Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jul 23, 2010 10:58 am After spending a LONG time reading about other peoples builds (and getting lots of good tips and inspiration), I’ve decided to start my own thread (for anyone who’s interested in reading!!).
At the start of this year my husband and I decided that we wanted to build a new house. We bought a block of land and after visiting lots of display homes we decided to build with Henley- the Monaco Q1. So we’ve sold our old house and are currently renting around the corner from our block (so we can have our regular visits!). Here are our house plans after some modifications. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Now one of the things that I REALLY wanted in my new house was a big WIR. And of course, somehow we’ve managed to choose the only Henley house with a small WIR!! (which was made even smaller when we flipped the front of the house to suit our block better). Oh well (we loved everything else so I guess it’s a small compromise!) We have deleted the WIR fittings so that we can maximise the space afterwards with fitted drawers/shelves etc Here are some photos of our colour selections External – Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Brick- Austral tan Mortar-Off white raked Roof - Magnum Fascia & gutters- Monument Downpipes and windows – Jasper Render to front pillars -Ceylonese Garage door- Colourgrain coaba Front door- Corinthian MAD 104- Merbau stain Internal- Kitchen Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Overhead cupboards- White Ali-frost perspex Kitchen cabinet doors/drawers- Polar white gloss vinyl wrap Bench top- CS Ice snow Glass splashback- Stonecrop on starfire (still not 100% on this one- too dark???) Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Bathroom & Ensuite Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Vanity top- CS Snow Cabinet doors- Laminex Licorice Linea Floor tiles/shower/bath hob- Chalet Mocha Feature tile- Emperador Blend Wall tiles- White gloss (The photo above shows laminex- espresso ligna which was our original choice but we've changed this to licorice linea- shown below- they are very similar!) Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Laundry Counter top- Laminex Stipple seal Cabinets- Laminex Licorice linea Floor tiles- Chalet Mocha Wall tile- White gloss Paint colour Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Most walls- Dulux Beige royal Bathroom, ensuite and laundry walls- Dulux Beige royal quarter Skirting, doors etc- Dulux Natural white Timber stacker doors and timber windows to be stained – Merbau We plan on laying Spotted gum timber floors (after handover) to our entry, kitchen, meals, and family area and carpeting the rest. Here are a couple of photos of our slab which was poured on Monday! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Our extended garage! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Our site was scraped 3 weeks ago now (2nd July) and the timber was delivered for the frames yesterday! Can’t wait to go down today to see if they’ve started any frame work!!! Re: D & D's Henley Monaco! 2Jul 23, 2010 11:03 am Congrats on starting a thread. You've got a nice looking slab there. Hopefully they don't waste too much time before they start the frame. I love your colour selections, very nice. contract signed: Nov 09 Released to Construction: 23 Jul 10 Slab poured: 9 Aug 10 Frame completed: 30 Aug 10 Windows & Gutters: 7 Sep 10 Bricks: 15 - 23 Sep 10 Roof: 24 Sep 10 Gyprock: 20 Oct 10 Lockup: 25 Oct 10 Kitchen: 27 Oct 10 Tiling: 6 - 9 Nov 10 Painting: 17 Nov 10 Carpet: 30 Nov 10 PCI: 15 Dec 10 Handover: 17 Dec 10 https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=35943 Re: D & D's Henley Monaco! 3Jul 23, 2010 12:44 pm Thanks Carlswil! Just got a call from DH. The SS rang him to say that they've started the frame work! YAY! Will have to take the dogs for a walk down there later today! Also had a look at your thread... love the size of bed 3 (good decision!). Plenty of living space too! Very nice Hopefully you won't have to wait too long before they start. Re: D & D's Henley Monaco! 4Jul 23, 2010 1:59 pm That's great that they've started the frame. Thanks for your comments. We love how open our house is, and like the space. I'm just getting really impatient for them to start. contract signed: Nov 09 Released to Construction: 23 Jul 10 Slab poured: 9 Aug 10 Frame completed: 30 Aug 10 Windows & Gutters: 7 Sep 10 Bricks: 15 - 23 Sep 10 Roof: 24 Sep 10 Gyprock: 20 Oct 10 Lockup: 25 Oct 10 Kitchen: 27 Oct 10 Tiling: 6 - 9 Nov 10 Painting: 17 Nov 10 Carpet: 30 Nov 10 PCI: 15 Dec 10 Handover: 17 Dec 10 https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=35943 Re: D & D's Henley Monaco! 