Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Aug 11, 2011 6:27 pm Well now its my turn to start a page or 2. Have so enjoyed reading every one elses builds and have already learnt so much from you all. We are a family of 5 so a four bedroom house was a 'must' for us, the older boys are desperate for a room each, and a music room for hubby. Last year (2010) in March we paid a deposit on land, sold our home in September and now - finally - last week (August 2011), the land has settled We had already decided on a plan and a company DFH, and have been making adjustments to the plans for months, finally getting close for them to draw up contracts. Our consultant has just been fantastic! Doesnt seem to mind us annoying her constantly.... There was no floor plan to look at of the house we wanted so we drove to Ballarat and she showed us through her daughters home, who has the said floorplan, very lucky. Since then the plan we chose has been withdrawn, we were very happy as it was our second pic, first pic was too expensive. Since then the plan we really wanted has been added to the 'standard' range so we are back on track so to speak. Hubby and i have just spent 2 days in melbourne. Went through many display homes, trying to sort out colors, tiles etc that we might like. Are drawn to certain colors and styles so hopefully we are on the right track. Very impressed with the help we got at Epping, the consultant was just fantastic, spent nearly 3 hours with him measuring up kitchen benches etc. Wish i could say the same for the trip to the 'highlands' estate.... Have lay byd the kitchen appliances, a 900mm freestanding stove, as well as a wall oven, one can never have too much oven space i say. No i am not a masterchef by no means! I will try and add the plans of the house, the before and the after, all the changes we have made. Thanks for reading and would love any opinions on what we should be doing at this stage. Trina Land has settled 3rd Aug 10 - Contracts signed 29th Sept 11 Scrape 1st Dec 11 - Dunny arrival 15th Dec 11[/color] Bricks started 16th Feb CHOCOLATE SHRINKS YOUR CLOTHES Re: Building 1st time 2Aug 11, 2011 8:40 pm Hi Trina I am a Trina too So glad your turn has come and you are about to make a start. We are part way through our build and are not all that far away from you. Will be good to follow your build through What a good idea to look through displays to get an idea of all your colours. Anyhow all the best and i will be eagerly watching for your plans etc Re: Building 1st time 3Aug 11, 2011 9:38 pm Land has settled 3rd Aug 10 - Contracts signed 29th Sept 11 Scrape 1st Dec 11 - Dunny arrival 15th Dec 11[/color] Bricks started 16th Feb CHOCOLATE SHRINKS YOUR CLOTHES Re: Building 1st time 4Aug 11, 2011 10:12 pm Thanks Trina Just had a read through your build, the bricks look great Must be so hard picking all that, will be soon for us i suppose. You have had alot of muff ups there, hope that was just a starting thing and full speed ahead for you now. I will keep watching Trina Land has settled 3rd Aug 10 - Contracts signed 29th Sept 11 Scrape 1st Dec 11 - Dunny arrival 15th Dec 11[/color] Bricks started 16th Feb CHOCOLATE SHRINKS YOUR CLOTHES Re: Building 1st time 5Aug 11, 2011 10:15 pm I see you've sorted out how to post pics! Deemaree Kyndylan Capers: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=46852 My blog: http://www.sufficientlysufficient.blogspot.com/ Re: Building 1st time 6Aug 11, 2011 11:17 pm What can I say Dee but with the help of an old pro like me Trina was bound to get it right bahahaha. CONGRATULATIONS Trina on the land settling the house design coming together and starting your won thread and of course posting up a pic Plan looks gorgeous I went and had another look and now I cant find the other plan that I thought you where building ??? weird it was on the link you had sent to me but it doesnt come up now but it was much larger than the one you are building and I remember thinking at the time "Gee its bigger than I thought Trina said she was going to build" Now I know why !!!!!!!! It was the wrong bloody house bahahahaha so NO dont move the loo hehehe. Ok off to bed for me concreters will be herer nice and early so I need to be up nice and early and my eye's are hanging out as it is. Cheers Janet Re: Building 1st time 7Aug 11, 2011 11:19 pm I'm off too...DD has a 7am meeting with her coach to plan the next few months.. Deemaree Kyndylan Capers: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=46852 My blog: http://www.sufficientlysufficient.blogspot.com/ Re: Building 1st time 8Aug 14, 2011 10:38 pm Went and had a look around at caeserstone - granite etc on friday to get an idea of whats available before color consult. Had had a good look online, there were no prices, so i had picked out this 'gorgeous' one, called Amethyst, very bright. Went to a few shops, got a very helpful man at one that took me out into the factory part, showed me different types made up, different edges you can have. Then i asked him about the amethyst, so he made a phone call, hung up the phone laughing and said, "dont think you are gonna want that" Apparantly the standard range are roughly $800 a slab, this one i liked is $15,000 a slab..... hmm that was the end of that lol He said you have have expensive taste lady lol Another thing i want to ask you peoples about is street numbering. It seems to be all totally wrong in our road. I am hoping they decide different to what they have told us. Will draw up and pic tomorrow and post on here, too hard to explain. Our road will eventually be a continuation of another, but the part already done has evens on the west side, and we will be on the same side of the road but apparantly have an odd number, cant work it out!! We are going to go to the council tomorrow and ask how can this be?? Also might be meeting with the SS tomorrow to look at the color range Well bed for me, hope you all had good weekend Trina Land has settled 3rd Aug 10 - Contracts signed 29th Sept 11 Scrape 1st Dec 11 - Dunny arrival 15th Dec 11[/color] Bricks started 16th Feb CHOCOLATE SHRINKS YOUR CLOTHES Re: Building 1st time 9Aug 15, 