Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Oct 17, 2011 7:44 pm Hi Everyone!
My partner and I are at the beginning stages of building our dream house! This is the second house for each of us, so we have a fairly good idea, and I work in the building industry so have a bit of experience with part of the house but other things i am completely clueless! We met with the sales guy yesterday and went through the process and the house in detail for 2 hours yesterday and he was fantastic, and then meet with him tomorrow night when he will have our plans drawn up and costed and we will hopefully sign up officially and work towards getting the building contract! With any luck we will be handed over by xmas 2012 if the paperwork all goes through! The pre-approval is done and block sorted just waiting on settlement We have pretty much left the Wisteria as is apart from making the Alfresco a Games Room and using the large WIR space to make a massive walk in pantry with space for fridge and extra bench (a mini scullery almost, just no sink) and then put in a sliding door robe between the office and B1 which still gives over 3m of hanging space! (I currently have 2m plus shoes so he should fit too!) We are lucky in that our block has 20m frontage and is 630m! So there will be ample side entertaining area! Looking forward to sharing the journey! Plans http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc439/guilty_angel13/floorplan.jpg First colour selections P2 Elevation Selections P4 2nd colour selections P5 Prestart Summary P7 ****************************************************************************************** Build Timeline 18/04/2011 - Decided to build & started process of block transfer 16/10/2011 - Signed with Scott Park Homes 18/10/2011 - Received draft plans 06/11/2011 - Signed pre-contract quotation 14/12/2011 - Settlement on block 15/12/2011 - Changed to Cat 1 with SPH 23/03/2012 - Received first working plans 26/04/2012 - Prestart 15/05/2012 - Contracts signed 28/05/2012 - Unconditional finance approval 01/06/2012 - Received final plans 08/06/2012 - Received amended final plans 11/06/2012 - Building licence issued by CoC 07/07/2012 - Tap 18/07/2012 - Official Construction Letter Received 20/07/2012 - Block cleared and sandpad! 23/07/2012 - Temp power installed and rebar delivered 27/07/2012 - Prelay & footings done 30/07/2012 - SLABBED!!!!!!! 01/08/2012 - Soakwells delivered 03/08/2012 - Soakwells installed 07/08/2012 - Site cleared 08/08/2012 - Toilet & Shed delivered 08/08/2012 - Electrical and Telstra lines run in 10/08/2012 - Window frames delivered 10/08/2012 - Bricks delivered 13/08/2012 - Entry door frame delivered 14/08/2012 - Bin delivered 15/08/2012 - Lintels and tie down straps delivered 17/08/2012 - Brickies scaffold dropped off 20/08/2012 - Walls marked on slab 20/08/2012 - Internal door frames delivered 22/08/2012 - Brickies started 23/08/2012 - Onsite brickie meeting 01/09/2012 - Brickies finished 03/09/2012 - Site cleaned 04/09/2012 - Steel posts and beams delivered 05/09/2012 - Roof timbers delivered 05/09/2012 - Roof carpenters start 10/09/2012 - Eaves started 11/09/2012 - Eaves completed 11/09/2012 - Gables started 13/09/2012 - Gables finished 13/09/2012 - Garage ceiling done 18/09/2012 - Electrical, water, gas and data started 19/09/2012 - Gutters and down pipes installed 20/09/2012 - Colorbond started! 22/09/2012 - Planter done 24/09/2012 - Colorbond & run in's complete complete 24/09/2012 - Meital beading for plaster installed 25/09/2012 - Grey Float Started 27/09/2012 - Grey Float completed 29/09/2012 - Render completed 02/10/2012 - Plasterboard and cornice delivered 02/10/2012 - Roof completed 03/10/2012 - Ceilings and cornice done 08/10/2012 - Render moulding done 08/10/2012 - Whiteset started 13/10/2012 - White set complete 15/10/2012 - Glazing 15/10/2012 - Finials installed 15/10/2012 - Doors delivered 15/10/2012 - Cornice and ceilings sanded 15/10/2012 - Cupboard shelves measured 16/10/2012 - Doors installed 16/10/2012 - LOCKUP!! 17/10/2012 - Brick clean 18/10/2012 - Undercoats painted 19/10/2012 - Bathtubs installed 23/10/2012 - Base Cupboards installed 24/10/2012 - Wet areas screeded and hobs installed 24/10/2012 - Bathroom, ensuite & laundry benches installed and vanities installed 26/10/2012 - Tile meeting 29/10/2012 - Tiling started 02/11/2012 - Feature doors and shelving installed 05/11/2012 - Corian bench tops installed 05/11/2012 - Overhead cupboards installed 06/11/2012 - Sink delivered 06/11/2012 - Storm water done 08/11/2012 - Grouting started 10/11/2012 - Grouting and tiling complete! 