Browse Forums Building A New House Re: One small step for most, one giant leap for us in Mt Bar 61Aug 29, 2013 10:04 am Building the Leabrook with Fairmont Homes in Mallala, SA. Building contract 24/3/13 Council Approval 18/6/13 Selections 29/6/13 & 1/7/13 Site works 21/10/13 Slab 7/11/13 Re: One small step for most, one giant leap for us in Mt Bar 62Aug 29, 2013 9:24 pm Keep calm and build a house Building a custom plan 'Wild Orchid' with Dechellis Homes at Mallala THIS IS OUR JOURNEY... viewtopic.php?f=31&t=64597 Re: One small step for most, one giant leap for us in Mt Bar 64Sep 24, 2013 12:06 am Keep calm and build a house Building a custom plan 'Wild Orchid' with Dechellis Homes at Mallala THIS IS OUR JOURNEY... viewtopic.php?f=31&t=64597 Re: One small step for most, one giant leap for us in Mt Bar 66Sep 24, 2013 9:53 am Building the Leabrook with Fairmont Homes in Mallala, SA. Building contract 24/3/13 Council Approval 18/6/13 Selections 29/6/13 & 1/7/13 Site works 21/10/13 Slab 7/11/13 Re: One small step for most, one giant leap for us in Mt Bar 67Sep 24, 2013 11:42 am Wow, great read. Congrats on using Dechellis, in the end we are more than happy with our new house, and seeing & hearing the troubles our neighbours have had with some of the other "trendy" builders we are glad we went with D. Yes it is a daunting process, but stick to your guns & plan, plan, plan and it will all come together in the end. Don't stress about changing things before you sign the contract, costs more to remember something later! D are really good at the getting the footings allowance close to the mark, so hopefully you wont get a big surprise there. Ours came in a little less, can't remember how much, but that saving vanished very quickly at selections. The Wild Orchid is so similar to the Sorrento.2 that we built, if we had a bigger back yard and outlook it would have suited. There has been quite a few WO's built on HomeOne recently that we used for help & ideas. Good Luck, will be following your thread closely. Re: One small step for most, one giant leap for us in Mallal 68Sep 27, 2013 10:56 pm TODAY WE GOT CONFIRMATION THAT WE HAVE SETTLEMENT ON THE LAND! WE ARE LAND OWNERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep calm and build a house Building a custom plan 'Wild Orchid' with Dechellis Homes at Mallala THIS IS OUR JOURNEY... viewtopic.php?f=31&t=64597 Re: One small step for most, one giant leap for us in Mt Bar 70Sep 27, 2013 11:40 pm Congrats and great story. Best of luck with the build. Re: One small step for most, one giant leap for us in Mt Bar 71Sep 27, 2013 11:43 pm ChargerWA Congrats and great story. Best of luck with the build. Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed reading it Keep calm and build a house Building a custom plan 'Wild Orchid' with Dechellis Homes at Mallala THIS IS OUR JOURNEY... viewtopic.php?f=31&t=64597 Re: One small step for most, one giant leap for us in Mallal 72Sep 28, 2013 1:16 am It's about time I shared some photos with you all... This is our big block 1234 square metres of dirt we now own! Our puppy, Nala approves! http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag152/MellyBee85/Land_zps6bbf10db.jpg We had a meeting with Sebastian about our first draft just for peace of mind. http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag152/MellyBee85/FirstDraftPlans_zps7d390480.jpg This is our house will sit on the land... We changed where the eco sewer would sit in the yard because we want to be able to make a driveway down the right side of the house past the garage and into the back yard. We also played around with the proposed irrigation area so we could build a shed out the back later on. We transferred some of it to the front yard. Looking forward to having nice healthy plants and green grass all year long with our $14,000 system. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ THE MOST EXCITING PART... THE HOUSE DESIGN. This is our custom Wild Orchid plan. We got rid of the initial fourth bedroom that took up half the alfresco and made the computer room bigger to accommodate another bedroom if necessary later down the track. This made our alfresco area bigger. We are having a concrete slab poured and doing our own timber decking. I love the pantry and can't wait to take over the ensuite with the his and hers walk in robes!!! So exciting!! It's exactly what we were looking for! