Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Sep 27, 2014 11:20 am Hi everyone!! I am new to this forum. We have just started building our first home with Home Group WA and wanted to get a bit of an idea from some more experienced builders. First of all - I would like to get an idea on peoples building time frames. So far this is our time frame of things: 11/08/14 - Pre-start meeting 13/08/14 - Final costings received and signed off on 03/09/14 - Final Documents received and signed 22/09/14 - Site works commenced 26/09/14 - Slab went down 03/10/14 - Soakwells installed 08/10/14 - Bricks delivered 17/10/14 - Brickwork commenced 07/11/14 - Brickwork complete 11/11/14 - Roof framing commenced 12/11/14 - Fascia complete 13/11/14 - Roof framing completed 13/11/14 - Gutters complete 17/11/14 - Colorbond commenced 19/11/14 - Colorbond completed 19/11/14 - Plumbing commenced 20/11/14 - Plumbing completed 26/11/14 - Electrical wiring completed 02/12/14 - Drywall commenced 04/12/14 - Drywall completed 08/12/14 - Ceiling & cornices delivered 09/12/14 - Ceiling commenced 15/12/14 - Cornices completed 15/12/14 - Ceiling completed 19/12/14 - Wooden doors installed 19/12/14 - LOCK UP!!! Xmas Break 09/01/15 - Delivery of tiles, plumbing stuff, door handles and bath 12/01/15 - Cabinets delivered 14/01/15 - Cabinets completed 14/01/15 - Robe, pantry & linen shelving installed 15/01/15 - Tile screeding & waterproofing 19/01/15 - Tiling commenced 27/01/15 - Tiling completed (except 2 missing tiles and kitchen) 27/01/15 - Grano to garage 29/01/15 - Toilets delivered 03/02/15 - Kitchen benchtop installed 04/02/15 - Painting commenced 06/02/15 - Kitchen splashback tiles and final bath tiles completed 10/02/15 - Plumbing completed 11/02/15 - Electrical completed 13/02/15 - Painting completed 17/02/15 - Shower screens installed 18/02/15 - Rangehood installed 18/02/15 - Bobcat levelled areas for paving 20/02/15 - Bathroom mirrors and sliding robe doors installed 23/02/15 - Door handles and towel rails installed 27/02/15 - Carpet installed 28/02/15 - Paving completed to driveway and alfresco 05/03/15 - Vinyl flooring installed 05/03/15 - Flyscreen doors installed 10/03/15 - Blinds installed 11/03/15 - Window flyscreens installed 11/03/15 - Final Site Clean 12/03/15 - Oven installed 12/03/15 - Silicon to bench edges 13/03/15 - PCI!! 14/03/15 - Blinds completed (kitchen & laundry) 14/03/15 - Insulation commenced! 19/03/15 - Garage Door installed 23/03/15 - HANDOVER!!! It all seems to be going quicker than I expected so it would be good to see what sort of timeframe I should expect for the rest of the build! Building our first home - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=73568 Re: Amelia & Nathan's First Home with HGWA 2Sep 27, 2014 11:23 am Welcome to HGWA family. Wow only a month and a half from prestart to slab down - that seems pretty good. Sorry not much help on the overall time frame as we are still building but I'm thinking about 6 months for construction. Re: Amelia & Nathan's First Home with HGWA 3Sep 27, 2014 12:20 pm Building our first home - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=73568 Re: Amelia & Nathan's First Home with HGWA 4Sep 27, 2014 12:23 pm 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 ⋅ Building our first home - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=73568 Re: Amelia & Nathan's First Home with HGWA 5Sep 27, 2014 12:26 pm asha Welcome to HGWA family. Wow only a month and a half from prestart to slab down - that seems pretty good. Sorry not much help on the overall time frame as we are still building but I'm thinking about 6 months for construction. Thanks Asha. Hopefully we wont be too delayed with the Christmas break coming up! Building our first home - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=73568 Re: Amelia & Nathan's First Home with HGWA 6Sep 27, 2014 12:29 pm This is the plan we settled on. I can't even remember what the original plan was that we went off because we completely changed it!! It is quite a small house but all that we need Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Building our first home - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=73568 Re: Amelia & Nathan's First Home with HGWA 7Sep 27, 2014 3:55 pm Really good plan you've got there, love it. Can't believe