12/11/2012 - Appliances delivered 13/11/2012 - Data Points installed 13/11/2012 - Electrical Points installed 13/11/2012 - Phone Point installed 13/11/2012 - Lighting installed 13/11/2012 - Oven installed 14/11/2012 - Taps & shower heads installed 14/11/2012 - Hot Water Unit installed 14/11/2012 - Toilets installed 14/11/2012 - Pavers delivered and prepped 15/11/2012 - Cooktop installed 16/11/2012 - Rangehood installed 16/11/2012 - Air Con installed 16/11/2012 - Insulation Delivered 19/11/2012 - Insulation installed 20/11/2012 - Garage door installed 21/11/2012 - Paving started 22/11/2012 - Paving finished 23/11/2012 - Minor rooms robe doors installed 23/11/2012 - Shower Screens installed 23/11/2012 - Mirrors installed 23/11/2012 - Eaves and garage painted 23/11/2012 - First coat of paint on posts done 23/11/2012 - Data box install begun 26/11/2012 - Toilet holders/towel rails installed 27/11/2012 - Light covers and bulbs installed 27/11/2012 - Plaster touch up 27/11/2012 - Front render painted 28/11/2012 - Doors and ceiling painted 28/11/2012 - Glass splashback installed 29/11/2012 - Front door stained 30/11/2012 - B1 & Laundry sliding robes installed 04/12/2012 - Data termination box finished 05/12/2012 - Data points labelled 06/12/2012 - Front door stain second coat 10/12/2012 - Shelf edging delivered 10/12/2012 - Door Handles installed 11/12/2012 - Gables stained 11/12/2012 - Front door varnished 14/12/2012 - Kitchen Sink installed 04/01/2013 - Roof Sheeting Replaced (over xmas break) 07/01/2013 - House Cleaned 07/01/2013 - Shelf Edge Complete 07/01/2013 - Towel ring to powder installed 09/01/2013 - Dishwasher delivered 09/01/2013 - Caulking done 11/01/2013 - Patio Application Submitted 14/01/2013 - Flyscreens 15/01/2013 - Dishwasher installed 15/01/2013 - Kitchen sink plumbing done 15/01/2013 - Site scrape done 17/01/2013 - Ceiling repainted 17/01/2013 - External painting finished! 17/01/2013 - Weatherstrips and lock refitted to front door 23/01/2013 - PCI!! 24/01/2013 - Final invoice received 24/01/2013 - Patio Application Approved 06/02/2013 - KEYS 07/02/2013 - Painting started 09/02/2013 - Painting finished 11/02/2013 - Laminate floors started 12/02/2013 - Laminate floors completed 13/02/2013 - Carpets (and my birthday ) 14/02/2013 - MOVING DAY 07/03/2013 - Patio delivered 08/03/2013 - Patio started 11/03/2013 - Patio finished 23/03/2013 - Liquid Limestone done 30/03/2013 - Grass started 04/04/2013 - Grass Completed We are officially completed ****************************************************************************************** Re: Building the Scott Park Homes Grand Wisteria in Success 2Oct 28, 2011 10:20 pm Hi Jennifer! Looking forward to following your house! Do you have plans yet to show? We also building with SPH (Banksia). So far, they've been fairly good but a bit slow. We signed up back in March, plans only just going to council. Where in Success are you? We just sold our house there A rough guide for carpets is between $50 and $70 per sq metre (middle of the road quality I guess). I think something like Liquid limestone is about $80ish sq mt but not 100% sure on that. And as for tiles/flooring for the rest - depends on what you want. We found a laminate floorboard for half price ($15sm). Good luck! Re: Building the Scott Park Homes Grand Wisteria in Success 3Oct 28, 2011 11:59 pm For liquid limestone expect to pay about $65 per sqm for reinforced limestone thats a 100mm thick. reinforcing the limestone will reduce cracking. For concrete we paid about 50sqm for reinforced concrete. As far as floor tiling it depends on the type of tile you go for. If you go for porcelain you will pay more than ceramic for both laying and the tile itself. Carpets best way to go is to shop around as some carpet shops will give you a builders discount. Good luck with your build. The paperwork is the worst part. Re: Building the Scott Park Homes Grand Wisteria in Success 4Oct 29, 2011 6:16 pm Luke81, would you recommend the concreter you used? We will need to get quotes further down the track for driveway. Would you mind PMing me pretty please with contact details for them if they were good? Re: Building the Scott Park Homes Grand Wisteria in Success 5Nov 19, 2011 11:56 