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Keep calm and build a house Building a custom plan 'Wild Orchid' with Dechellis Homes at Mallala THIS IS OUR JOURNEY... viewtopic.php?f=31&t=64597 Re: One small step for most, one giant leap for us in Mallal 73Sep 28, 2013 1:42 am I've been addicted to looking at lighting options... I want pendant lights above the breakfast bar hanging from the bulkhead and also either side of the bed in the main bedroom to get rid of side table lamps... Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Keep calm and build a house Building a custom plan 'Wild Orchid' with Dechellis Homes at Mallala THIS IS OUR JOURNEY... viewtopic.php?f=31&t=64597 Re: One small step for most, one giant leap for us in Mallal 74Sep 28, 2013 1:53 am My other addiction to lights is fans. I can blame Pinterest entirely for being awake at 1:30am after being on a school camp for the last 3 days and only having 7 hours sleep in total... We are only going to have 4 LED downlights in the kitchen and the rest of the house is going to have normal lighting or fans. We opted to choose our own lights which makes it more exciting for me! Here are some ideas... Indoor Fan http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag152/MellyBee85/IndoorFan_zps9f61647b.jpg Outdoor Fan http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag152/MellyBee85/OutdoorFan_zpsd51600dc.jpg Another Outdoor Fan http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag152/MellyBee85/OutdoorFan2_zps8e9a83bd.jpg Alfresco Timber Decking Lighting Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Keep calm and build a house Building a custom plan 'Wild Orchid' with Dechellis Homes at Mallala THIS IS OUR JOURNEY... viewtopic.php?f=31&t=64597 Re: One small step for most, one giant leap for us in Mt Bar 75Sep 28, 2013 9:09 am Congratulations, Melanie. Re: One small step for most, one giant leap for us in Mt Bar 76Sep 28, 2013 10:21 am It all looks great. So much space Re: One small step for most, one giant leap for us in Mt Bar 77Sep 28, 2013 2:46 pm _lucinda ::party:: Congratulations, Melanie. Thank you Lucinda! I still can't believe it! Yay!!! Keep calm and build a house Building a custom plan 'Wild Orchid' with Dechellis Homes at Mallala THIS IS OUR JOURNEY... viewtopic.php?f=31&t=64597 Re: One small step for most, one giant leap for us in Mallal 78Sep 28, 2013 2:50 pm FairmontSAcustom It all looks great. So much space Thanks FairmontSAcustom!! We are more than just happy with it. The space is perfect for us and on such a large block. We are intending to extend the alfresco into a huge entertaining area which we are going to design and do ourselves. We are outdoor people and couldn't have done it on a small block. Just need to keep saving! Le sigh... Keep calm and build a house Building a custom plan 'Wild Orchid' with Dechellis Homes at Mallala THIS IS OUR JOURNEY... viewtopic.php?f=31&t=64597 Re: One small step for most, one giant leap for us in Mallal 79Sep 28, 2013 4:39 pm Some more pictures which are helping with the colour scheme we want... We are comparing the Wild Orchid display to the Cedar Retreat display... The Wild Orchid Facade Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The Cedar Retreat Facade Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I personally like the darker roof of the Cedar Retreat with the white rendering. Keep calm and build a house Building a custom plan 'Wild Orchid' with Dechellis Homes at Mallala THIS IS OUR JOURNEY... viewtopic.php?f=31&t=64597 Re: One small step for most, one giant leap for us in Mt Bar 80Sep 28, 2013 4:45 pm Ensuites... Wild Orchid Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Cedar Retreat Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Wild Orchid is definitely the winner here. So happy with the his and hers WIR, vanities and having a bath in the ensuite... BLISS! Keep calm and build a house Building a custom plan 'Wild Orchid' with Dechellis Homes at Mallala THIS IS OUR JOURNEY... viewtopic.php?f=31&t=64597 Do I need to concern about this pattern of crack? Is this crack showing some signs of bigger problems? Thanks for any suggestions! 1 1916 Thank you. That is really helpful. Once we get the place done and passed for OC we can upgrade in the future once we get back on our feet and not paying mortgage and rent. 4 5740 The worst thing you can do is sign a building contract without a pre contract review. Over the years many people have come to me with disputes where they just signed… 0 8341 |