Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jun 09, 2013 10:53 pm We are building the Polaris by Celebration Homes in the Trinity estate, Alkimos. We are currently waiting on a roof tiler, so I thought it was about time to start our own building thread! My husband and I started this journey in June 2012. We had just returned from our honeymoon and started looking at display homes and potential areas to buy land. It didn't take long before we fell in love with the Trinity estate. Alkimos is a beautiful area, not a lot around just yet, but the plans for the area are amazing and we're excited to be so close to the ocean. At first, we were talking with a building company, mulling over plans and putting a hold on a block of land. We were also looking at other builders and drowning in piles of housing brochures! After a few weeks we swayed towards Celebration Homes instead, put a second hold on the block and signed up. We took the plunge, putting down our deposit to secure our chosen block and had our plans prepared Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The Polaris plan by Celebration Homes satisfied all our requirements for a home that we can grow into. We made all the structural changes we wanted at the contracts stage, so our Prestart in December 2012 was nice and easy - just confirming everything we'd already done, going over the electrical side of things and confirming all the selections we wanted. We were very happy with their standard range - we can live with everything very comfortably and upgrade as time goes by if we wish. TIMELINE: Prestart: 07/12/12 Slab Down: 08/03/13 Plate Height: 12/04/13 (delay for reselection of roof tile colour & delivery) Roof Cover Completed: 21/06/13 Grey Float Completed: 28/06/13 White Set Completed: 03/07/13 Ceilings & Glazing: 07/07/13 LOCK UP: 12/07/13 PCI: 23/08/13 HANDOVER!: 06/09/13 Flooring Installed: 11/09/13 Celebration Homes (The Polaris) Trinity, Alkimos https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65339 Current Status: Handover!!: 06/09/13 Re: Our castle by the sea - first build in Trinity, Alkimos 2Jun 09, 2013 10:57 pm Our SLAB was poured 08/03/13 Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Celebration Homes (The Polaris) Trinity, Alkimos https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65339 Current Status: Handover!!: 06/09/13 Re: Our castle by the sea - first build in Trinity, Alkimos 3Jun 09, 2013 10:59 pm Bricks and frames were delivered about a week later; Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Celebration Homes (The Polaris) Trinity, Alkimos https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65339 Current Status: Handover!!: 06/09/13 Re: Our castle by the sea - first build in Trinity, Alkimos 4Jun 09, 2013 11:07 pm Around 3 weeks after our slab was poured, our house was starting to grow! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Celebration Homes (The Polaris) Trinity, Alkimos https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65339 Current Status: Handover!!: 06/09/13 Re: Our castle by the sea - first build in Trinity, Alkimos 5Jun 09, 2013 11:13 pm We have been limiting ourselves to visiting the site only once a week, but we did sneak up a bit more often when the brickwork was happening - all up it took around 10 days to complete. It's so exciting seeing each room Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Celebration Homes (The Polaris) Trinity, Alkimos https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65339 Current Status: Handover!!: 06/09/13 Re: Our castle by the sea - first build in Trinity, Alkimos 6Jun 09, 2013 11:17 pm PLATE HEIGHT was achieved on 12/04/13 and it didn't take them long at all to get started on the roof frame; Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Gutters & fascia; Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Celebration Homes (The Polaris) Trinity, Alkimos https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65339 Current Status: Handover!!: 06/09/13 Re: Our castle by the sea - first build in Trinity, Alkimos 7Jun 09, 2013 11:26 pm We had originally chosen our roof tiles - Bristile Vienna Profile in "Oyster". Unfortunately the company had some quality issues with this colour and we were told by Celebration Homes that it would be about a 3 week wait. After waiting a week, I found out from elsewhere that the delay could be far longer - so we decided to reselect our tile colour; Our new tile colour is called Grape Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The actual tiles are quite a bit different to the what they look like in the brochures, so it's definitely worth heading to a display centre to check them out. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The tiles were delivered to site on 06/06/13 Celebration Homes (The Polaris) Trinity, Alkimos https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65339 Current Status: Handover!!: 06/09/13 Re: Our castle by the sea - first build in Trinity, Alkimos 8Jun 09, 2013 11:26 pm Nice plan & lovely looking house. Re: Our castle by the sea - first build in Trinity, Alkimos 9Jun 10, 2013 8:55 am It's all taking shape!!!! We went up to site saturday and were poking around all the places that had bricks up, it makes it all so real, really exciting!! We are at site now, things happening everyday which is cool, hopefully our slab should be down shortly, end of this week beginning of next, fingers crossed!!! building with Redink Prestart 21/3/13 Slab down 12/6/13 Brickwork started 5/8/13 Brickwork finished 26/8/13 Roof frame 6/9/13 Colorbond 26/9/13 Grey float 11/10/13 white set 17/10/13 Re: Our castle by the sea - first build in Trinity, Alkimos 10Jun 10, 2013 9:07 am Coming along nicely Re: Our castle by the sea - first build in Trinity, Alkimos 11Jun 10, 2013 2:57 pm cedes75 It's all taking shape!!!! We went up to site saturday and were poking around all the places that had bricks up, it makes it all so real, really exciting!! We are at site now, things happening everyday which is cool, hopefully our slab should be down shortly, end of this week beginning of next, fingers crossed!!! I can't believe how quickly new places are popping up all the time around us, I'm almost as excited about other people's progress as our own. Hubby thinks it's funny I'll call out something like "oooh look they've got their brickwork started!" as we drive down the street. Fingers crossed for you that your slab isn't too far away! Celebration Homes (The Polaris) Trinity, Alkimos https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65339 Current Status: Handover!!: 06/09/13 Re: Our castle by the sea - first build in Trinity, Alkimos 13Jun 11, 2013 8:29 pm Have they started your roof yet? building with Redink Prestart 21/3/13 Slab down 12/6/13 Brickwork started 5/8/13 Brickwork finished 26/8/13 Roof frame 6/9/13 Colorbond 26/9/13 Grey float 11/10/13 white set 17/10/13 Re: Our castle by the sea - first build in Trinity, Alkimos 14Jun 11, 2013 11:42 pm Not sure cedes, we generally only go up on the weekend's to check it out as we both work full time. I could pester our client liaison officer, but I prefer only to contact if there's some sort of issue. If you're heading out that way though you can have a sticky beak and let me know! Celebration Homes (The Polaris) Trinity, Alkimos https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65339 Current Status: Handover!!: 06/09/13 Re: Our castle by the sea - first build in Trinity, Alkimos 15Jun 13, 2013 10:59 pm Just took a quick run up to the house tonight and WE HAVE A ROOF! Most of the tiling is completed and there's basically just the capping to be done Will take some pics on the weekend in the daylight to post up... Re: Our castle by the sea - first build in Trinity, Alkimos 17Jun 19, 2013 5:52 pm you have internal render going onto the walls. Hurry up and wait Re: Our castle by the sea - first build in Trinity, Alkimos 18Jun 20, 2013 12:30 am YAY! Thanks PD! Good to know they're putting the trades in back to back Have you got your slab yet?? Celebration Homes (The Polaris) Trinity, Alkimos https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65339 Current Status: Handover!!: 06/09/13 Re: Our castle by the sea - first build in Trinity, Alkimos 19Jun 20, 2013 11:50 am Nice plan, I'm sure the tiles look great Re: Our castle by the sea - first build in Trinity, Alkimos 20Jun 20, 2013 12:15 pm Here's a look at our almost completed roof! The countdown to lockup is on Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Celebration Homes (The Polaris) Trinity, Alkimos https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65339 Current Status: Handover!!: 06/09/13 hi guys. Please be nice. First time home builder in Qld. I would like some feedback please on whether I should build my granny flat first before my main house at the… 0 4589 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 27731 Thank you so much everyone. This all makes a lot of sense. I guess when you talk to a builder who butters up everything to look very polished, you get to start believing… 7 17615 |