BL- Coral - Grange 26 - Week 21 - its like a lottery

Hi Everyone

I have been stalking everyones threads for ages and figured I might as well start my own. Thanks to everyone on here for sharing ideas, experiences and other really helpful information. We are first time builders/ home owners building at Billys Lookout, Teralba, Newie. Our land doesn't register until Jan 2016. We have signed with Coral building one of their new designs Grange 26 and although I've read good and bad things about most builds on here we are hoping as Im sure everyone is that its mostly a good experience. My motto is "Expect the worst and then we can only be pleasantly suprised" Would love to know of any other Billy's Lookout builds on here as Stage 1 and 3 are up and running.

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Timeline:

27 July 2016: Deposit paid on land
22 Oct 2016: Deposit / Preliminary Agreement signed Coral Homes
22 Feb 2017: Land registered
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10 Mar 2017: Tile Appt/ Selections
11 Mar 2017: Contracts signed (with variations to come)
14 Mar 2017: We own some land!

31st Mar 2017: Colours Selection
11th April 2017: Electrical Appt online
Rest of April waiting .......
May waiting ...........
June (waiting on Coral regarding driveway placement (2 months) retaining wall (1month)
June spoke directly to Corals Private Certifier who are more than happy to request our retaining wall closer to boundary fence - when Coral have been telling us its not possible) - they also have told us they have only had our plans since June, Coral told us our plans were with them back at the end of April.
July waiting......
August waiting.........
26/09/17 Site cut and port loo !!!

Week One:
28/09/17 Piering & more fill over retaining
30/09/17 Retaining completed

Week Two:
3/10/17 plumbing /drainage fit out
6/10/17 slab frame up

Week Three:

12/10/17 slab pour
16/10/17 site clean up

Week Four:

18/10/17 coral signage up
20/10/17 frames & roof trusses delivered

Week Five:

24/10/17. Frames up
25/10/17 Roof trusses on

Week Six:

31/10/17 Scaffolding
1/11/17 Fascia and gutters on - tiles delivered
3/11/17 Sarking completed, Windows and Sliding Doors delivered
6/11/17 Roof started

Week Seven:

7/11/17 Roof completed
7/11/17 Bricks and cement delivered
8/11/17 House wrapped
9/11/17 Bricks started

Week Eight:

15/11/17 Bricks completed
15/11/17 Electrical rough
14/11/17 Internal plumbing
20/11/17 Frame inspection Coral & Private
20/11/7 plaster boards & cornices delivered

Week Nine:
23/11/17 Internal walls
25/11/17 Cornices
27/11/17 Bricks Acid washed

Week Ten:
30/11/17 Front rendered
30/11/17 Waterproofing
4/12/17 Indépendant Inspection


Week Eleven:
7/12/17 Front door on, internal doors hung, skirting carpeted areas and architraves completed
8/12/17 shelving Wardrobes and WIL completed

Week Twelve:
15/12/17 Wood Panelling Portico
15/12/17 Kitchen and Vanity cupboards delivered
18/12/17 Kitchen cupboards and all vanities in


Xmas Shut Down.....

Week Thirteen:
Bath and tiles wet areas delivered
16/01/18 Painting Started internal and external


Week Fourteen:
24/01/18 Wood area stained, and Eaves and render painted
27/01/18 Stone bench tops in

Week Fifteen:
29/01/18 Tiling commenced wet areas
30/01/18 Splash back tiled
1/02/18 painting completed

Week Sixteen:
nothing

Week Seventeen:
16/02/18 plumbing fitout, shower heads, taps and toilets in (laundry & kitchen not completed)

Week Eighteen:
19/02/18 Electrical fitout, all light switches, downlight, lights and fans in
20/02/18 IT bench in
22/02/18 Garage door raised

Week Nineteen:
2/03/18 Kitchen sink fitted in (stone cut)

Week Twenty:
















(garage door fitted / shower screens- Didn't happen)
proposed 6/03/18 Carpenter finish doors, handles final finishes (postponed until 12th March)
scheduled 7th House clean - NO CLEANING!!!!!!
8th & 10th March Laminate Flooring
12/03/18 Carpets laid

