Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 2284Oct 25, 2011 12:59 pm Contract signed 20/8/11 DA submitted 9/9/11 DA approved 10/10/11 CC issued 23/11/11 Slab poured 10/02/12 Facade: http://www.newhomevisuals.com/clients/nhv085-2.jpg Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 2289Oct 30, 2011 9:43 am Click here to visit Our Blog PM email id for invites to our blog Building at The Ponds!!! Moving in 2012! Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 2290Nov 01, 2011 11:00 am Deposit: Jul11 Contract: 1/11/11 Colours/Electrical/Sentinel/Aircon: Nov11 CDC: Dec11 File on hold: Dec11-Jun12 Construction: Jul12 Lock-up: 14th Nov http://hometanamal.blogspot.com.au/ Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 2292Nov 02, 2011 7:19 pm Hi Susie We are building in Shell Cove and our plans took about 4 weeks in council. I went down to the block on the weekend and the excavator has been there and we have a gravel driveway. They are hoping to pour the concrete for the piers this week subject to the weather. Cathy Cathy Building Harmony Elite - Option B - Grande Resort Suite - Modified Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 2294Nov 06, 2011 4:56 pm Susie our plans took 8 weeks in council. Can anyone who's building has started please tell me how long it took Masterton to get the Construction certificate after your DA was approved? and once they got the CC, how long until they actually started building? Thanks heaps Novo Overture by Masterton Contracts 20/8/11 DA submitted 31/8/11 DA approved 27/10/11 Site scrape 30/1/12 Slab 6/3/12 Frame 21/3/12 Brickwork 24/4/12 Lockup 8/6/12 PCI & HANDOVER 27/7/12 Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 2295Nov 07, 2011 10:59 am Hey Guys, We've booked in for our Colour Selections next Monday 14th November - very excited! Does anyone have any tips for the day? Anything we should think about in advance? Thanks! Deposit: Jul11 Contract: 1/11/11 Colours/Electrical/Sentinel/Aircon: Nov11 CDC: Dec11 File on hold: Dec11-Jun12 Construction: Jul12 Lock-up: 14th Nov http://hometanamal.blogspot.com.au/ Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 2296Nov 08, 2011 12:23 pm We are booked in for the 17th. I have to say its ridiculous that you have to choose tiles and external colours beforehand. Tile Direct prices are about 30% above other stores as well. The Beresfiled store is hopeless, we have been there twice now and both times employees were able to help us with tile prices and ranges etc yet unable to do our actual selections as they claim they were too busy, yet we were the only ones in the store.
Novo did you chase up NCC for updates while your plans were with them or just leave them be. We have been in 2 weeks now and I'm wondering if I should hassle them. Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 2297Nov 08, 2011 12:55 pm Hi Manhattan 37 builder Just a few things about your colours appointment - if you are going to Warwick Farm to do colours, be prepared to be rushed through everything. I was exhausted by the end of the day because the consultant barely gives you time to think about anything and you don’t realise just how many choices you have to make. We were getting very frustrated with her by the end of the day because we could see that she was in such a hurry to get us out of there. Paint colour for walls - be aware that you can’t have plain white anywhere except the bathrooms. You get ONE colour for the entire house except the bathrooms which can be painted white. If you want a certain colour other than what they offer you on the day, you have to pay extra. They will offer a very limited range of Taubmans colours (which I think are from very old paint charts). We chose a colour that was as close to white as we could get that didn’t have a yellow or pink base. Remember, all of your timber trim will be painted a gloss version of the colour you chose. It is absolutely ridiculous that you can’t have white. We regret now not asking them how much of a credit we could get if they just did the whole house in undercoat so we could do our own painting. Internal paint colour was the last thing to choose and we had already substantially blown our budget on extras by that point. Kitchen cupboards - Baron Adler is no longer available – very disappointing to find this out on the day of our colour selection as this was our chosen finish for the kitchen and bathrooms. Bathroom sinks - are not the ones on display in their houses (the large square top mounted ones). Standard Mansion package now is the all in one (conventional vanity style). Staircase – I think the standard staircase is very ordinary. I would be prepared to pay at least $500.00 extra to upgrade. On the issue of Construction Certificates – we are one month out from council approval and still don’t have CC or final tender. Contract signed 20/8/11 DA submitted 9/9/11 DA approved 10/10/11 CC issued 23/11/11 Slab poured 10/02/12 Facade: http://www.newhomevisuals.com/clients/nhv085-2.jpg Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 2298Nov 08, 2011 1:33 pm Villina28 Hi Manhattan 37 builder Just a few things about your colours appointment - if you are going to Warwick Farm to do colours, be prepared to be rushed through everything. I was exhausted by the end of the day because the consultant