Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Oct 09, 2011 12:24 pm Hi All After much reading and taking in of information from this site, we have decided it's time to start our own build thread We are complete and utter newbies to the whole building process, so please be kind We are building the Lamont 2600 with Burbank (Sterling Facade) on our 476m2 block in Wallan Our time line as it stands: Land Contract Signed: 30/07/11 Job Acceptance by Burbank: 19/08/11 Soil Test: 23/08/11 1st Set Working Drawings Received: 15/09/11 Colour Selections: 16/09/11 Land Settled: 21/09/11 Engineering: 23/09/11 2nd Set Work Drawings 11/10/11 Developer Approval 18/10/11 Council Approval for Dispensation 24/10/11 Building Contract Signed 08/11/11 Finance Approval 18/11/11 Building Permit 29/11/11 Client Approved Final Drawings 01/12/11 Site Start Letter Sent 02/12/11 Earthworks 15/12/11 Set Out 15/12/11 - then again 19/12/11 as someone decided it was a good idea to move some of the set out pegs Stormwater and Sewer 23/01/12 Base Claim (Slab) 13/02/12 Progress Claim (Frame) 17/02/12 Fascia/Gutter 23/02/12 Roof Cover 09/03/12 Electrical Roughin 19/03/12 Progress Claim (Lock Up) 29/03/12 Plaster 29/03/12 Fix Carpenter 29/03/12 Progress Claim (Fixout) 29/03/12 Painter 17/04/12 Plumbing Fixtures 19/04/12 Tiler 30/04/12 Electrical Fit Off 30/04/12 Plumbing Fit Off 30/04/12 Carpet 07/05/12 Sarah, Andy & Parker - Building Our First Home - Burbank Lamont 2600 Our Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=51696 Re: Our Lamont 2600 2Oct 10, 2011 11:43 am And now for some pics Our floor plan - we have added on the alfresco and upgraded the kitchen and ensuite from the original plan Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Front Elevation Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Our little piece of dirt Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Sarah, Andy & Parker - Building Our First Home - Burbank Lamont 2600 Our Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=51696 Re: Our Burbank - Lamont 2600 3Oct 10, 2011 12:45 pm Hi Sar & Andy, I am also building a Lamont 2600 in Manor Lake and share pretty much the same time-frame. I really like the alfresco option and all the very best with the next phase . Cheers Avik Roy Re: Our Burbank - Lamont 2600 4Oct 10, 2011 2:18 pm Hi Avik Roy, Nice choice of house Do you have a build thread? It will be intetresting to see how both our builds go. I hope everything is moving along nicely for you Sarah, Andy & Parker - Building Our First Home - Burbank Lamont 2600 Our Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=51696 Re: Our Burbank - Lamont 2600 5Oct 11, 2011 12:11 pm Sar&Andy Hi Avik Roy, Nice choice of house Do you have a build thread? It will be intetresting to see how both our builds go. I hope everything is moving along nicely for you No not yet . I am still trying to move my file through the admin.... Re: Our Burbank - Lamont 2600 6Oct 11, 2011 7:19 pm avikzone No not yet . I am still trying to move my file through the admin.... What stage are you at with your admin? We are still waiting on a few things admin wise, but everything is moving forward, hopefully not too long until we have a site start Sarah, Andy & Parker - Building Our First Home - Burbank Lamont 2600 Our Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=51696 Re: Our Burbank - Lamont 2600 7Oct 11, 2011 8:00 pm And because I know everyone loves pics, here are some shots from our colour selections Our bricks - Boral Mangrove Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Our bricks with all our exterior colours Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Our brick - Boral Mangrove - Flush Off White Mortar Roof Tile - Magnum Gutter, Fascia and Downpipes - Colourbond Monument Garage Door - Manor Red Eco Classic Black Double Glazed Windows Render - Colourbond Paperbark Front Door - Madison PMAD104 -Black Wood Stain Driveway - Charcoal (Circle at bottom of pic) Interior Colours - Alll except bathroom/ensuite Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Stone Bench Top - New Diamond White Glass Splashback – Stone Overhead Cabinets - Frosty White Base Cabinets - Concept Oak (Also Cabinet in Laundry) Splashback & Laundry tiles - Ash Gloss 300 x 100 (Mudberry Grout) Wall Paint - Moon River Floor Tiles - AT Stone Grey 300 x 600 (Mudberry Grout) - Vertical stack Carpet - Braewood Coffee (the light in the studio threw off a purpley colour in the pics, but the carpet is a mid-dark brown not a funny purple colour lol) Interior Colors - Bathroom/Ensuite Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Cabinets - Shadow Benchtop - Frosty White Mirage (Laminate) Floor Tiles - AT Stone Grey 300 x 600 (Mudberry Grout) Shower Wall Tiles - AT Stone Grey 300 x 600 (Mudberry Grout)- Horizontal Stack Bath Hob,Top and Splashback Tiles - Ash Gloss 300 x 100 (Mudberry Grout) We can't wait to see it all come together! Sarah, Andy & Parker - Building Our First Home - Burbank Lamont 2600 Our Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=51696 Re: Our Burbank - Lamont 2600 9Oct 12, 2011 8:37 pm Thank you We can't wait to see it all come together! Sarah, Andy & Parker - Building Our First Home - Burbank Lamont 2600 