Week Twenty One:
13/03/18 Carpenters fitted skirting, door handles
13/03/18 Vanity mirrors fittted, Shower screens in, Wardrobe doors in
scheduled 15th flyscreens

Week Twenty Two:


23/03/18 garage door on

Week Twenty Three:
27/03/18 Fences down, site partially cleaned
28/03/18 Flyscreens on
House siliconed

Week Twenty Four:
plumbing near Garage finally fixed, toilet removed
5/4/18 Main Audit HO

WeekTwenty Five:

9/4/18 Pendants Hung, kitchen, dining, bedroom

Week Twenty Six:

Week Twenty Seven:

Week Twenty Eight: END OF CONTRACT 216 DAYS since build commenced!!!!!




Post Contract Variations (for our records)
#1 3/04/17
#2 1/06/17
#3 13/04/17
#4 3/05/17
#5 26/07/17
#6 17/08/17
#7 18/08/17


Facade: St Kilda





Roof: Bristle concrete Classic Profile: Gunmetal
Brick: PGH Foundations Stone
Mortar: off white / ironed
Gutters / Fascia: Basalt
Eaves: Surfmist
Main Render: Surfmist
Piers: Shale Grey
Portico Timber: Walnut
Garage Door: Seville profile Basalt
Front Door: XS26 1200mm walnut stain
Windows / Sliding doors: AGL surfmist
Alfresco Posts: walnut stain (upgrade)
Watertank: Dune
Down pipes / Electrical box / External Garage door: Natural Wool
Piers: Stacked Stone at a later date



Kitchen:


Benchtop: Caesarstone 20mm Fresh Concrete
Cabinetry: Laminex Ghostgum
Feature Shelf Island: Laminex sublime teak


Ensuite/Bathroom/Laundry




Benchtop: 40mm Caesarstone Osprey
Cabinets: Laminex Sublime Teak

Interior paint:




Walls: Dulux Highgate
Trims / Doors: Dulux white on white (aqua enamel)

Flooring:



Classic 1050 Laminate: Spotted Gum



Carpet: standard range grey(name??) with 10mm upgraded underlay



UPGRADES:

External

Provide brick infills above all external doors doors $570
Increase height of garage door $370
Trilock Entry door handle $418
Stained timber posts to Alfresco $200
upgrade roof tiles to Bristile "classic" (shingle profile) $761

Push out bedroom 3 to eaves and relocate robe to laundry wall $759
Increase length of house 500mm $2844
Increase Length of Alfresco by 3680mm $5211
Provide external door to garage $300
Entertainer stacker to dining room door $300
Increase size of Master bedroom Window from 18-09 to 18-15 $135
Decrease Ensuite window from 21-09 to 21-06 -$17
Change location, type and size of bedroom 3 window from 18-09 to 15-18 $-$60
Change size of bedroom 4 window from 18-12 to 15-18 -$231
Option "D" chosen for ensuite $2999
Timber look floor upgrade $2499
Supply Carpet $1499
Kitchen upgrades $0 earlybird promotion
Appliance upgrades $999
Ensuite upgrades $1999
Bathroom upgrades $1999
High Ceilings $2250
Street Appeal upgrade $499

INTERIOR

Kitchen:
upgrade to deluxe stone island $265
Increase Pantry size 500mm -$20
Shelves to island $407
Shelves to be timber laminate $199
Pot drawers, two banks of three $894
Bronze range drawer handle $108
Clark Quatro 1.75 sink $770
Phoenix Blix mixer $188
Delete pantry shelving
Relocate fridge space and increase to 1000mm
Add single LIN 1 door to pantry with translucent glass $329

Wet areas:

Chrome waste to laundry $233
Change linen in laundry to broom cupboard -$227
Provide built in cupboard under laundry sink and laminated bench top $492

Decrease ensuite to be in line with WIR
robe hooks x 2 in ensuite $78
Metal chrome shelf to shower in Ensuite $121
Hand towel rings to ensuite and bathroom $37ea
Woodgrain laminate to ensuite and bathroom vanities $118
900mm double towel rail in bathroom $16
Luna wall faced toilets
Posh Solus free standing bath $448

Other items

Flyscreens $704
Secure view to sliding doors $2725
Underlay 10mm $336


We also paid more for the laying of some of our wet area tiles due to rectified edges (feature wall tiles only)

Think this is everything but please feel free to ask or message if theres something you would like to know that I haven't included.




