Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building My First Home in Brisbane with Hotondo Homes 3Jan 31, 2013 9:23 am Blog http://tobuildahomeimprobable.blogspot.com.au/ Settlement Apr Council Jul Contracts Dec Earthworks Dec Frames Jan Trusses Feb Roof Feb Windows Mar Re: Building My First Home in Brisbane with Hotondo Homes 7Apr 12, 2013 1:59 pm My renovation blog: http://landhousereno.blogspot.com.au/ Or like me on facebook: The little yellow house About to extend our Edwardian House in West Footscray, Melbourne D & N and 3 kids. Re: Building My First Home in Brisbane with Hotondo Homes 10Apr 12, 2013 3:27 pm http://www.housebythewater.wordpress.com From blank block to new home in Mandurah, Western Australia. viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65564 Great Surprise! A Big Thanks to Hotondo! 14May 21, 2013 2:19 pm Making some final adjustments at the contract signing I asked for some shower niche's (shelves built in the walls). I have smacked my head on that many shower shelves in my day I thought I would do myself a favour. The following day I received bad news from the council that I would need to spend $4500 on acoustic windows on my stacker doors and windows due to being in a "noise corridor." Due to such an large unforseen cost I gave up the niche's and counted my pennies. Just to found out today that the builder included them anyway for me as a surprise! Couldn't wipe the grin off my face!! Thanks Hotondo! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Building My First Home in Brisbane with Hotondo Homes 15May 21, 2013 7:56 pm that's lovely of them Re: Building My First Home in Brisbane with Hotondo Homes 16Jun 03, 2013 12:33 pm Since my last post i have caught up with the electrician to help me place the down light/PowerPoint/switch locations. He was very helpful. Boy it is easy going over your allocated allowance!! The electrician didn't mind me putting in my own data cable. I notice he added a few more clips on the cables and neatened it up once we had finished as well which was kind of him! The following day the aircon guy went through the house showing me the best place for all the vents. As long as there was one in each room i was happy! The brick went up in a couple of days! The boys must have been sipping on red bull the whole day! The front door is revealed and looks great The gyprock starts going up! Also only taking a couple of days. I made sure to take pictures of all the wiring to remember where i place the data cable Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The alfresco is looking great! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ gyprock all done! in 2 days! The house is taking shape! Cabinet Maker and Tiles! 17Jun 25, 2013 8:22 am The interior of the house has just started taking shape with the Kitchen and Bathroom cabinets going in. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The bathroom cabinets look a bit plain on their own Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The linen closets, robes and walk in robes are put in. Very simple design but it is all i can afford for now. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The tiles ended up looking better than i thought they would! Especially for the standard range tiles with Hotondo. (The image doesn't do them justice) Glad I put the outside tiles in instead of the concrete, it looks 20x better! This was an after thought in which Hotondo were very accommodating at a very reasonable price. They have the non slip finish in case they get wet. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I love my selected feature strip in the shower! I can't wait to see if it will go with the selected stone bench tops in the bathroom. Unfortunately I didn't put one above the basins (i thought i did.. too many things to think about!!) which might have added to the color scheme of the bathroom. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Rendering a home... a MUST! 18Jun 25, 2013 8:24 am The render looks fantastic!! Although it hasn't been painted it still has improved the aesthetics of the home ten fold! I called my builder as i thought that the renderers had done a slack job to the alfresco area. Turns out it was just drying, the following day it looked great! Shouldn't panic so much.. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Building My First Home in Brisbane with Hotondo Homes 19Jun 25, 2013 10:22 am Wow your home has powered along! It all looks fantastic. I'm so jealous of how quickly it's all gone together, you'll be moving soon no doubt! Blog http://tobuildahomeimprobable.blogspot.com.au/ Settlement Apr Council Jul Contracts Dec Earthworks Dec Frames Jan Trusses Feb Roof Feb Windows Mar First time poster long story short we are planning knocking down rebuilding a house in Wavell Heights We are thinking to go with Omni built homes as they are but flexible… 0 16278 11 41644 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 27716 |