Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building Marina Q1 with Henley - South East Melbourne 22Feb 14, 2017 2:02 pm Color Appointment 7th April 2017 Tender Appointment 1st May 2017 Contract Appointment 15th May 2017 Electrical Appointment 15th May 2017 Building Marina Q1 Henley :-D Build Progress Re: Building Marina Q1 with Henley - South East Melbourne 23Feb 14, 2017 2:29 pm Color Appointment 7th April 2017 Tender Appointment 1st May 2017 Contract Appointment 15th May 2017 Electrical Appointment 15th May 2017 Building Marina Q1 Henley :-D Build Progress Re: Building Marina Q1 with Henley - South East Melbourne 25Feb 14, 2017 3:11 pm Color Appointment 7th April 2017 Tender Appointment 1st May 2017 Contract Appointment 15th May 2017 Electrical Appointment 15th May 2017 Building Marina Q1 Henley :-D Build Progress Re: Building Marina Q1 with Henley - South East Melbourne 26Feb 15, 2017 9:22 pm Color Appointment 7th April 2017 Tender Appointment 1st May 2017 Contract Appointment 15th May 2017 Electrical Appointment 15th May 2017 Building Marina Q1 Henley :-D Build Progress Re: Building Marina Q1 with Henley - South East Melbourne 27Feb 16, 2017 7:37 am I have the basic electrical pack that comes with the house. All I added was two junction boxes and a heater point to the bathroom. All my downlights, extra powerpoints, fans etc after being done after handover. I'm going to buy everything I need first so I know the quality I'm getting. My cousin is a qualified electrician so he will wire everything for me. As for the rendering colour it's fine. I have gone with Dulux White Duck as part of my colour appointment so I will keep that colour selection and get my renderer to do it to that colour. There is no existing render on the house so he doesn't have to match it to anything. He just has to render the two piers. Try think of it like buying paint tins already pre-made. I've come from a family full of trades, so I guess for me I see it all the time and know what to look for. Brothers a carpenter and dads in the construction game. They owner built a few houses of ours so I know what goes on and how it all works. I guess that's why I have no problems doing a lot after handover. Just do what you feel comfortable with. If you feel safer with Henley then stick with them for the entire build. Nice, the raddison is a great facade and the high ceilings look great. As they told me at my colour appointment, add everything you want even if you are over budget. Then at the tender appointment you can go through and remove things to meet your budget. Easier to remove than have to go back and add things later. Good luck with it Re: Building Marina Q1 with Henley - South East Melbourne 28Feb 16, 2017 8:01 am sarzaaa88 I have the basic electrical pack that comes with the house. All I added was two junction boxes and a heater point to the bathroom. All my downlights, extra powerpoints, fans etc after being done after handover. I'm going to buy everything I need first so I know the quality I'm getting. My cousin is a qualified electrician so he will wire everything for me. As for the rendering colour it's fine. I have gone with Dulux White Duck as part of my colour appointment so I will keep that colour selection and get my renderer to do it to that colour. There is no existing render on the house so he doesn't have to match it to anything. He just has to render the two piers. Try think of it like buying paint tins already pre-made. I've come from a family full of trades, so I guess for me I see it all the time and know what to look for. Brothers a carpenter and dads in the construction game. They owner built a few houses of ours so I know what goes on and how it all works. I guess that's why I have no problems doing a lot after handover. Just do what you feel comfortable with. If you feel safer with Henley then stick with them for the entire build. Nice, the raddison is a great facade and the high ceilings look great. As they told me at my colour appointment, add everything you want even if you are over budget. Then at the tender appointment you can go through and remove things to meet your budget. Easier to remove than have to go back and add things later. Good luck with it Yup exactly what I have been told. I also read online that getting extra power point post handover could cost you heaps. Good that you know tradies, saves you lot. For the render I spoke to Yvette she said it won't make much difference speacially in the raddison facade so trying to avoid hassle. Land title getting delayed anyways will try to save more towards house deposit. Will post a upgraded upgrades list soon just for your review . Thank you for being so helpful and answering