LYNDARUM/AURORA/SUMMERHILL ESTATES: Epping, Victoria

aurorafrog · Dec 07, 2010 11:24 am

acherion

They've put some rods at the back of the slab but I'm not sure if they are doing it right, I'm going to go there after work and have a look for myself.

Good luck Acherion.

Having a questions here if anyone has come across similar experience, could you advise?
We are thinking to delete the tiles and carpet options(CAT 1) from our Evolution 2300 and put in timber/laminated floor through out the house. How much gap cost roughly it could be?

Thanks in advanced.

wokwon · Dec 07, 2010 12:04 pm

aurorafrog

delete the tiles and carpet options(CAT 1) from our Evolution 2300 and put in timber/laminated floor through out the house. How much gap cost roughly it could be?

Not sure about timber (I would expect about $4k extra to upgrade the tiles + carpet to timber depending on the category of timber) but can tell you from our evolution 2300:

Replace carpet in living with tiles was around $500
Replace carpet in passage with tiles was around $400

We kept the bedrooms as carpet.

I don't like the dust bunnies you get on timber so prefer tiles.

3cpo · Dec 07, 2010 12:15 pm

aurorafrog

Having a questions here if anyone has come across similar experience, could you advise?
We are thinking to delete the tiles and carpet options(CAT 1) from our Evolution 2300 and put in timber/laminated floor through out the house. How much gap cost roughly it could be?

Thanks in advanced.

I requested a quote from the builder for deleting carpets and install timber/laminated floor. The cheapest option was more than $10K, for the Family, Living, Passage and four Bedrooms on a 22sq home. Finally I went with a private installer for laminated floor for $3K (bedrooms and passage) and got the builder to replace carpets in Living and Family with tiles for around $1K.

Cheers,

aurorafrog · Dec 07, 2010 12:21 pm

wokwon

aurorafrog

delete the tiles and carpet options(CAT 1) from our Evolution 2300 and put in timber/laminated floor through out the house. How much gap cost roughly it could be?

Not sure about timber (I would expect about $4k extra to upgrade the tiles + carpet to timber depending on the category of timber) but can tell you from our evolution 2300:

Replace carpet in living with tiles was around $500
Replace carpet in passage with tiles was around $400

We kept the bedrooms as carpet.

I don't like the dust bunnies you get on timber so prefer tiles.

Thanks Wokwon, seems like tile is a cheaper option. I would like to have carpeted bedroom too but my daughter is allergic to dust mines and I don't want to get accident when toilet training

aurorafrog · Dec 07, 2010 12:24 pm

3cpo

aurorafrog

Having a questions here if anyone has come across similar experience, could you advise?
We are thinking to delete the tiles and carpet options(CAT 1) from our Evolution 2300 and put in timber/laminated floor through out the house. How much gap cost roughly it could be?

Thanks in advanced.

I requested a quote from the builder for deleting carpets and install timber/laminated floor. The cheapest option was more than $10K, for the Family, Living, Passage and four Bedrooms on a 22sq home. Finally I went with a private installer for laminated floor for $3K (bedrooms and passage) and got the builder to replace carpets in Living and Family with tiles for around $1K.

Cheers,

Hi 3cpo, thanks for the information. Who was your builder? The reason I wanna do it with the builder is to ensure the floor through out the house is on the same level along with other type of floors, bathroom tile for example.

3cpo · Dec 07, 2010 12:46 pm

aurorafrog

Hi 3cpo, thanks for the information. Who was your builder? The reason I wanna do it with the builder is to ensure the floor through out the house is on the same level along with other type of floors, bathroom tile for example.

Simonds

oztish · Dec 07, 2010 3:02 pm

My uncle has been in pest control for 40+ years. He told me termites can attack anywhere and to ignore the "this is not a termite prone area" comments. AND it is always better to do it before hand, BUT the main thing is to do it before you put any garden beds around the slab. Do not put tan bark around the base of your slab near your weep holes either.

Having said that, we haven't got termite protection and we have tan bark everywhere.

