Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jun 13, 2009 4:11 pm Hi everyone, As we've hit the ground running with our build this week, we thought we'd jump on the blogging/threading bandwagon and share the journey with all of our H1 friends! We are building a Wisdom Homes Impression 33MkII on a park front block in The Ponds, Sydney which we have modified to include an outdoor leisure area. Floor Plan Our block Our outlook 1 Our outlook 2 We purchased our block last October as an engagement present to ourselves and have spent the last 6 months trying to consider every possible detail as we plan to live in our house forever We were delighted to get off the ground this week after what feels like forever and are thrilled to bits that Wisdom have gone from cutting and filling to pouring the slab in 5 working days! Here is our progress so far; slab is scheduled to be poured on Monday!! Latest update Well, that's it for now. Between planning our wedding and trying to pick tiles, we've got plenty to keep us busy for the moment! - principessa & stevep79 Building a Wisdom Homes Impression 33 MkII http://lilypadintheponds.blogspot.com/ We have the keys! Tiling in progress... Re: Building a Wisdom Impression 33MkII in The Ponds 2Jun 13, 2009 4:16 pm Things will fly by I'm sure. And good luck with the wedding planning - we love details of that sort of thing on H1 After 4 years - we're in! Re: Building a Wisdom Impression 33MkII in The Ponds 3Jun 13, 2009 4:31 pm Very exciting!!!!!!. I will add you to my weekly tour when I visit my block. Very sad that I do weekly drive bys, I know. Can't wait to see you build. Good luck with the wedding and tile planning, not sure which one is harder Min Building at The Ponds Land reg 3/12/09, Land settled 18/12/09 Approved by Design Panel 16/11/09, Submitted to council 24/11/09, Approved by Council 21/1/10 Site Start 21/5/10 http://andyminpondsbuild.blogspot.com/ https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=19800 Re: Building a Wisdom Impression 33MkII in The Ponds 4Jun 13, 2009 4:34 pm andy_min I will add you to my weekly tour when I visit my block. Very sad that I do weekly drive bys, I know Don't worry, you're not alone! We were doing weekly drive bys up until this week when they became nightly drive bys! We also have a small circuit of houses that we like to stalk Building a Wisdom Homes Impression 33 MkII http://lilypadintheponds.blogspot.com/ We have the keys! Tiling in progress... Re: Building a Wisdom Impression 33MkII in The Ponds 5Jun 13, 2009 5:16 pm Such an awesome start to your build - Go Wisdom! And good luck on the Wedding front - We know exactly what it is like (4 weeks to go for us ) Re: Building a Wisdom Impression 33MkII in The Ponds 6Jun 13, 2009 6:08 pm That's great new fee1 When are you getting married? I am soo glad that part is over for us. Don't get me wrong, it was a fantastic day but it was quite painful trying to sort out plans and trying to deal with settlement on the land whilst on our honeymoon I am soo happy that everything is moving fast for you. Let's hope that it keeps up. Re: Building a Wisdom Impression 33MkII in The Ponds 7Jun 13, 2009 6:52 pm Congrats principessa, you guys are flying by! great work by Wisdom! Nice outlook from your block, is nice that you have that park across from you so you won't get build up there. When's the wedding? you'll have to keep us updated as I agree with SC, we love those sort of details here! 4 weeks to your wedding Sanderling! that's great, I hope you have a fantastic day, just remember to enjoy it! we ALL do weekly drive bys (or more often if you live a suburb away the corner... ) Building a Wisdom Prosperity 23 - http://erwisdomprosperity.blogspot.com/ Re: Building a Wisdom Impression 33MkII in The Ponds 8Jun 13, 2009 9:12 pm Thanks, guys! As for the wedding, it is locked in for May next year! Church, reception, cars, musicians and photographer have been booked. I figure we have plenty of time to work out the rest! My bridesmaids are taking me to a bridal expo next weekend (which I think is more of a reconnaissance excursion for their own purposes - they're just using me as their excuse so as not to alarm their bfs ). I find bridal expos are not dissimilar to spending a few hours in Di Lorenzo!!!!!! Crazy bridezillas snatching at free cake samples are on par with some of the people we observed in the "builder's range" section this morning!!!!!!!!!! Building