Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 821Feb 02, 2010 2:01 pm Masterton Crystal MK1 Split Level Blacktown CC Paid $2.5k end Sept; Frame 14 Apr; viewtopic.php?f=31&t=32025&hilit=ekman Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 823Feb 02, 2010 3:06 pm Masterton Santorini Grande 23/01/09 First Tender 17/11/09 Contract signed 25/01/10 Slab 27/03/10 Frame 7/5/10 Bricks 1/07/10 Roof 9/7/10 Lock up 24/8/10 PCI 16/09/2010 KEYS! viewtopic.php?f=31&t=16418 Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 825Feb 03, 2010 4:11 pm Building Sirocco 7 Kellyville Ridge - 630Sqm block Build topic - viewtopic.php?uid=16738&f=31&t=27636&start=0 Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 826Feb 03, 2010 4:40 pm Building the Crystal in Wollongong NSW 26th Sept 09 - Paid $2500 1st May 10 - Slab poured 14th May 10 - Frame complete 8th June 10 - Roof complete 21st June 10 - Bricks complete 30th June 10 - Lock Up 6th August - PCI 18th August - Handover Our building thread - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=27639 Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 828Feb 03, 2010 7:01 pm Building the Crystal in Wollongong NSW 26th Sept 09 - Paid $2500 1st May 10 - Slab poured 14th May 10 - Frame complete 8th June 10 - Roof complete 21st June 10 - Bricks complete 30th June 10 - Lock Up 6th August - PCI 18th August - Handover Our building thread - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=27639 Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 829Feb 03, 2010 7:34 pm Building: Masterton Villina Savoy in the Sutherland Shire http://nathanandvivienbuildahome.blogspot.com/ Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 830Feb 04, 2010 6:47 am Masterton Crystal MK1 Split Level Blacktown CC Paid $2.5k end Sept; Frame 14 Apr; viewtopic.php?f=31&t=32025&hilit=ekman Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 831Feb 04, 2010 11:40 am Hi all sorry Lex, missed your question back in December - the stormwater dude had to design some on-site stormwater detention system which complies with what council specified as acceptable as part of the subdivision. Most of my neighbours apparently got complying development without building one (they have the same condition on their title as well) but apparently we can't! The final design from stormwater dude is a sunken bit of yard with retaining walls, a bloody great grate and some mysterious secret detention thing and pump under that. Absolutely no clue what this is going to cost. Still have not managed to get an up to date tender from Masterton, the last one I saw was back in September when I signed. Asked yet again today - I think I'm on to my fourth contact at Masterton because people keep leaving. Apparently everything has gone back to the certifier this week so we might actually start building sometime this year Desperately need the bank pack still as I had to pay the Masterton deposit without it (and the bank had me put all my deposit in for the land so the house is 100% bank funds). Haven't done electricals yet - probably need to ring Masterton again to follow up on that one! I should have budgeted for a really high phone bill as part of the cost of building! Take care all Building Masterton Jamison Elite (Executive facade) in Hornsby Council area. Sep 09 - Paid plan preparation fee Nov 09 - Paid 5% deposit 20 Dec 09 - Did tile selection 22 Dec 09 - Did Studio M 16 Apr 10 - Slab 10 Jun 10 - Frame completed 30 Jun 10 - Bricks completed 21 Jul 10 - Tiles completed 14 Aug 10 - Lock Up 22 Sept 10 - Home Presentation Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 832Feb 05, 2010 8:24 pm Well we survived colour selections today... only spent $1590 extra... Turns out the laminex wood grain ebony macassar for the bathrooms and kitchen were no extra cost that was a surprise... Then comes the disapointments... First off... we are getting the 1200mm wide front door & high ceilings so that increases the front doors height to 2340mm.. we were told we could choose from the savoy & illusion range... so we chose one from the illusion range turns out that particular door only comes in a standard height... so we had to pick a different one Then we were under the impression that the stacked stone piers were included with our facade.... nope $3000 extra Then... turns out we didnt get the paint colour chart... so i wasnt aware that you have to choose from "trade" colours.... i didnt see anything that matched the colours i had already chosen... plus none of the standard colours were white... apprarently to get a real white its $2000 on top of the extra we would be paying for 3 different colours and different coloured woodwork so..... we told them not to paint our house... we will pay a tradesman to come paint after handover... will probably work out around the same price plus we can pick whatever colours we like... So here are the things we upgraded... Aluminium kickboards $275 Water point to fridge