Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Sep 26, 2011 9:23 pm Hey All, I have been lurking around these forums for the past few months (thanks for all the great advice that everyone has thought of already!) My partner and I (and daughter) are building with Cavalier homes in Townsville with a custom design that we have tweaked to our liking. It has certainly been an endeavour in getting to where we are now (a very long story in itself) however it's a good feeling to know we are finally getting somewhere To give you some context we are building on a 495SQm block in Townsville within an estate called Sanctum, it is a little under a 20 minute drive from the CBD which is just how we like it 05/04/11 - Signed land contract 09/08/11 - Signed building contract (we did the majority of our changes between the pre-contract and contract stage) 19/08/11 - Settled on land 14/09/11 - Development approval 20/09/11 - Foundations poured 26/09/11 - Slab poured Here are a couple of pictures so far: - Site plan http://imageshack.us/f/690/overheadc.jpg/ - Floor plan http://imageshack.us/f/580/siteplan.jpg/ - Our daughter getting excited after settlement http://imageshack.us/f/834/26164310150207547041415.jpg/ - Footings down http://imageshack.us/f/856/31758910150287103356415.jpg/ - Daughter looking confused at the concrete blocks http://imageshack.us/f/854/31785710150287103231415.jpg/ - Block base http://imageshack.us/f/3/31672210150294234306415.jpg/ - Ready for the slab pour http://imageshack.us/f/153/30399710150294234456415.jpg/ - Slab down! http://imageshack.us/f/202/31671310150294234551415.jpg/ I look forward to sharing our experiences with everyone along the way, if you have any questions please let me know. Cheers, Josh Re: First Home Builder - Cavalier Homes - Townsville 2Sep 26, 2011 9:52 pm Hi Josh, We are building with Cavalier too, on NSW midnorth coast. They have been fantastic to deal with so far. Looks like you are having a good experience too. We found their floor plans very liveable, and loved how flexible they are with modifying their plans or even doing custom designs. Looking forward to following your build, love all your bench space in the kitchen by the way! Jess We already paid for somfy motors for the blinds. The quote above was purely for “pre-wiring” so the blinds company can install the motors and blinds. That’s why we… 5 16288 11 41670 So it looks like we finally have some movement on site! Definitely later than expected, but I'll take any progress at this point. I'll drop by over the weekend to get… 5 27734 |