First home build with Dale Alcock in Aveley: Opinions please
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Your building looks very exciting! I am following your journey as we just purchased in Aveley and are looking at perhaps building with Dales.
Looking forward to following your journey.
Good luck with the bricks, hope they get laying soon!
Nicole
Your building looks very exciting! I am following your journey as we just purchased in Aveley and are looking at perhaps building with Dales.
Hi Nicole, welcome to the neighbourhood! We can't fault Dales so far, they've been great (knock on wood). Good luck finding the right house for your build.
In the meantime we have organised our timber floors - 140mm solid Jarrah floorboards and pre-primed skirting to be installed after handover.
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag10/pants_de_fancy/IMG_1921_zpscc8426b9.jpg
We're not sure about carpets but are currently leaning towards something like this in a neutral colour. Perhaps fourth from the bottom? Or third from the top?
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag10/pants_de_fancy/carpets_zps266e7411.jpg
And we've purchased the first item for our new home - a dining set for 8 people. I can't tell you happy this makes me!
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag10/pants_de_fancy/RD1815_zps249b49a2.jpg
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It probably sounds silly, but when The Boy and I moved in together we were struggling uni students. Everything we have in this crappy little apartment is second hand or has been donated by family and friends. Seriously, EVERYTHING. Our bed, fridge, microwave, couch, dining table and chairs, washing machine, toaster... even our cutlery. This is the first purchase that is really 'ours'. AND IT'S NEW!! It also means we can entertain 8 people. At the same time. Unreal.
I'm so excited for the life we are building together!
I also bought royal Doulton set for new house. 2 sets also to go with new 8 seater dining table haha. Mine is Royal Doulton Gordon Ramsey Grey Maze
Love the floors! We are hoping to have Spotted gum - who are you organising yours through? We have had a couple of quotes but not entirely happy as yet.
Like the carpet options too. Think 3rd from top my fav. We have dales doing our carpets only because it was included as part of package at the time.
Most of our nice new stuff we got as engagement presents, real crockery (not the cheap ones I've always had), nice cutlery and some good knives.
I love that crockery, they are so classic but also a little different, I love the bowls
Enjoy filling your house with lovely things!
Hi fancypants,
I was just reading through a bit of your thread. Wow we must have very similar tastes as a lot of what you picked we also did. We chose Vitesse 200% as our main render . Our kitchens are identical, osprey and polar white...and I too chose platinum micro as the bench top for my bathrooms...lol.
Congrats so far on your house. I agree your photos are beautiful .
I look forward to following your build. Mine is almost finished
I was just reading through a bit of your thread. Wow we must have very similar tastes as a lot of what you picked we also did. We chose Vitesse 200% as our main render . Our kitchens are identical, osprey and polar white...and I too chose platinum micro as the bench top for my bathrooms...lol.
Congrats so far on your house. I agree your photos are beautiful .
I look forward to following your build. Mine is almost finished
That's exactly my choices too!! We ended up going vitesse 100% main render, Lundy grey for portico. Kitchen osprey, polar white and ensuite bench top platinum micro! Would love to see some of your pics if you are nearing completion. Do you have a thread?
Fancypants - any deliveries to your block? Have you been given a start date for brickies as yet ?
Fantastic first purchase!!! Imagine the first dinner party in your new home
Love the floors! We are hoping to have Spotted gum - who are you organising yours through? We have had a couple of quotes but not entirely happy as yet.
Like the carpet options too. Think 3rd from top my fav. We have dales doing our carpets only because it was included as part of package at the time.
Love the floors! We are hoping to have Spotted gum - who are you organising yours through? We have had a couple of quotes but not entirely happy as yet.
Like the carpet options too. Think 3rd from top my fav. We have dales doing our carpets only because it was included as part of package at the time.
The same choices seem to continue Tbrown...we also are putting in spotted gum...are you my long lost twin?! Lol
We are getting ours through Wood Floor Warehouse...they are supply only...hubby is doing ours
Like all your choices FP. Can't go wrong with any of those carpet colours!!
We are getting ours through Wood Floor Warehouse...they are supply only...hubby is doing ours
Like all your choices FP. Can't go wrong with any of those carpet colours!![/quote]
I think I may be - or we both just have fabulous taste and style
Wish my hubby was that handy - would love to see some pics! Did you get my pm the other day with email address?
Fancypants - thanks I will go and check out direct flooring !
Our garage wall with the termimesh in place. The Boy took a scrap of it home out of curiosity. I think that stuff would make a superior tea strainer.
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag10/pants_de_fancy/IMG_2049_zpsc1f82be7.jpg
One of the alfresco pillars.
http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag10/pants_de_fancy/IMG_2044_zps7345825f.jpg
As our entire house is going to be rendered, our SS thinks the brickies will be done in two weeks. Walls! We're going to have walls!
So excited for you
This is great news that you didn't have to wait very long. Also great that they expect to go through this stage so quickly. I am thinking maybe we should've rendered our whole house. We did render the alfresco area too so hoping it doesn't look weird and patchy. We didn't even enquire how much extra the whole house would've been. If I remember the alfresco rendered was approx $1500?
32 weeks from slab well that will make us just 2 weeks after you if everything goes to plan. Roll on February!!!
I am thinking maybe we should've rendered our whole house. We did render the alfresco area too so hoping it doesn't look weird and patchy. We didn't even enquire how much extra the whole house would've been. If I remember the alfresco rendered was approx $1500?
Wow that's pricey. We're paying $1900 for two-colour render to the whole of the exterior on ours.
It only cost us $1300 to do the whole house! It may cost more to have someone do the rendering, but they build with cheaper bricks so overall the increase in cost is minimal and well worth it.
What!
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