Posts by baby_blonde409 • Home Renovation & Building Forum

baby_blonde409

Joined 26 October 2015

Gold Member

Send Message

Posts Topics

Go to page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ... 67 Next

Posts

baby_blonde409

26 October 2015

Building with coral homes - Manhattan 23Building A New House

Oct 26, 2015 5:24 am

Hi everyone :) I'm just new to this but can't wait to start sharing my house journey and getting idea and feedback. I'm currently building with coral homes and we have chosen the Manhattan 23 design. This is our first home so everything is very new to us but we are so excited!! We are building in or...

Hi everyone I'm just new to this but can't wait to start sharing my house journey and getting idea and feedback. I'm cur...

Read Post Like

baby_blonde409

26 October 2015

Re: Building our coral homes modified Casurina plan in OrmeaBuilding A New House

143

Oct 26, 2015 5:36 am

Yeah :) I'm on the other side of the development, near the bushland, but I'll be over your side pretty frequently to visit the dog park :) Hi ilaeria, we are building in ormeau ridge too :) balla balla crescent above the dog park :) !

Hi ilaeria, we are building in ormeau ridge too balla balla crescent above the dog park !

Read Post Like

baby_blonde409

26 October 2015

Re: Plantation Bronte, Ormeau Ridge QLD - Post-HandoverBuilding A New House

1472

Oct 26, 2015 9:13 am

Mum and Dad got here on Tuesday and love it as much as we do :) on Monday I purchased my first cushion...and then 2 more ;) I forgot to take pics of my guest rooms and now they're full of stuff! So I'll have to do pics later. We started painting the fence and it looks great even with only the first...

Looks amazing!! It really makes a difference with a painted fence - tying all your house colours in together. Congrats ...

Read Post Like

baby_blonde409

26 October 2015

Re: Another newie joiningBuilding A New House

Oct 26, 2015 9:38 am

Hi oldies ! I'm very excited to be following your journey as we are building the same design. Our land isn't ready until mid January (fingers crossed) then council approval etc so hopefully the build will be done mid June. Very exciting times!

Hi oldies ! I'm very excited to be following your journey as we are building the same design. Our land isn't ready until...

Read Post Like

baby_blonde409

26 October 2015

Re: Build Threads & Blogs for The Great South East (QLD)Building A New House

147

Oct 26, 2015 10:02 am

Hi We are building with coral homes , manhattan 23 design in ormeau ridge estate :)

Hi We are building with coral homes , manhattan 23 design in ormeau ridge estate

Read Post Like

baby_blonde409

26 October 2015

Re: Building with coral homes - Manhattan 23Building A New House

Oct 26, 2015 9:28 am

Hi baby-blonde, We are hopefully building a Manhattan 25 mark 2 in Camira Ipswich Qld. You will be ahead of us as we haven't even got our Tender back yet (November 20th. is our Tender date) It will be good to follow you and see what's ahead! How exciting ! We loved the Manhattan 25 mkII but it was ...

How exciting ! We loved the Manhattan 25 mkII but it was too big of a design for our house unfortunately so we had to c...

Read Post Like

baby_blonde409

26 October 2015

Re: Building our coral homes modified Casurina plan in OrmeaBuilding A New House

145

Oct 26, 2015 9:46 am

Hi ilaeria, we are building in ormeau ridge too balla balla crescent above the dog park ! Oh nice, you're over on Nic a...

Read Post Like

baby_blonde409

26 October 2015

Re: Plantation Bronte, Ormeau Ridge QLD - Post-HandoverBuilding A New House

1473

Oct 26, 2015 9:46 am

Looks amazing!! It really makes a difference with a painted fence - tying all your house colours in together. Congrats ...

Read Post Like

baby_blonde409

26 October 2015

Re: Building with coral homes - Manhattan 23Building A New House

Oct 26, 2015 10:05 am

Hi baby_blonde409. Congrat on your new build. I am about to chose design for my lot. And I liked the house u chose. We are changing few things....hope to share soon. I am from Sydney though good luck Hi :) It's a great design hey! I will be following your thread. Do you have land ready

Hi It's a great design hey! I will be following your thread. Do you have land ready

Read Post Like

baby_blonde409

26 October 2015

Re: Building with coral homes - Manhattan 23Building A New House

Oct 26, 2015 12:47 pm

Hi! If you thought the 25 was too big, what will you think of Hubby's modification, a 7m. by 7m. Pool Room tacked on the side for his full size pool table and entertainment area? We've inserted a hallway between Bed 2 and bathroom to access it. (Skylight in bathroom as no window now) We've also add...

