Our home.. The Caraway 175 from JG King

Really love the postings on this website. Thought of sharing my journey as well. We are building with JG King based on the Caraway 175 template in Central Park Craigieburn. There has been some modification whereby we moved the master bedroom to the rear, and have the study at the front. The building administration process has taken far too long (>6months) and at last, the start date has finally commenced on 15th June.

Some pics on the land

taken on 21st Dec after land settlement


taken on 15th May .. neighbours started building


taken on 14th June - machinery waiting for site start


nature strip protector .. loving it


looking from the opposite


Taken on 21st June - Site cut completed




Taken on 27th June - Pipes laid


Taken 3rd July - ready for the slab


Power box


Taken on 10th July - Frames completed


Garage


Entrance


Ryan examining his room


He loves his bathroom


Try out the "bathtub"


Alfesco view from the back


The site supervisor said that they will start laying bricks by next Tuesday and he told me that we might have a lockup by end of this month!!!

Anyway, will add more pics for u lads..

Congratulations on the start and frame it is looking good. Have you checked Wakeboardandy's thread, I think he built the same house as you.

All the best and keep us updated.

Thank you

hi alexl - good progress so far would love to see a floor plan

Has been following Wakeboardandy's thread. In fact, it has given me the motivation to start my own



here you go...



The master bedroom has been moved to the back and had the front replaced as a study. We have actually stolen a bit of room from the study and added them to bed 2 and 3. Also added a pantry between the meals and family, and decided to give ourselves a treat by putting an alfresco at the rear.

love your alterations i am personally a fan of the main bed being close to at least one of the minor beds - maybe i'm paranoid the kitchen looks very functional aswell

Just to share some of our color selections with you lads..
Roof tiles by Tudor - Baramundi color, bricks are from Selkirk (Macedon). Initially it was Musket Haze, but unfortunately it ran out of stock and the office gave us a free upgrade.


Garage door - Panelmasta Caprice on paperbark color


Paperbark for gutters, fascia, downpipes, flyscreens, aluminium windows...and more


Portico front render - Pinecone


Kitchen glass splashback - Sea Elephant


Double strip timber flooring by Cezanne for all beds and study - Northern box


Kitchen, bathroom and ensuite cupboards - Laminex flint finish - Espresso


except for 2 overhead above the rangehood - Laminex flint finish - classic beige
going a bit of artistic feel ..


Kitchen, bathroom and ensuite benchtop - Formica velour finish - French sandstone


Milkweed for all internal walls


Whitewash - internal woodworks


Tiles for the non wet areas - Luxe creme 330x330


Tiles for wet areas - Luxe Anthracite 330x330


Walls tiles for bathroom and ensuite - Gloss white wavy 200x300


Tile feature - Listello Crocodile Mangrove Grey


Till then.. will keep u lads updated

It was my wife's idea. We like the idea of having our room closer to the kids..

It has been a while since the last update, but no worries.. pictures has been taken occasionally in the background. Please enjoy these pictures

19th July - Preparing for brick laying
View from front portico with door frame installed. Loved the green covers


Looking to the lounge room with windows installed


Study room.. the power box can still be visible on the right


Master room


Living area


View from the rear, brick laying started




Bricks by Selkirk (Macedon)


July 25th, brick laying near completion




Agnes & Ryan inspecting the work








The phone line and fiber optic cable has been laid


That's all for now folks and till we meet again..

Congratulations.
Things appear to be coming together nicely. Looking forward to following your progress. .....he seems to love his bathtub! Cutie.

Thanks Rowena

looking good alex... I love your bricks.. we also got the free upgrade thanks to selkirk's problems.. but we certainly didn't complain and loved our new upgraded bricks.

we are loving our caraway at the moment.. especially my boutique theatre room!! lol..

anyway good luck with the rest of the build.. I'll be keeping an eye on this one..

Alex,

Are you on Corringa Way ? Because I think I've seen your house getting built.

We'll be building on the opposite side of the road

Love your theatre too

There were still heaps of left over bricks left on the site and have informed our SS that we are going to keep them. Thought of using them as the flooring to our shed.

sure is.. which lot are u on? Has they started building yet? There were 2 lots across our place that has started.

Hi Alex,

I knew it Yeah, neither of the lots are ours. We'll probably start building by the end of the month. The drawing has been sent to the developers, and let's hope it won't take long.

I'll let you know once we start the build. Your house looks great

Sorry for the late reply, hasn't got the chance update my posts. Has your house started building yet?

It is about time to add more pics.. and I am very sorry for the late updates.
Allrite.. this is going to be a long journey as there are heaps of updates tag along this thread..

2nd Aug, roof tiles arrived


Roof preparation for the big job in the following week


Brickworks all completed




Looking from the front



16th Aug, Roof tiling completed , I really loved the color


Front entrance Bricks washed.. looks sparkling clean


Insulation materials in the garage


The ugly side of the wall, eventually will be covered with plaster walls.. so who cares


Heating has been installed


Heating duct in the study


"The Matrix"


My son's fav


sewer


Alfresco


Loved those bricks


There were still water under the bath, I wonder is that going to be a problem later when they covered it with plaster... the SS says it is normal..


Support for the bath





Front entrance


24th Aug, view from the front


Finally our front door


Plaster walls all done


I guess it might be the manhole


2nd room


Hallway


Pantry


3rd room


30th Aug, Kitchen cabinets installed


Side view


Another angle




Plenty of cupboards




Ensuite


Bathroom cabinets


Skirtings all done




Fence was done, waiting for the neighbour to call


Hope it won't bored you guys. Probably next week will get more pics..
According to the SS, he will get the painters and renderers in next week Till then..

Watching this with interest now as I have started the process with JG King for a Caraway 165. Hopefully the admin is a bit quicker, as they are hoping to have contracts ready this time next month for the current stage of the grant

So much progress in a month, great to see.

Hi Richo, where are you building at? Yeah, it took us almost 6 months for the contracts to be ready. The fun part really starts when it is due for color and tiles selection... then the real build kicks in..

From most threads on this forum, JG King normally completes the build within 4 months.. which is marvelous. So sit tight and enjoy the ride.