Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0

S-VE · Jan 30, 2016 4:23 pm

Rox82 - Wow that sure is waterfront! I'm sure you're aware that the lake is rising. Is that something you've taken into account with the new house ? We are building in Fletcher. Hubby and I both work in Lake Maq.

master house · Jan 30, 2016 4:35 pm

MGardz · Jan 30, 2016 7:06 pm

Ok sad to say but the workmanship of stuff done on our place is sub par. Roof is leaking now and eaves are all over the place.

Need your help on a good building inspector that m actually listened to and also who within m we escalate complaints. Who is the manager of all the SS and CCs? My husband was not happy one bit this arvo!

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S-VE · Jan 30, 2016 9:27 pm

Sorry can't help MGardz

it sucks you've got to deal with this BS being pregnant :/

We will be having at least 2 private inspections done. We are spending almost $800,000 on this house, a few thousand more is nothing. We have no idea about any building stuff and we wouldn't know what issues to look for.

Maybe PM that person who posted a few weeks ago about how they went about their complaint that ended up in fair trading.

S-VE · Jan 30, 2016 9:30 pm

Rox82 - have you owned the house that you're knocking down long ? I've always wondered how old and ran down a house would have to be for people to bulldoze it and start from scratch.

Villinaeliters · Jan 30, 2016 10:04 pm

Edmondss

Has anyone who has moved in noticed the sink seems to get rust marks on the rim? Seems strange for a brand new sink.

No, hasn't happened to us ....

master house · Jan 30, 2016 10:36 pm

MGardz · Jan 31, 2016 5:21 am

Thanks SVE I have

I'll be enquiring with FT on Monday with the pictures of the issues as well.

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MartinsHarmony · Jan 31, 2016 8:02 am

What appliances do people have in their build? Smeg or Baumatic?
Pros and Cons for these brands?

Thanks

GillyM · Jan 31, 2016 8:55 am

MartinsHarmony

What appliances do people have in their build? Smeg or Baumatic?
Pros and Cons for these brands?
Thanks

We signed/built before smeg was an option, so we have the baumatic. Love the cooker! Haven't had any problems with it, so no complaints at all. Although our rangehood is still baumatic, we didn't get the glass canopy one that was in the yes package, as we went for a concealed one instead. Again, no issues...... nice and quite and easy to clean. We also had the baumatic dishwasher, but sold it within a couple of weeks of moving in. We found the height space in the bottom tray too short for our dinner plates (which aren't particularly big!), so now have an lg one which is great. the baumatic was extremely quiet though, so if it fits your plates, it would be a great dishwasher!

master house · Jan 31, 2016 11:42 am

katieogi1 · Jan 31, 2016 12:47 pm

Hi Martinsharmony! We picked different caesar stone bench tops for the kitchen and bathroom. There was a fee for this and masterton said it is because they have to order a different slab of stone to cut the other colour from!

master house · Jan 31, 2016 1:21 pm

Gibson · Jan 31, 2016 3:38 pm

Hi Rox82

No you don't get an impression at colour selection, they just sit a few small samples up against each other and you have to try and imagine what a whole house will look like.
For bricks, the brick companies will tell you who has built in your preferred brick in your area so you can drive by for a look. For render M may be able to help you with photos of other houses they've built.

One tip in selecting external colours, keep an eye on whether they are classified as Light, Medium or Dark. The darker you go the more Basix impact there is - which M don't tell you about when you do your selections. The higher the Basix rating the more cost for you! for us we had to increase our water tank size as 'medium' colours increased our Basix.

Gibson · Jan 31, 2016 3:48 pm

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SV-E this is the house we are demolishing, fibro with an aluminum sheeting. It had been extended/renovated at least twice before we bought it. The old parts have timber sash windows the newer parts have cheap sliding aluminum. No continuity throughout, hot in summer, cold & drafty in winter.

We had a quote of $300k to add an extra bedroom & two bathrooms upstairs. We'd still have an old house. So KDR was the best option for us.

michelle1980 · Jan 31, 2016 4:02 pm

Rox82--

If you supply your own kitchen appliance do you have to get them installed yourself or will M install them for you?

You have to install them yourself after handover. We are doing this as we didn't like any of the M appliances

michelle1980 · Jan 31, 2016 4:05 pm

[quote="Rox82--"]Help with exterior colours:

Our facade is trend with a few altered windows similar to trend 2 and we have decided to render the whole house, detached garage and boat shed. We want the house to look modern and my current thoughts are below:

Roof: colorbond monument

Main render: surf mist

Partial render: monument (maybe around the garage door)

Windows: monument

Balcony Balustrade: frameless glass

Driveway: basalt exposed aggregate with 10% white pebble

Outdoor paving: bluestone

Primaboard feature: steel city (grey/ duck egg blue color)

I'm not sure with these choices what the gutters, downpipes and eaves should be. I was thinking gutters monument to match the roof but downpipes and eaves surf most to match the render. Do they do house impressions at the selections to give you an idea or to play around with?

I love the display home below (uses the steel city primaboard) but do not want to use bricks... So the other option is to copy this and replace the brick shown in this with monument render and change my choice to a surfmist roof, gutters, eaves and with parts in a surfmist render...

Thoughts?

[/quote

Have you seen this display home in person? It looks darker in real life I re Kon. Be careful as dark colours will effect your basix.

michelle1980 · Jan 31, 2016 4:09 pm

MGardz

Ok sad to say but the workmanship of stuff done on our place is sub par. Roof is leaking now and eaves are all over the place.

Need your help on a good building inspector that m actually listened to and also who within m we escalate complaints. Who is the manager of all the SS and CCs? My husband was not happy one bit this arvo!

https://mandgbuildatmulgoarise.wordpress.com/

I'm not in your area so can't help but be careful as a lot of the private inspectors used to be builders and are clicky with other builders and tend to turn a blind eye to some issues. All the reports have disclaimers so if something isn't picked up they absolve themselves of responsibility. This is more prevalent in regional areas. I've been told this by a number of builders

MGardz · Jan 31, 2016 5:15 pm

Very true Michelle, hopefully someone can recommend one they are happy with

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