Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0

Try this link to a picture of our plans?

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Hi Chopdog

Your kitchen,dining,family and alfresco are almost identical to our Symphony. We have moved the Kitchen to have the window splash back also. Is yours 600mm high x 3000mm wide? We want a concealed rangehood even though the glass canopy one was included in our tender.

Does anyone know who much extra it would be roughly for waterfall edges to the island,and an undermount double sink? I would love to add these two features to the kitchen.

Regards
Ally

Hi Everyone,

I have practically brand new Venetian blinds left from our old house if anyone interested to purchase for a bargain, before I place them on Gumtree.

They do not match the size or the feel of our new house. Maybe it can save you $$$.


sample picture.

We bought them 2 months before we decided that it did not work, and the only way is to build a new house

Just PM me and I'll get the size details for you.

Ally,
It was recent, we only paid the $3500 beginning of July.
If your powder room is included that's fantastic. Both our upstairs bathrooms are but not downstairs.
I thought the waterfall end price was really good.
If only the serving window was as good. At $4k I just don't know if I can justify it, especially since it has the sink in front of it so is harder to lean over.

Watch from 9:30 minutes onward for some tips on private inspections.

Hey all,

We've just formally begun our journey by signing and paying our deposit to Masterton last Friday, August 2nd. We purchased our land in Collaroy on May 31st and we've chosen the Cello design with the Allure facade. We originally looked at 2 story houses but then found we were able to add 2 bedrooms to the 4 bedroom cello design giving us the 6 bedrooms that we needed for a price that fit our budget better.

We've made a number of changes to the original design and my favourite evening past time once the 2 yo has gone to sleep has been to scroll through the mountains of information on the 4 Masterton threads and have used this information to get a few discounts for us along the way. Some things we have done are -

2 Extra Bedrooms
Industrial sized bifold door 2.4m High/10m wide
Ceilings raised to 2.7m High
Smeg appliance upgrade (no charge)
Dark bamboo flooring Living, hallway, master bed and study
Dark brown carpets Bedrooms (no charge)
Window splashback in the kitchen
Full length window ensuite
Tiles to roof bathroom and ensuite
Tiled concrete slab to front patio
Medium duty sarking
Change roof pitch at back for Skylights
Sky lights x 3 in Kitchen
Sky tubes x 2 in hallway
Render the front
Additional window to my study
Add door to my study
Add door to our ensuite
Add Acoustic insulation to Theatre
Add Bulkhead to Theatre room
Cold water point to the fridge
Wider breakfast bar and cupboards under the front of bench
Add recess nooks to shower
Laundry Cabinets
Spa Bath

Bit sad to see no other Cello builders on the thread. Maybe there's a few reading the thread even if they haven't posted. Would love to see photos if there are!

Just had to introduce ourselves and become part of the team. What a great community. I look forward to getting to know you all more as we all go along.

PS It's quite fun reading the Masterton 3.0 blog from the beginning and see all the people finishing now starting their journey. I haven't finished it yet but its reassuring to see that there is an end! It still feels like such a pipe dream to us.

Hi guys,

It has been a hectic read but really useful and interesting! We're looking at building the tiffany 4 bedder as our piece of land is very small and could only fit the tiffany. It also fits within our budget. Just organising the site inspection at this stage to get an idea of site costs and such. Made a few adjustments by extending the latter half of the house to the full width matching the garage (don't know why the actual design did not utilise the full width) so that its a rectangle not a 'cut' rectangle.

Cello_collaroy, just wondering how much did the extension of 2 beds cost you?

talk about bad luck with tiles....talked to our SS and the tiles still haven't arrived so no further work can be done in the bathtoom.

called Dons and the first tiles arrived discoloured so they re-ordered and then the second lot came in defected now no eta on when next shipment is coming.....now our original selection is due to arrive in 2 weeks but with all this drama we have just decided to use the same feature tile we used in our en-suite, tiles got ordered today so hopefully arrival this week.... *fingers crossed*

SS still aiming for PCI end of the month!

This it true pretty much 90% of the time. They NEVER deliver the tiles you select originally. Virtually every one for the last 2 years on the forum/thread building with M, never get the original floor tiles, and only about 1/2 would get the wet area tiles.

I totally agree, if you have not paid your 5%, demand that they will cover the extra cost on you to re-select tiles they cannot provide, that you pay some deposit for. They never tell you that.

You welcome to visit my blog and watch the whole series.

A new one is being recorded and should be up soon.