Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Plans! Custom sloping block KDR Melb north - bearers&joi 3Oct 01, 2015 10:05 pm Hi PVBUILD, posting to follow. Can I ask, did you pay to have an under ground electricity pit? Also just as a thought, your front /garage internal access your 2 points of entrances into yr house is quite a far distance from your pantry. Only pointing this out as I mainly do the grocery shopping at my pl and I would hate to be lugging heavy grocery bags from where your garage access to your pantry at the other end of the house? Just a thought to consider. Otherwise it's a lovely plan. Good luck with your build, we just finished a KDR ourselves(waffle pod slab). Re: Plans! Custom sloping block KDR Melb north - bearers&joi 4Oct 01, 2015 10:14 pm Thanks MezMaz. Yes, we'll have to have a pit sorted before we KDR, currently we're only in concept phase so guessing still 6+ months until KDR. You're not the first to point out the length of space to the kitchen / pantry, and initially we had the kitchen next to the laundry on the north side. However, that didn't make good use of the north light, and we really wanted the living use the north light and also make the best use of the backyard (which is literally unuseable at the moment). Another point was to keep the beds a reasonable amount of space away from the living. So that's the compromise I guess Re: Plans! Custom sloping block KDR Melb north - bearers&joi 5Oct 06, 2015 10:28 pm Nice plan! We are doing a KDR in Melbourne north-west. Our underground electrical put was $3,300 for 4 meters of cable. Jemena were very prompt with the installation. They provided a quote first. KDR Under the Flight Path - Dennis Family Homes (Hawkesdale) Re: Plans! Custom sloping block KDR Melb north - bearers&joi 6Oct 07, 2015 1:24 pm rondy Nice plan! We are doing a KDR in Melbourne north-west. Our underground electrical put was $3,300 for 4 meters of cable. Jemena were very prompt with the installation. They provided a quote first. Hi Rondy, that's interesting, as we too got a quote with Jemena and they charged us $3362.80 to be exact and we were quoted 18 metres of cabling, as the nearest power pole to us was across the road from our property. We also got Jemena to do the work and it was done in a timely matter and didn't hold us up. Why I was asking re:under ground pits for KDR scenarios, as I got some information from someone who's also doing a KDR in Melbourne and they believe you don't necessarily need to install an underground pit when doing KDR and thus saving themselves $3300 by not installing one. I have yet to speak with them and confirm what they did? Not a homeone member. Can anyone else clarify this point if your doing a KDR can you avoid cost of installing an underground pit and furthermore I heard some homeowners have been lucky enough they don't pay for their underground pit depending on the, area? Not sure how that works? Re: Plans! Custom sloping block KDR Melb north - bearers&joi 7Oct 07, 2015 4:54 pm MezMaz71 rondy Nice plan! We are doing a KDR in Melbourne north-west. Our underground electrical put was $3,300 for 4 meters of cable. Jemena were very prompt with the installation. They provided a quote first. Hi Rondy, that's interesting, as we too got a quote with Jemena and they charged us $3362.80 to be exact and we were quoted 18 metres of cabling, as the nearest power pole to us was across the road from our property. We also got Jemena to do the work and it was done in a timely matter and didn't hold us up. Why I was asking re:under ground pits for KDR scenarios, as I got some information from someone who's also doing a KDR in Melbourne and they believe you don't necessarily need to install an underground pit when doing KDR and thus saving themselves $3300 by not installing one. I have yet to speak with them and confirm what they did? Not a homeone member. Can anyone else clarify this point if your doing a KDR can you avoid cost of installing an underground pit and furthermore I heard some homeowners have been lucky enough they don't pay for their underground pit depending on the, area? Not sure how that works? We were required to do the underground pit by Henley as they won't connect to above ground power. I think it depends on the builder. KDR Under the Flight Path - Dennis Family Homes (Hawkesdale) Re: Plans! Custom sloping block KDR Melb north - bearers&joi 8Oct 07, 2015 6:48 pm