Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Sep 01, 2011 2:40 pm We just purchased some land and are in the process of throwing around idea's and coming up with floorplans. We've been to the display homes and have a couple of meetings with custom builders over the next month so that we can go through idea's with them and see what we can come up with. But we want to have some plans and ideas in place that we can work from with the builders.
Here are the designs I've been playing with, keeping in mind they are rough and still need some work. (Fingers crossed these pics work, I'm new to these forums so if they dont please bear with me) Design A Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Design B Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Design C Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Design D Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Any idea's, comments or feedback would be much appreciated. Especially as you've either been through the process or are going through it and you have idea's that we are yet to think about. I've written a blog detailing our thought process but it's really long, if you want to check it out it's in my signature. EDIT: Just for those jumping in for the first time this was the final plan we went with: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Not very detailed I know but I had a more detailed one on my blog and was contaced by M to take it down so this is the best I've got available online. Re: Building in Richmond SA 2Sep 04, 2011 6:58 pm I like d the best the kitchen and main bathroom layout Re: Building in Richmond SA 3Sep 09, 2011 5:17 pm We liked D the best as well, but it did need some polishing so we've been working on it over this last week so we have a pretty solid plan to take to the builder. This is what we came up with, I'm calling it Design F = Favourite: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Land Settled 2/11/11 Selections 24/9/12 Contract Signed 31/10/12 Site Works 17/1/13 SLABBED 29/2/13 Lock Up 11/4/13 PCI 22/5/13 Handover 3/6/13 http://w/w/w.project-buildahouse.blogspot.com Re: Building in Richmond SA 4Sep 20, 2011 1:51 pm We took the above design to a couple of builders yesterday so they are going to do their concept drawings and them come back to us with a quote estimate so we will see where they take our design and go from there. Land Settled 2/11/11 Selections 24/9/12 Contract Signed 31/10/12 Site Works 17/1/13 SLABBED 29/2/13 Lock Up 11/4/13 PCI 22/5/13 Handover 3/6/13 http://w/w/w.project-buildahouse.blogspot.com Re: Building in Richmond SA 5Sep 20, 2011 2:09 pm I like what you've done with D to make it F Especially if North is to the top. Great plan! Casey + Gary + 5 kool kiddos + 1 funky Frenchie + 5 happy hens = barrels of fun in Muswellbrook Re: Building in Richmond SA 6Sep 20, 2011 4:19 pm thegilbeys I like what you've done with D to make it F Especially if North is to the top. Great plan! Thanks we where really happy with how it all came together in the end and where excited to present a pretty solid plan to the builders when we met with them yesterday. One builder in particular was really excited about the potential of the plan which made us all the more excited about it all. Fingers crossed it comes in within our budget! Land Settled 2/11/11 Selections 24/9/12 Contract Signed 31/10/12 Site Works 17/1/13 SLABBED 29/2/13 Lock Up 11/4/13 PCI 22/5/13 Handover 3/6/13 http://w/w/w.project-buildahouse.blogspot.com Re: Building in Richmond SA 7Sep 21, 2011 1:27 pm I just wanted to share some pics that we put together of the design features that we like, we're hoping this will help the builders have a true idea of the style of house that we want and so we can get a much more accurate quote ... at least that is the idea! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I was really happy with how they come out, fingers crossed our house will turn out even better! Land Settled 2/11/11 Selections 24/9/12 Contract Signed 31/10/12 Site Works 17/1/13 SLABBED 29/2/13 Lock Up 11/4/13 PCI 22/5/13 Handover 3/6/13 http://w/w/w.project-buildahouse.blogspot.com Re: Building in Richmond SA 8Sep 21, 2011 2:04 pm wow, you are organised! everything looks great! all those pics look really nice just one thing - them gutter shower drains get really gross, especially with long dark hair Re: Building in Richmond SA 9Sep 21, 2011 2:10 pm Cool plans and love the concept ideas. if you need a quote on anythign feel free to let me know.. Kodiak Data Cabling onFaceBook Consult*, Design and Installation Data, TV, Home Theatre/ AV Cabling, Multi Room Audio, IP CCTV and Door Intercoms Ask for a Quote. *DIY DATA Cabling Is Ilegal Re: Building in Richmond SA 10Sep 22, 2011 1:40 pm wildorchid wow, you are organised! everything looks great! all those pics look really nice just one thing - them gutter shower drains get really gross, especially with long dark hair You sound surprised that I'm organised I find all drains get gross with my hair ... lucky for me DH has been asigned the duty of cleaning the drains Land Settled 2/11/11 Selections 24/9/12 Contract Signed 31/10/12 Site Works 17/1/13 SLABBED 29/2/13 Lock Up 11/4/13 PCI 22/5/13 Handover 3/6/13 http://w/w/w.project-buildahouse.blogspot.com Re: Building in Richmond SA 11Sep 22, 2011 1:48 pm I can't wait to see this one take shape - lots of things to love about your plan and your ideas - it's great to be able to have that mental image and then work towards it. We have a front door like the