My opinion on the tiles vs timber flooring (not that anyone's asking for it), but having built 3 times now and had carpet/tiles and floorboards the best is the floorboards. Tiles are fine initially but the grout invariably gets dirty (even if you pay extra to have it sealed) and it's very hard to clean it. You can get those special buffer things in to do it but it costs thousands. If you choose a light coloured floor board, like Tassie Oak, it doesn't show the dust anywhere near as badly as a dark red/brown colour.

boj · Dec 08, 2010 6:41 pm

mqaoud

Hello Everyone,
does anyone know what is the latest update on the Internet Providers in Aurora?
Trying to get in touch with anyone from VicUrban, with no luck
a feed back would be highly appreciated

Just got a letter from VicUrban today, they have started trials with the new internet providers and are hoping to start connecting everyone in mid-January, although having experienced how accurate their planning is I'm not expecting to have anything before April.

acherion · Dec 09, 2010 3:36 pm

boj

Just got a letter from VicUrban today, they have started trials with the new internet providers and are hoping to start connecting everyone in mid-January, although having experienced how accurate their planning is I'm not expecting to have anything before April.

Does the letter state who the internet providers are? There were rumors that Internode was to be one of them, they even announced it on their site, but they pulled that info and now we don't know for sure who the providers will be.

julzg · Dec 09, 2010 4:06 pm

boj

mqaoud

Hello Everyone,
does anyone know what is the latest update on the Internet Providers in Aurora?
Trying to get in touch with anyone from VicUrban, with no luck
a feed back would be highly appreciated

Just got a letter from VicUrban today, they have started trials with the new internet providers and are hoping to start connecting everyone in mid-January, although having experienced how accurate their planning is I'm not expecting to have anything before April.

Can anyone tell me,
ARe we getting re-imbursed for phone and internet until the providers are up and running or is it a one-off payment from Vic Urban?

boj · Dec 09, 2010 8:14 pm

acherion

Does the letter state who the internet providers are? There were rumors that Internode was to be one of them, they even announced it on their site, but they pulled that info and now we don't know for sure who the providers will be.

The letter didn't mention any providers. I also saw Internode had Aurora listed on their website for a while, I have also heard rumours iPrimus was going to be one of them but never saw anything on their website.

Does anyone know if Arise is still the owner and operator of the network, or has it been sold to Opicomm or some other internet company? If you know the network operator it should be fairly easy to find ISP's that provide access over their networks...

The people in the office told me that the compensation would continue until we are connected.

ourhome · Dec 10, 2010 7:25 pm

jpf

Hi There,
My husband and i are thinking of buying a land in Aurora.Does anyone have any recommendations when it comes to builders/We checked out Burbank,Timeless and J G Kings.Has anyone built with Timeless ?any suggestions and helps would be appreciated!!
Thanks in advance!!!

Hi jpf,

we are building at present with Bbank in Aurora. we are very happy with them. It has been a fabulous experience so far. we are at a stage of having slab poured on this Monday. With regards to Tmeless. I have heard some very sad stories about that builder with they taking too long for having things sorted out. Not having proper paperwork. If you go through the whole forum and search for Tmeless then you would find all the results.

I know someone building behind my block. They had all their frames wrong. Tiles wrong. Wrong colour and all that. It was a bad experience for them.

I would suggest to read everyones reviews. Learn from everyones experience and then go ahead to finalise the builder. Early 2011 there are many more new builders coming in Aurora so if you have time then it is better to wait for them.

Regards,

ourhome · Dec 10, 2010 8:16 pm

Hi oztish,

Have you come across anyone in Aurora who has faced the problem of Termites at any point of time. Or if any Builders have a different suggestion for termite protection?

My builder has suggested me that there is no need for Termite protection in this area.

Regards,

oztish

My uncle has been in pest control for 40+ years. He told me termites can attack anywhere and to ignore the "this is not a termite prone area" comments. AND it is always better to do it before hand, BUT the main thing is to do it before you put any garden beds around the slab. Do not put tan bark around the base of your slab near your weep holes either.

Having said that, we haven't got termite protection and we have tan bark everywhere.

My opinion on the tiles vs timber flooring (not that anyone's asking for it), but having built 3 times now and had carpet/tiles and floorboards the best is the floorboards. Tiles are fine initially but the grout invariably gets dirty (even if you pay extra to have it sealed) and it's very hard to clean it. You can get those special buffer things in to do it but it costs thousands. If you choose a light coloured floor board, like Tassie Oak, it doesn't show the dust anywhere near as badly as a dark red/brown colour.

jpf · Dec 10, 2010 8:59 pm

ourhome

jpf

Hi There,
My husband and i are thinking of buying a land in Aurora.Does anyone have any recommendations when it comes to builders/We checked out Burbank,Timeless and J G Kings.Has anyone built with Timeless ?any suggestions and helps would be appreciated!!
Thanks in advance!!!

