Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jul 19, 2014 10:51 pm Hi All,
After getting so much advice from this forum I decided to post up our experiences and progress of our build. From the initial housing selection, colours selection, electrical and final drawings, it was mostly a breeze process, but have to say it took a while before we made our mind up. We waited a year before our land was settled in a new development of SEQ Brisbane, and have now finally progressed to the construction stage. We are building the Sahara Q2 by Plantation Homes with the Indigo Facade. This is our drawings. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ This is our land when untouched. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Neighbours building fast. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Will post up a bit of our colour selection and electrical when time permits, but the construction is all go now, Hope to move in as soon as possible! Re: Plantation Sahara Q2 in SEQ Brisbane - Our Build Thread 2Jul 21, 2014 10:42 am Hi Poohbear, nice choice! We are also building with Plantation in Brisbane, originally chose Sahara Q2 as well, but changed to Q1 in the last minute. Anyway, they are very similar. I also notice the plumbing stack in the media room, same for us, but now I'm trying to move it to somewhere less visible. Look forward to your further posts! Re: Plantation Sahara Q2 in SEQ Brisbane - Our Build Thread 3Jul 21, 2014 12:01 pm Hi! My husband and I are also building a Sahara Q2 in the Belair façade in the same estate as you. We are on the street behind your street I think. We drove through on the weekend, and there are quite a few Sahara's already going up. Hopefully we bump into you one day Wish you all the best with your build! We finally have settlement happening today and have our tender appointment in early August. Hopefully we won't be too far behind with our building. Check out our blog Krish & Mona Plantation Sahara Q2 http://www.saharaq2belair.wordpress.com viewtopic.php?f=31&t=71876 Earthworks: 14th - 20th Jan Slab: 30th Jan Frames: 3rd - 7th Feb Roofing 11th - 25th Feb Bricks Completed: 20th March Re: Plantation Sahara Q2 in SEQ Brisbane - Our Build Thread 4Jul 21, 2014 8:50 pm Hi there! I'm very interested in following your build progress as we are only a couple of weeks away from the construction of our Trinity by Plantation beginning, also in Brisbane. we originally loved the Sahara but the Trinity suited our block better! Goodluck with it I hope it all goes quickly and smoothly! Re: Plantation Sahara Q2 in SEQ Brisbane - Our Build Thread 5Jul 21, 2014 10:15 pm Thanks for your replies. Question for you krishy_g, what is this upgrade ? "Ducting rangehood through external wall" I thought it was standard to have the rangehood ducted externally, wasn't aware there was an upgrade for that. Re: Plantation Sahara Q2 in SEQ Brisbane - Our Build Thread 6Jul 21, 2014 10:16 pm And bit more updates: (neighbours build is going fast! they are building the emperor i believe also by plantation as well!) Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ and a bit more pictures front on from the plans: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Plantation Sahara Q2 in SEQ Brisbane - Our Build Thread 7Jul 22, 2014 7:29 am poohbear Thanks for your replies. Question for you krishy_g, what is this upgrade ? "Ducting rangehood through external wall" I thought it was standard to have the rangehood ducted externally, wasn't aware there was an upgrade for that. Hi, it is standard to have ducting into the roof, but for it to exhaust to outside, it is an additional cost. So that's the upgrade. Same with all of the toilet exhaust fans. Re: Plantation Sahara Q2 in SEQ Brisbane - Our Build Thread 8Jul 22, 2014 7:31 am rhuang Hi Poohbear, nice choice! We are also building with Plantation in Brisbane, originally chose Sahara Q2 as well, but changed to Q1 in the last minute. Anyway, they are very similar. I also notice the plumbing stack in the media room, same for us, but now I'm trying to move it to somewhere less visible. Look forward to your further posts! Hi, Where have you guys thought of moving the plumbing stack to? We also noticed this in the media room. Re: Plantation Sahara Q2 in SEQ Brisbane - Our Build Thread 9Jul 22, 2014 6:18 pm krishy_g rhuang Hi Poohbear, nice choice! We are also building with Plantation in Brisbane, originally chose Sahara Q2 as well, but changed to Q1 in the last minute. Anyway, they are very similar. I also notice the plumbing stack in the media room, same for us, but now I'm trying to move it to somewhere less visible. Look forward to your further posts! Hi, Where have you guys thought of moving the plumbing stack to? We also noticed this in the media room. I just saw that plumbinb stack, personally i'm not too fussed about it... Might be due to the smaller size Q2 hence resulting in that extra stack. Re: Plantation Sahara Q2 in SEQ Brisbane - Our Build Thread 10Jul 23, 2014 5:21 pm Bit more of an update, there is now a slab! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The slab at the alfresco seems incomplete, there should be a slab there for tiling! Will contact the SS to see what is going on. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The slab edge seems a bit loose at different areas, not sure if that is normal or not. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Plantation Sahara Q2 in SEQ Brisbane - Our Build Thread 11Jul 23, 2014 11:36 pm congrats poohbear, would follow your thread Re: Plantation Sahara Q2 in SEQ Brisbane - Our Build Thread 13Jul 24, 2014 12:01 pm krishy_g rhuang Hi Poohbear, nice choice! We are also building with Plantation in Brisbane, originally chose Sahara Q2 as well, but changed to Q1 in the last minute. Anyway, they are very similar. I also notice the plumbing stack in the media room, same for us, but now I'm trying to move it to somewhere less visible. Look forward to your further posts! Hi, Where have you guys thought of moving the plumbing stack to? We also noticed this in the media room. We are thinking to move it to the linen in the laundry. However, the tender presentation lady told us, it might affect the door to the laundry. She is suggesting moving it to the powder room. I believe their design team will tell us the solution in a few weeks time. Re: Plantation Sahara Q2 in SEQ Brisbane - Our Build Thread 14Jul 24, 2014 12:11 pm krishy_g poohbear Thanks for your replies. Question for you krishy_g, what is this upgrade ? "Ducting rangehood through external wall" I thought it was standard to have the rangehood ducted externally, wasn't aware there was an upgrade for that. Hi, it is standard to have ducting into the roof, but for it to exhaust to outside, it is an additional cost. So that's the upgrade. Same with all of the toilet exhaust fans. I just got advised by my administrator that it's standard to have external duct for the rangehood. So not sure why the discrepancy, maybe just different timeframe. Re: Plantation Sahara Q2 in SEQ Brisbane - Our Build Thread 16Jul 26, 2014 12:05 pm rhuang krishy_g rhuang Hi Poohbear, nice choice! We are also building with Plantation in Brisbane, originally chose Sahara Q2 as well, but changed to Q1 in the last minute. Anyway, they are very similar. I also notice the plumbing stack in the media room, same for us, but now I'm trying to move it to somewhere less visible. Look forward to your further posts! Hi, Where have you guys thought of moving the plumbing stack to? We also noticed this in the media room. We are thinking to move it to the linen in the laundry. However, the tender presentation lady told us, it might affect the door to the laundry. She is suggesting moving it to the powder room. I believe their design team will tell us the solution in a few weeks time. Hi, please do let us know what happens with your plumbing stack. We are keen to move ours from theatre room as well. Plantation Sahara Q2 http://www.saharaq2belair.wordpress.com viewtopic.php?f=31&t=71876 Earthworks: 14th - 20th Jan Slab: 30th Jan Frames: 3rd - 7th Feb Roofing 11th - 25th Feb Bricks Completed: 20th March Re: Plantation Sahara Q2 in SEQ Brisbane - Our Build Thread 17Jul 26, 2014 12:17 pm [emmakay] I think this may depend on floor plan? Because it's also standard to have externally ducted range hood in our Trinity... Hi Emmakay, I thought so too. This is what we were given in our quote.. But Trinity isn't listed there either, so now I'm beginning to wonder if we may have been unnecessarily charged. I will remember to bring this up with them at our tender appointment. Plantation Sahara Q2 http://www.saharaq2belair.wordpress.com viewtopic.php?f=31&t=71876 Earthworks: 14th - 20th Jan Slab: 30th Jan Frames: 3rd - 7th Feb Roofing 11th - 25th Feb Bricks Completed: 20th March Re: Plantation Sahara Q2 in SEQ Brisbane - Our Build Thread 18Jul 30, 2014 9:01 pm krishy_g [emmakay] I think this may depend on floor plan? Because it's also standard to have externally ducted range hood in our Trinity... Hi Emmakay, I thought so too. This is what we were given in our quote.. But Trinity isn't listed there either, so now I'm beginning to wonder if we may have been unnecessarily charged. I will remember to bring this up with them at our tender appointment. To our surprise, it is indeed an upgrade....... Our supervisor just advised us that it was a mistake. The funny thing is, the external duct was in the drawings sent for council approval, and then it magically disappeared in the final drawings, should be more carefully before signing off the final drawings. Re: Plantation Sahara Q2 in SEQ Brisbane - Our Build Thread 19Aug 01, 2014 9:38 am poohbear krishy_g [emmakay] I think this may depend on floor plan? Because it's also standard to have externally ducted range hood in our Trinity... Hi Emmakay, I thought so too. This is what we were given in our quote.. But Trinity isn't listed there either, so now I'm beginning to wonder if we may have been unnecessarily charged. I will remember to bring this up with them at our tender appointment. To our surprise, it is indeed an upgrade....... Our supervisor just advised us that it was a mistake. The funny thing is, the external duct was in the drawings sent for council approval, and then it magically disappeared in the final drawings, should be more carefully before signing off the final drawings. Oh dear, that's a little crafty of them.. I will remember to be careful. Plantation Sahara Q2 http://www.saharaq2belair.wordpress.com viewtopic.php?f=31&t=71876 Earthworks: 14th - 20th Jan Slab: 30th Jan Frames: 3rd - 7th Feb Roofing 11th - 25th Feb Bricks Completed: 20th March Re: Plantation Sahara Q2 in SEQ Brisbane - Our Build Thread 20Aug 11, 2014 11:25 pm More updates, frame is up Front on view Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Garage Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ kitchen, living and dining room Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Alfresco and small backyard Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Dinning and Laundry Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Theatre Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Hmmm, I have checked your past posts and it seems that you are in NSW, not WA as I had thought. It pays to show your State in your avatar. Retaining wall regulations… 5 7850 Hi, you've probably already resolved this, however, Commbank will probably pay the funds to you after you send evidence the work is done regardless the change in the quotes. 1 35321 Ideally you would engage a landscaper to give you some insight what they may need in the space to make your vision come to life… 1 13634 |