Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building in Shell Cove 28Aug 12, 2011 7:48 am Hi Dee! Good thinking checking out Oran Park - there are heaps of great displays there now... Our builder has just completed one there and we have been by a few times to check it out Re the style of the build as you would know it needs to go through the Shell Cove architect team who stamp off on the plans before they go to council - I think it took 2-3 days to have ours approved, then it went through to SH council which took 13 working days (pretty good since it had to be on their website for objections for 7 working days). If you have a look in the envelope all your contracts came in, there will be a doc outlining what is favored by the architect team (from memory in our release it was preferably architect designed, lots of glass, natural materials and rendered.) Krissy or Kathy might remember what the title of the document is, otherwise if you give Ken or one of the team a call at the land sales office they would probably be able to send it to you, as each release has different requirements. I know our was quite specific with roof pitch and even colours - creams, greys or latte colours. And re natural gas, it is definitely available in our release (Ellerston Parkway) so I am sure it would be in your as well Bring on any other questions, happy to help - I know how daunting it can be Bec | Building a custom design with Hamshire Homes in Shell Cove | Building in Shell Cove 29Aug 15, 2011 9:49 pm Thanks heaps, plenty of good info! Our quote from McDonald Jones has come back which were happy with. Now tossing up whether to get a bigger house, and pay an extra $25/week or just settle for the smaller/cheaper house and live comfortably, having enough money left over for nice Alfresco areas, shutters, landscaping etc. Tough decision! Re: Building in Shell Cove 30Aug 29, 2011 5:45 pm Hey Everyone, Sorry it's been while in between posts. Bec - I'm due on the 22nd of Dec (great planning that was!)lol and yes I am going through Wollongong. Congrats on your pregnancy too!! Very exciting!! When is your bubs due? We can go walking with our prams together to lose the baby weight! haha I went past your house the other day and it's coming along fast! You must be really happy with everything so far! Sorry I only just your msg about you being down on the weekend today. Many weekends dave and I are down the snow but I will let you know when I am at SC on a weekend and you can come check out the floors if you like and come say hi! They aren't the high gloss (high gloss looks beautiful) but it shows the marks and scratches easily.. our floor guy recommended a matt/semi gloss which is better when you have small kids and toys! lol As for the council time, I don't think it took too long. i can't even remember so it must not have been too bad. And the regulations for the area do come in the envelope as bec mentioned. But your builder should go through all of this. E.g, our original plans only had the arch over the arched window, when our tender cane back our builder had gone through all of the requirements from SC to find that SC didn't like the arch and we needed another front thing on so we had to put an additional patio on. And if you live on a corner block or a block where people drive past the regulation is you have to have a decorator/feature or balcony not just bricks or a plain wall...some of these costs can be an additional 8k. Our patio cost us an extra 3k just to meet the requirements. But your builder will go thruogh it and let you know if there is anything that needs to be changed or added to meet the requirements. Cathy - how have you been going with all your colours - that's the most stressfull!! [i][b]Krissy & Dave Re: Building in Shell Cove 31Oct 07, 2011 10:44 am Hi All Hope you are all well. Well we have got our Construction Certificate and Masterton have 20 days from Tuesday just gone to start building on our block. So we are very excited that it is finally going to happen. Not sure exactly when they will be starting and it makes it hard that we are an hour away and will be visiting on a weekend to check up on the progress. So hopefully we have a smooth and quick build so we can move in to our new house. BKent how are you going with your build my next door neighbour at 6918 should also be building at the same time as us as they are just waiting for their construction certificate to come through. We hope to go and visit on the weekend as we will be down in Wollongong. Cathy Cathy Building Harmony Elite - Option B - Grande Resort Suite - Modified Re: Building in Shell Cove 32Nov 22, 2011 2:09 pm Hi Cathy, We are also building with masterton in Shell Cove. I beleive we will be just up the road from you. Our lot