barely gives you time to think about anything and you don’t realise just how many choices you have to make. We were getting very frustrated with her by the end of the day because we could see that she was in such a hurry to get us out of there. Paint colour for walls - be aware that you can’t have plain white anywhere except the bathrooms. You get ONE colour for the entire house except the bathrooms which can be painted white. If you want a certain colour other than what they offer you on the day, you have to pay extra. They will offer a very limited range of Taubmans colours (which I think are from very old paint charts). We chose a colour that was as close to white as we could get that didn’t have a yellow or pink base. Remember, all of your timber trim will be painted a gloss version of the colour you chose. It is absolutely ridiculous that you can’t have white. We regret now not asking them how much of a credit we could get if they just did the whole house in undercoat so we could do our own painting. Internal paint colour was the last thing to choose and we had already substantially blown our budget on extras by that point. Kitchen cupboards - Baron Adler is no longer available – very disappointing to find this out on the day of our colour selection as this was our chosen finish for the kitchen and bathrooms. Bathroom sinks - are not the ones on display in their houses (the large square top mounted ones). Standard Mansion package now is the all in one (conventional vanity style). Staircase – I think the standard staircase is very ordinary. I would be prepared to pay at least $500.00 extra to upgrade. On the issue of Construction Certificates – we are one month out from council approval and still don’t have CC or final tender. Thanks Villina 28 and squashedrex for your advice. We are doing our colours appointment at Warwick Farm and have been told that we will be there until just after lunch. We have allocated the whole day to it just in case. We haven't done much research or thinking so far but now from what you guys have said, maybe we should start having a quick think on rough colour schemes, etc. I guess we are hoping that we don't end up upgrading everything on the day (like what we did with the bricks/tiles!) given we already have the Mansion Package. Will let you guys know how it goes! Thanks again. Deposit: Jul11 Contract: 1/11/11 Colours/Electrical/Sentinel/Aircon: Nov11 CDC: Dec11 File on hold: Dec11-Jun12 Construction: Jul12 Lock-up: 14th Nov http://hometanamal.blogspot.com.au/ Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 2299Nov 09, 2011 2:23 pm I have got colors on Friday has any one got any tips. Also had the accent carpet appointment the other day and was surprised as to the cost I already had a price and thought when the girl rang that I would just go and see thinking that like the tiles they would be just to much price difference and I would do after hand And was surprised I always shop around for everything and found that the carpet price they gave me for a comparable carpet was actually cheaper. So I’m now thinking now of getting the carpet put on the tender. Does anyone know if they have the media room stuff at the colors appoint or when I do electrical ? Also have been reading a lot about the power thing I asked my sales guy and how it works they put the cable to the turrent/pole out the front of your house. If it is in your tender but have to have a accredited elect do the actual connection and install the meter as they have to take the serial numbers back to origin or whoever if you really shop around you could get it done for say 700 with the upgrade for the meter. Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 2300Nov 09, 2011 6:18 pm Hi Modded Accent Electrical is done separately to Colours (electrical contacted us after the colours appointment). Our tender includes everything to connect power (ie. 3-phase cable pole to supply network, provide site establishment/national metering fee and 8 metres of 3-phase underground service cable from pole to meter box but says “Meter box to be wired to suit single phase”. It cost us $480 (at electrical appointment) to upgrade the meter box to 3-phase (needed for air con). You do however do your media/cabling at Colours. We upgraded second phone cable to Ethernet cable which allows us to use our second phone point as an internet connection. We put this in the master bedroom which will give us internet connection for the TV in this room. This saved us $110.00 for data cable to this room. You only get 1 data point - each extra cable is $125.00, upgrading to Ethernet cable cost us $15 so we saved $110. Extra TV cables will cost $80 (2 provided in Mansion package) You will see there are tips from others posted on 8 Nov to help you at colours. Contract signed 20/8/11 DA submitted 9/9/11 DA approved 10/10/11 CC issued 23/11/11 Slab poured 10/02/12 Facade: http://www.newhomevisuals.com/clients/nhv085-2.jpg 4 16709 Hi, Apologies - I know there is plenty out there on this but struggling to put together the puzzle. We're planning our garage/external laundry to master bedroom and… 0 11096 Hi there! Putting the feelers out there for those who have (or almost) built with Arli homes! Interested in your experiences who've built from their stock home designs… 0 23467 |