my queries good to have someone who is on the same track. Anymore progress on the build side yet? Do you live close by to you land to check on construction upgrades. Color Appointment 7th April 2017 Tender Appointment 1st May 2017 Contract Appointment 15th May 2017 Electrical Appointment 15th May 2017 Building Marina Q1 Henley :-D Build Progress Re: Building Marina Q1 with Henley - South East Melbourne 29Feb 16, 2017 10:50 pm Hi all We are building marina q1 too in west . Did anyone upgrade the appliances ? We are getting technika , but not sure about the quality . Got our color selection on 6th march. Building/ tender on 7th april Electrical 27th april. We chose cruise facade . Deluxe electrical package . Standard ceiling height 2540mt Anyone did anychanges to butler pantry ? Great to see more people building marina q1 😊😊😊😊 Re: Building Marina Q1 with Henley - South East Melbourne 30Feb 17, 2017 12:35 am Afterashok - I don't really know what the costing is for the raddison so if it isn't too much money and it's within your budget then get them to do it. That's a bugger about the land titles. Hopefully it's soon! Lucky you still have all your admin to do as that will prob take you a good 2-3 months to get through by the time you have your 3 appointments and then they apply for permits/star. Like you said, more time to save No problems at all. Yeah post the list when you decide on upgrades. Yes, finally progress for me. Got my call today from my construction admin. Temp fence went up today and site cut is happening on Monday. The electrical and plumbing Wed-Friday with the slab being poured 1st March yeah I live close so I check everyday on my way home from work. Sumitsharma17 - Congrats on your build! Yes I have 900mm smeg appliances which came in the kitchen promotion. I didn't like the smeg oven though, so I have the provision for two 600mm double ovens and I have bought Electrolux ovens which will be installed at settlement. I've heard both good and bad about technika so it really depends on what you like and budget. I went to good guys when I was looking and they were helpful. They explained the features of all the appliances. They have technika on display too. How exciting with all your appointments fast approaching! Do you have any ideas on colours? No, I left the builders pantry as standard. I want to see just how much storage I have once I move in. I would like to put a bench in there at a later date though Re: Building Marina Q1 with Henley - South East Melbourne 31Feb 17, 2017 7:39 am sumitsharma17 Hi all We are building marina q1 too in west . Did anyone upgrade the appliances ? We are getting technika , but not sure about the quality . Got our color selection on 6th march. Building/ tender on 7th april Electrical 27th april. We chose cruise facade . Deluxe electrical package . Standard ceiling height 2540mt Anyone did anychanges to butler pantry ? Great to see more people building marina q1 😊😊😊😊 Congrats sumit on building Marina q1. I upgraded to smeg appliances for now cost was about 1000 to upgrade range hood oven and dishwasher. I was told smeg is better good Italian brand saw good reviews online. My main concern was to only upgrade dishwasher. As technical over i wasnt think was bad and from my perspective oven doesn't have many functions just looks and burn gas. But dishwasher I needed a better one that works. For now included everything in the list, at tender I may cancel a few. Like cancel dishwasher get credit back of 500 and perhaps buy something Japanese lg Samsung for 800ish outside. Do upgrade the range hood to smeg I think it's $75 or $79 with a bigger motor. If you don't mind me asking what estate you are building in? I am building in West in heartlands tarneit. Color Appointment 7th April 2017 Tender Appointment 1st May 2017 Contract Appointment 15th May 2017 Electrical Appointment 15th May 2017 Building Marina Q1 Henley :-D Build Progress Re: Building Marina Q1 with Henley - South East Melbourne 32Feb 17, 2017 7:42 am sarzaaa88 Afterashok - I don't really know what the costing is for the raddison so if it isn't too much money and it's within your budget then get them to do it. That's a bugger about the land titles. Hopefully it's soon! Lucky you still have all your admin to do as that will prob take you a good 2-3 months to get through by the time you have your 3 appointments and then they apply for permits/star. Like you said, more time to save No problems at all. Yeah post the list when you decide on upgrades. Yes, finally progress for me. Got my call today from my construction admin. Temp fence went up today and site cut is happening on Monday. The electrical and plumbing Wed-Friday with the slab being