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17 February 2016

Re: How Long Has Your Process Taken?General Discussion

Feb 17, 2016 1:07 am

I think cases like these are where waiting for land titles can turn out to be a good thing, at least in terms of reducing time spent paying both rent and mortgage. While it does mean more rent overall it is less painful than trying to pay them together. I signed for my land and with my builder back ...

I think cases like these are where waiting for land titles can turn out to be a good thing, at least in terms of reducin...

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oduen

15 February 2016

Re: Modified Elwood (Celebration Homes) in Mason Green EstatBuilding A New House

Feb 15, 2016 4:46 pm

Siteworks started! Footings scheduled for Wednesday 17th with the slab to follow 1 or 2 days after. http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j53/oduen/20160215_103642_zpsqazbtqcl.jpg

Siteworks started! Footings scheduled for Wednesday 17th with the slab to follow 1 or 2 days after. Link

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15 February 2016

Re: Modified Elwood (Celebration Homes) in Mason Green EstatBuilding A New House

Feb 15, 2016 3:48 am

Hi oduen, We have a block in stage 3 so still waiting on that, feels like years ago when we signed up. They are saying construction should be finished in April so titles in April/May so fingers crossed for us. Great to see stage 2 titles have come through for you! If you have been through the estat...

Great to see a fellow Mason Green builder on here! The waiting was a real pain, especially since I was expecting them b...

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oduen

2 February 2016

Re: Modified Elwood (Celebration Homes) in Mason Green EstatBuilding A New House

Feb 02, 2016 8:40 pm

Land settlement happened today! I also received my building permit yesterday. The builder has informed me that I will be entering scheduling on Friday. I can't wait to see stuff happening at the site! Hopefully scheduling is quick. It has been fun watching the stage one houses starting to go up :D

Land settlement happened today! I also received my building permit yesterday. The builder has informed me that I will be...

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oduen

26 January 2016

Re: Extra costs in building from a display type home.Building A New House

Jan 26, 2016 7:16 pm

Hi Oduen, Thanks for sharing, I am near to your additional cost. Who is your vendor builder? Regards, Navylion I am building with Celebration Homes. Not a lot needed to be upgraded as they have pretty good standard inclusions. The fixed site costs help too.

I am building with Celebration Homes. Not a lot needed to be upgraded as they have pretty good standard inclusions. The...

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oduen

26 January 2016

Re: Extra costs in building from a display type home.Building A New House

Jan 26, 2016 7:00 pm

$183.5k base price. Final cost after pre-start is $220k. So about 20% over base. This included a 1m extension to the length of the house that added around $8k. Site costs fixed at $7.8k. This doesn't include internal painting, air conditioning, landscaping, window treatments etc. but does include fl...

$183.5k base price. Final cost after pre-start is $220k. So about 20% over base. This included a 1m extension to the len...

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oduen

21 January 2016

Re: Modified Elwood (Celebration Homes) in Mason Green EstatBuilding A New House

Jan 21, 2016 8:11 pm

Hi Odeun I have been eagerly reading your posts. We are also building with Celebrations but in Landsdale. Just about to sign our final contracts and prestart next month. Hope all goes well :-) Good luck with your build! :) Celebrations have been good so far. I am in Stage 2 of my estate and I went ...

Good luck with your build! Celebrations have been good so far. I am in Stage 2 of my estate and I went down over the we...

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oduen

20 January 2016

Re: Modified Elwood (Celebration Homes) in Mason Green EstatBuilding A New House

Jan 20, 2016 12:39 am

A couple of photos of the block (and the drain that caused me to flip my house around) - http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j53/oduen/20160117_145157_zpszwsxzswm.jpg http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j53/oduen/20151206_160330_zpskszleox7.jpg http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j53/oduen/20151206_160239...

A couple of photos of the block (and the drain that caused me to flip my house around) - Link Link Link

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oduen

14 January 2016

Re: Modified Elwood (Celebration Homes) in Mason Green EstatBuilding A New House

Jan 14, 2016 8:59 pm

Small update - Titles were originally due in November 2015 but were pushed out a few times. They were finally released on January 12, 2016 and land settlement is currently scheduled for February 2. The next step is to get ready for that and sign the title documents and final mortgage documents. The ...

Small update - Titles were originally due in November 2015 but were pushed out a few times. They were finally released o...

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oduen

21 September 2015

Re: Modified Elwood (Celebration Homes) in Mason Green EstatBuilding A New House

Sep 21, 2015 11:41 pm

I was in crosbys on the weekend having been told abt the trades and was surprised at how much tiles there are! Freaking out now whether to reschedule my prestart from later this week till next week to give me this weekend to choose the bathroom tiling and all the benchtops and cabinetry laminate......

I didn't end up going to any of the trades. I kind of left it all last minute as I wasn't super concerned with the colo...

