Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Fairhaven Homes Newport 361 in Sth East Melbourne 322Feb 28, 2017 8:37 pm aloenyx I hope you do. Can't wait to see your house done!! My house is so tiny, I'm shocked how long it is taking.. seems to be a shortage of tradies.. I may or may not have dropped by tonight to check out the stairs and make sure they look ok (they had to move the staircase forward) as they don't line up across both floors. I actually don't mind it. Just looks like a feature bulkhead Hope they have got all your tiles in this week!! So frustrating not seeing anything happening but fingers crossed this is your week! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Fairhaven Homes Newport 361 in Sth East Melbourne 323Feb 28, 2017 9:36 pm Kat_1025 cant decide Your bricks are beautiful! I'm jealous and very sad they have discontinued them . Thank you! I love them! They are still available in the regular size if you love the colour. I think a much higher cat though Thanks, I ended up going with the smaller truffle bricks. I have changed to Henley and they are Cat 4 so not too bad . Re: Fairhaven Homes Newport 361 in Sth East Melbourne 326Mar 01, 2017 4:34 pm Yes once the architraves are on you can organise with your SS for measure/quote and find out their leed in time so you can work back from your expected handover date. Our build thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=82369&p=1525857&hilit=fairhaven#p1525857 Re: Fairhaven Homes Newport 361 in Sth East Melbourne 327Mar 01, 2017 5:04 pm Thanks old bloke. We're going to use blinds online. So much cheaper but have to install yourself which could be interesting haha. Still trying to decide what sort of blinds though. I love timber venetians but hate the maintenance and cleaning Re: Fairhaven Homes Newport 361 in Sth East Melbourne 328Mar 01, 2017 5:33 pm Good luck with that! We only have half the windows with blinds/shutters/curtains on them and the guy that installed them was here all day and he knew what he was doing. Our build thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=82369&p=1525857&hilit=fairhaven#p1525857 Re: Fairhaven Homes Newport 361 in Sth East Melbourne 330Mar 02, 2017 8:35 pm Top story brickwork powering away. All done except around the windows and the cladding needs to go on the front. Plasterer was still there when I met the concreter to get a driveway quote so I didn't go inside today but luckily stairs will be in next week and I won't have to go up that skinny ladder anymore haha Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Fairhaven Homes Newport 361 in Sth East Melbourne 331Mar 06, 2017 10:08 am Hi Kat, it's looking great! Must be getting exciting being so close. Just wondering how are you getting access inside, did they give you a key? Our frame has just been completed and I swear I visit every day, dreading the day I'm locked out from the home! Re: Fairhaven Homes Newport 361 in Sth East Melbourne 332Mar 06, 2017 11:01 am Very exciting now although I feel this last 2 months is going to drag like crazy haha. I ran into the SS last night and apparently my front door handle was ordered the wrong way around so they had to reorder so there's no lock on the front door yet. I'm actually dreading the day I can't sneak in. I joked with my husband that I'd just get a locksmith to come and cut me a key hahaha Re: Fairhaven Homes Newport 361 in Sth East Melbourne 333Mar 08, 2017 1:34 pm Well looks like we spoke too soon.... I'm officially locked out wahhh. Had a peek in the windows but not a lot happening there! The cladding is on site though and should go up in the next 2 days. Have been told that kitchen goes in Monday too ? Re: Fairhaven Homes Newport 361 in Sth East Melbourne 334Mar 09, 2017 10:00 pm Hi, All this lock up stages soundsexciting. We are building the Tathra with Fairhaven. We are still in the early stages and have not been to the colour selection as yet. Any advice on what to upgrade and what to keep as standard? Are the fairhaven prices reasonable on upgrades? Feeling nervous we won't be able to keep the build within budget. Re: Fairhaven Homes Newport 361 in Sth East Melbourne 335Mar 10, 2017 5:32 am Fnr Hi, All this lock up stages soundsexciting. We are building the Tathra with Fairhaven. We are still in the early stages and have not been to the colour selection as yet. Any advice on what to upgrade and what to keep as standard? Are the fairhaven prices reasonable on upgrades? Feeling nervous we won't be able to keep the build within budget. Hi Fnr, We are planning to go with Fairhaven's Newport. In terms of upgrades, have a look at these things: * widening garage 1-1.5m with wide roller door from the backyard (if your block wide enough) * adding brick infills in lieu of cement sheets above