Week One: Piering








Retaining by us

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Week Two:

Plumbing



Slab frame up




Week three:

Slabbed and site clean up



Week Four:

Frames & roof trusses delivered Coral Signage up




Week Five: Frames and Roof Trusses up



Week Six: Scaffolding up gutters and fascias on, roof tiles delivered, sarking completed




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Week Seven: Roof tiles laid, bricks delivered


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Week Eight: Bricks completed and Electrical rough In

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Welcome looking forward to seeing your plans and choices, the exciting part

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Welcome!! Following along


GJ Gardner Modified Coolum 277
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Thank you. Exciting but terrifying

Thank you

Thanks Charlibear. Im sorry you are having delays, I love your choices though and your house design looks fantastic.

Thank you browndog
We will get there in the end


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GJ Gardner build beautiful homes, I looked at them here but the sales girl put me off and the price did too! lol. I feel so sorry when I see those of you having so many delays but you will definitely be in your new house before me if that makes you feel any better

Great to find somebody else that is building at Billys Lookout. We will be building a house in stage 4.

Your motto is similar to ours and I think it is the best atttitude to have with these projects.

Feel free to message me if you need any information, I am sure we could both benefit from a bit of information sharing along the way. We plan to start building around Jan/Feb time.

hello neighbour! Yaay there is another, I was beginning to wonder if we were the only ones from Billy's on here Do you have a build thread? Who are you building with? Sorry on ph & so I don't know how to private message will ask you more Qs when I get on Mac

Hooray, you started a thread!

Rickyblake - have you started a thread yet? I'm kind of a neighbour too

Just checked your plan online. Looks great! Which facade have you picked? Are your plans in Council yet? Have they questioned the "heritage" aspect at all during the process? My neighbour (also building in Billy's L) said they had nothing about heritage come up, yet a few streets away in the old part Council heritage officer was all over our job.

Hey cat yes started a thread but nothing to tell lol no no heritage stuff for BL as far as I know & the build a cure house def isn't heritage looking. We have chosen St Kilda facade. Not at council as land doesn't register until Jan /feb just finalizing contracts so prob early next year. We loved the design but have chosen option D which has IT hub & larger WIR & made the pantry bigger. How did your concreting go? My hubby got a quote yest & it was really good & they quoted the higher end of scale

Ah yes I'm so forgetful, you had already told me some of that.
Come on and hurry up Lands! Can you believe nothing in Bunderra has started building yet. Crazy as I'm sure it's all sold. Owners must be furious.

I'll check your option D online tomorrkw. Larger pantry and WIR certainly sound great!

Haven't progressed with concrete as looks like the patio roof will blow my budget and we're not as rich as I thought :/ dammit

Lol it all comes down to money doesn't it?

I know I feel so sorry for all of them, I heard it was due to the developer not having the drainage /stormwater right for council but not sure how correct that is? Went for a coffee at the flying spanner the other day the owners were really lovely, such a cute little area, soon to be bombarded with BL residents

Land registration isn't too far away!! Hopefully it registers on time!!

Are the alfresco doors in your plan corner less stackers?


GJ Gardner Modified Coolum 277
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I know Charlie it's exciting but scary all at the same time. Cornerless stackers are extra & we couldn't fit them into the budget with all the other upgrades we have widened the dining area, so our table fits and that sliding door is a triple slider. I'd upload pic but I don't know how lol [IMG]http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161214/a3a24dedf615263a8e8d0c4abefa810d.jpg[/IMG
Not sure if it worked but here's the design

We drive past there twice a day, often more, but never stopped- bad resident! There's always lots of cars around it. Glad to hear it was good.

We've used/still use the post office/newsagent (closed now), the chicken shop, butcher (which is great), servo and the bottle-o (maybe too much..). Once BL all opens we're hoping like mad for an IGA I'm also keen to see what effect it has on the Primary school as our kids will either go there or to a catholic school.

The St Kilda facade is lovely! Will you have a big front door like the one on their website? The website doesn't show option D. Will you post your final plan?