Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Oct 07, 2009 1:21 am Hey guys! So sorry i have been so slack we have been very busy with all this house stuff! YES we FINALLY got approved for our loan and settlement is officially on the 22/10! Yesterday our SS told us that our slab it due to be poured today as long as its not RAINING!! (fingers crossed!) So much has happened so quickly i cant believe we almost have a slab! I will sign up and get some photos up of our floor plan and building site progress so far for all you pic piggies out there Im not sure if I mentioned this but my fianc'e and I are from Mt Gambier SA and are building the "Caprice" through Empak Homes which is only a small home but is all we need as we are first time home owners and have no kiddies just yet...maybe im the first on here who has a thread though Empak!???
Exterior House Colours: Roof/Facia/Gutters- Bushland Grey Render- "Haymes" Baked Clay Portico- "Haymes" Lost Cavern Window Frames- Colorbond Surfmist Garage Door- Colorbond Surfmist "Madison design" Front door- Woodstained with 4 glass pannels with 370mm Pull handle Interior House Colours: Ceilings- White Walls- "Haymes" Taupe Grey Feature Wall- "Haymes" Umbertone Tiles- 600X600 Taupe Grey BenchTops- White Valencia Diamond Gloss sqaure Edged Cupboards- Laminex Dawn Grey Splashback- 600x600 White Gloss Tiles Carpet- I forget the exact name but its a brownish/grey colour We have upgraded most of our tapware and basins etc which I hope will finish off the house nicely I will post pics soon hopefully i can figure out how to do it! Re: OMG We are getting slabbed TODAY!! 7/10 3Oct 07, 2009 2:06 am Hello Meg, If you have photos saved on your computer, then in photobucket click on upload pics. Pick which pics you want one by one that way. Once they are on photobucket to get them on here, open up a reply to your thread and if you put your cursor over a pic on photobucket... IMG code is the last thing to chose from, click on that code so it is highlighted, copy and then paste to here. Do that for each pic you want, just put it on a new line each time. You can then preview before you submit it to us to see Hope that made sense. Built with New Generation (Summit Homes) We own land!... with a slab on it! Plus a shell of a house with stuff inside ! Re: HELP EXTERIOR COLOURS im confused!!! 5Oct 07, 2009 3:20 am I need advice what will look better...atm we have roof/facia/gutters all colorbond woodland grey(bushland) BUT do you think using colorbond surfmist gutters/fascia with the woodland grey roof will look better im confused as to what to choose i need to pick soon!!?? We are also having a surfmist pannel door with surfmist window frames if that helps Cheers xxx Re: OMG We are getting slabbed TODAY!! 7/10 6Oct 07, 2009 4:25 am Im on night duty if anyone is wondering why the hell im up so early in the morning deciding on house colours! I THINK i have decided i like Bushlands Grey roof with bushlands Grey gutters and change the fascia to "surfmist" instead of bushlands grey just for something different should go well with the surfmist window frames and garage door?? I need to tell my SS asap i hope its not too late for changes! Re: OMG We are getting slabbed TODAY!! 7/10 7Oct 07, 2009 1:35 pm hey meg, either way i have a blue roof with surfmist gutter and fascia, but in your case either way will work! having the fascia surfmist will tie it in with the windows and garage door though 2014 - Prepping to build the Soho 4 with Plantation homes, industrial style 2009 - Built the Brampton with Coral Homes viewtopic.php?f=31&t=15399&start=280 Re: OMG We are getting slabbed TODAY!! 7/10 8Oct 07, 2009 2:52 pm Hey meg. . . we had a similar kind of question a while ago. . . We're having Monument roof and were trying to decide whether to go with Monument facias or go with the contrasting Surfmist. . . we went with Surfmist in the end. Re: OMG We are getting slabbed TODAY!! 7/10 9Oct 07, 2009 3:20 pm Hey meg, We are having woodland grey roof, gutters and all that and surfmist garage... but black window frames. What kind of colour is your face brick? I didn't think you could makes changes to the colour of those things this late in the game? What were your original selections? It could incur a fee... Built with New Generation (Summit Homes) We own land!... with a slab on it! Plus a shell of a house with stuff inside ! Re: OMG We are getting slabbed TODAY!! 