Our Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=51696 Re: Our Burbank - Lamont 2600 10Oct 12, 2011 10:13 pm Oh, yes we love photos here!! Gorgeous selections! Colours are very similar to what we picked, although I'm jealous of your stone benchtop Cassie 28/7/11 - Slabbed 15/8/11 - Framed 19/9/11 - LOCKED UP! 6/10/11 - Kitchen in! 11/11/11 - It's all OURS! Pg 12 Follow our build: The Noodle Family - Preston in the Hills Re: Our Burbank - Lamont 2600 11Oct 14, 2011 9:54 am Thanks Cassie We were lucky to get the stone benchtop for the kitchen as part of our package The only other thing I really wanted was stone in the bathroom/ensuite, but due to the way the standard cabniets are designed in our house for those rooms it meant either going with 40mm stone or paying to upgrade the cabinets and then paying for the upgrade to 20mm stone as well, we were quoted around the $1500-$2000 mark which ever way we went, so that got left off the list Sarah, Andy & Parker - Building Our First Home - Burbank Lamont 2600 Our Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=51696 Re: Our Burbank - Lamont 2600 12Oct 18, 2011 2:44 pm Update - we have developer approval!! Woo Hoo!! Now just waiting on council approval and then we can move on to signing our building contract and get this show on the road!! Sarah, Andy & Parker - Building Our First Home - Burbank Lamont 2600 Our Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=51696 Re: Our Burbank - Lamont 2600 13Oct 19, 2011 4:46 pm Hi We have just paid our $1000 last weekend and are building the Tierra 2300. The land is titled already, we have a small 400m2 block, but it is flat as a tac and has views accross geelong. However we don't settle on our land until the 19th of Dec as this is also the date we settle on our house we have sold. Our sales consultant has told us everything can be done i.e. colours paperwork contracts etc, from now until settlement so we can start building asap after the Christmas break. Now after reading many stories of Admin etc taking forever this has me concerned. We have built before with a different company and it was very quick. Im hoping for the same. Re: Our Burbank - Lamont 2600 14Oct 19, 2011 9:57 pm Hey dazandstace, Congratulations on putting your deposit down So far we have been in admin with Burbank for about 10 weeks. Everything has been moving pretty smoothly for us up until the last 2 or 3 weeks, but that's due to us waiting on council to give approval for dispensation for fill over the easement line. We also had to have some errors fixed on our first set of drawings (the wrong window sizes were drawn in). If council approval comes through this week, we are hoping to be able sign our contracts in the next week or so and hopefully have at least a slab down by xmas. I have my fingers crossed for you that everything goes to plan and your house gets started when you are hoping! Sarah, Andy & Parker - Building Our First Home - Burbank Lamont 2600 Our Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=51696 Re: Our Burbank - Lamont 2600 15Oct 20, 2011 12:05 pm Hi Sar&Andy, Just came across your building thread... love your colour selections..... the brick colour is awesome and so is the floor tile for your bathroom and ensuite..... Would love to follow your build and see all the colours come together....!!! well done!! We were with Burbank before but had to change builders coz they couldn't fit the house we wanted on our lot.... Anyway, keep us posted on your progress, will follow your thread Aj Re: Our Burbank - Lamont 2600 16Oct 20, 2011 3:18 pm Just having a read through your thread - it's all very exciting isn't it -even if it's not happening as fast as you want! Hope you get your council approval through asap. Look forward to watching your build. Our building thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=51657 Our Burbank - Lamont 2600 17Oct 20, 2011 10:45 pm CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR APPROVAL!!!! I can't wait to watch your build start Building the Drysdale 30 Wallara Waters, Wallan My Blog : http://www.ourwallanhome.blogspot.com My thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=50975 Re: Our Burbank - Lamont 2600 18Oct 21, 2011 9:55 am Hi Sar&Andy Can you please tell me about the floor tiles you are having (AT Stone Grey 300 x 600 Mudberry Grout - Vertical stack) What category are these and how much extra were these? We want something very simular, we have included in our new home order tiling for family living meals entry kitchen bathroom & laundry. Im worried upgrading to the tiles I want may cost way too much. I've heard cat 1 tiles aren't nice. I hope you dont mind saying. The less suprises the better for us, we just want to be prepared to set a budget for edge. Thank you Re: Our Burbank - Lamont 2600 19Oct 23, 2011 10:01 pm ajantakadam Hi Sar&Andy, Just came across your building thread... love your colour selections..... the brick colour is awesome and so is the floor tile for your bathroom and ensuite..... Would love to follow your build and see all the colours come together....!!! well done!! We were with Burbank before but had to change builders coz they couldn't fit the house we wanted on our lot.... Anyway, keep us posted on your progress, will follow your thread Aj Hi Aj, Thank you so much for your compliments on our colours We can't wait to see it all come together!! That's so disappointing that you couldn't build with Burbank What house were you looking at? Who are you building with now? Eiffel Just having a read through your thread - it's all very exciting isn't it -even if it's not happening as fast as you want! Hope you get your council approval through asap. Look forward to watching your build. Hey Eiffel, It's so exciting! We can't wait to get started, we are hoping for council approval this week *fingers crossed!