Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Re: Karratha's DAH Contempo, Baldivis! *GOT THE KEYS :)* 101Sep 08, 2010 11:25 pm Wooow looking nice. I love your kitchen. Did the builder do the paving/concrete around the outside too? Re: Karratha's DAH Contempo, Baldivis! *GOT THE KEYS :)* 102Sep 09, 2010 1:03 am Looks beautiful Karratha Did you end up getting your floor tiles fixed up? Because the look pretty good in these pics. What colour is your splashback? We're getting ours done after hand over and have Smoky Sapelle cupboards too. Re: Re: Karratha's DAH Contempo, Baldivis! *GOT THE KEYS :)* 103Sep 09, 2010 4:14 am ibfragalot99, thanks Yeah the builder supplied the guys to do the paving, the supervisor said the 2 guys who done it are some of the best in Perth, and I'm pretty impressed!! Thanks Lis, Yeah....still not 100% happy but your never going to get a perfect house but it's 10000x better than what it was and it is at least consistent now! I have Fools Gold Smokey Sapelle is a really nice colour. Re: Re: Karratha's DAH Contempo, Baldivis! *GOT THE KEYS :)* 104Sep 09, 2010 2:35 pm Hey Karratha! Your house is absolutely glorious! Love the kitchen you must be glad it is all done. How is everything going with Evermore heights? Is all the solar panels etc done? I'm just wondering how much we have to orgniase and add at pre start for the installation of eveyrthing. Any advice would be appreciated!! Re: Re: Karratha's DAH Contempo, Baldivis! *GOT THE KEYS :)* 105Sep 09, 2010 5:48 pm Hey Thanks Yeah glad it's over but I actually enjoyed it in a way, will miss my weekly updates and seeing all my hard work come together now it's all done! Yep Solar panels are all on and sorted, they are a bit weird because Conergy doesn't like installing them under the builder as some say no, but DAH allowed them onsite and to install them and allowed the rainwater tank to be installed by whoever does that. I was lucky I just signed the vouchers and DAH organised everything, fencing, rainwater tank etc I just had to organise the solar panel installation and still trying to get the landscaping done which is a battle. Won't answer my phone calls and won't get back to my emails, initial communication was great and had them come around and give me a plan and after I signed it haven't heard anything back and I'm getting really irate about it, as I want it done and I need to know if I need a bobcat in. If I don't hear back from them by the end of the week going to email the estate manager and find out whats going on.....friggin **** me At Pre start i just signed all the vouchers and the builder took them and sent them off as required. Hopefully that's of some help! Re: Karratha's DAH Contempo, Baldivis! *GOT THE KEYS :)* 106Sep 09, 2010 7:28 pm what do you mean by vouchers - not sure I'm familiar with the concept in the building process... Preliminary agreement 23/11 Contract 22/03 Prestart 06/04 - finalised on 30/04 Unconditional approval 10/05 Demolition 05/07 Slab 26/08 Brickwork 13/09-06/10 Roof frame started 07/10 viewtopic.php?f=31&t=32292 Re: Re: Karratha's DAH Contempo, Baldivis! *GOT THE KEYS :)* 107Sep 09, 2010 7:41 pm Probably something between the land developer and builders... like fencing and landscaping etc. Re: Re: Karratha's DAH Contempo, Baldivis! *GOT THE KEYS :)* 108Sep 09, 2010 9:48 pm Yeah Bagheera, Duke has it.....the developer (Satterley) gives you ''vouchers'' (just attached to the contract of sale) to send away to them and then they can provide you with your r/w tank, landscaping, fencing, solar panels, telstra stuff etc Re: Re: Karratha's DAH Contempo, Baldivis! *GOT THE KEYS :)* 109Sep 09, 2010 11:44 pm Karratha, just out of interest, and if you don't mind saying, how much is the landscaping allowance, and do you have restrictions as to what plants you can have? Oceanic with Nautilus upgrades. Handover 8 September 2010 Re: Karratha's DAH Contempo, Baldivis! *GOT THE KEYS :)* 110Sep 10, 2010 4:20 am O2, because I bought in one of the first releases I recieved an $8,000 allowance for front and rear lanscaping. I had to have waterwise plants, buffalo lawn and retic and a tree out the front (but i have a verge tree so don't have to worry But it was open slather basically I could have what I wanted. Now I think the buyers only get around 4k for front landscaping only. Re: Re: Karratha's DAH Contempo, Baldivis! *GOT THE KEYS :)* 111Sep 10, 2010 10:50 am $8k is a nice amount to work with, but I suppose like the rest of our houses, it all adds up pretty quickly. Do you have to use a landscaper, or could you have done it yourself? Looking forward to seeing your gardens, K Oceanic with Nautilus upgrades. Handover 8 September 2010 Re: Karratha's DAH Contempo, Baldivis! *GOT THE KEYS :)* 112Sep 10, 2010 2:18 pm Yeah had to use A&S Lawn Supplies and I also had a landscaper come around and design my yard for me, told her what I wanted and where and she done the plan But I can't get hold of A&S by email or phone, so who knows whats going on.......... Re: Re: Karratha's DAH Contempo, Baldivis! *GOT THE KEYS :)* 113Sep 10, 2010 4:27 pm Karratha thanks so much for the info, I will def ask the builder about the process at pre start on the 20th! We only get the front landscaping now but hey.....I'm happy that we get all those incentives for free, the environmental aspect of our estate sold it for me. I think it is a great setp in the right direction Re: Re: Karratha's DAH Contempo, Baldivis! *GOT THE KEYS :)* 114Sep 10, 2010 4:40 pm No problems, yeah the solar panels are great......can't wait to reap the benefits of those especially since power isn't cheap! Velocity is great too, especially now with the NBN being put in so the house is pretty well future proofed. Can't believe Karratha isn't more solar panel friendly, I guess because of cyclones but most companies pay employees power because except for winter our aircon runs 24/7. Could halve the cost of power..... In other news it actually rained here for about the first time in 6 months!! Funny to hear people's houses being built delayed because of rain Re: Re: Karratha's DAH Contempo, Baldivis! *GOT THE KEYS :)* 115Sep 12, 2010 9:36 am Hey K, What kind of carpet did you get? Looks like it feels very comfy and warmy not like the synthetic hard wearing kind? Re: Re: Karratha's DAH Contempo, Baldivis! *GOT THE KEYS :)* 117Sep 13, 2010 7:43 pm Thanks Rizzo duke, good question!The carpet was a surprise as the sample was quite hard and didn't do the actual carpet justice. It was Mi Casa Torbay (chalet plush/deep springs) Colour: Pebbles (#41) Re: Re: Karratha's DAH Contempo, Baldivis! *GOT THE KEYS :)* 118Dec 01, 2010 12:07 am Finally the landscaping has been completed and my grass has grown and finally got some pics 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 ⋅ Re: Re: Karratha's DAH Contempo, Baldivis! *GOT THE KEYS :)* 119Dec 01, 2010 4:29 am Wow... So green... And in this weather... What grass and how is stay so green? Time for a mow I think. Re: Karratha's DAH Contempo, Baldivis! *GOT THE KEYS :)* 120Dec 01, 2010 11:34 am Is that grass real? It looks so beautiful If so what were the "special circumstances" under which it was granted? "Note: If the development consent is for 'dual occupancy' an owner-builder permit can only be… 0 10948 |