2011 10:47 am @ the Amethyst! Deemaree Kyndylan Capers: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=46852 My blog: http://www.sufficientlysufficient.blogspot.com/ Re: Building 1st time 10Aug 15, 2011 11:28 am Dee I know!! was just gorgeous tho, maybe i could have a lil tiny bit of it as a chopping block in the bench lol just been looking at floor tiles, to to much to take in...... Land has settled 3rd Aug 10 - Contracts signed 29th Sept 11 Scrape 1st Dec 11 - Dunny arrival 15th Dec 11[/color] Bricks started 16th Feb CHOCOLATE SHRINKS YOUR CLOTHES Re: Building 1st time 11Aug 15, 2011 11:33 am With your floor tiles-imagine them with mud/dirt all over them.......if you can do that and mentally say "Oh that's not too bad to clean" then they will probably work for you! Deemaree Kyndylan Capers: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=46852 My blog: http://www.sufficientlysufficient.blogspot.com/ Re: Building 1st time 12Aug 16, 2011 6:21 pm Deemaree With your floor tiles-imagine them with mud/dirt all over them.......if you can do that and mentally say "Oh that's not too bad to clean" then they will probably work for you! LOL dee, that is good advice, even bring one home and dirty it and clean it someone told me Well we have booked in for color consult in 2 weeks, very exciting!! So have been busy driving around looking at bricks, have narrowed it down to a few i think. Went to the council today to find out what is the go with the street number mix up, seems there is one (i knew that!) The poor people that already live in the section of road already, are going to be receiving letters soon notifying them of a new house number! Poor council is going to cop it that week with "alot" of abuse i would say, poor buggers. That will make the local paper! Told the ladies at front counter how glad i am to be on my side of the counter, ugh I would be mega peeved if my house number changed feel sorry for all involved..... We went and met the SS yesterday as well, seems like a nice guy, time will tell eh. Got a brochure on what caeserstone colors there are. Doesnt look like DH and i will be agreeing on one yet lol Trina Land has settled 3rd Aug 10 - Contracts signed 29th Sept 11 Scrape 1st Dec 11 - Dunny arrival 15th Dec 11[/color] Bricks started 16th Feb CHOCOLATE SHRINKS YOUR CLOTHES Re: Building 1st time 13Aug 17, 2011 10:17 pm Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Kerb just done with Princess sitting in/on it Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Drain pipe, OUR pipe Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Road done Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Block is 856m Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ At back of block looking to front Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Another one, wish i had of taken a pic of our shoes after this sludge walk! Rubber boots from know on! Land has settled 3rd Aug 10 - Contracts signed 29th Sept 11 Scrape 1st Dec 11 - Dunny arrival 15th Dec 11[/color] Bricks started 16th Feb CHOCOLATE SHRINKS YOUR CLOTHES Re: Building 1st time 14Aug 18, 2011 11:09 am Ok me again We got our soil test results the other week, before land even settled! Thought that was odd Anyway, it is H What does that mean to you guys in the know? My friend who works for engineers says H = Horrible DFH have allowed $10,000 for the footing slab etc Does that sound good? Trina Land has settled 3rd Aug 10 - Contracts signed 29th Sept 11 Scrape 1st Dec 11 - Dunny arrival 15th Dec 11[/color] Bricks started 16th Feb CHOCOLATE SHRINKS YOUR CLOTHES Re: Building 1st time 15Aug 18, 2011 1:27 pm I think that H means reactive soil from memory, so a few thousand extra for a stable slab than if it was M class. Most of Warrnambool is on clay soil, so it's not an unexpected classification. Deemaree Kyndylan Capers: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=46852 My blog: http://www.sufficientlysufficient.blogspot.com/ Re: Building 1st time 16Aug 18, 2011 4:00 pm Cool thanks Dee Seems soil types are much of an issue these days, not like going back many years ago. Well just got our first little introduction "suprise" to building... A bill in the mail from the company who are doing the supdivision! We got a letter from them in Feb asking where we would like our crossover as would be easier to have it done when they do the guttering, plus makes it all look neater later on bla bla bla So worked it all out and sent back measurements of where we wanted it. SOOOoo now a bill for it!! Wouldnt you think they would or should of stated back then that there was a cost involved?? Also they thickened the footpath in line with the crossover. Are we just naive? Maybe we should of just realised they would bill us?? hmmmm Trina Land has settled 3rd Aug 10 - Contracts signed 29th Sept 11 Scrape 1st Dec 11 - Dunny arrival 15th Dec 11[/color] Bricks started 16th Feb CHOCOLATE SHRINKS YOUR CLOTHES Re: Building 1st time 17Aug 18, 2011 5:45 pm Check your land contract-that should state what is included.... Deemaree Kyndylan Capers: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=46852 My blog: http://www.sufficientlysufficient.blogspot.com/ Re: Building 1st time 19Aug 18, 2011 8:50 pm Deemaree Check your land contract-that should state what is included.... Thanks Dee, yes i will pull it out. Am sure we are too pay it, they just werent clear about it, and the price is good for what it is, just a bit rude i reakon. Better get used to this sort of thing i suppose lol Trina Land has settled 3rd Aug 10 - Contracts signed 29th Sept 11 Scrape 1st Dec 11 - Dunny arrival 15th Dec 11[/color] Bricks started 16th Feb CHOCOLATE SHRINKS YOUR CLOTHES Re: Building 1st time 20Aug 18, 2011 9:15 pm Thanks Jeremy, we loved it as has got the kids area right down the back and our (mine) lounge at the front This is the original plan Have made a few changes to it, it will also be flipped, then the alresco are will face north. We have made so many changes to and fro, but this is the last (i hope) has gone off now for contracts to be drawn up, so will only be small things now. 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