Browse Forums Building A New House Re: My Journey Building with Simonds - Livorno * Pic Heavy* 81Jul 23, 2013 9:51 pm Woo! Hoo! Congrats!! I bet Thursday can't come around quick enough Custom downslope build Build thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=61873 Blog http://www.buildingroyalmanor.blogspot.com.au Re: My Journey Building with Simonds - Livorno * Pic Heavy* 82Jul 24, 2013 10:04 am It definitely cant come fast enough. Wont be moving in until the weekend unfortunately but still very excited Build start April 2013 - Handover End July 2013. We are in love <3 - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=64062&p=1002912#p1002912 Re: My Journey Building with Simonds - Livorno * Pic Heavy* 83Jul 31, 2013 10:44 pm Building Newbie Some pics of our tiles down cant get inside to look anymore so or feature tiles are hidden from us until Monday when I am out there with the blind lady to do some Kitchen http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh126/trini246/246972_10151431460481456_1256802575_n.jpg Hi congratulations on your very fast build, you must be super excited!! Can I ask what tiles these are? Love the colour! Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=66238&p=1053710#p1053710 Re: My Journey Building with Simonds - Livorno * Pic Heavy* 84Aug 10, 2013 3:57 pm Well done on the home, looks awesome and I love the red Re: My Journey Building with Simonds - Livorno * Pic Heavy* 85Aug 16, 2013 8:56 pm Just found this now as I live in Vic too and looking into the Livorno. We were really pleased by what is included in the layout of this house for such an affordable price. How have you found working with Simonds? By the looks of this thread your house has gone up fairly quickly. Re: My Journey Building with Simonds - Livorno * Pic Heavy* 86Aug 16, 2013 9:23 pm Kaylajane - we absolutely love the house. The service we have been given is great. After handover our kitchen tap leaked and we emailed our site supervisor and the next day we had a plumber here fixing it. It was great service. We started building in April and moved in end July, it ended up being 14 weeks from site start and for the base price you get quite alot of value for your money. We did the promotion 50k upgrades for 15k so upgraded things we wouldnt have if we were paying for it all. Would definitely build with Simonds again as we have had great people all round. Gootza i will have a look at the actual name of the tiles. Sorry must have missed your post earlier Build start April 2013 - Handover End July 2013. We are in love <3 - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=64062&p=1002912#p1002912 Re: My Journey Building with Simonds - Livorno * Pic Heavy* 87Aug 16, 2013 9:26 pm Thanks a bunch for your input, that's such a quick build time. Can you do a list of the things you decided to upgrade and maybe some updated pictures? I'm a sucker for the pictures =) Re: My Journey Building with Simonds - Livorno * Pic Heavy* 88Aug 16, 2013 9:36 pm Double post Build start April 2013 - Handover End July 2013. We are in love <3 - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=64062&p=1002912#p1002912 Re: My Journey Building with Simonds - Livorno * Pic Heavy* 89Aug 16, 2013 9:37 pm We upgraded: 40mm cesarstone benchtops, brighton facade with eaves, pillar render, pillar lights, heat lamps in the ensuite & bathrooms, above countertop sinks with the double cupboards, tiled showerbases, upgraded category carpet, outdoor waterproof power point, gasline, ceiling fans, vegie mixer tap, undermount kitchen sink, glass splashback, driveway, over head cupboard where the fridge goes, oven to the dual fan force, privacy locks, zoned heating, cooling, extra vents, laundry cupboards & lever lock front door is all I can think of off the top of my head. Will take some pics when its lighter in here Build start April 2013 - Handover End July 2013. We are in love <3 - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=64062&p=1002912#p1002912 Re: My Journey Building with Simonds - Livorno * Pic Heavy* 90Aug 21, 2013 10:14 pm Any luck with the photos? =) Re: My Journey Building with Simonds - Livorno * Pic Heavy* 91Jan 06, 2014 11:15 am Hi there, we are about to sign up to build a livorno house with simonds homes. The pictures look awesome and I would love to discuss some more with you if you are interested. Thanks Re: My Journey Building with Simonds - Livorno * Pic Heavy* 92Jan 06, 2014 11:18 am Travrudy happy to discuss anything you like with you we are still in love with the housr and couldnt be happier. Few little things we would change but can do that ourselves later on Build start April 2013 - Handover End July 2013. We are in love <3 - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=64062&p=1002912#p1002912 Re: My Journey Building with Simonds - Livorno * Pic Heavy* 93Jan 06, 2014 12:25 pm Kaylajane what photos did you want? Any in particular? Build start April 2013 - Handover End July 2013. We are in love <3 - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=64062&p=1002912#p1002912 Re: My Journey Building with Simonds - Livorno * Pic Heavy* 94Jan 06, 2014 12:49 pm Oh wow... just found this thread. Going to start from the beginning We are building the Simonds Sierra in SA - love finding Simonds threads! Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=66299 Slab: 16/6/14 Frame: 4/7/14 Roof: 22/7/14 Lock Up: 20/8/14 Fixing: 26/8/14 PCI: 9/10/14 Handover: 20/10/14 Re: My Journey Building with Simonds - Livorno * Pic Heavy* 95Jan 10, 2014 1:27 pm deluxes - what have you upgraded? feel free to ask anything Build start April 2013 - Handover End July 2013. We are in love <3 - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=64062&p=1002912#p1002912 Re: My Journey Building with Simonds - Livorno * Pic Heavy* 96Jan 10, 2014 2:56 pm The upgrades we did were: timber windows to the front and timber feature slatting above the garage and front windows 2740mm raised ceilings the vaulted 3.8m feature ceiling to dining/kitchen/family area 25 degree roof pitch & 450mm eaves 5.4m meter wide 2340mm High stacker doors to the dining/family room ensuite upgrade & full floor to ceiling tiling with 400x400 tiles (and we redesigned the ensuite to have an enclosed sep. toilet as well) niches in the showers The Velocity fibre-optic smart wiring to the house - It's a Telstra Velocity estate Sheen/silk finish to the cabinets Ceaserstone benchtops Waterfall ends + feature servery to the kitchen Semi frameless Grange shower screens Laundry cabinet in lieu of the stainless trough 2340mm high internal doors 2340mm INF5VG Corinthian Solid stained front door with translucent glazing 30 10w LED dimmable downlights (some places we want normal batten lights, like the bedrooms, garage & entrance hall so we can have a feature pendant Heatlamps/IXL lights in the ensuite & bathroom Floor to ceiling tiling in Bathrooms - and 400x400 tiles Timbergrain sectional panelift door Cat 2 bricks Cat 4 bricks for feature piers Translucent glass/stained wood feature door for the pantry Upgraded the oven to the better one The tiled shower bases are standard in SA, so we didnt need to upgrade that one! 4x outdoor lights 1x outdoor power point Ducted zoned reverse cycle heat/ac We got a good deal with a promotion, so we were able to save a lot that way. It seems like Simonds interstate run a little differently to South Australia... I've spoken to and asked a few people different things and it was a fair bit different for us as far as the way things have been done. Like the order of things, selections etc Are you happy overall with the experience so far? Your house looks great Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=66299 Slab: 16/6/14 Frame: 4/7/14 Roof: 22/7/14 Lock Up: 20/8/14 Fixing: 26/8/14 PCI: 9/10/14 Handover: 20/10/14 Re: My Journey Building with Simonds - Livorno * Pic Heavy* 97Jan 10, 2014 3:32 pm Its crazy how different the same builders are in different states. We got the $50,000 upgrades for $15,000 which was great few things we will do later on but nothing major Yep we were very happy with it all. The service was great and our build was 14 weeka from slab to moving in. On thing that held us up were Origin doing our gas lines Build start April 2013 - Handover End July 2013. We are in love <3 - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=64062&p=1002912#p1002912 Re: My Journey Building with Simonds - Livorno * Pic Heavy* 98Mar 16, 2014 8:26 am Hi building newbie, We are building with Simonds with an expected site start of 4th April; upon contract signing it says from site start to completion is 220days standard... Is this the same case you had but they were just super quick and only took 4months? We are looking at a November completion....?! Thanks Re: My Journey Building with Simonds - Livorno * Pic Heavy* 99Mar 16, 2014 8:36 am Hi Home Owner, all our paperwork said the same as yours with the 220 days but once we got to lockup stage it just kept on going smoothly. Only thing at the end which pushed us back a little was the gas lines being installed. Which plan are you building? Build start April 2013 - Handover End July 2013. We are in love <3 - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=64062&p=1002912#p1002912 Re: My Journey Building with Simonds - Livorno * Pic Heavy* 100Mar 16, 2014 8:39 am hi building newbie, We are building the Flinders home. If our house is as quickly built as yours I will be very impressed. We have had a good experience so far with the process, we just waiting for land settlement date on the 27th March it's all too exciting. Firstly, if your house is still under builder's warranty (10 years in Victoria) you should have no need to crawl into roof space but let the builder handle it, unless you… 3 4481 What size are the windows, double or single glazed, can I have a pic of the full windows inside & out? If you can see packers please take a pic. 1 10952 Sorry! I'm new to this forum and have made a mistake in my posting! I'm looking for a structural solution to a stand alone wooden pickets fence with no structural rail… 1 2128 |