a Wisdom Homes Impression 33 MkII http://lilypadintheponds.blogspot.com/ We have the keys! Tiling in progress... Re: Building a Wisdom Impression 33MkII in The Ponds 9Jun 13, 2009 10:45 pm Thank goodness for bridesmaids, saves me having to endure the expos! Stevep79 & Principessa Finished building Wisdom Homes Impression 33mkII in The Ponds, Sydney http://lilypadintheponds.blogspot.com Re: Building a Wisdom Impression 33MkII in The Ponds 10Jun 14, 2009 12:16 am stevep79 Thank goodness for bridesmaids, saves me having to endure the expos! quite right Steve! but they won't save you from Di Lorenzo though! and I think that's even more painful! Congratulations on the wedding date guys, you'll be well and truly into your new home by then! Building a Wisdom Prosperity 23 - http://erwisdomprosperity.blogspot.com/ Re: Building a Wisdom Impression 33MkII in The Ponds 11Jun 14, 2009 12:19 am stevep79 Thank goodness for bridesmaids, saves me having to endure the expos! steve, you are too funny! that's probably what Nav was thinking as well (though we never had time for wedding expos, unfortunately )... ahh i heart weddings. will you two be putting a "wedding thread" in the Coffee Break section of the forums? gah, you guys are scheduled for slab already! that's so cool i can't wait till things start happening on our side of the city hehe congratz on your progress! Re: Building a Wisdom Impression 33MkII in The Ponds 12Jun 14, 2009 6:05 pm The expos are great fun. But it is better with the girls, take the boys and they just start pacing out the front of the stalls Re: Building a Wisdom Impression 33MkII in The Ponds 13Jun 14, 2009 8:37 pm Congrats on the Waffles guys. C&G -------------------------------- A new building chapter begins.. Re: Building a Wisdom Impression 33MkII in The Ponds 14Jun 15, 2009 8:13 am bobbuilder Congrats on the Waffles guys. Thanks guys, getting very exciting right now. Fingers crossed the slab gets poured today despite the bit of rain yesterday. If it doesn't, I'm afraid the rain will defeat us for the rest of the week! Stevep79 & Principessa Finished building Wisdom Homes Impression 33mkII in The Ponds, Sydney http://lilypadintheponds.blogspot.com Re: Building a Wisdom Impression 33MkII in The Ponds - Slab! 15Jun 15, 2009 1:38 pm Slabtaculous! The boys were hard at work at lunch time. So glad to have it poured before the forecasted showers for the rest of the week. Am keeping my fingers crossed that the weather man is wrong for the sake of all of our fellow Wisdom friends waiting to start! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Building a Wisdom Homes Impression 33 MkII http://lilypadintheponds.blogspot.com/ We have the keys! Tiling in progress... Re: Building a Wisdom Impression 33MkII in The Ponds - Slab! 16Jun 15, 2009 1:47 pm Wooooohooooooo! How good is that. You beat the rain. C&G -------------------------------- A new building chapter begins.. Re: Our Wisdom Impression 33MkII in The Ponds - Slab! 18Jun 15, 2009 1:58 pm congrats about the slab Hopefully your frame will be up in no time and then we can really see this build come together Re: Our Wisdom Impression 33MkII in The Ponds - Slab! 19Jun 15, 2009 4:57 pm Thanks bb, gkj & Sanderling! We're super excited We got a call this afternoon from DL asking us to make an appointment. God help us We have NFI!! Building a Wisdom Homes Impression 33 MkII http://lilypadintheponds.blogspot.com/ We have the keys! Tiling in progress... Re: Our Wisdom Impression 33MkII in The Ponds - Slab! 20Jun 15, 2009 5:13 pm Congrats guys! nice looking slab you have there! and in time to beat the rain! well done Wisdom! hubby got a call from Di Lorenzo too and he said the same "NFI!" he told them that we are finding it very hard to find something that is not discontinued or deleted from their range! Building a Wisdom Prosperity 23 - http://erwisdomprosperity.blogspot.com/ Hi, guys! If you've built with Wisdom Homes, would you mind sharing images of your front facades once they're all rendered? I'm considering signing up with them for a wide… 0 14188 Can someone please offer some advice? Im DESPERATE. Because I'm completely and utterly exhausted. How long are variations taking with other companies at the moment? We… 0 18829 In fairness nobody gave a crap about the ACCC and the gag clauses continued in the pro forma templates of a few other builders after the ACCC took on Wisdom, and more… 19 73881 |