Hi jpf,

we are building at present with Bbank in Aurora. we are very happy with them. It has been a fabulous experience so far. we are at a stage of having slab poured on this Monday. With regards to Tmeless. I have heard some very sad stories about that builder with they taking too long for having things sorted out. Not having proper paperwork. If you go through the whole forum and search for Tmeless then you would find all the results.

I know someone building behind my block. They had all their frames wrong. Tiles wrong. Wrong colour and all that. It was a bad experience for them

I would suggest to read everyones reviews. Learn from everyones experience and then go ahead to finalise the builder. Early 2011 there are many more new builders coming in Aurora so if you have time then it is better to wait for them.

Regards,

Thanks for that.We finally bought land in Lyndarum and now waiting it for it settle,Most probably will be building with a private builder.

oztish · Dec 10, 2010 9:02 pm

Our Home - nearly all my Aurora friends built with the same builder, who no longer builds here anymore and they state that Termite protection is not required as this is not a termite prone area.

If you're worried, get it done for peace of mind. My uncle's company is Perkins Exterminators in Greensborough if you're interested. And if you do book it in, let me know when they're coming and I'll get them to do my house too!

ourhome · Dec 10, 2010 9:14 pm

jpf

ourhome

jpf

Hi There,
My husband and i are thinking of buying a land in Aurora.Does anyone have any recommendations when it comes to builders/We checked out Burbank,Timeless and J G Kings.Has anyone built with Timeless ?any suggestions and helps would be appreciated!!
Thanks in advance!!!

Hi jpf,

we are building at present with Bbank in Aurora. we are very happy with them. It has been a fabulous experience so far. we are at a stage of having slab poured on this Monday. With regards to Tmeless. I have heard some very sad stories about that builder with they taking too long for having things sorted out. Not having proper paperwork. If you go through the whole forum and search for Tmeless then you would find all the results.

I know someone building behind my block. They had all their frames wrong. Tiles wrong. Wrong colour and all that. It was a bad experience for them

I would suggest to read everyones reviews. Learn from everyones experience and then go ahead to finalise the builder. Early 2011 there are many more new builders coming in Aurora so if you have time then it is better to wait for them.

Regards,

Thanks for that.We finally bought land in Lyndarum and now waiting it for it settle,Most probably will be building with a private builder.

I was tooooooo late to reply back to you guys. All the best.

aurorafrog · Dec 11, 2010 1:15 pm

Hi there, anyone who has gone through the colour selection with Burbank, could you help with my questions? Thanks.
I would like to have white window frame. However, there are only 3 colours(none of them are white) from Eco glass in the Edge selection centre, and according to the girl during walk through, no other colours will be provided. From Eco glass's website, they do provide white window frames, is it possible to persuade Burbank to provide the white colour?

Correct me if I am wrong. I feel the products range The Edge provides are very limited, and you can't get things not in their display but in the supplier's products range. I have to think about plan B now......

ourhome · Dec 11, 2010 4:13 pm

aurorafrog

Hi there, anyone who has gone through the colour selection with Burbank, could you help with my questions? Thanks.
I would like to have white window frame. However, there are only 3 colours(none of them are white) from Eco glass in the Edge selection centre, and according to the girl during walk through, no other colours will be provided. From Eco glass's website, they do provide white window frames, is it possible to persuade Burbank to provide the white colour?

Correct me if I am wrong. I feel the products range The Edge provides are very limited, and you can't get things not in their display but in the supplier's products range. I have to think about plan B now......

Hi aurorafrog

You are right, Bbank does not provide any colours for window frames other than the ones they have in edge. But in terms of all the other products I felt the range they are providing is pretty decent. The lady at colours was very good, she helped us a lot with many ideas when we went for our colours appointment. We really enjoyed our colours appoint.

We broke our colours appointment in two half days as I have a baby and one whole day for colours along with the little one becomes too difficult. Trust me the range they have is fair enough. It does not have a huge variety but they have really decent stuff.

All the best. Regards.

ourhome · Dec 11, 2010 6:13 pm

oztish

Our Home - nearly all my Aurora friends built with the same builder, who no longer builds here anymore and they state that Termite protection is not required as this is not a termite prone area.

If you're worried, get it done for peace of mind. My uncle's company is Perkins Exterminators in Greensborough if you're interested. And if you do book it in, let me know when they're coming and I'll get them to do my house too!

Thanks a lot oztish.

ourhome · Dec 11, 2010 6:30 pm

YAYYYY we are ready for the slab to be poured on this Monday. It was actually supposed to happen on this Friday but my builder had some problem with one of their machines and the replacement came in tooooo late to start the work.

I am keeping my fingers crossed so that everything goes well on this Monday