poured 1st March yeah I live close so I check everyday on my way home from work. Sumitsharma17 - Congrats on your build! Yes I have 900mm smeg appliances which came in the kitchen promotion. I didn't like the smeg oven though, so I have the provision for two 600mm double ovens and I have bought Electrolux ovens which will be installed at settlement. I've heard both good and bad about technika so it really depends on what you like and budget. I went to good guys when I was looking and they were helpful. They explained the features of all the appliances. They have technika on display too. How exciting with all your appointments fast approaching! Do you have any ideas on colours? No, I left the builders pantry as standard. I want to see just how much storage I have once I move in. I would like to put a bench in there at a later date though Thanks for getting back. Yeah i didnt want the land title to get delay but what can you do good that I have quote covered till October otherwise 850 plus every month from than. Good to know about the progress also handy if you are leaving closer for checking and stuff. I live in East atm will be moving to west soon. Another question not sure if I asked already but did you hire a seperate site inspector? If yes where from or if it's any good? . Color Appointment 7th April 2017 Tender Appointment 1st May 2017 Contract Appointment 15th May 2017 Electrical Appointment 15th May 2017 Building Marina Q1 Henley :-D Build Progress Re: Building Marina Q1 with Henley - South East Melbourne 33Feb 17, 2017 8:19 am afterashok sumitsharma17 Hi all We are building marina q1 too in west . Did anyone upgrade the appliances ? We are getting technika , but not sure about the quality . Got our color selection on 6th march. Building/ tender on 7th april Electrical 27th april. We chose cruise facade . Deluxe electrical package . Standard ceiling height 2540mt Anyone did anychanges to butler pantry ? Great to see more people building marina q1 😊😊😊😊 Congrats sumit on building Marina q1. I upgraded to smeg appliances for now cost was about 1000 to upgrade range hood oven and dishwasher. I was told smeg is better good Italian brand saw good reviews online. My main concern was to only upgrade dishwasher. As technical over i wasnt think was bad and from my perspective oven doesn't have many functions just looks and burn gas. But dishwasher I needed a better one that works. For now included everything in the list, at tender I may cancel a few. Like cancel dishwasher get credit back of 500 and perhaps buy something Japanese lg Samsung for 800ish outside. Do upgrade the range hood to smeg I think it's $75 or $79 with a bigger motor. If you don't mind me asking what estate you are building in? I am building in West in heartlands tarneit. Hi afterashok Thanks . We are building in truganina . Building Marina Q1 with Henley - South East Melbourne 34Feb 17, 2017 4:31 pm Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Site cut happened today! Just a bit excited!! As for the private inspector aftershok, I haven't hired one. I took Henley up on their option of using their inspector. I was in two minds about this but I have two friends building who are using Darbecca and one has had heaps of issues which were overlooked and the other said the issues that were reported were silly things. They said it was like they just needed to fill a report. So it is the luck of your draw I guess. I have family tradies monitoring it so I'm not too worried but if I didnt have them, I may have opted for an inspector. Re: Building Marina Q1 with Henley - South East Melbourne 35Feb 17, 2017 5:37 pm sarzaaa88 Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Site cut happened today! Just a bit excited!! As for the private inspector aftershok, I haven't hired one. I took Henley up on their option of using their inspector. I was in two minds about this but I have two friends building who are using Darbecca and one has had heaps of issues which were overlooked and the other said the issues that were reported were silly things. They said it was like they just needed to fill a report. So it is the luck of your draw I guess. I have family tradies monitoring it so I'm not too worried but if I didnt have them, I may have opted for an inspector. Very exiting! Looking forward to watching your build Re: Building Marina Q1 with Henley - South East Melbourne 36Feb 17, 2017 9:33 pm sarzaaa88 Afterashok - I don't really know what the costing is for the raddison so if it isn't too much money and it's within your budget then get them to do it. That's a bugger about the land titles. Hopefully it's soon! Lucky you still have all your admin to do as that will prob take you a good 