Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jun 22, 2011 3:03 pm building the Colorado by new generation homes, have got a block of land in baldivis which took more than long enough too get the titles was promised them in may 2010 and only received them in November so the only pain that is has been is staying at the oldies since December 2009 once we sold our house [img=http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/th.c5d303a192.jpg] we have changed the alfresco into a activity room for the kids and have extended the theater room by 960mm long... the laundry we have put the linen closet in the hallway so we have more bench space in the laundry other than that everything is about the same Oh we also put double doors on places that didn't have doors Re: stewstar's build 2Jun 22, 2011 3:23 pm i have done all the electrical which was intense as i was talking to someone who had no idea, had to put in multiple conduits as they wouldn't let me do it ..they are no fun at all!!! but conduits were needed for cat 6 and also rg6 coax so we can have foxtel or maybe cameras on every tv if we wanted too.. when they tell you prices of the stuff you want it dosnt seem to bad untill you get the total arrggghhh but all worth it [img=http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/th.9a93c283fe.jpg] Re: stewstar's build 3Jun 22, 2011 3:27 pm WElcome stewstar! Plan looks great, the colorado was on our short list when we looked, I LOVE the master bed windows/recess my new build thread- Ben Trager https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89826 my switch build thread (2011) https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=36569 Re: stewstar's build 4Jun 22, 2011 4:23 pm Wow another Colorado build. This is the 3rd other Colorado build i know of (including mine). Some nice changes there, wish i had made my theatre a bit wider but then would of missed out on living area, something you have PLENTY of. Will be good to see some pics and what you selected in colours! Re: stewstar's build 5Jun 28, 2011 7:53 pm this is what happens when workers don't take care http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/38/2606005.jpg/ driveway waiting to be done http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/801/2606010.jpg/ en suite shower http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/824/2606013.jpg/ en suite loo http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/6/2606014.jpg/ kitchen stove http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/846/2606015.jpg/ bathroom shower http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/818/2606018.jpg/ Kitchen and Games http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/56 ... 06019.jpg/ Re: stewstar's build 7Jun 29, 2011 1:11 pm build hasn't been too bad the ss went away for 2 weeks and the other guy that was supposed to look after his stuff but didn't book anything in so im about 2 weeks behind other than that have found ss to be great had a few drama's but they fixed them all up Should have final inspection 4th of august once floor tiles and carpet are laid.... So close but yet seems so far away laundry http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/19 ... 06011.jpg/ Thank you so much everyone. This all makes a lot of sense. I guess when you talk to a builder who butters up everything to look very polished, you get to start believing… 8 17180 thank you! do we need to get this or our builder before we commence new build on the block? 2 10260 Hi, did you get any money from insurance? if you did, does it match what you've already paid the builders? 3 9432 |