pm Hiya! Myself and my partner are building the Sorrento by Scott Park Homes in Mandurah. Looking forward to following your thread! Sounds like you got it all handled! - Ally Re: Building the Scott Park Homes Grand Wisteria in Success 6Dec 15, 2011 9:04 pm So... I have been a bit quiet on the update front. There were some delays with the transfer for the block and it was a bit depressing so was trying not to think about it! BUT... settlement happened yesterday and today Scott Park confirmed they have all the paperwork required to make us Cat 1! Now we get all our plans drawn up and get to (hopefully) get a prestart selection file soon! i think if i get that i can absorb myself in that for a couple months it will satiate the desire I have for the house already! they told us 7 months from going cat 1 to construction and we are still so far! Hopefully because the block settlement is done, the preapproval for the house is done (separate loans... the block one is temporary... long story!) and we have been thinking about if fr so long, it will be less, but i'm not counting on it! rather scared after seeing some peoples threads! you can see our plan in the following link i love it so much i die! http://danielandjenhouse2011.blogspot.c ... nning.html Jen Building with HomeGroupWA (started as Scott Park Homes ) - Grand Wisteria Check out my Build Thread!! Time line on P1. Re: Building the Scott Park Homes Grand Wisteria in Success 7Dec 19, 2011 7:40 pm well we went down to the block yesterday to get some photo's since officially owning it... it seems a lot bigger than i imagined! but luckily we are only one street from regional park, so there is a fairl good chance we will always have trees around! http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc439/guilty_angel13/IMG_4941.jpg the street... http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc439/guilty_angel13/IMG_4940.jpg Us on the block... yes i am sunburned http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc439/guilty_angel13/IMG_4942.jpg the neighbors and TREES!!! they are in the regional park! being from the country i like having trees around, and not landscaped ones, but natural ones, so i am going to love the park! Jen Building with HomeGroupWA (started as Scott Park Homes ) - Grand Wisteria Check out my Build Thread!! Time line on P1. Re: Building the Scott Park Homes Grand Wisteria in Success 8Dec 19, 2011 9:01 pm Great floorplan! It's massive! Good luck with the build Jen (& Daniel =) ). Small world hey haha! Daniel told me today you found me on homeone! Done it once.. Lived in it a year.. Sold it.. Doing it again! Addicted to Building.. Building with Dale Alcock in Ashby, WA https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=66684 Re: Building the Scott Park Homes Grand Wisteria in Success 9Dec 19, 2011 9:27 pm hehe very small world! i had totally stalked your thread previously!... then he said there was someone from his work building with celebrations and then i was like "in aveley" and he was all... "it seems familiar!" although as soon as he mentioned it i did pelt him with questions about it! It is a massive floorplan, we need massive house for storage of computers... the games is actually for our (his, I only have one) computers + his 3 full height store cupboards + the shelving system....OMG! the front office may end up being my wardrobe overflow though so is only fair i'm so excited and cannot wait! i have been working at a window company for 5 years in Jan and getting to see everyone else build their houses and now its my turn!!! plus i have seen a lot of plans in my time, so had a really good idea of what i wanted, and lucky for me Daniel liked it! I like your plan & your colours!! Very effective use of a small block! and you can't help but love the cottage blocks. Are you getting a nice front fence with a gate (possibly with stairs?) included with your block? Are you starting soon? Plus... they have less garden.... I am worried about the garden costs as we have a 630m block with only 50% cover... so by my calcs is 365m of garden, and neither of us like going outside much. once I have the working drawings will be able to start getting quotes for that... will be scary! Jen Building with HomeGroupWA (started as Scott Park Homes ) - Grand Wisteria Check out my Build Thread!! Time line on P1. Re: Building the Scott Park Homes Grand Wisteria in Success 10Dec 19, 2011 