5Jul 23, 2010 6:58 pm Love all your colour selections, cant wait to see your house come together Re: D & D's Henley Monaco! 6Jul 23, 2010 7:01 pm Very informative first post. Its a really good plan with no wasted space. Its a pity about the WIR but as you said small sacrifice. Cant wait to see some progress for you! NO EXPECTATIONS, NO DISAPPOINTMENTS! Build Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=27441 Landscaping Thread: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=43969 Re: D & D's Henley Monaco! 7Jul 23, 2010 7:10 pm arent you clever with those colour selections..whoaoao! well done, it is going to look GORGEOUS! I like the splashback, for what it is worth. Dont think it is too dark. if the family rm is north facing,? it will be fine. Like your brick too...very stylie. look forward to your build Re: D & D's Henley Monaco! 8Jul 23, 2010 10:47 pm Aaron & Erin Love all your colour selections, cant wait to see your house come together Thanks Erin! I've been following both your threads and I must say that you have got the most STUNNING kitchen! I've been loving the photo reveals of your house- Thank-you for sharing them with us! boiselfish Very informative first post. Its a really good plan with no wasted space. Its a pity about the WIR but as you said small sacrifice. Cant wait to see some progress for you! Thanks Boiselfish. One of the things that I really enjoy about this forum is being able to look at other peoples floorplans/colour selections/photos and getting inspiration from them (this was especially helpful when I was trying to choose my house colours). So I thought that I would share mine too!! kiwi arent you clever with those colour selections..whoaoao! well done, it is going to look GORGEOUS! I like the splashback, for what it is worth. Dont think it is too dark. if the family rm is north facing,? it will be fine. Like your brick too...very stylie. look forward to your build Thanks Kiwi! I found lots of inspiration on this forum for my colours (especially love the "show me your kitchen" thread!) But DH wants me to stop looking at other peoples photos now coz he's sick of me asking him if we've made the right choices!! Also our family room faces north/west so it should get lots of sun! Re: D & D's Henley Monaco- Frame started! 9Jul 24, 2010 9:00 am Took the dogs for a walk down to the house yesterday arvo- they've started the frame work!
We had a good time walking through the house and getting a feel for where everything will be! SS told us that it should take them about a week to finish the frame. Here are a couple of photos. Front of house looking through entry Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Back of the house Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Looking into the family room through the alfresco Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: D & D's Henley Monaco! 11Jul 24, 2010 2:03 pm WOW so quick, how luck. Walking through the house at frame stage is so fun. Hope you dogs enjoyed it too! NO EXPECTATIONS, NO DISAPPOINTMENTS! Build Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=27441 Landscaping Thread: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=43969 Re: D & D's Henley Monaco! 12Jul 24, 2010 3:29 pm Rowena Looking good I really like your plans and colour selection. The external colours will look great - especially the front door, which will be a feature Thanks Rowena! I'm really happy with the external colours! I just hope the merbau stain for the front door matches the garage door (it did in the sample at colour selections!) Another one of those colour decisions that we'll just have to wait and see! (much like our glass splashback in the kitchen) boiselfish WOW so quick, how luck. Walking through the house at frame stage is so fun. Hope you dogs enjoyed it too! The dogs had a ball racing through the house (so did I!! ) Re: D & D's Henley Monaco! 13Jul 27, 2010 10:35 pm Went for a drive past the house yesterday and we had half a roof!! The builders were out there again today when we went for a walk in the afternoon. They had almost finished the other half of the roof trusses. They told us they had planned to have it finished today but the architect had gotten part of the drawings wrong so they'll need to come back to finish the roof once it's sorted (the part above our master bedroom). Had another walk through the house once the builders had left (shhhh )- it's very exciting to see the house take shape!! Here are some more photos from today: Front of the house (not the best picture- hard to fit it all in!!) Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Back of the house Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Our garage Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The alfresco Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: D & D's Henley Monaco! 14Jul 28, 2010 11:12 am Your house is looking great. I bet it's good to see it all coming together. contract signed: Nov 09 Released to Construction: 23 Jul 10 Slab poured: 9 Aug 10 Frame completed: 30 Aug 10 Windows & Gutters: 7 Sep 10 Bricks: 15 - 23 Sep 10 Roof: 24 Sep 10 Gyprock: 20 Oct 10 Lockup: 25 Oct 10 Kitchen: 27 Oct 10 Tiling: 6 - 9 Nov 10 Painting: 17 Nov 10 Carpet: 30 Nov 10 PCI: 15 Dec 10 Handover: 17 Dec 10 https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=35943 Re: D & D's Henley Monaco! 15Jul 28, 2010 11:16 am All of your selections look really good, will be fun to see it all come together. Congrats on your frame! Very exciting! MM Building Doulton Q3 with Plantation Homes My Building Blog http://thewebbs-page.blogspot.com/ Building Thread https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=32743 Re: D & D's Henley Monaco- Frame almost complete! 16Jul 28, 2010 5:34 pm carlswil Your house is looking great. I bet it's good to see it all coming together. mummamichelle All of your selections look really good, will be fun to see it all come together. Congrats on your frame! Very exciting! Thanks! We are both super excited After waiting for what feels like an eternity- it is nice to finally see the house take shape!! Went past the house again this afternoon (I can't stay away!) The rest of the roof was up- so the error in the drawings musn't have been too big an issue (thank goodness)! Re: D & D's Henley Monaco! 17Jul 28, 2010 10:05 pm After spying these gorgeous bar stools on other peoples threads...I couldn't resist them!!! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ They are from OZ Plaza on ebay (there is a thread dedicated to them viewtopic.php?f=36&t=33777&hilit=ozplaza) I bought 4 of them in white for about $250 (that includes postage). I'm not too sure that the white seats and my 12 month old will mix very well though Re: D & D's Henley Monaco! 18Jul 30, 2010 6:25 pm great floor plan ! i especially like how your walk-in robe is along side your ensuite, looks like your building process is certainly coming along! i find it interesting how different states build houses, in perth they dont use timber frames, just bricks, except for the roof frame of course Building in Darch 2010 (NOR PERTH) Land Titles Released 25/06/10 Land Settlement 14/07/10 Prestart Completed 17/08/10 Plans in Council 16/08/10 Building Licence Approved 22/09/10 Slab Poured 30/09/10 Bricking Started 14/10/10 Bricking Finished 26/10/10 Our Journey!! https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=36447 Our Blog Spot! http://joelnjayedarch.blogspot.com/ Re: D & D's Henley Monaco! 19Aug 01, 2010 10:13 am Jaye_Jol great floor plan ! i especially like how your walk-in robe is along side your ensuite, looks like your building process is certainly coming along! i find it interesting how different states build houses, in perth they dont use timber frames, just bricks, except for the roof frame of course Thanks Jaye_Jol! It's funny, I was just showing my husband your floorplan and saying how much I like your walk in robes!! Yeah, I noticed that Perth houses are built differently to Melb (after seeing some photos on someone elses thread!!) It's interesting seeing it done a different way Re: D & D's Henley Monaco! 20Aug 01, 2010 12:57 pm Oh wow, they are certainly not mucking around with your build. It is looking great. How exciting! I can't wait until we reach the frame stage ... we have been in the planning process for more than 12 months now!! Your colour selections are great too. Looking forward to watching your house grow PS.... those stools are awesome!! We don't have a breakfast bar so don't need stools BUT I might need to look at getting some for the mancave Building the Canterbury 27E by NBG: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34051 Yes, I have. But, I haven't paid yet. They know they did not do proper jobs and I sent the email re: final payment, I cannot pay. They said, we will do 2nd PCI. 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