Thanks Rondy, good to know. We haven't contacted our services companies yet, just too early but absolutely most builders we've talked to have said we'll need a pit. Do you have a plan Rondy? Love to see it Re: Plans! Custom sloping block KDR Melb north - bearers&joi 9Nov 18, 2015 12:27 pm Looking forward to seeing your build start pvbuild. I hope the preparation is all going smoothly Re: Plans! Custom sloping block KDR Melb north - bearers&joi 10Nov 18, 2015 12:50 pm Getting there, getting there... hoping to go to tender before Christmas, just working on final detailed drawings and engineers right now. See how we go! Would be nice to be out of the ground by Feb-ish next year. Having said that, we've waited 6 years to get to this point, so a few more months isn't that big a deal! Plans have changed a bit since the above too - kitchen is looking heaps better. Re: Plans! Custom sloping block KDR Melb north - bearers&joi 11Nov 18, 2015 5:26 pm Ahh nice! At least it's still progressing. Custom builds are the best but at the same time, they involve the most work. Plans! Custom sloping block KDR Melb north - bearers&joist 12Nov 19, 2015 12:25 am Not to mention you will find a slow down with work over Dec and Jan and may not be able to get quotes during that time. It all takes such patience! Custom knockdown rebuild Newcastle NSW viewtopic.php?t=78271 Re: Plans! Custom sloping block KDR Melb north - bearers&joi 13Nov 19, 2015 7:38 am Very true. Patience is the key. Re: Custom sloping block KDR Melb - Updated Plans! 15Dec 06, 2015 6:07 pm Nice plan PVbuild. Posting to follow, my favorite custom build on a slope! Custom build Northern NSW viewtopic.php?f=31&t=72217 Custom sloping block KDR Melb - Updated Plans! 17Dec 07, 2015 3:42 am The plans look awesome, you've got such a big deck and nice open plan area. One thing.. - Do you want/can you fit the dishwasher beside the sink? You've got got your own reasons for having it in the island I'm sure - probably closest to where you need to unstack them? I can just imagine a scenario where you have a pile of dishes to be rinsed and/or stacked, you'd need to turn around to pop them in.. Then again if you have your bins beside the dishwasher that kind of makes sense. Personally I put bin, sink, then dishwasher (scrape, rinse if needed, stack). You can then jam more drawers in your island then or use it for sitting on that side if you are so inclined. Depends if you want stacking or unpacking to be more convenient lol. Custom knockdown rebuild Newcastle NSW viewtopic.php?t=78271 Re: Custom sloping block KDR Melb - Updated Plans! 18Dec 07, 2015 9:33 am Hey Leksie, the dishwasher was originally under the sink to the left, however because the gap between the island & the wall is only 100cm, we thought it would probably be better placed just behind the sink so the walkway can still be used. Still uhming and arghing, the cabinetry doesn't have to be final yet for the kitchen so we still might move it. OH wants it in the island, I'd probably prefer it under the sink (he tends to spill a lot of water!). So we'll keep negotiating that point Re: Custom sloping block KDR Melb - Updated Plans! 19Dec 07, 2015 11:08 am PVBuild Hey Leksie, the dishwasher was originally under the sink to the left, however because the gap between the island & the wall is only 100cm, we thought it would probably be better placed just behind the sink so the walkway can still be used. Still uhming and arghing, the cabinetry doesn't have to be final yet for the kitchen so we still might move it. OH wants it in the island, I'd probably prefer it under the sink (he tends to spill a lot of water!). So we'll keep negotiating that point Ah yep I do remember reading that earlier in your thread.. Makes sense. Yeah it's tricky with a house people will always have different ideas Custom knockdown rebuild Newcastle NSW viewtopic.php?t=78271 Re: Custom sloping block KDR Melb - Updated Plans! 20Dec 08, 2015 4:28 pm Love your plans pv. The place looks so modern! Move your linen into laundry and access laundry from your present linen space 1 5726 Give Jonathan a call. Tell him you know me. He is in my opinion the best surveyor I have ever worked with. His number is 0425 285 622 All the best Simeon 3 9145 i did click it, still couldnt make it out rofl. in any case, doesnt look like too extreme a slope, you may be in luck. Just shoot out some emails to volume builders in… 3 14100 |