlement and siteworks. CrazyEagle had less than 4. In a matter of months we will ALL be in our houses and the waiting will feel like it was nothing 5.5m Terrace House - Lightsview (Northgate SA) Moved in!! - 22 February 2013 /viewtopic.php?f=31&t=53455 Re: J_and_T's House Build in Lightsview 10Oct 16, 2012 10:32 pm I think it will be great once we are all in our houses... I feel as though ive already met my neighbours even though we haven't moved in! (on here) Hopefully we can all meet up one day, once we are all living in LV, and talk in person about all the ups and downs of our builds once they are completed! And hey, we could have a neighbourhood party! Although, have you driven through at night yet?? It is eerily quiet and really dark! It's like all the people that already live there go to bed at 7pm! Weird. June12 - Land settlement (18 x 27.5) Jan13 - External selections complete April13 - Selections complete viewtopic.php?f=31&t=60306 Re: J_and_T's House Build in Lightsview 11Oct 16, 2012 10:35 pm No, I haven't been there at night but there wouldn't be many people near my place anyway. What I did notice on the weekend though (when we went for a walk around the lake) was the feral kids on bikes making the most of the wide sloping paths... erm, not really the people I think they were trying to attract. I would hate to have shelled out for one of the massive lakefront houses, just to have to deal with these obnoxious teenagers. Hopefully they shove off as more people move in 5.5m Terrace House - Lightsview (Northgate SA) Moved in!! - 22 February 2013 /viewtopic.php?f=31&t=53455 Re: J_and_T's House Build in Lightsview 12Oct 19, 2012 11:05 pm Update time: Just got the cost back for our footings, and has come in UNDER what had budgetted... i am a very happy girl June12 - Land settlement (18 x 27.5) Jan13 - External selections complete April13 - Selections complete viewtopic.php?f=31&t=60306 Re: J_and_T's House Build in Lightsview 13Oct 20, 2012 4:42 pm Congrats on starting your own thread! All of us Lightsview crew definitely like to get involved with builds in the area and follow their progress Fantastic news about the footings!! 6m Terrace House - Lightsview (Northgate SA) First fix completed ... 15 February 2013 Render completed... 19 February 2013 Insulation... 19 February 2013 Plasterboard... 21 February 2013 /viewtopic.php?f=31&t=58747 Re: J_and_T's House Build in Lightsview 14Oct 20, 2012 4:47 pm Yay! I remember I used to be sooo paranoid we would be sitting on top of rock and it would ruin everything... great to hear it was less than expected! Was it you who was worried about the cost in another thread? 5.5m Terrace House - Lightsview (Northgate SA) Moved in!! - 22 February 2013 /viewtopic.php?f=31&t=53455 Re: J_and_T's House Build in Lightsview 15Oct 20, 2012 10:32 pm Yup, that was me that posted it .... very happy they weren't too bad! Well, they are bad, but not as bad as they could've been! Now it's a waiting game... wait for the final drafted plans to come back, then wait for council approval, etc etc etc. June12 - Land settlement (18 x 27.5) Jan13 - External selections complete April13 - Selections complete viewtopic.php?f=31&t=60306 Re: J_and_T's House Build in Lightsview 16Oct 21, 2012 3:59 am hello J_and_T, very nice to have another neighbour here. We are J and T too, haha. I am T, and my partner is J. it's so exciting to see finally there's someone who bought the largest block yet in lightsview, you should have huge fun designing your floorplan with 18M. You don't need to worry what we need to worry XD. I felt so jealous. how much did homestead quoted you, and how much is your total living area. I really like the idea that we all choose different builders, that way we can exchange our experiences. I just went to see my friend's house this friday that was completed in waterford last month, built by ri***g**, the price is very good however, there are so many things that are different to what the sales originally promised (due to the sales leave). e.g missing 2-pac paint, missing led downlights....etc. 7.5M Dual Frontage terrace @ lightsview SA /viewtopic.php?f=31&t=58754 moved in - April 2014 furnitured - August 2014 home theatre - September 2014 Game room - December 2013 moved in - 09 April 2014 J_and_T's House Build in Lightsview 17Oct 21, 2012 8:43 am My partner and I are sad to say that we can't join your J & T clan! :p I'm E and he is A! Very funny that there are so many couples with the same initials though! Lol :p 6m Terrace House - Lightsview (Northgate SA) First fix completed ... 15 February 2013 Render completed... 19 February 2013 Insulation... 19 February 2013 Plasterboard... 21 February 2013 /viewtopic.php?f=31&t=58747 Re: J_and_T's House Build in Lightsview 19Oct 21, 2012 6:26 pm Wow - so four couples who are J and T? That is so strange! And it sounds like at least 3 are female J and male T? (frozenkuku I'm not really sure of your gender yet?) We are 26 and 28 That's OK CrazyEagle - you are unique! 5.5m Terrace House - Lightsview (Northgate SA) Moved in!! - 22 February 2013 /viewtopic.php?f=31&t=53455 J_and_T's House Build in Lightsview 20Oct 21, 2012 7:53 pm Unique? Yes I like the sound of that!! it is freaky there are so many J and T's though! Seems like we are all around the same age though! Both my partner and I are 26 6m Terrace House - Lightsview (Northgate SA) First fix completed ... 15 February 2013 Render completed... 19 February 2013 Insulation... 19 February 2013 Plasterboard... 21 February 2013 /viewtopic.php?f=31&t=58747 Thank you so much everyone. This all makes a lot of sense. I guess when you talk to a builder who butters up everything to look very polished, you get to start believing… 7 19849 1 10675 hi guys. Please be nice. First time home builder in Qld. I would like some feedback please on whether I should build my granny flat first before my main house at the… 0 5295 |