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cloverlucy

17 July 2014

Re: Our Simonds Palisade in Geelong, VICBuilding A New House

Jul 17, 2014 7:38 am

Hi aRoba, We got the concrete paths done separately from the guilder, although we used their concreter and it was done when he did our driveway (we just had to sign a variation to allow it, but it was a no charge one). We got him to do the crossover, a garden shed slab and a coloured-through path al...

Hi aRoba, We got the concrete paths done separately from the guilder, although we used their concreter and it was done w...

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cloverlucy

16 July 2014

Re: Our Simonds Palisade in Geelong, VICBuilding A New House

Jul 16, 2014 9:48 pm

These are the 2 basins we had to choose from http://i.imgur.com/hMIk60z.jpg http://i.imgur.com/dHLuuCA.jpg

These are the 2 basins we had to choose from

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cloverlucy

16 July 2014

Re: Our Simonds Palisade in Geelong, VICBuilding A New House

Jul 16, 2014 9:37 pm

Roo, Here's our family room sliding door http://i.imgur.com/CVsnyZj.jpg Here's the one next to the kitchen: http://i.imgur.com/u72mIvz.jpg I don't think they make the space look smaller :D Meagan

Roo, Here's our family room sliding door Here's the one next to the kitchen: I don't think they make the space look smal...

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cloverlucy

15 July 2014

Re: Our Simonds Palisade in Geelong, VICBuilding A New House

Jul 15, 2014 8:48 pm

Hi Roo, I'll take some pics of the doors for you tomorrow. We had a choice of 2 basins (and baths) - square and round. I dont recall if there were any upgrade ones as we were happy with the round ones, however the choices may not be the same for you, as we did our gallery selections in melbourne and...

Hi Roo, I'll take some pics of the doors for you tomorrow. We had a choice of 2 basins (and baths) - square and round. I...

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cloverlucy

15 July 2014

Re: Our Simonds Palisade in Geelong, VICBuilding A New House

Jul 15, 2014 7:34 pm

Hi Roo, We moved the robe in bedroom 4 from the left hand side of the door opening to the right hand side so the door opens below it. We added a slider to the family room so we could close it off as that is also where our TV watching will be done. We added insulation in the wall between the family r...

Hi Roo, We moved the robe in bedroom 4 from the left hand side of the door opening to the right hand side so the door op...

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cloverlucy

14 July 2014

Re: Our Simonds Palisade in Geelong, VICBuilding A New House

Jul 14, 2014 10:13 pm

Hi all, Here are some pics! :D This is our land before we built on it: http://i.imgur.com/CTodzke.jpg Some selections: http://i.imgur.com/0ymELJf.jpg http://i.imgur.com/udFmJYx.jpg http://i.imgur.com/tUS463y.jpg Our hairy dog Rusty helped us choose the carpet that would camouflage his hair the best!...

Hi all, Here are some pics! This is our land before we built on it: Some selections: Our hairy dog Rusty helped us choos...

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cloverlucy

13 July 2014

Our Simonds Palisade in Geelong, VICBuilding A New House

Jul 13, 2014 10:57 am

Hi all, We have actually finished building (we got our keys on the 8th July) but I just wanted to post about our build because I have been reading this forum since April but never got around to posting about our own build. Yesterday we removed some yucky clay and spread out 22 cubic metres of loam i...

Hi all, We have actually finished building (we got our keys on the 8th July) but I just wanted to post about our build b...

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cloverlucy

13 July 2014

Re: Stamp Duty RefundBuilding A New House

Jul 13, 2014 10:42 am

Hi Ginaguevarra1965, Good luck with your build :) I joined homeone after we had already started building but I wish I had found it earlier. I have learnt heaps from this forum! cheers Meagan

Hi Ginaguevarra1965, Good luck with your build I joined homeone after we had already started building but I wish I had f...

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cloverlucy

8 July 2014

Re: Warralily estateBuilding A New House

Jul 08, 2014 8:20 am

Hi Sophie, We used Dan Dickinson for our concreting in Lara (I'm pretty sure he does all over Geelong though) and he did a really fantastic job. We got 1200mm paths all around our house as we have H class soil and he made sure the concrete was angled properly away from the house etc. Our site superv...

Hi Sophie, We used Dan Dickinson for our concreting in Lara (I'm pretty sure he does all over Geelong though) and he did...

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cloverlucy

7 July 2014

Re: Stamp Duty RefundBuilding A New House

Jul 07, 2014 7:51 pm

Hi, We're first home buyers in Vic too. We settled our land in Feb, and had to pay the full rate of stamp duty for our land purchase too. We were refunded the surplus amount after the first draw down of our construction loan (and also coincided with the FHOG being credited too, so I'm not sure if yo...

Hi, We're first home buyers in Vic too. We settled our land in Feb, and had to pay the full rate of stamp duty for our l...

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cloverlucy

28 June 2014

Re: Building stage inspections, will you spend the money or Owner Builder Forum

Jun 28, 2014 11:54 am

I would definitely recommend getting Branko for inspections. That was our build he is referring to, and like he said, it was only the cost of an upgrade to have him do all the inspections, and it gave us piece of mind to know that the house we spent a lot of money on was properly built. We let the b...

I would definitely recommend getting Branko for inspections. That was our build he is referring to, and like he said, it...

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