Browse Forums Building A New House 1 May 09, 2014 2:08 am We are building our first home in Mt. Barker, recently finished our external colour selections, but not very sure about it. Looking for someone who can help us with the decision. Main Brick: Melot Mortar colour: Natural Rendered Base Band: Double Strength Paperbark Roof / Fascia / Down pipes / Steel Posts / M/Box : Evening Haze Eaves / Linings: Dulux Seed Pearl Gutter: Ironstone Window / Sliding door: White Birch Front door / Garage door: Paperbark Merlot is a new brick colour, it's more like the merlot wine colour(dark red mixed with brown), we are not sure if the roof colour is going to match with it. We are thinking of Ironstone as an option. Also for the render colour, will the Double Strength Paperbark be too strong for matching with the Merlot brick? Any other suggestions? Thanks for anyone who can help!!! Re: Looking for help with the External Colour Selections 2May 09, 2014 9:53 am Do you have a picture of your elevation? Just to get an idea what the house looks like? I had a play with the limited options on the colorbond visualiser but I think that this is basically what you are describing. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ or this if it;s the other way around Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Looking at those I would say that it's maybe not the roof colour that needs changing but the render colour, to be more similar to the evening haze on the roof. That's only my opinion though. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ (I picked the colour for the render in the first ones based on this person's render in paperbark http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=28349&start=580) Blog http://tobuildahomeimprobable.blogspot.com.au/ Settlement Apr Council Jul Contracts Dec Earthworks Dec Frames Jan Trusses Feb Roof Feb Windows Mar Re: Looking for help with the External Colour Selections 3May 09, 2014 10:02 am I'd definitely stick with the Evening Haze for the roof etc. Darker reddy/brown bricks will need that lighter contrast on top. Ironstone is lovely, but it tends to throw a bluey/purpley colour in the light & lends itself better to a grey ish brick. Where abouts in Mt Barker are you building? We are over in The Orchard (Bluestone). 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: Looking for help with the External Colour Selections 4May 09, 2014 10:24 am you guys are awesome!!! I didn't even know colorbond visualiser existed until now! Re: Looking for help with the External Colour Selections 5May 09, 2014 12:43 pm deluxes I'd definitely stick with the Evening Haze for the roof etc. Darker reddy/brown bricks will need that lighter contrast on top. Ironstone is lovely, but it tends to throw a bluey/purpley colour in the light & lends itself better to a grey ish brick. Where abouts in Mt Barker are you building? We are over in The Orchard (Bluestone). Yes, we are building in The Orchard too:) Re: Looking for help with the External Colour Selections 6May 09, 2014 1:06 pm lmille32 Do you have a picture of your elevation? Just to get an idea what the house looks like? I had a play with the limited options on the colorbond visualiser but I think that this is basically what you are describing. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ or this if it;s the other way around Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Looking at those I would say that it's maybe not the roof colour that needs changing but the render colour, to be more similar to the evening haze on the roof. That's only my opinion though. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ (I picked the colour for the render in the first ones based on this person's render in paperbark http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=28349&start=580) Thanks for your help? What's the render colour for the last photo? That looks much better. We will definitely change the render colour. Re: Looking for help with the External Colour Selections 7May 09, 2014 3:08 pm All the best for your build!