space (for ice maker in fridge) $250 Bevelled edge mirrors in both bathrooms $65 each Upgraded alarm control pad $55 Wiring in the living room for surround sound speakers $165 A fancy long door handle for the front door $272 Provide phone connection $443 I will post our colour selections on our thread Oh and by the way after whipper snipping our entire block in the rain last night(cause the lawn mower wouldnt start)... surprise surprise they didnt do our pegout today Building the Crystal in Wollongong NSW 26th Sept 09 - Paid $2500 1st May 10 - Slab poured 14th May 10 - Frame complete 8th June 10 - Roof complete 21st June 10 - Bricks complete 30th June 10 - Lock Up 6th August - PCI 18th August - Handover Our building thread - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=27639 Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 833Feb 05, 2010 8:43 pm We also did our colour today....everything went well. Just waiting on a quote on bigger/deeper kitchen sink, should get it on Monday. Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 834Feb 06, 2010 7:09 pm vincy We also did our colour today....everything went well. Just waiting on a quote on bigger/deeper kitchen sink, should get it on Monday. We would have seen you there then..... Building the Crystal in Wollongong NSW 26th Sept 09 - Paid $2500 1st May 10 - Slab poured 14th May 10 - Frame complete 8th June 10 - Roof complete 21st June 10 - Bricks complete 30th June 10 - Lock Up 6th August - PCI 18th August - Handover Our building thread - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=27639 Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 835Feb 06, 2010 7:23 pm gidget Hi all sorry Lex, missed your question back in December - the stormwater dude had to design some on-site stormwater detention system which complies with what council specified as acceptable as part of the subdivision. Most of my neighbours apparently got complying development without building one (they have the same condition on their title as well) but apparently we can't! The final design from stormwater dude is a sunken bit of yard with retaining walls, a bloody great grate and some mysterious secret detention thing and pump under that. Absolutely no clue what this is going to cost. Tell me about it, we only just found out that we had to submit the stormwater management designs though DA and our house would have been a complying development. our neighbour almost agreed to creating an easement on his property but then we realised that our backyards both slope towards each other. you might want to have a look at this thread viewtopic.php?f=1&t=24939, it's more specific to the Sutherland Shire but it's given me a cost of about 18K, more money that could have been spent elsewhere Hope you don't have to join the 18k hole in the ground club Building: Masterton Villina Savoy in the Sutherland Shire http://nathanandvivienbuildahome.blogspot.com/ Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 836Feb 07, 2010 5:01 pm demolition question - would i need to take out the old sewer line and water line from the property upto the mains Masterton Crystal MK1 Split Level Blacktown CC Paid $2.5k end Sept; Frame 14 Apr; viewtopic.php?f=31&t=32025&hilit=ekman Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 837Feb 07, 2010 8:57 pm Hi ekman, I'm pretty sure we didn't. They just removed everything at surface level. Masterton Santorini Grande 23/01/09 First Tender 17/11/09 Contract signed 25/01/10 Slab 27/03/10 Frame 7/5/10 Bricks 1/07/10 Roof 9/7/10 Lock up 24/8/10 PCI 16/09/2010 KEYS! viewtopic.php?f=31&t=16418 Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 838Feb 08, 2010 6:40 am thank you Lizzy very high stress level now - house removal and demolition stage Masterton Crystal MK1 Split Level Blacktown CC Paid $2.5k end Sept; Frame 14 Apr; viewtopic.php?f=31&t=32025&hilit=ekman Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 839Feb 08, 2010 8:34 am Ahhh... I feel for you ekman. I have to say that the demolition stage was probably the most stressful stage of the build so far, for us - and that's including all the toing and froing over paperwork. I hope it all goes smoothly for you. Once it's done, you'll be into the construction stage! Yay! Masterton Santorini Grande 23/01/09 First Tender 17/11/09 Contract signed 25/01/10 Slab 27/03/10 Frame 7/5/10 Bricks 1/07/10 Roof 9/7/10 Lock up 24/8/10 PCI 16/09/2010 KEYS! viewtopic.php?f=31&t=16418 Re: Masterton Homes - The new thread 840Feb 08, 2010 9:32 am ekman very high stress level now - house removal and demolition stage Agree...starting to pack now... 4 17121 Hi, Apologies - I know there is plenty out there on this but struggling to put together the puzzle. We're planning our garage/external laundry to master bedroom and… 0 11726 Hi there! Putting the feelers out there for those who have (or almost) built with Arli homes! Interested in your experiences who've built from their stock home designs… 0 26428 |