your slab went down a month and a half after Prestart, awesome stuff. Let's hope the rest of your build flies up, good luck and welcome to the forum! Re: Amelia & Nathan's First Home with HGWA 8Sep 30, 2014 3:25 pm Hi Amelia and Nathan! Thanks for sharing your build journey. Just letting you know I'll be following your build journey through Homeone, so if you need anything, just ask! Cheers, Dylan Re: Amelia & Nathan's First Home with HGWA 9Sep 30, 2014 4:08 pm Hi Amelia posting to follow. Good luck with your build Re: Amelia & Nathan's First Home with HGWA 10Sep 30, 2014 5:50 pm Wow Hgwa have done well to have a slab so soon!! Prestart to slab for us was 5 months!! Maybe it got a lot to do with the time of the year? At that rate your home maybe done in 4 months?!?! I hope for you hehe Re: Amelia & Nathan's First Home with HGWA 11Oct 01, 2014 10:02 pm Thanks everyone! So good to hear that things are going quickly as I have no idea what's quick and what's not! Lol went past the block yesterday and seen our soak wells had been delivered, nothing too exciting but it's something!! Will keep you all updated on the progress Building our first home - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=73568 Re: Amelia & Nathan's First Home with HGWA 12Oct 08, 2014 11:34 pm Soooooo it has been a very stressful couple of weeks... My OH went to hospital last Monday for a collapsed lung and he is still in hospital as we speak!! So after numerous drive back and forth every day to see him (from Busselton to Bunbury), as well as working full time, I have been too exhausted to bother posting anything! We are hoping that he makes a full recovery very soon! Anyway!! We have progress! Soakwells went in last week and after a super quick drive past on the way home I got a lovely surprise of bricks!! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ And window frames!! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Building our first home - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=73568 Re: Amelia & Nathan's First Home with HGWA 13Oct 09, 2014 12:07 am Oh no meels - I hope he gets better soon. I only just posted recently that my (silly) hubby once collapsed a lung after inhaling a peanut! Congrats on your bricks - are they Albany cream?? Re: Amelia & Nathan's First Home with HGWA 14Oct 09, 2014 12:48 am Oh my lord, your poor OH. Hope he's feeling better and you're not too exhausted and stressed out! Here's hoping for a speedy recovery! Yay for bricks and frames though, cannot believe how quickly your build is going!!! Re: Amelia & Nathan's First Home with HGWA 15Oct 09, 2014 1:17 am Thanks Asha and ToriMatt. Asha that doesn't sound good about hubby! My OH just had a spontaneous collapsed lung - woke up, had a stretch and next thing you know we're on our way to hospital. We are patiently waiting for some good news!! Yes I am pretty sure they are Albany Cream but to be honest I can't really remember as it feels like it was so long ago that we picked them!! Can't wait until they start taking shape. Building our first home - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=73568 Re: Amelia & Nathan's First Home with HGWA 17Oct 09, 2014 10:46 am Hope you're OH is ok Meelz. Fingers crossed for a quick recovery. Re: Amelia & Nathan's First Home with HGWA 18Oct 09, 2014 11:02 am Things seem to be going really well at your build! Sorry to hear about your OH, hope he is better soon. My build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=68002 Re: Amelia & Nathan's First Home with HGWA 19Oct 09, 2014 1:21 pm Wow hope your OH is ok! Your build is going exceptionally fast! Plan looks fantastic. Building with 101 Residential Rear Strata in Queens Park Our Build thread - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=72336 Re: Amelia & Nathan's First Home with HGWA 20Oct 09, 2014 1:26 pm I have found you! WOW I cant believe how quickly your build has come about - trust me you are having a very smooth run so far! It was 6 months from pre-start to slab for us! And then another 2months till brickwork started! Looks like they have everything under control! And I love your plan, very similar to ours actually. How scary about your OH and the collapsed lung - you poor thing you must be so stressed this week! 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