garage door and windows, eaves - gives a bit nicer look * depth of the kitchen island - we've made our 1200mm deep - more working space and less water splashes on the floor from the opposite side of the island * cement tiles in lieu of colorbond roof - we like tiled roof and should less noisy when heavy rain. * carpets to category 2 - didn't like cat 1 selection and underlay is better with cat 2 * kitchen appliances upgrade - we cook a lot so wanted better quality * added few stacks of pot drawers in lieu of standard cabinets * splashback tiles - haven't decided but probably something from cat 2 (upgrade) * sinks, toilets, tapware - we're looking to upgrade these, it's about $50-100 per item so doesn't add too much to the budget * higher doors on m if you decide to have higher ceilings Re: Fairhaven Homes Newport 361 in Sth East Melbourne 336Mar 10, 2017 7:36 am Fnr Hi, All this lock up stages soundsexciting. We are building the Tathra with Fairhaven. We are still in the early stages and have not been to the colour selection as yet. Any advice on what to upgrade and what to keep as standard? Are the fairhaven prices reasonable on upgrades? Feeling nervous we won't be able to keep the build within budget. Oh I love the Tathra. Wish they'd had a display when we decided to build. We probably would have built that instead as most of our big costs were structural and on the Tathra we wouldn't have changed much at all. We had quite a few upgrades. Probably the biggest things though were our site costs were more than we were hoping (around 23k) and electrical set us back about 6k also. We signed up when they had the promo of a 7k voucher to spend at colours so our colours upgrades were around 10k but we only paid 3. We also added refrig aircon which was around 14k too. It really depends what you want to do to how much it will set you back. Our contract was around 80k more than the base price but around 20k of that was structural things. Re: Fairhaven Homes Newport 361 in Sth East Melbourne 337Mar 10, 2017 11:12 am Thanks for the advice guys. We have already requested for the garage extension. There are some structural columns in the living area i want to taket out. That is costed around 5k i think. May i know how much the kitchen benchtop extension cost? Also any idea how much it will be to change the benchtop from catergory 1 stone to category 3? I loved the wide corridors on the newport. But we really wanted a bedroom downstairs which is why we went for the tathra. The narrow corridors are the only drawback. But we have been given the option to extend it by 200mm. Re: Fairhaven Homes Newport 361 in Sth East Melbourne 338Mar 10, 2017 12:17 pm When we looked at the Tathra recently I said the only thing I'd want to change is to move the garage across so the entry was wider. We extended the bench too but only to 900mm and it was part of our quote to redesign the whole kitchen so I have no costs sorry. We also chose a cat 1 stone. I would suggest upgrading not only the carpet but the underlay too. If you go to cat 3 carpet the underlay is included but Cat 2 you have to upgrade both. It was on our must have list after putting Cat 1 in our last house and not even being able to kneel on the floors as they were so hard (with 2 young kids was a must for us) Re: Fairhaven Homes Newport 361 in Sth East Melbourne 339Mar 10, 2017 12:19 pm Altogether it was about 3k to make the island part of the bench 900mm deep + add 300m benchtop overhang. We've also made the island longer by 400mm. This included additinal cabinets, extra stone benctop and splashback tiling on the side. We didn't ask about cost of benchtop upgrade but don't think it'd be too expensive. If I guess, i'd say around 1k mark. Maybe you can call their showroom and ask. Susan works in the one at Campbellfield, her number is 0402 311 141. Re: Fairhaven Homes Newport 361 in Sth East Melbourne 340Mar 10, 2017 12:31 pm Kat_1025 When we looked at the Tathra recently I said the only thing I'd want to change is to move the garage across so the entry was wider. We extended the bench too but only to 900mm and it was part of our quote to redesign the whole kitchen so I have no costs sorry. We also chose a cat 1 stone. I would suggest upgrading not only the carpet but the underlay too. If you go to cat 3 carpet the underlay is included but Cat 2 you have to upgrade both. It was on our must have list after putting Cat 1 in our last house and not even being able to kneel on the floors as they were so hard (with 2 young kids was a must for us) We were told it will cost about $1000 to upgrade both carpet (to cat 2) and underlay. May I ask why you chose not to use GJ Gardiner? I'm actually meeting with one of the sales guys tomorrow for an appointment. 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