Building A New House

ESB

22 July 2010

A question for all those who have built before :-)

Thanks for your replies. I'll speak to the builder about including these items, but he works it all if I source my own items and see what he says. If he's happy to…

mummamichelle

16 July 2010

Plantation homes sunshine coast

I am building with PH in North Brisbane. You can check out my thread or my building blog for any information that I have posted there. Our experience so far is mostly…

cory

12 July 2010

anyone built or building with GJ Gardner Logan

Hi everyone, This is my first post. Have anyone built or building with GJ Gardner Logan? What is ur experience with them?

chezza

10 July 2010

Thinking of building a Coral home at Woodlands, QLD

We have just finished building with Coral in Newcastle and would recommend them to anyone...110%+++++

OMG

6 July 2010

Corals Heron 251 - fingers crossed this can be fixed 06/07

Waiting waiting waiting - for someone to call us & let us know if the cupboards can be fixed! Problem 1: seems this part of our tender letters was left out of the plans &…

ESB

5 July 2010

Buying land in Coral Cove ... conditions of sale???

That's frustrating zeitgeber! I'm lucky up here at the moment, nothing is selling, so I've got time on my side and hopefully the agents will be more open to the soil test…

Lex

4 July 2010

Termite protection Termi mesh and treated pine.

We had a choice - either some physical barrier like Termi Mesh / Gravel or the chemical system (apparently can't have both, which is what we were hoping for). We were told…

bekg

1 July 2010

Adenbrook? Garth Chapman? Flood zone build!

Thanks! Good to know there are options! Adenbrook have promised to reply tomorrow so I'll let you know what they suggest. A quick search on this forum has found vast…

Durnania

30 June 2010

Building on the Sunshine Coast

Thanks for the feedback. Ok so I need to be patient and have more realistic expectations. Shelby75, if you could pm the details of where your neighbour is building a…

Dan-

28 June 2010

My first build - BBC Homes QLD

Some new photos are up in my link http://bbcdansbuild.blogspot.com/ getting close now kitchen is mostly in, bathrooms mostly in also. The timber deck has been built…

2pais

28 June 2010

Foothpath removal

Hi Do we need council approval in queensland to remove the footpath to build a driveway? My concreter says its not necessary as it will delay things but others say that…

2pais

27 June 2010

Move in

Thanks for the info. Very helpful Renee.

dreamermeg

25 June 2010

architect fees and recommendations

We have one 'custom' plan from one builder(project style) but we also have our own ideas now for how we would like the house to fit on the block. It would be more split…

Raleighfarm

24 June 2010

New Home Build - Ctrl Qld - Pics added. Updated 24/06/10

Great pics, very exciting.

ConfusedAnna

24 June 2010

QLD Brentwood Rise, Soil Testing and Builder advice required

Thank you all for your helpful advice... I have used the advice and have put it into practice asking the solcitor to write into the contact negotiations, such as…

StartingOut

21 June 2010

About to build our first home - budget considerations

It's been a mixed experience so far! I've sent you a PM with more details.

emlet01

9 June 2010

Building our home

House looks great! Good luck for handover tomorrow. We are building a Flair too (the one that is based on the Catena), IF our house ever sells and we can start…

silver girl

8 June 2010

Studio M M3tricon Brisbane

Can anyone tell me where Studio M is in Robina? We're about to sign to build a Riva and want to start thinking about colours/choices. I've read that the public can only…

tsurf

6 June 2010

Building with Indigo Homes

My mate works for them (Indigo). He reckons they're not bad. I have seen their display at the old Springfield Lakes display and it was quite nice.

poppamatic

26 May 2010

Ownit Homes - our experience thus far....

Hi bradgan Are you building with Ownit Homes too? How is your experience so far? Hope you're enjoying the building process.

emlet01

24 May 2010

Building at Teviot Downs, New Beith (near Brisbane)

Thanks Roadkill, really appreciate it. Guess what - we got a contract on our house on the weekend!!! Fingers crossed it all goes through. Now we can start really…

ritat

21 May 2010

New Family Home - Forest Park - Plantation Homes - SLAB!!!!!

Hi Andrew, surprised you were told to remove the dirt. Ours was cut from side and fill on another and they still had about 1.5m high pile left then it disappeared one…

Greenhaven

17 May 2010

Hallmark Homes - East Brisbane

Thanks everyone. Northbound, we do love the Hallmark built homes. They are built really well, the design just works and they are great value. We basically are getting a…

nathanbudde

16 May 2010

3D Visualizations! Can this be useful to new home builders?

I checked into it mate…

Scale

11 May 2010

Building in Bundaberg ... all suggestions or ideas welcome!