I should say too big for our budget not for our liking. We wanted the bigger design haha. But the land to fit it on was...

Read Post Like

baby_blonde409

27 October 2015

Re: Building with coral homes - Manhattan 23Building A New House

Oct 26, 2015 11:52 pm

Am I missing anything ? We will sign contracts with coral homes in about 2 weeks even though our land isn't ready until January but I'm worried I'm missing out on some modifications to the house. Any ideas at all? All we have done is put a divot in the showers I stead of using a caddy as well as mad...

Am I missing anything ? We will sign contracts with coral homes in about 2 weeks even though our land isn't ready until ...

Read Post Like

baby_blonde409

27 October 2015

Re: Building with coral homes - Manhattan 23Building A New House

Oct 26, 2015 11:53 pm

We have also removed the study nook to allow bedroom 4 to be bigger in size. We will use bedroom 2 as the study / offic...

Read Post Like

baby_blonde409

27 October 2015

Re: Building with coral homes - Manhattan 23Building A New House

Oct 27, 2015 5:13 am

When you remove the study nook,is there still room to have a robe for bed 4 and a shallow storage cupboard or book case facing the hall where the nook was? Yes we are keeping the robe there for bedroom 4 :)

Yes we are keeping the robe there for bedroom 4

Read Post Like

baby_blonde409

27 October 2015

Re: Building with coral homes - Manhattan 23Building A New House

Oct 27, 2015 5:14 am

Or maybe widen the entry from the hallway into the family area? Or another idea would be to rotate the robe and study nook 90 degrees and have study nook chair in the kitchen? Would need to move the garage door possibly. I'd also have a think about the panty and laundry configuration. I'd probably ...

That is a good idea about rotating the study nook to face the kitchen /living area. I'll have to have a think about tha...

Read Post Like

baby_blonde409

27 October 2015

Re: Building with coral homes - Manhattan 23Building A New House

Oct 27, 2015 5:16 am

The door to the media room is a great idea how didn't I think about that. so many ideas to think about thanks !

Read Post Like

baby_blonde409

27 October 2015

Re: Build Threads & Blogs for The Great South East (QLD)Building A New House

149

Oct 27, 2015 6:03 am

Welcome :) The Manhattan 23 is a pretty nice plan. Have you got started yet? Hi :) Not yet, our land isn't ready until January unfortunately. So starting after that :)

Hi Not yet, our land isn't ready until January unfortunately. So starting after that

Read Post Like

baby_blonde409

27 October 2015

Re: Building with coral homes - Manhattan 23Building A New House

Oct 27, 2015 9:40 am

One change we are making is to have a broom cupboard in the space between the Dining and Bed 1 (backing onto the wall behind the En suite shower) We're shifting the Bed 1 door to be parallel to the Dining wall, if that makes sense. There wasn't a broom cupboard in this design and only one linen cup...

Did that cost you much do you know? I might try and add one in there too

Read Post Like

baby_blonde409

27 October 2015

Re: Building with coral homes - Manhattan 23Building A New House

Oct 27, 2015 9:57 am

Did that cost you much do you know? I might try and add one in there too We don't have our Tender yet so I can't accura...

Read Post Like

baby_blonde409

27 October 2015

Re: Building with coral homes - Manhattan 23Building A New House

Oct 27, 2015 11:33 am

Congrats and all the best for the whole experience in building. We are also building for the 1st time so it is quite a experience. I was thinking if you move laundry and pantry to the other side near the bed room 4 you can open space for dinning area. Just a thought !! Usually having laundry away f...

Hey thanks for the ideas! I have some good ones to think about. It might cost a bit more moving the laundry / pantry to...

Read Post Like

baby_blonde409

28 October 2015

Re: Building with coral homes - Manhattan 23Building A New House

Oct 28, 2015 12:23 pm

Hi :) Does anyone know how much roughly it was to put an extra power point (single or double) in? And also an extra ceiling light point? I'm just roughly going through my electrical plan today while I'm at home and probably will add in 10 extra lights and a few extra power points so wondered how muc...

Hi Does anyone know how much roughly it was to put an extra power point (single or double) in? And also an extra ceiling...