Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Aug 13, 2009 9:22 pm Hello, I have been reading some posts on this site and everyone is sooo helpful. It is great to see. We are just about to start our journey with S1monds, building the Amberlea (the Paramount Facade). http://simonds.com.au/ It is a big double story house and we are having a real difficult time deciding on the colours of the bricks and the render. Has anybody else built the Amberlea? photos and suggestions would be appreciated. We were thinking of going maybe with Austral Latrobe or Hawthorn with a coffee coloured render or a lighter brick like Maize with a chocolate coloured render? http://www.australbrick.com.au/vic/product.php?ID=280 http://www.australbrick.com.au/vic/product.php?ID=8320 We are really struggling here. We are after a modern look but I am worried the darker brick will date and look bad in a few years time! I also love the canterbury brick but I don't think it looks nice with render. Any thoughts or suggestions would be much appreciated. Re: Building Amberlea with S1monds - Facade advice appreciat 2Mar 14, 2011 9:35 pm hi, we are about to build with simonds, also the amberlea, just wondering how your build went and if you are happy with the finish? hubby, kids and me all waiting for the Amberlea Site Cut 27 September 2011 https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=46637 http://www.dscml.com/ Re: Building Amberlea with S1monds - Facade advice appreciat 3Mar 16, 2011 1:31 pm Mind if I ask if it's actually The Amberlea or you are building at Amberlea (the estate) please? Don't fall for the "Freebies" scam Re: Building Amberlea with S1monds - Facade advice appreciat 4Mar 16, 2011 4:55 pm We want to the build the Amberlea Simonds hubby, kids and me all waiting for the Amberlea Site Cut 27 September 2011 https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=46637 http://www.dscml.com/ Re: Building Amberlea with S1monds - Facade advice appreciat 5Mar 19, 2011 12:07 pm Im building with them one word socking - Im sitting today think that I should set up a site like www.vodafail.com and drum up some support to take a class action. My brick work was by two apprentice kids, its the worst brick work in the estate. Re: Building Amberlea with S1monds - Facade advice appreciat 6Mar 21, 2011 9:40 pm do you have an independent site inspector or are you using the simonds one? I would be getting them to fix it hubby, kids and me all waiting for the Amberlea Site Cut 27 September 2011 https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=46637 http://www.dscml.com/ Dear Members I have to decide the Facade column size. My custom builder standard is 350mm with rendering, but i asked for 470mm plus stone or tiles and yet to get… 0 7494 traditional gable roof facade - Have you did the dark and light gray color combination in facade with gray stone in facade… 0 4204 Looking to tile the facade pillars rather than rendering. Builder is quoting 2500$ laying cost for upto 10msq. The 2 pillars come to be 16msq. So laying costs are 5000$… 0 7524 |