Trixee's Passive Solar Build Perth

trixee · Sep 08, 2014 11:36 pm

We had a meeting with the builder today, upshot of which is they are going to draw up the contracts.
Once this is done and we have signed, we will be dealing with the builder directly rather than through the architect. Which should hopefully result in less delays.

So we have another flurry of activity where we have to make sure this is all good, and get the finance sorted.

We also finally got our facade mockup back from the architect. Though they only sent one (we asked for two alternatives to be done, but apparently the computer was overheating so they could only manage to render one. Here it is:

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There are a couple of things not quite right, such as the front steps. The setback looks wrong, and they appear to have given us a glass front door. And they got the colour of the car wrong! *gasp*.
But I think it looks ok, doesn’t look that awful at any rate.

asha · Sep 09, 2014 12:19 am

It looks better than ok trixee! I very much like the portico - something different

Was the other elevation to be similar or completely different??

housebythewater · Sep 09, 2014 12:39 am

Very nice. Simple and unobtrusive. Your guests will get a surprise once they enter and see how interesting, unique and beautiful it is.

ardie514 · Sep 09, 2014 12:43 am

Sweet ride

glad you're making some progress. I think your elevation looks really stunning. Totally thought of you when I saw the marble on dee & daz' kitchen

trixee · Sep 09, 2014 1:04 am

Thanks guys! I'm always second-guessing decisions so it's nice to have some positive affirmation

Asha - the other elevation was basically just testing out different colours, I wanted to try some contrasting feature colours on the pillars, gutters, and various other places. I guess I can use this pic and try to mock it up myself.

HBTW - I kind of like the low-key aspect, as being on a busy road I don't want to draw too much attention to it as being flashy can risk attracting the eye of a burglar (or am I being too paranoid?). On the other hand, I also want it to be impressive, but I guess that will happen in the entry hall.

Ardie - Thanks, despite the small boot I love my car, not looking forward to the day when I'll have to part with it. Will just have to cherish the time we have together. ::kiss::

Dee & daz's kitchen was nice, got me thinking about cupboards now.

Rache · Sep 09, 2014 1:33 am

I really like it too trixee. It looks really classy.

trixee · Sep 09, 2014 1:33 am

Thanks Rache!

belzey · Sep 09, 2014 2:07 am

I must be one of the only people not to like Dees kitchen on the block....can't stand her either so that probably made me dislike it more :lol:

And I really really love that frontage!

AKB · Sep 09, 2014 2:12 am

1 Love the elevation
2 oh no the colour is wrong everyone knows red cars go faster
3 I can't stand Dee either although the other day I said to DS OMG here Dee bi)$h and moan - she sounds like me talking to you :-)

trixee · Sep 09, 2014 2:16 am

Thanks belzey and AKB

yeah I wanted to hate Dee's kitchen too but I actually think it's OK, although a bit too on the traditional style for me.
AKB - I told him to make it red! :lol:

MalSannie · Sep 09, 2014 9:00 am

trixee it looks lovely (apart from the obviously wrong car colour!) what an imposing entrance!

trixee · Sep 09, 2014 10:16 am

Thanks Mal!

Dukecaddy · Sep 09, 2014 1:52 pm

Really like the open gabled portico, looks great!

bradster181 · Sep 09, 2014 2:29 pm

belzey

I must be one of the only people not to like Dees kitchen on the block....can't stand her either so that probably made me dislike it more :lol:

And I really really love that frontage!

Not a fan of the kitchen as well and certainly not of Dee ::angry::

trixee · Sep 09, 2014 2:30 pm

Thanks Dukecaddy, means a lot!

Bradster - I don't think anyone likes dee :lol:

justlearning · Sep 10, 2014 12:34 am

Just starting reading your thread and blog. Far out, you've put a lot of work into this house! I can't wait to see how it turns out. Looking forward to following your journey.

trixee · Sep 10, 2014 1:56 am

Thanks justlearning! Yes it's been a bit of a process, good to see things starting to move soon though. Hopefully it won't be too long before I have some actual photos to share!

Marcia · Sep 10, 2014 11:56 am

Just as long as your kitchen doesn't have a drawer blocked by the fridge!!! I liked Dee's kitchen but I didn't love it. it was very Melbourne classic though, we have family in Toorak and I tell you, I have seen so many kitchens like that over there, it is a bit boring now.

I love the mock-up of your frontage ... that is one striking portico. I really like it, it's inviting. And your guests will get a great surprise when they walk in and see the amazing layout and how much house there actually is.

I hear you about break ins and making your house less attractive - we've never been broken into, but many friends have. But these are friends who have heaps of shrubs and trees or big walls out the front etc. We have a great front garden, but the house and all access points have clear view from the road. Oh and it helps that our dog's bark sounds worse than his bite! He can't be seen from the road but he can be heard!!

trixee · Sep 10, 2014 12:15 pm

Thanks Marcia! Our kitchen will actually be very different to dee's in that we want it to be a lot more modern rather than traditional.
Glad you find the portico inviting, that was the intention

The other issue with being on a busy road is noise and litter blowing in. The noise we can deal with through the house layout, but unfortunately the litter will keep blowing in unless we have something to stop it i.e. a wall. So we're going to have to have some fencing and gates, as I don't want to be picking up litter every day.

I don't like the thought of a massive wall at the front however, and I would prefer the shrubbery to be more open than dense. So it's going to be tricky to balance it all I think. At this stage, we're leaning towards rendered brick pillar and post fence type thing with those aluminium slats, or maybe wrought iron infill. Have looked at some pictures but nothing is really grabbing me at the moment.

Marcia · Sep 10, 2014 1:52 pm

Got some fences on my pinterest board ... might not be what you are looking for tho!

http://www.pinterest.com/everydaypretty ... e-outside/