one in your pictures (but with frosted glass) and as I was having breakfast this morning there was a lovely pink tinge coming through the glass from the sunrise .... aaahhhh Good luck with your quotes!! For info on our build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=43093 Built the McLaren by Dechellis - slab down 22 Feb - handover 30 Aug 2011 - and gardens finished 9 Dec 2012!! Re: Building in Richmond SA 12Sep 22, 2011 6:45 pm Great design features! Love how you did that too. PowerPoint? Casey + Gary + 5 kool kiddos + 1 funky Frenchie + 5 happy hens = barrels of fun in Muswellbrook Re: Building in Richmond SA 13Sep 22, 2011 7:02 pm thegilbeys Great design features! Love how you did that too. PowerPoint? I'm pretty sure DH would have done it on Photoshop ... great program when you know how to use it Land Settled 2/11/11 Selections 24/9/12 Contract Signed 31/10/12 Site Works 17/1/13 SLABBED 29/2/13 Lock Up 11/4/13 PCI 22/5/13 Handover 3/6/13 http://w/w/w.project-buildahouse.blogspot.com Re: Building in Richmond SA 15Sep 27, 2011 1:47 pm Nope not yet, Precision said it would be 2 weeks which will be Monday and that's a public holiday and the others said a week but honestly after forgetting our appointment I'll be surprised if we do hear back from them. We're hoping to make an appointment with another builder for this friday just to shop around a bit. Land Settled 2/11/11 Selections 24/9/12 Contract Signed 31/10/12 Site Works 17/1/13 SLABBED 29/2/13 Lock Up 11/4/13 PCI 22/5/13 Handover 3/6/13 http://w/w/w.project-buildahouse.blogspot.com Re: Building in Richmond SA 16Sep 28, 2011 9:29 pm love your 'scrapbooking' looking forward to following your build. https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=43937&start=0 Bought a block in Golden Grove - Jan 2011 Finally finished our design, Mar 2012, *yay* Signed with ADH council consent June 12 Re: Building in Richmond SA 18Oct 18, 2011 1:08 pm UPDATE!!!! Yesterday we had our second meeting with Precision and I think it's safe to say that this is the builder that we will be going with! While the plans weren't perfect they certainly captured the key elements of what we where trying to achieve and to see it on paper in 2D and 3D was awesome. The basic floor plan was pretty much the same as what we had come up with with a few changes here and there as we where never entirely sure of how the stairs and the retreat would work, but they made it work beautifully. The things we liked: 1. They created a really nice feature with the staircase and opened up the retreat by having a void over the staircase but they also opened up the side of the retreat that looked down onto the kitchen giving the feature of the roofline in the kitchen and really creating lots of open space. 2. The pantry was huge! Because of the way they designed the stairs it allowed for a huge walk in pantry! 3. Because of the way the roofline sat it ment that we could potentially have access to some great storage spaces in the ceiling space. The things that need tweeking: 1. It needs to be shrinked, they really pushed the limits of what would fit on our block and I think we will have enough issues with council, because we are doing something different, without having to worry about the fact that it only just fits on the block! Plus the bigger the area the more expensive it will become and if we can cut down the size it may mean that we can keep the features that we like. 2. The alfresco area was a little more closed than we would have liked so that is going to be opened up more. 3. We took out some of the little features that where put through the hallway between the bedrooms, we just didnt see the need and wanted to keep it more streamlined. We got told that we'd be looking at a pricing of $1,100 - $1,200/m2 but will get a more accurate quote once they have made these changes to it. So we should be hearing back from them within the next two weeks and I think at that point we will sign a prelim contract with them so they can start to take it to council and get the ball rolling a bit more. But if this was just phase one of the process I cant wait to see how good its going to be once we have worked our way through to the next few phases! ALSO! We now have a settlement date for the land! 28th of Oct!!! Land Settled 2/11/11 Selections 24/9/12 Contract Signed 31/10/12 Site Works 17/1/13 SLABBED 29/2/13 Lock Up 11/4/13 PCI 22/5/13 Handover 3/6/13 http://w/w/w.project-buildahouse.blogspot.com Re: Building in Richmond SA 19Oct 19, 2011 8:18 am sounds great! would love to see the plan, did they give it to you or are you waiting for the amended one? Re: Building in Richmond SA 20Oct 19, 2011 9:48 am Waiting for the amended one, plus we didn't sign the prelim contract yet so all the plans and drawings still belong to them, I'm sure once we sign that we can get a copy to look over and make sure it's all good. Land Settled 2/11/11 Selections 24/9/12 Contract Signed 31/10/12 Site Works 17/1/13 SLABBED 29/2/13 Lock Up 11/4/13 PCI 22/5/13 Handover 3/6/13 http://w/w/w.project-buildahouse.blogspot.com Wow I hadn't realised things had gotten that pricey in just a couple of years since I built, that is crazy with how much land is now costing if you aren't lucky enough to… 3 7051 Can you give advice on how to get missing certificates needed for a form 21? Our bank requires us to provide one but we are missing 4 building certificates from our first… 3 71776 yes it does, you've just not understood it. theres a difference. 4 5314 |