11:35 pm Quote: I like your plan & your colours!! Very effective use of a small block! and you can't help but love the cottage blocks. Are you getting a nice front fence with a gate (possibly with stairs?) included with your block? Are you starting soon? Plus... they have less garden.... I am worried about the garden costs as we have a 630m block with only 50% cover... so by my calcs is 365m of garden, and neither of us like going outside much. Hehe - thanks, really wanted something a little different but that would still suit the area - red brick is very swan valley It comes with a limestone retaining wall on 3/4 sides (back is level with street for garage) and the front is limestone pillars with black fencing and were adding a gate because we have a dog Like that the front garden is bigger than the back since the estate pays for the front to be landscaped hehe! Go the astro turf - that's what were going for! Looking to start in Jan - just got council approval last week! .. when are you guys set to start? Done it once.. Lived in it a year.. Sold it.. Doing it again! Addicted to Building.. Building with Dale Alcock in Ashby, WA https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=66684 Building the Scott Park Homes Grand Wisteria in Success 11Dec 19, 2011 11:53 pm Plan looks brilliant, and huge! Congrats on settlement! 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: Building the Scott Park Homes Grand Wisteria in Success 12Dec 24, 2011 4:15 pm wrethm01 It comes with a limestone retaining wall on 3/4 sides (back is level with street for garage) and the front is limestone pillars with black fencing and were adding a gate because we have a dog Like that the front garden is bigger than the back since the estate pays for the front to be landscaped hehe! Go the astro turf - that's what were going for! Looking to start in Jan - just got council approval last week! .. when are you guys set to start? we are still several months away, they are doing site surveys and drafting the plans properly... hopefully we will be on the short end of the scale (4 months) not the long end (7 months eeep!) we are going astro turf too... then i can have white render on the bottom as the water wont discolour it (ours is a render on the bottom, brick on the top elevation too. I was actually trying to describe to Daniel a red brick version with roof but couldn't find any... until i saw your colours! perfect example! heheh) lucky to get the landscaping! that's one thing that worries me having to do, but we got the block for a good deal so can't complain! congrats on the tap! excellent xmas pressie for you! thanks tinkster! this is hopefully our "forever" house, so we have tried to future proof it as much as possible. plus with me being from the country i like to have a large pantry so i can buy in bulk and stash it away. in the event of an apocalypse i should be covered Jen Building with HomeGroupWA (started as Scott Park Homes ) - Grand Wisteria Check out my Build Thread!! Time line on P1. Re: Building the Scott Park Homes Grand Wisteria in Success 13Jan 09, 2012 10:15 pm So.... they have ordered the site survey no that my partner actually owns the land and Christmas is done. That should take 3 weeks then drafting. Does anyone know when i will get the prestart file because i need time for these decisions!!!! Plus it will feel like something is happening! ARG! we decided to do this April last year and negotiations for the block took until November, then by the time settlement came it was Christmas Starting to wonder if it will even begin although i guess all this waiting is the deep breath before the jump... Jen Building with HomeGroupWA (started as Scott Park Homes ) - Grand Wisteria Check out my Build Thread!! Time line on P1. Re: Building the Scott Park Homes Grand Wisteria in Success 14Jan 09, 2012 11:21 pm Very surprised that you guys don't have your prestart file yet! We got ours just before christmas, a few days after our finance became unconditional ( and our settlement isn't for another couple of weeks). There are some other building with SPH who received their prestart file even before they had full finance approval...so I suppose it varies for some strange reason?! It's exciting though - I seem to carry ours around everywhere because I can't decide on things yet It's finally happening! Follow our build with Homegroup WA viewtopic.php?f=31&t=55324&p=987698#p987698 