No problem with the reply, Yes ive been through a display of Jubilee Homes would have been worth of 500k thou.Very nice but no to sure on prices for the average family…

Deemaree

10 May 2010

Upgrades - What did you wish you had put in ?

Rowena- I had them put in a shower niche when we were at ColourWorld, same with fridge space and if you want those…

noddyninja

6 May 2010

Free dirt from Underwood,QLD - requires excavating

Hi, I have quite a bit of excess dirt to remove from the front of my house after my house build. I don't know the exact amount, but I was told it would take a couple of…

walker79

5 May 2010

Building new home

Hi JUKAT, Welcome to Homeone I can't give you any feedback on Clarendon but if you do a search on here you'll find there is definitely a few others building with them…

ozsurf

25 April 2010

Newbies building in The Observatory - Gold Coast

Hi We moved into our new place at the Observatory a week ago. Our neighbour has just started their pool and hit rock about 400mm down. The…

mpcj

25 April 2010

Can someone please help with block orientation

Hi, new to the forum & am very interested in the Denver o our 1acre block on the sunshine coast. Didn't even know they built such large homes. …

seast

19 April 2010

Acreage Building - New Beith (near Spring Mountain)

Hi all - i am a new user to this forum - found some great info!! We are currently building a Jasper house on an acreage at Teviot Downs, New…

trenty

19 April 2010

Our home at the observatory - Done

tpin70

18 April 2010

Master Builder contract: Brisbane solicitor recommendations

Hi alfabeta. i've already pm'd you about something different. Stay away from the MBA/BSA contracts. They are designed to…

Living the dream

14 April 2010

Any one building with Adenbrook or in Brightwater?

Hi We have bought a block of land in Brightwater on the Sunshine Coast & are building a home with Adenbrook. I would love to hear of others experiences!

Beanie15

12 April 2010

Wide frontage home gold coast

Thanks Tsurf, when ever you get a chance to, that would be great! Im sure it never hurts to drop in a mention of a past client : )

take2

12 April 2010

Floor height (Qld Hope Island)

I am not sure of the minimun hieght but I do remember that the pest controller gave me some advice when I told him I was building on stumps, which was make it aleast hiegh…

Hels

12 April 2010

Know of any good, affordable builders on the Gold Coast ?

We built with Coral Homes on the GC too, they were very affordable at the time but it was 10 years ago. Lots of members on the forum are building/have built with them too…

matt56

2 April 2010

Any Plantation Arena Bk1 owers here?

Hello We are building at Parkwood Estate in Heathwood.

ebyelyakov

30 March 2010

Considering submitting an offer on a block, but it's sloping

We were thinking about a slopping block but after talking to builders we understood that a block slopping by a…

stmz64

26 March 2010

Service Duct Locations

Hi All, I am currently in the process of building an individually designed residential home in SE QLD. The design was done by the building company's own designer. This…

TheBreezies

14 March 2010

Our New Home - But the Contract...

Considering the amount of time we've got we are taking our time. We are still weighing up major builders but our main focus, considering the size of the investment (which…

Echo

11 March 2010

Living on site.. a blessing or a curse??

Living 500 meters away from the block and own a dog so walk there every day. ( Dog will never get lost when we move in, probably wonders why we keep going to this sandy…

southlee

9 March 2010

Recommendation of Builder in Brisbane

Hello all, We are building a new home in the Redlands area in Brisbane and have currently given our plans to two different builders for quotes, both have come highly…

jfinau

9 March 2010

Recommend - European House Design Builders?

Hi euro33, Check out these guys www.cjdh.com.au http://www.masterplanbuilders.com.au http://www.engleharthomes.com.au/ all the best

Cob79

8 March 2010

THATS IT WE'RE DONE!!! MellyBuilding PICS!!!!!!

Hi Mellybuilding, were you happy with the end result? Were the finishes high quality and you have had no issues?? We want to go with Clarendon but we are worried about…

dadandsue

4 March 2010

Our Custom Lander Home

Congratulations. Nice to see somebody is making progress!!!

heathers

3 March 2010

Custom build Sunshine Coast Qld

Hi, did you find any information on Ausmar? My husband and I are thinking of doing the same thing - we have been to every display village in South East Queensland. We love…

Fred Smith

3 March 2010

Opinions on Dixon homes (Tamawood) and Hallmark please??

The above mentioned builders are large volume / project type builders who rely on building hundreds of houses a year to: a) Get good buying power to make them a larger…

gurlistar

24 February 2010

Kitchen position in new house

That's great Paul! We still get confused looks when we try to describe it. A lot of people have problems visualising something that is different to the norm. But when they…