Posts by ksutcliffe • Home Renovation & Building Forum

Re: looking at building new homeBuilding A New House

23 May 2008

May 23, 2008 12:26 pm

Hi All Just found this site and finding it very useful. Girlfriend and I are looking to buy land and building a new house. Currently looking at Land in Pakenham at Lakeside, Heritage Springs or Arena (in Officer) We have decided on the Charlton 290 house by Dennis Family homes. Just wanting some ad...

Hi Fredstar, We are also looking at buying land at Arena in Officer. Have a look at their website if you havent already...

Re: site costBuilding A New House

20 May 2008

May 20, 2008 8:44 am

My partner and myself have waited 3 months to get our site costings, on saturday we found out we travelled over to see our sales rep and we where excited to say the least, $44,900 later what was our dream home turned into the budget being blown right out. We where told that our block has a 3 meter ...

Hi Dame73 I would recommend the PD Access range also. Stanford and Paddington. Cheers

Re: Any first time home owners building?Building A New House

11 May 2008

May 11, 2008 4:05 pm

Hi all, I'm curious to know if there are many first home owners, who have decided to build their first home? For my wife and I, we had a long browse at existing homes, but concluded they weren't big enough, they needed to much work and were too expensive for what you were getting. Building also had...

Hi Michael, We are going to build a new home. Like the rest, to save on stamp duty and prefer to see my home from slab ...

9 May 2008

May 09, 2008 1:31 pm

Kat, Not too sure if the panels come painted. Im sure someone from Boral could give you some more info. To_do_list, You read my mind! :D We are planning to put a shelf at mid-point...gotta leave your VB somewhere close by, surely! :D :D Thanks again Pugsley :)

Thanks again Pugsley

9 May 2008

May 09, 2008 1:30 pm

Bunnings also sell (or at least did some time ago) a limited selection of ready made wall panels. Thanks Arc, would be great to get them already made! cheers kat

Thanks Arc, would be great to get them already made! cheers kat

Bi Fold DoorsWindows & Doors

9 May 2008

May 09, 2008 1:23 pm

Thanks for all the feedbacks everyone :) We are going to keep the bi-fold doors :) The promotion is too good to pass up! cheers kat

Thanks for all the feedbacks everyone We are going to keep the bi-fold doors The promotion is too good to pass up! cheer...

Bi Fold DoorsWindows & Doors

8 May 2008

May 08, 2008 2:43 pm

Hi just want to know whether it's worth getting bi fold doors. The house promotion includes the bi-fold doors but part of me is saying they're not too practical. Dont know how many times we would open them in summer and winter :cry: they look great and all but just in two minds about them. I was thi...

Hi just want to know whether it's worth getting bi fold doors. The house promotion includes the bi-fold doors but part o...

6 May 2008

May 06, 2008 10:38 am

Hi Ksutcliffe, Check out Borals wooden panels....they are stunning. Im planning on having them too in our Rumpus room, which i plan to convert into a Billards room with an old english pub theme! :D Great thanks very much :) I have requested a brochure online. They do look great! Can they come paint...

Great thanks very much I have requested a brochure online. They do look great! Can they come painted already if you ask...

5 May 2008

May 05, 2008 8:44 am

Hi Kat, They're just lining boards, very easy to put up yourself or get a chippy to do them. They can be secret nailed in, or use liquid nails. The boards in your picture look quite wide, and for that reason I'd suspect that they are some kind of composite material (mdf perhaps) or maybe even PVC. ...

Hi Justin, Thanks for the reply and the link, really appreciate it Great to hear it wont be too hard Cheers Kat

5 May 2008

May 05, 2008 8:42 am

They're just lining boards, very easy to put up yourself or get a chippy to do them. They can be secret nailed in, or use liquid nails. Here's some that were secret nailed in on another project of ours....it's basically pine lining T&G as Justin said on horizontal battens with a trimming piece....

Here's some that were secret nailed in on another project of ours....it's basically pine lining TG as Justin said on ho...

What can we expect from Porter Davis?Building A New House

2 May 2008

May 02, 2008 3:09 pm

We are building a Lifstyle Cremorne 41 at the moment, and have a unique perspective on PD in that we pulled the pin with them on the first build (which was a Hamilton 34), and then resigned with them a while later for a Lifestyle. Second time around we are very happy with the relationship, and the ...

Thanks so much for the advice, really appreciate it Glad to hear it worked out in the end for you. We were going to go ...

2 May 2008

May 02, 2008 2:23 pm

I think James Hardie do them as well. http://www.jameshardie.com.au great thanks for that Michelle :)

great thanks for that Michelle

2 May 2008

May 02, 2008 2:15 pm

so they put them in their displays, then wont provide them???? Thats helpful..... :roll: yeh you'd think they would hey! They have these panels on about 5 display homes we went and saw. We knew it was going to be an upgrade but didn't think we would need to do it ourselves! Would prefer it if they ...

yeh you'd think they would hey! They have these panels on about 5 display homes we went and saw. We knew it was going t...

2 May 2008

May 02, 2008 2:08 pm

http://www.gunnersens.com.au/products/building-products/timber/interior-lining.html Thanks for the link Al :) appreciate it :) Cheers Kat

Thanks for the link Al appreciate it Cheers Kat

2 May 2008

May 02, 2008 1:59 pm

yep they are so gorgeous maybe M&B sales? Hi Bec, Thanks for the reply :) Sorry to sound dumb, what does M & B stand for? Cheers Kat

Hi Bec, Thanks for the reply Sorry to sound dumb, what does M B stand for? Cheers Kat

2 May 2008

May 02, 2008 1:49 pm

Hi Just wanting to know where to get the wooden panels from. Really love the look. PD told us they couldn't do it and we would need to do it ourself. She said it would be pretty easy to do it yourself. Are they as easy as they look? Has anyone applied the same look in their house? http://i167.photob...

Hi Just wanting to know where to get the wooden panels from. Really love the look. PD told us they couldn't do it and we...

What can we expect from Porter Davis?Building A New House

2 May 2008

May 02, 2008 11:56 am

I'm sure if the customer service reps at the displays made commission on the upgrade as well, instead of just the base price of the house then you would probably see them push customers on the upgrades. Personally i like the non invasive approach. Our CSR did suggest a few upgrades, although they w...

hi, yeh totally agree with you there. we were happy with the consultants honesty when she said not to get the flooring ...

Negotiating with Porter DavisBuilding A New House

2 May 2008

May 02, 2008 11:47 am

We have had an issue with PD in the last few days about the height of a void, where the wording of the contract said one thing (not what we wanted) and the contract drawing was what we wanted and then the final drawing suddenly got changed to be not what we wanted and we signed it without noticing ...

hi, yeh it seems like they do go by what the contract says rather than the actual drawings. Will need to remember that ...

Negotiating with Porter DavisBuilding A New House

2 May 2008

May 02, 2008 11:44 am

You were lucky. A very similar thing happened to me when signing the tender (the drawings said one thing and the tender another). I ended up having to pay a post contract variation. They seem to value the written contract over the drawings every time - one would expect them to reflect the same thin...

With our promotion you get higher ceilings which we are happy about. by the sound of things we will need to keep a deta...