We are hoping to start within the next few weeks... The Orchard is a lovely spot, we can't wait to move in. There's actually a few people on this forum that are building in there too. Re: Looking for help with the External Colour Selections 8May 11, 2014 10:58 pm The second one is just one of the colours they had available. The online visualiser only has solver colours. I reckon if you went evening haze half strength that could work really well. Blog http://tobuildahomeimprobable.blogspot.com.au/ Settlement Apr Council Jul Contracts Dec Earthworks Dec Frames Jan Trusses Feb Roof Feb Windows Mar Re: Looking for help with the External Colour Selections 9May 12, 2014 6:08 pm We are building on Lot 337, if it is possible, may I ask how much is your footing cost? We have a bit of an issue with that at the moment. Thanks for help! deluxes All the best for your build! We are hoping to start within the next few weeks... The Orchard is a lovely spot, we can't wait to move in. There's actually a few people on this forum that are building in there too. Re: Looking for help with the External Colour Selections 10May 12, 2014 6:20 pm Oh awesome We are on Lot 359. Our footings/Site works were about $18,000 all up. Different builders have a different set allowance included their base home price, then the "on top of" site prices can vary from there, depending on what they include in the base price. Who are you building with if you dont mind me asking? 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: Looking for help with the External Colour Selections 11May 12, 2014 6:30 pm Format Homes, they already charged us around 10,500 on the contract, then today they tell us that we need to pay another 16,000. deluxes Oh awesome We are on Lot 359. Our footings/Site works were about $18,000 all up. Different builders have a different set allowance included their base home price, then the "on top of" site prices can vary from there, depending on what they include in the base price. Who are you building with if you dont mind me asking? Re: Looking for help with the External Colour Selections 12May 12, 2014 8:01 pm Oh no... I have no idea why that would be. That's over $26k they want...? We were quoted $22k, they did the soil test in January when they were able to gain access and we got a credit back because it came in under. Our close neighbours just a bit further on up our street were very similar to us, around that $18 - $20k mark. They're building with Metricon. I hope you can get some resolution with it I know the people building behind you on 336 - they are a lovely couple. I'll see what theirs were, they're with Sekisui house. Re: Looking for help with the External Colour Selections 13May 12, 2014 11:01 pm That will be helpful to know more about the footing and site work cost. Thanks very much for you help! deluxes Oh no... I have no idea why that would be. That's over $26k they want...? We were quoted $22k, they did the soil test in January when they were able to gain access and we got a credit back because it came in under. Our close neighbours just a bit further on up our street were very similar to us, around that $18 - $20k mark. They're building with Metricon. I hope you can get some resolution with it I know the people building behind you on 336 - they are a lovely couple. I'll see what theirs were, they're with Sekisui house. Re: Looking for help with the External Colour Selections 14May 13, 2014 1:11 pm No worries, happy to assist I'm seeing them next weekend, so I shall ask then. 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: Looking for help with the External Colour Selections 15May 15, 2014 1:06 pm We got the soil engineering report, it says as the soil is highly reactive, they have no choice but to change the footing from 450mm to 750mm which almost doubled the costs for footing. May I ask you how thick is your footing? Thanks! deluxes No worries, happy to assist I'm seeing them next weekend, so I shall ask then. Re: Looking for help with the External Colour Selections 16May 15, 2014 1:22 pm Piers are 600mm deep with extra strengthening bars according to the engineers report... Then 150mm for the slab. Depends on the block position as well, some of the blocks at our end of the estate have fared a bit better when it comes to footings costs, the soil composition changes from end to end. More fill, less fill etc. We are still highly reactive H1. Doubling the cost is a bit rich though?? That's very unfair Re: Looking for help with the External Colour Selections 17May 15, 2014 1:28 pm Rainleaves We got the soil engineering report, it says as the soil is highly reactive, they have no choice but to change the footing from 450mm to 750mm which almost doubled the costs for footing. May I ask you how thick is your footing? Thanks! deluxes No worries, happy to assist I'm seeing them next weekend, so I shall ask then. We are building with Metricon in the eastern suburbs of Adelaide. We have a 2m fall on our block from rear to the street (not sure of fall across building envelop) and "P" classified soil due to trees and highly reactive clay. It looks like we may not get any change from $30k. Will be confirmed in the coming weeks. The engineer recommended that our footing be 900mm deep. BLOG: http://www.ourphoenix38.blogspot.com.au H1 THREAD: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70454 Re: Looking for help with the External Colour Selections 18May 15, 2014 1:42 pm To add an extra footing cost, our three bedrooms, two livings and double garage single storage house costs us more than half million with nothing upgraded except the spa, toilet and rangehood. I don't even know how that ends up. Re: Looking for help with the External Colour Selections 19May 15, 2014 1:49 pm Here is our soil engineering report says:"This is a Class H2-D, P (FILL) site, with a Ys value of approximately 75 mm. Provide corner reinforcement and lagging in accordance with Sheet CR4-1." Re: Looking for help with the External Colour Selections 20May 15, 2014 1:57 pm Wow, so you were classified as H2 there... We escaped with only H1. Still a P, due to the fill. It really must vary a lot across that section 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 How much are you ahead in payments compared to where the build is at? Have you fully drawn down the loan? 5 11915 Thanks Pulse, thats really helpful and very much appreciated. Also thanks for the pointer on sheathing, thats me watching too many american youtube videos! 6 2796 Hi team, Im looking for a second hand sd4b monitor preferably white. 0 8923 |