Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building slightly modified Norfolk with Coral- Confused 3Feb 23, 2013 4:28 pm 1st build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=59376 *New*-2nd build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70324&p=1154282#p1154282 Re: Building slightly modified Norfolk with Coral- Confused 6Feb 24, 2013 6:07 am J&J Building our Home on The Coast. Thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=55601 No longer our dream it's our reality!!! Re: Building slightly modified Norfolk with Coral- Confused 8Feb 24, 2013 9:41 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 slightly modified Norfolk with Coral- Confused 9Feb 24, 2013 10:13 am J&J Building our Home on The Coast. Thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=55601 No longer our dream it's our reality!!! Re: Building slightly modified Norfolk with Coral- Confused 17May 11, 2013 7:37 pm I'm baccckkkk! Believe it or not all the above issues have been sorted (including the kitchen bench dilemma). All the bank issues were sorted, the reduced deposit was paid (by us) to Coral & the plans were submitted for approval & guess what...we now have fully approved plans & we have been advised the start date is likely to be the 27th May but we are awaiting confirmation of a few colours appt upgrades & electrical plan changes but we should be given an official start date next week!!! We were disappointed with the costs of some the upgrades, in particular the cost of upgrading the mortar to off white in lieu of natural (approx. $800) & upgrading the carpet underlay only to 10mm thick rubber in lieu of standard foam underlay (approx. $900) when our finishes consultant informed us it would only be $1-2/sq m to upgrade the underlay!??! We are still deeply worried about the mortar colour with our choice of bricks & are still undecided . Our roof colour is a charcoal grey tile, our windows frames are a charcoal grey colour, our garage door is a charcoal grey colour & our bricks are PGH Presto Hotham. We are worried that the natural grey mortar will be too dark as we have not liked the look of all the houses we have been looking at in our area with what we think are the same bricks & the natural grey mortar colour. However, we think we have seen some houses with the same bricks with the off white mortar colour & we much prefer this look but we think the cost quoted for the upgrade is a bit steep!??! Has anyone got any input regarding the quote we were given regarding the mortar or any information on whether in person the natural grey mortar is actually really quite dark with cream coloured bricks? Pretty please with a cherry on top . Re: Building slightly modified Norfolk with Coral- Confused 18May 13, 2013 10:53 am Wow that is crazy. Ours was only about $350 and we did our colours selection in January. Surely it couldn't have gone up that much in 4 months. Maybe it has something to do with different locations. Honestly though, if it had of been $800 we still would have changed our mortar. Our Norfolk has had bricks completed now and we couldn't be happier with the colour of the bricks with the mortar. Congratulations on a start date though. That is really exciting. If this is a custom build then I would expect the builder to set out the door frame closer to the wall to avoid the gap between architrave and the wall and or specify… 9 8342 Ask the council if there is a chance of getting build over easement exemption. Sometimes easements are unused and 24cm is not all that much. Good luck. And yes any builder… 2 13945 In Qld it is a requirement that a builder must have a cost breakdown, for building a home to the same specification, with the same inclusions and the same finish. So ask… 1 4365 |