Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Oct 28, 2013 5:11 pm So we are building in Baldivis in a new estate called The Chimes! We have put a deposit on the land and will be putting a deposit on our home on Tuesday so exciting times ahead! We have spent months doing our research and finally decided with Smart Homes for Living We have just started looking at colour choices etc and think we have decided on most things except bench top colours!! The titles for our land aren't being released until mid Feb 2014 so pre start wont be for sometime but I like being prepared!!! Any suggestions/advice etc would be great! Will post photos when I figure out how!! Building with Smart Homes for Living 19/10/13 - Met with builder - Smart Homes for Living 29/10/13 - Chose builder and paid deposit Re: Building with Smart Homes in The Chimes, Baldivis 2Oct 28, 2013 10:26 pm Hi Anp, welcome to the forum To post photos here you need to upload them to an external site such as photobucket and then paste the given forum code onto this site. You can check that they appear by previewing first. Is this your first build? Re: Building with Smart Homes in The Chimes, Baldivis 3Oct 28, 2013 10:49 pm Welcome, looking forward to following your build Our RedInk Build Thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=64118&p=1004131#p1004131 ** Timeline Page 1 Moved In - 19.12.13 Re: Building with Smart Homes in The Chimes, Baldivis 4Oct 28, 2013 10:58 pm Congratulations Anp! look forward to seeing your progress Building the Cosmos with New Generation. Site scrape and pegs - 25 Oct '13. Our Build Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=64306 Re: Building with Smart Homes in The Chimes, Baldivis 5Oct 29, 2013 11:35 am Thanks all! Yep, Treeseachanger, this is our first build! We have done so much research and even done a new homes course just to make sure we know what we are doing haha hopefully it is mostly smooth sailing! Here is the picture of our house plans! We have made some changes to bring the ensuite out under the eaves and have a double shower and also extending beds 3 & 4 under the eaves and having double wardrobes. [img][IMG]http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a470/LysePap/DraftHousePlans_zpsc719d71c.jpg[/img][/img] Here are some of the photos we have thusfar! We really only have photos of the land! but its a start [img][IMG]http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a470/LysePap/image9_zps7572ef17.jpeg[/img][/img] [img][IMG]http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a470/LysePap/11_zps19a62778.jpg[/img][/img] Building with Smart Homes for Living 19/10/13 - Met with builder - Smart Homes for Living 29/10/13 - Chose builder and paid deposit Re: Building with Smart Homes in The Chimes, Baldivis 6Oct 29, 2013 8:01 pm anp Thanks all! Yep, Treeseachanger, this is our first build! We have done so much research and even done a new homes course just to make sure we know what we are doing haha hopefully it is mostly smooth sailing! Here is the picture of our house plans! We have made some changes to bring the ensuite out under the eaves and have a double shower and also extending beds 3 & 4 under the eaves and having double wardrobes. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Here are some of the photos we have thusfar! We really only have photos of the land! but its a start IMG]http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a470/LysePap/image9_zps7572ef17.jpeg[/img] Quote: Hi Anp Exciting times ahead!! I've just deleted some of the image msg so they show. Just paste the forum code and not the extra IMG bracket Hope this makes sense. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Love those trees in the background! Since north is at the back of your house that is a great position for the Alfresco. However, those two bedrooms will really heat up. You might want to think about some awnings on them down the track...? Re: Building with Smart Homes in The Chimes, Baldivis 7Oct 31, 2013 12:13 pm Thanks for that!!! haha I'm still getting used to working this forum! I might be part of the Y gen but I'm really not good at computers! haha Those trees will be a park eventually Ohhh and North is facing our living areas Building with Smart Homes for Living 19/10/13 - Met with builder - Smart Homes for Living 29/10/13 - Chose builder and paid deposit Re: Building with Smart Homes in The Chimes, Baldivis 8Dec 02, 2013 5:18 pm Hi anp, Congrats on starting the process, looking forward to hearing more about your experience with Smart Homes for Living, they're currently in our short list for choosing as our builder too. We're looking at building 'The Protege' with them (or maybe the 'Homebush' with Commodore Homes) in Hammond Park. By the looks of your plan you've gone with 'The Verve' / 'The Success' ? Since signing with them how have you found the communication? How have you founf the pricing of the extras, things like adding in the double door-way to the theatre room, double wardrobes, double shower, extra power points, etc... ? 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