7/10 10Oct 07, 2009 8:23 pm Thanks guys for your opinions we have made up our minds we are having woodlans grey roof and gutters with surfmist fascia, window frames and garage door.... Candylea- I spoke to my SS today and she said we can change our fascia colour and we wont get charged weird i know i thought we would also...but good news for us! Our render colour is "Haymes" Baked Clay and our portico "Haymes" Lost Cavern ill post some pics of a house we have made our colur selection from. Re: OMG We are getting slabbed TODAY!! 7/10 11Oct 07, 2009 9:23 pm Hey guys im trying to upload some pics for you ill do some more later for you Pic of our block from front http://s659.photobucket.com/albums/uu31 ... C01659.jpg We have sand! http://s659.photobucket.com/albums/uu31 ... C01667.jpg Our feature wall colour http://s659.photobucket.com/albums/uu31 ... C01718.jpg Our internal doors and handles on display home http://s659.photobucket.com/albums/uu31 ... C01727.jpg Our tiles and paint http://s659.photobucket.com/albums/uu31 ... C01722.jpg more to come soon... Re: OMG We are getting slabbed TODAY!! 7/10 13Oct 07, 2009 9:50 pm Your colours look good, the paint and tiles look the same or very similar to what we have Blog: http://bluemistkids.blogspot.com "Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, and professionals built the Titanic." Re: Our house so far LOTS OF PICS!!! 14Oct 07, 2009 11:29 pm Thanks Elli and Hels Im very happy with our colour selections I dont think you can go wrong with this kind of colour you have very nice taste by the way! MORE pics for the pic piggies out there!! This is what our facade will "hopefully" look like colour wise we have picked a woodlands grey roof/gutters ( note: darker render colour "Lost cavern" will only be on portico and the lighter colour "baked clay" on rest), surfmist madison panel single garage door/window frames/fascia but a stained wooden glass door to mix it up a bit but overall pretty much will look like this... http://s659.photobucket.com/albums/uu31 ... C01715.jpg Slabs not too far away now... http://s659.photobucket.com/albums/uu31 ... C01732.jpg OMG we now have a slab as of today!!! http://s659.photobucket.com/albums/uu31 ... C01743.jpg Our house is small but i cant fit it inot one pic! http://s659.photobucket.com/albums/uu31 ... C01746.jpg Our house plan should of posted this first sorry guys! http://s659.photobucket.com/albums/uu31 ... C01749.jpg Our benchtop and cupboard selections for kitchen/vanity and laundry http://s659.photobucket.com/albums/uu31 ... C01751.jpg Our Kitchen (Kitchen window is going to be moved to middle of sink) microwave is built into breakfast bar i havnt got a pic of other kitchen angles sorry... http://s659.photobucket.com/albums/uu31 ... C01752.jpg AND finally.....our facade which doesnt show the double side access gates to right where a second concrete driveway will be to continue through to future shed... http://s659.photobucket.com/albums/uu31 ... C01758.jpg Its comming together so quickly i cant wait for the frames to go up! Re: OMG We are getting slabbed TODAY!! 7/10 16Oct 07, 2009 11:32 pm Congrats on your slab meg!! Your plans look lovely and your colour selections are fab!! Everything will go so well together viewtopic.php?f=31&t=22766 - my build thread! Time waits for no man. Unless that man is Chuck Norris. Re: OMG We are getting slabbed TODAY!! 7/10 17Oct 07, 2009 11:41 pm Thanks Jodie we are pretty excited its our first house so its just my fiance and me for now so we figured we didnt need to build a big house it should suit us good, im stressing about the colour selections i hope they look ok we have stuck with pretty safe colours Re: OMG We are getting slabbed TODAY!! 7/10 18Oct 07, 2009 11:52 pm Hi Meg. . . you're up late! Well, your house looks to be at least three times the size of my first place. . . so I guess you won that one! Hurrah! Hold on. . . that means I lost! booo Just remember . . . the bigger it is, the more of it there is to clean. (I think we'll last about a year in our place before selling it and moving to a beach shack. . . hmmmm. . . beach shack. Re: OMG We are getting slabbed TODAY!! 7/10 19Oct 08, 2009 1:01 am Hi Meg I am loving your house, looks kinda similar to mine. Nice job Building with Homebuyers Centre El Questro! My building thread..viewtopic.php?f=31&t=19421 Brickies started 5/10 Re: OMG We are getting slabbed TODAY!! 7/10 20Oct 08, 2009 1:13 am Hope this helps http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu316/koop29/DSC01749-1.jpg Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu316/koop29/DSC01743.jpg Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Building with Homebuyers Centre El Questro! My building thread..viewtopic.php?f=31&t=19421 Brickies started 5/10 My land is 260m2 (10m x 26m) located in claymore NSW. Under campbelltown council. 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