Browse Forums Building A New House Re: My Doulton 56 Classique - Metricon Melbourne 7Aug 22, 2016 9:52 pm I didn't change much on the plan other than the garage as only 5 of us in the family , with 3 young kids. We also have a matured garden and will likely need to chop down 26 trees. I will have a music room with glass door in stead of study(will do the glass door ourselves), and master bed room WIR facing front to be a study, with ocean view Re: My Doulton 56 Classique - Metricon Melbourne 9Aug 22, 2016 10:14 pm Hi Vuster, i did want to upgrade to 3m but its only applicable to signature range. Maximum height for designer range is 2.7m only I would also like the whole house to be hebel but metricon said i can only do hebel on ground floor for designer range. My friend built his house with hebel on ground and eps first floor and he was happy. i will reconfirm the first floor material again I will have many things to ask when i meet them again. i am thinking to go as best as i can on the structural material. Finishes can come later if our budget is blown I am no sure how many times people meet their SC before preliminary? i think we are probably one of the easiest with not much changes. I think i saw her only 3-4 times. I am also not sure how to put images here if anyone could guide me please. I actually use tapatalk on my phone for images. Thanks Re: My Doulton 56 Classique - Metricon Melbourne 12Aug 22, 2016 11:10 pm Hi all, Thanks for sharing your journeys, it's very helpful for those of us considering these builds. We are interested in these metricon classical designs. Vuster can you please clarify about your friend building the Bordeaux but with the classical stairs, do you mean she's building the Bordeaux 56 with the stairs on the side and changed that to a winding stairs? Or is she building the Bordeaux 56A which is also available in Melbourne I believe but much more costly than the 56 Re: My Doulton 56 Classique - Metricon Melbourne 13Aug 23, 2016 9:21 am Hi Hal, Thank you for for sharing your build journey. We are new to this so we are quite confused about it all. Please keep the posts going and the pictures coming We are interested to know what's your final contract price is and also, did you get charged a 'site costs' fee? Though we have heard it's around $50K+? We have yet to sit down with the SC and see what's the final costs will be with upgrades etc. Re: My Doulton 56 Classique - Metricon Melbourne 14Aug 23, 2016 9:27 am aniazur Hi all, Thanks for sharing your journeys, it's very helpful for those of us considering these builds. We are interested in these metricon classical designs. Vuster can you please clarify about your friend building the Bordeaux but with the classical stairs, do you mean she's building the Bordeaux 56 with the stairs on the side and changed that to a winding stairs? Or is she building the Bordeaux 56A which is also available in Melbourne I believe but much more costly than the 56 Hi aniazur, She's actually building the bordeaux 56 however her downstairs has been modified like the somerset 59 design.Her upgraded staircase cost her 41K plus 20K for adjusting the building to suit. Metricon are quite flexible with the home design from my experience. Just let them know what you want and they'll come back with a price. Another friend of mine tried to build the bordeaux on a budget. What she did was chose the Liberty 42 and then made structural adjustments so that the floor plan was similar to the Bordeaux. In the end she got a 50+ square house with similar colour selections as the Bordeaux display. Hope that helps. Re: My Doulton 56 Classique - Metricon Melbourne 15Aug 23, 2016 9:39 am HAL Hi Vuster, i did want to upgrade to 3m but its only applicable to signature range. Maximum height for designer range is 2.7m only I would also like the whole house to be hebel but metricon said i can only do hebel on ground floor for designer range. My friend built his house with hebel on ground and eps first floor and he was happy. i will reconfirm the first floor material again I will have many things to ask when i meet them again. i am thinking to go as best as i can on the structural material. Finishes can come later if our budget is blown I am no sure how many times people meet their SC before preliminary? i think we are probably one of the easiest with not much changes. I think i saw her only 3-4 times. I am also not sure how to put images here if anyone could guide me please. I actually use tapatalk on my phone for images. Thanks Hi Hal, I would recommend that you insist them to give you a price for the Hebel for top floor and also 3m ceilings if it's what you really want. Push a bit harder. The decision of not giving you the option is a marketing ploy and I suspect that they can make exceptions given that they make at least a 25% margin on upgrades. I only saw my SC a few times as well so that's normal. Re: My Doulton 56 Classique - Metricon Melbourne 17Aug 23, 2016 2:29 pm Hi Hal, what's the width requirement for the Doulton 56? does the block need to have north/south facing and more than 16m wide? We are in Melbourne so we are wondering if that applies to you? I saw your block and it's huge thanks. 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