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17 September 2015

Re: Modified Elwood (Celebration Homes) in Mason Green EstatBuilding A New House

Sep 17, 2015 11:45 pm

I like your post-handover list of items - pretty much similar to me. I never thought about doing the doors myself after handover though and just doing a frame! Is it easy to just leave the door frame in and hassle free to get someone to chuck in two x 720s doors after that? My threatre was also ope...

I definitely wanted it closed in. Once I have doors on I will also have blockout blinds to keep the room as dark as pos...

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oduen

16 September 2015

Re: Modified Elwood (Celebration Homes) in Mason Green EstatBuilding A New House

Sep 16, 2015 11:34 pm

He didn't say anything about junction boxes just removing the light. Yeh wouldn't of made much difference I guess. They include light covers don't they? I haven't checked. Are you getting dark grout for the kitchen splashback? good idea for large dark tiles. Less grout. We are looking up alternativ...

Yeah, junction boxes include everything except the actual bayonet in the ceiling. Apparently my splashback grout is Gun...

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oduen

14 September 2015

Re: Modified Elwood (Celebration Homes) in Mason Green EstatBuilding A New House

Sep 14, 2015 10:54 pm

Our sales guy told us that you get $30 credit for each light taken out. Ah that's a bit of a wait, at least you got the prestart over and done with. Will be stalking your thread :) Darn, wish I had known that. Is that to remove it entirely or to replace with a junction box? Junction boxes cost $25,...

Darn, wish I had known that. Is that to remove it entirely or to replace with a junction box? Junction boxes cost $25, ...

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oduen

13 September 2015

Re: Modified Elwood (Celebration Homes) in Mason Green EstatBuilding A New House

Sep 13, 2015 8:10 pm

Thanks for the lighting tip. The price difference is significant. We will do it externally because we want at least a couple of downlights for the entry, livng, cinema, kitchen. Good idea to leave them in then and redo later if there's no credit to removing the lighting points. How's it progressing...

I think some builders do give a credit but my sales guy said Celebrations didn't. He might have been wrong though. I di...

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oduen

12 September 2015

Re: Urgent bankwest construction loan qHome Finance

Sep 12, 2015 2:45 am

My construction loan is with bankwest and I heard about the minimum fit-out stuff but in the end I didn't need to provide any quotes. I am not sure if this is just because of the broker I went through or because I am an existing bankwest customer and they can easily see my accounts and that I have e...

My construction loan is with bankwest and I heard about the minimum fit-out stuff but in the end I didn't need to provid...

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oduen

2 September 2015

Re: Modified Elwood (Celebration Homes) in Mason Green EstatBuilding A New House

Sep 02, 2015 12:45 am

^ we are building in banjup. That's where one of their display homes are. Holy crap I could imagine the panic if you had to pick it all within a week. You had a light plan done externally? My friends are using external contractors for lighting. Are you doing the same? Ah Calleya. The display there ...

Ah Calleya. The display there is the Portman which is what I based my colours on. Yeah, a friend had used an external l...

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oduen

1 September 2015

Re: Electricals - am i on right path?Building A New House

Sep 01, 2015 12:13 am

Brief response as I have to go out, will reply rest later. Isn't the light switches indicated by the dotted lines from the JB's to wall? in ensuite and alfresco lights, I thought th eensuite light is right at the door opening? The alfresco light is on the left wall side as the TV is meant to be bet...

On your plan it looks like the ensuite switch is over near the toilet door, instead of next to the door into the ensuit...

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oduen

31 August 2015

Re: Electricals - am i on right path?Building A New House

Aug 31, 2015 8:32 pm

A few of those light switch placements seem a little odd, such as the Ensuite and the Garage. Perhaps they should be closer to the door?

A few of those light switch placements seem a little odd, such as the Ensuite and the Garage. Perhaps they should be clo...

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31 August 2015

Re: Electricals - am i on right path?Building A New House

Aug 31, 2015 1:03 am

That sounds about right. I think each Junction Box connects back to 1 switch, so if you want 2 sets of lights in the kitchen (some downlights, and pendants over the island) you need two Junction Boxes. I went to a lighting company before my pre-start and had a plan made up letting me know exactly wh...

That sounds about right. I think each Junction Box connects back to 1 switch, so if you want 2 sets of lights in the kit...

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oduen

18 August 2015

Re: Electrical Spend on a New BuildBuilding A New House

Aug 18, 2015 11:32 pm

My electrical spend at pre-start was $2400. This included 2 double GPOs to kitchen island, 12 other double GPOs, 1 waterproof double GPO, 1 upgrade from a double to a quad GPO, 6 waterproof external light points, 2 two-way switches, 2 junction boxes, and 7 25mm conduits. I felt the price was pretty ...

My electrical spend at pre-start was $2400. This included 2 double GPOs to kitchen island, 12 other double GPOs, 1 water...