2-3 months to get through by the time you have your 3 appointments and then they apply for permits/star. Like you said, more time to save No problems at all. Yeah post the list when you decide on upgrades. Yes, finally progress for me. Got my call today from my construction admin. Temp fence went up today and site cut is happening on Monday. The electrical and plumbing Wed-Friday with the slab being poured 1st March yeah I live close so I check everyday on my way home from work. Sumitsharma17 - Congrats on your build! Yes I have 900mm smeg appliances which came in the kitchen promotion. I didn't like the smeg oven though, so I have the provision for two 600mm double ovens and I have bought Electrolux ovens which will be installed at settlement. I've heard both good and bad about technika so it really depends on what you like and budget. I went to good guys when I was looking and they were helpful. They explained the features of all the appliances. They have technika on display too. How exciting with all your appointments fast approaching! Do you have any ideas on colours? No, I left the builders pantry as standard. I want to see just how much storage I have once I move in. I would like to put a bench in there at a later date though Hi sarzaa Havnt really decided on colors yet . We may go for grey and whites. We ll upgrade the appliances to smeg. We ll go to cosham this monday and get some pictures and sample . Re: Building Marina Q1 with Henley - South East Melbourne 37Feb 17, 2017 9:46 pm sarzaaa88 That's strange about the voucher. It wasn't a promotion as I got the "Style up kitchen promotion" plus the voucher. I read about the voucher on this forum from someone else the year prior. Nice upgrades. Yeah I found most things in Cat 1 were great too. If your stuck with colours have a look on pininterest. So many different styles and looks. I took photos into my colour appointment and they matched everything pretty easily. I was out in 2.5hours lol. I definitely recommend taking the time out to look at bricks on finished houses though. They vary so much and can't be changed later on. Maybe send us some pics and we can help you? I know I searched google images and these forums for weeks! Double glazing of the whole house came in at $900. It did help but was not the only factor. So many things make up the 6 star energy. No, I didn't put the alfresco on it. I am having my undercover area designed away from the house as I plan to put a pool in at a later date. As for flooring, I am doing them after handover. I have gone with Timber look porcelain tiles for main areas, hallways and carpet for bedrooms/theatre etc. With the facade, I went with the Barkley. Its one of the free facades. I loved the corner big window to the master bedroom. What have you chosen? I'm building in Cranbourne in the South East Suburbs They said they were starting tomorrow so fingers crossed. Typical the rain started yesterday and is expected till Wednesday lol Hi sarzaaa88 How come double glazed window for whole house , only $900 .its hard to beleive for me . Porter davis quoted $6800 to a friend of mine for whole house double glazed window (25 square house). Sorry for questioning , just very curious . As we would like to have double glazed window . Re: Building Marina Q1 with Henley - South East Melbourne 39Feb 18, 2017 12:59 pm Thanks sarzaa for helping . Henleys do offer best value in terms of inclusions . Re: Building Marina Q1 with Henley - South East Melbourne 40Feb 21, 2017 12:40 pm sarzaaa88 Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Site cut happened today! Just a bit excited!! As for the private inspector aftershok, I haven't hired one. I took Henley up on their option of using their inspector. I was in two minds about this but I have two friends building who are using Darbecca and one has had heaps of issues which were overlooked and the other said the issues that were reported were silly things. They said it was like they just needed to fill a report. So it is the luck of your draw I guess. I have family tradies monitoring it so I'm not too worried but if I didnt have them, I may have opted for an inspector. Excellent, good to see progress. Mush have had the slab pour by now. I got pre-site administrator assigned to me now. Looking for a color appointment soon. However is you build going further ? Color Appointment 7th April 2017 Tender Appointment 1st May 2017 Contract Appointment 15th May 2017 Electrical Appointment 15th May 2017 Building Marina Q1 Henley :-D Build Progress Keen to hear from people in the area who have got KDRB done on whom they got the build from? Looking for recommendations. 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