Browse Forums Building A New House 1 May 17, 2021 3:09 pm We bought a house in Blacktown NSW November 2020 in auction. House was pretty dilapidated and the plan was to demolish and rebuild. We have 570 m2 to play with and immediately decided on single storey house. The shape of our land means that we would need some customized design. We could easily have gone with Clarendon double storey off shelf plans. GJ Gardner was also in the mix initially on. None of these guys have any custom plans for single storey houses and drawing one up costs an arm and leg. So the solution was to goto a small builder who does custom homes. We settled on Better Built homes and King homes for tenders. Got tenders from both builders and went through the whole design process. Both pretty much started with a blank piece of paper and drew the house in. Long story short, we liked King's home design better than BBH. After a meeting or two with Mark, we hashed out details of the contract and got the ball rolling. We have plenty of customization in our house. We have 2 master bedrooms, 4 toilets, fully upgraded butlers pantry, 2.7m high ceiling, porcelain tiles throughout, carpet in non tiled areas, driveway, windows on facade. The idea of skylights seemed appealing so we got that put in as well. Attached below is the plan of the house. Council submission should be happening soon. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Blacktown NSW KDR with King Homes 2May 17, 2021 3:47 pm ManDam We bought a house in Blacktown NSW November 2020 in auction. House was pretty dilapidated and the plan was to demolish and rebuild. We have 570 m2 to play with and immediately decided on single storey house. The shape of our land means that we would need some customized design. We could easily have gone with Clarendon double storey off shelf plans. GJ Gardner was also in the mix initially on. None of these guys have any custom plans for single storey houses and drawing one up costs an arm and leg. So the solution was to goto a small builder who does custom homes. We settled on Better Built homes and King homes for tenders. Got tenders from both builders and went through the whole design process. Both pretty much started with a blank piece of paper and drew the house in. Long story short, we liked King's home design better than BBH. After a meeting or two with Mark, we hashed out details of the contract and got the ball rolling. We have plenty of customization in our house. We have 2 master bedrooms, 4 toilets, fully upgraded butlers pantry, 2.7m high ceiling, porcelain tiles throughout, carpet in non tiled areas, driveway, windows on facade. The idea of skylights seemed appealing so we got that put in as well. Attached below is the plan of the house. Council submission should be happening soon. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Congrats on the start of your dream house building project. I really hope you keep posting updates so we can watch the journey If you have any questions along the way don't hesitate to ask regards Simeon Simeon McGovern Affordable Custom Homes, We design and build to your budget Ashington Homes www.ashingtonhomes.com.au Re: Blacktown NSW KDR with King Homes 4May 18, 2021 4:49 pm The floorplan looks great! We are at tender stage with King Homes as well, anxiously waiting to hear the figures. They've been nothing short of amazing so far, really helpful and great at getting our thoughts on paper. Looking forward to watching your build happen! Re: Blacktown NSW KDR with King Homes 5May 18, 2021 6:58 pm gatam87 The floorplan looks great! We are at tender stage with King Homes as well, anxiously waiting to hear the figures. They've been nothing short of amazing so far, really helpful and great at getting our thoughts on paper. Looking forward to watching your build happen! Thanks mate, where are you building? Any plans finalized? Re: Blacktown NSW KDR with King Homes 6May 20, 2021 5:24 pm ManDam gatam87 The floorplan looks great! We are at tender stage with King Homes as well, anxiously waiting to hear the figures. They've been nothing short of amazing so far, really helpful and great at getting our thoughts on paper. Looking forward to watching your build happen! Thanks mate, where are you building? Any plans finalized? We're building in the Inner West (ish), doing a knockdown rebuild. Our plans are all done. Single storey, 4 bedroom, 2.5 living areas (study/ children's activity), and a pool by King Homes too. All up around 270 sqm. It's been a great experience so far, looking to get contracts sign in the next few weeks and move on to colour selections. Re: Blacktown NSW KDR with King Homes 10Jun 16, 2021 10:13 am So just a quick update. Our papers were put in on 11th June for council approval. Getting the colors and bricks sorted out was quite the journey. Ultimately, wifey and I settled on red bricks from PGH for our house. We are seeing lots of builds with dark colored bricks and wanted something different. Lady at PGH was very helpful in setting up our colors. She bought up a sample house on the screen close to ours and changed colors for each element of the house. Because we added skylights, we had to resubmit BASIX as well. Drawings had to be updated as well. We did the internal selections as well and lots of variations piling up. Its funny how much goes into display homes. You realise once you start pricing the upgrades. Hopefully, we don''t go over budget. Re: Blacktown NSW KDR with King Homes 11Jul 23, 2021 4:58 pm Another quick update. The lockdown has shifted our plans for demolition. Since construction has been halted, we are now looking at first week of August. In the meantime, we have arranged for the trees to be removed by council. They were quick to withdraw the money so hopefully the removal is just as fast. For the last week, there has been lack of communication from King homes. Phone calls and emails are not being returned. Hopefully, this is a passing phase and not an indication of things to come. We have an electrical appointment soon. In face appointments allow us to see things in person but due to lockdown, this will be online. The electrical guys should have plenty of practice of online consultations before they get to us. Re: Blacktown NSW KDR with King Homes 12Jul 24, 2021 6:45 am lack of communication, believe should be due to lockdown hopefully. I will be watching your posts. Am expected to my private architect's designs in one to two weeks and will send them to King Homes, to see how much they will estimate for cost Re: Blacktown NSW KDR with King Homes 13Jul 28, 2021 10:18 pm Venkata lack of communication, believe should be due to lockdown hopefully. I will be watching your posts. Am expected to my private architect's designs in one to two weeks and will send them to King Homes, to see how much they will estimate for cost Im also considering them for a custom build. If you dont mind me asking, which architect company are you using and do they have a site with previous designs? Re: Blacktown NSW KDR with King Homes 14Jul 28, 2021 10:30 pm jagberg Venkata lack of communication, believe should be due to lockdown hopefully. I will be watching your posts. Am expected to my private architect's designs in one to two weeks and will send them to King Homes, to see how much they will estimate for cost Im also considering them for a custom build. If you dont mind me asking, which architect company are you using and do they have a site with previous designs? atria designs. You can check their web site. Once the design comes I will take them to King Home to get the quote Re: Blacktown NSW KDR with King Homes 15Jul 28, 2021 11:09 pm Venkata jagberg Venkata lack of communication, believe should be due to lockdown hopefully. I will be watching your posts. Am expected to my private architect's designs in one to two weeks and will send them to King Homes, to see how much they will estimate for cost Im also considering them for a custom build. If you dont mind me asking, which architect company are you using and do they have a site with previous designs? atria designs. You can check their web site. Once the design comes I will take them to King Home to get the quote Any reason for going to architects? Is your house a custom house of some sort? Re: Blacktown NSW KDR with King Homes 16Jul 28, 2021 11:33 pm Venkata jagberg Venkata lack of communication, believe should be due to lockdown hopefully. I will be watching your posts. Am expected to my private architect's designs in one to two weeks and will send them to King Homes, to see how much they will estimate for cost Im also considering them for a custom build. If you dont mind me asking, which architect company are you using and do they have a site with previous designs? atria designs. You can check their web site. Once the design comes I will take them to King Home to get the quote They have done some great designs. What made you go with them and how has your experience been? Re: Blacktown NSW KDR with King Homes 17Sep 21, 2021 2:56 pm So a quick update in the house. The house has been pulled down and all asbestos removed from site. The construction is ready to start pending final plans. I have been promised that it should start soon so no more waiting I would think. 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