* I'm loving watching your build cattycatcat CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR APPROVAL!!!! I can't wait to watch your build start Thanks Cat!! You are a sweetheart!! Still waiting on the silly council though and we realised that there was a mistake with the facade (in the drawings approved by the developer it noted we had contrast bricks on the facade, but we have requested to have the facade all one brick colour) so will be following that up with our contract co-ordinator tomorrow. Any news on when you guys will get started? Have your revised plans been approved by council yet? dazandstace Hi Sar&Andy Can you please tell me about the floor tiles you are having (AT Stone Grey 300 x 600 Mudberry Grout - Vertical stack) What category are these and how much extra were these? We want something very simular, we have included in our new home order tiling for family living meals entry kitchen bathroom & laundry. Im worried upgrading to the tiles I want may cost way too much. I've heard cat 1 tiles aren't nice. I hope you dont mind saying. The less suprises the better for us, we just want to be prepared to set a budget for edge. Thank you Hey dazandstace, The tiles are Cat 3B so a fair way up the scale price wise, we have everything except the bedrooms and living room tiled and it cost us around the $4500 mark to upgrade to those tiles. There are some really nice coloured tiles in the Cat 2 range, it was just we fell in love with this one and it was exactly what we wanted for our colour scheme. If there is anything else you want to know in regards to pricing of the upgrades let me know and I will help wherever I can, not knowing about costing was one of our biggest worries going in to colour selection. Sarah, Andy & Parker - Building Our First Home - Burbank Lamont 2600 Our Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=51696 Re: Our Burbank - Lamont 2600 20Oct 24, 2011 8:07 am Hey S&A We were looking at building Ascent 2600 .... Now we are building with Carlisle Madison 27 Sar&Andy ajantakadam Hi Sar&Andy, Just came across your building thread... love your colour selections..... the brick colour is awesome and so is the floor tile for your bathroom and ensuite..... Would love to follow your build and see all the colours come together....!!! well done!! We were with Burbank before but had to change builders coz they couldn't fit the house we wanted on our lot.... Anyway, keep us posted on your progress, will follow your thread Aj Hi Aj, Thank you so much for your compliments on our colours We can't wait to see it all come together!! That's so disappointing that you couldn't build with Burbank What house were you looking at? Who are you building with now? Eiffel Just having a read through your thread - it's all very exciting isn't it -even if it's not happening as fast as you want! Hope you get your council approval through asap. Look forward to watching your build. Hey Eiffel, It's so exciting! We can't wait to get started, we are hoping for council approval this week *fingers crossed!* I'm loving watching your build cattycatcat CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR APPROVAL!!!! I can't wait to watch your build start Thanks Cat!! You are a sweetheart!! Still waiting on the silly council though and we realised that there was a mistake with the facade (in the drawings approved by the developer it noted we had contrast bricks on the facade, but we have requested to have the facade all one brick colour) so will be following that up with our contract co-ordinator tomorrow. Any news on when you guys will get started? Have your revised plans been approved by council yet? dazandstace Hi Sar&Andy Can you please tell me about the floor tiles you are having (AT Stone Grey 300 x 600 Mudberry Grout - Vertical stack) What category are these and how much extra were these? We want something very simular, we have included in our new home order tiling for family living meals entry kitchen bathroom & laundry. Im worried upgrading to the tiles I want may cost way too much. I've heard cat 1 tiles aren't nice. I hope you dont mind saying. The less suprises the better for us, we just want to be prepared to set a budget for edge. Thank you Hey dazandstace, The tiles are Cat 3B so a fair way up the scale price wise, we have everything except the bedrooms and living room tiled and it cost us around the $4500 mark to upgrade to those tiles. There are some really nice coloured tiles in the Cat 2 range, it was just we fell in love with this one and it was exactly what we wanted for our colour scheme. 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