number is 6908! We should have our construction certificate by the end of this week and they are talking about the peg out survey already! Cant wait for it to start. How is your build going? My husband did a drive by last week (we live in the shire so we dont get their very often!) and said the house accross the road is looking good. We are happy they are building a single story at street level so that it wont spoil our veiws. He also said your slab has been laid, that must be a releif! Ally Re: Building in Shell Cove 33Nov 22, 2011 2:16 pm Hi Ally Yes we have a slab laid and they completed the drainage last week. Frame is being delivered this week and they may start building the frame depending on whether they have finished on another job. We are from the Sutherland Shire as well and normally go down to visit our block once a week on a Sunday. Not long until you start to build then. Which house are you building? Cathy Cathy Building Harmony Elite - Option B - Grande Resort Suite - Modified Building in Shell Cove 34Nov 22, 2011 2:53 pm Hey Guys, We ended up signing off on our plans with McDonald Jones and have our colour appt this Thursday! My partner and I had dinner at the links golf course last week as we'd never been and wanted to check out our 'local' I can't wait to move! Sounds like your builds are going along nicely! Dee Re: Building in Shell Cove 35Nov 22, 2011 3:07 pm Hi Ally Just realised you are building the Villina as well. It is a lovely house isn't it. I must get my blog going, I have been keeping a photo diary on my computer but have not had the time to create a blog. Dee - We have gone to the golf club a few times and my husband has played golf on the course. Where abouts are you building in Shell Cove. Cathy Cathy Building Harmony Elite - Option B - Grande Resort Suite - Modified Building in Shell Cove 36Nov 22, 2011 5:08 pm CathyP Dee - We have gone to the golf club a few times and my husband has played golf on the course. Where abouts are you building in Shell Cove. Cathy Were building in the older area, backing onto the main road where the anglican college is. Love how it's walking distance to the school my 3 year old will go to. Re: Building in Shell Cove 37Nov 22, 2011 5:41 pm I used to work at Freedom on King Street Warrawong; I can’t believe how much Shell Cove has grown over the years! Hope you all enjoy the move there. All the best with the 2 babies. Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Building in Shell Cove 38Nov 28, 2011 8:53 am Drove there on the weekend before playing golf at Shell Cove. Really nice outlooks from the blocks (damn hilly too!). By the way please keep an eye out for the 8 golf balls i lost on the weekend - damn hard course for a hacker like me! Re: Building in Shell Cove 39Dec 11, 2011 8:47 pm Hi all, Havnt written any comments for a while ,we are on our way up to sydney tommorow to sign off on the final tender and plans yyyayyyy finally . Have done a massive 360 and ended up building with wisdom homes and we are going with the majestic 40 {which we have changed the layout of} .Bec hope you are well and the bubs ,we have gone past your house a few times but never seen you there. cathy ,looks like its full steam ahead at your block ,looking forward to finally meeting you . Jason will be sub contracting to wisdom so he will be on site a bit when we start which is good ,wisdom homes have been really flexible and im pretty happy with most things so fingers crossed it remains smooth .So hopefully beginning of next year we can get really started Re: Building in Shell Cove 40Dec 18, 2011 11:42 am Hey lovelies, My apologies for my very late reply. Cathy is your house already got the frame up?? I was down the other day and went to check it out for you and my goodness if it is the house I am thinking of it is happening oh so quickly - you must be so happy! So sorry I haven't taken any pics for you or got back to you about your message. I have bene up in Sydney trying to wrap work up for maternity leave - ended up finishing 2 weeks later then planned So I have just been crazy. But anywway I am officially off work and down at shell cove as of tomorrow so I can take some pics and send them to you more regularly. How did everyone's color selections go? Were these the external colour selections. Internals are worse....good luck racking your brain for endless hours!! hahah oh the memories! [i][b]Krissy & Dave Hey guys building a new place through a volume builder and just wondering if i should complain to the site supervisor as we just had plasterboard installed. Looks like… 0 11797 Elvis has left the building... The site supervisor quit after 2 month on the project. I guess he was just instructed to bark at people, but didn't like when he was… 26 21563 |