Re: Building the Scott Park Homes Grand Wisteria in Success 15Jan 09, 2012 11:41 pm Hmmmmm, now i ponder Our finance is conditional waiting on the building contract. From what I can remember of the process when we first talked with them in April once you are "Cat 1" its survey, then drafting, then prestart, then building contract which is when the finance becomes uncondtional for us, and the loan will actually be established. I might give it a couple weeks and then email and see if they can tell us when we will get it... I understand they have had Christmas so things are probably a bit out of the regular routines.... I work at their window company and fully understand as we close for christmas too. On the other hand though, it would have been good to do the running around for prestart... I'm not sure why, but it seems like everyone else was able to start with plans and prestart stuff before settlement on their blocks, but we were "cat 2 (?)" (price was held for 90 days) until settlement, even though we had finance sorted and a deed legal document done as the land was purchased from a family member. They said they couldn't do the survey until the settlement was done. Maybe its different when the land is already privately owned (in our case), and when you by from developer they can start straight away? Also... we did have some delays (April to Nov) and this may have made them want to wait until it was settled as the transfer might have seemed iffy (which I guess I understand from their point of view) Also... The sales guy we had no longer works there which probably shouldn't concern me, once we start having regular correspondance I'll feel better. I guess I also feel out of control as its just in my partners name, so he deals with them, and if i have a question i get him to ask it (probably better for SPH this way mwahaha) i guess all i can do it patiently wait.... and store pictures of colour schemes. At least i know the selection for window colours and glass type Jen Building with HomeGroupWA (started as Scott Park Homes ) - Grand Wisteria Check out my Build Thread!! Time line on P1. Re: Building the Scott Park Homes Grand Wisteria in Success 16Jan 10, 2012 9:12 am Just out of curiosity, but those of you building with SPH, do any of you happen to have a fella named Alby as your rep? Re: Building the Scott Park Homes Grand Wisteria in Success 17Jan 11, 2012 1:09 pm I'm building with Scott Park - my rep was Mike, at the Lakelands display in Mandurah. - Ally Re: Building the Scott Park Homes Grand Wisteria in Success 18Jan 11, 2012 2:03 pm Our rep was Mark but he has left an now we have Mike. Both were/have been really good, not minding answering our questions Jen Building with HomeGroupWA (started as Scott Park Homes ) - Grand Wisteria Check out my Build Thread!! Time line on P1. Re: Building the Scott Park Homes Grand Wisteria in Success 19Jan 13, 2012 8:33 pm We got the prestart folder today!!!!!!! Now i feel like its really happening.... and its soooooo thick! And the first page i turn to is the brochure from my work! Although.... I have known for ages what colour my windows will be!! So was supposed to be heading into subi to meet my partner as he's at a work party, but now i will just stay home with my folder i think.... tired from the epic catching up from xmas holidays this week too!!!! http://instagr.am/p/gttmi/ so much to do now! Jen Building with HomeGroupWA (started as Scott Park Homes ) - Grand Wisteria Check out my Build Thread!! Time line on P1. Re: Building the Scott Park Homes Grand Wisteria in Success 20Jan 14, 2012 12:04 am Congratulations on getting your pre-start file! Yours is pretty.... I got mine before I even signed on..... Actually, don't tell anyone, but I actually have 2..... from different builders! Enjoy the selection process! I've had heaps of fun looking through my file, going around to different places and looking at colours and selections.... Not being able to find real-life examples of some things (what's that about??) I'm all set for pre-start, but still have a week and a bit to wait!! DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair Please help me to answer this question , it will help me a lot as i can go to buy confidently with your recommendation: I want to put synthetic turf in our backyard for… 0 5540 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. 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