Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Is anyone building at Mawson Green, Meadows SA? 561Nov 01, 2015 11:24 am Cool! I just looked online and they are on sale now - when I made an order yesterday they were full price! Do you know much about them? It says they have a 240cm drop but out windows are only 210cm long? Our build - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=77368 Re: Is anyone building at Mawson Green, Meadows SA? 562Nov 01, 2015 11:25 am Actually I just looked again and they are just single panels, not combo... might have to head down to colonnades and see what they have! Our build - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=77368 Re: Is anyone building at Mawson Green, Meadows SA? 564Nov 05, 2015 1:03 am Mahalia27 Do you work at Spotlight Shell? I'm a frequent visitor! I also just ordered a lot of timber venetians and some roman blinds online but we need a panel track one for the laundry also - are they online? Hi Mahalia, Panel glide blinds are just as easy to measure and install as venetians and Romans - check out our DIY instructional video http://www.homeblindsaustralia.com.au/content/how-to-install-panel-glides as well as our range of panel glides http://www.homeblindsaustralia.com.au/panel-blinds If you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to contact us. Kind Regards, Naomi Re: Is anyone building at Mawson Green, Meadows SA? 565Nov 06, 2015 3:59 pm Hey guys. Has anyone else been told you need a separate "bushfire fighting" rainwater tank? If so, what have you done about it? I've been told that we need one and council will come to inspect after the build - you can receive apparently a fine if you don't have one! Re: Is anyone building at Mawson Green, Meadows SA? 566Nov 07, 2015 3:23 pm Hi Ponders A Meadows is only rated medium bushfire risk the fire hoses etc are not necessary however if the CFS should require water and your tank is accessible they may pump from it this info was given to me by my son a Kangarilla volunteer for the last 10 years also someone in council. Hope this helps you. Re: Is anyone building at Mawson Green, Meadows SA? 567Nov 07, 2015 9:03 pm Hi all! So far I've let hubby do all the talking on here, and just browsed through this thread for the first time myself - great to see so many Aurora Cct people here (we're Lot 54)! I was also suprised to see so many Aurora Cct people are currently in Aberfoyle Park/Flagstaff Hill/O'Halloran Hill area! We're in Flagstaff Hill at the moment, and I'm a vet nurse over at Hub Vets in Aberfoyle Park, so if you have pets, I may have met some of you in person already! I was telling hubby today that we should suggest a street party and then saw that a Christmas street party was suggested a while back. Count us in! I noticed that hubby has given you NONE of the the juicy details for our build (men! ). We were out there briefly yesterday and were just about to leave when the truck with our frame rolled up! Very exciting to see it arrive... presumably it will start going up next week, though I haven't had a call from our builders yet. We're a slightly odd shaped block, so we had a custom floorplan done via Format Homes. I did LOTS of cut-pasting different ideas to get the basic layout I wanted, and the guys over at Format made it happen with no trouble at all. We're a bit non-traditional and have our master bedroom in the back of the house, because we only have frontage for one room and the double garage, and as our block faces north I wanted the Lounge to be north facing rather than a bedroom. It's 216m2 so it's a bit smaller than most of your homes, but it's enough for hubby and me (no kids yet, but hopefully there will be soon!). Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Format's standard specs were pretty good, so we didn't have to upgrade much. Most of our extra spend was on flooring, as we didn't want carpet in the family/meals area. Alas, hubby doesn't like floorboards so I let him put tiles in there on the condition that I can put whatever rugs I want, wherever I want... I'm hoping I don't regret that decision! Plus we upgraded insulation and are double glazing all the windows and the glass doors (that was a bit ouchy to the budget). I wanted a solar system, or at least solar hot water, but we'll have to save up to get that done at a later date as just couldn't manage it with the build. After much research and discussion with the builders, they eventually conceded that they COULD start building without the retaining walls in place, but that it was preferred and actually would be much cheaper for us to do the one between us and Lot 55 before they started. Our retaining wall man (who was lovely... Craig from Adelaide Hills Retaining Walls) agreed that it's MUCH cheaper to do it before the build, because their access is easier. He also said that he thought more builders should request that they go up before the build. His only caveat was that if on a boundary, both blocks should be cut and leveled before you do the retaining wall, so that one wall that suits both blocks can be done. We'll be a bit out of pocket on the retaining wall, because our original quote didn't account for retaining around the rainwater tanks at the back of the house (silly me didn't even think about that at the time!)... but for around a 44m wall, 1m high at the back and 400mm at the front it came out at $14,850. As everyone can see on-site, we opted for the pretty Kensington style sleepers for the bit visible from the road, but just went with plain concrete at the back... it's not pretty but it'll all be covered by the 'dead' side of the house and rainwater tanks, so didn't make much sense to spend the significant extra $$ on that section. I may paint them to match the fence later on. What is everyone doing for heating and cooling? We've got an Actron ducted reverse cycle cooling/heating unit going in. It's hard finding reliable reviews on things like air con, as it seems every brand has it's lovers and it's haters! Right now I'm working on whether we need to have a 5000L steel bushfire rainwater tank installed, and if so, whether it needs to be in before we move in or if we've got some time for that. I can't find out whether the Maxiplas tanks count as 'non combustible' or not. I'll need to make some phone calls on Monday, but it seems like everyone else has just gone with their Maxiplas or Poly tanks? Also riding Devine about moving our water metre, as when they flipped all the building envelopes without telling anyone they slapped our water meter in the middle of our proposed driveway. We physically can't have the driveway on the downhill side due the the shape of our block, so they said they'd move it at no charge. Still waiting ____ Rhonda Ponder (yeah... unfortunate married name! ) Re: Is anyone building at Mawson Green, Meadows SA? 568Nov 07, 2015 9:49 pm Hi Rhonda, we are down the road at lot 70, still waiting patiently for building to commence. I love your floor plan, it actually reminds me of our layout with the kitchen on the side. We had so much that I wanted done in the build, but the cost add up so quickly, we had to have a split put in our house = saying goodbye to the reverse cycle air conditioning. I'm sure we will freeze to death in winter, so we might look at gas hearing until the budget can allow for r/c. Shel Re: Is anyone building at Mawson Green, Meadows SA? 569Nov 07, 2015 10:17 pm Hi again Rhonda It is interesting a lot of us have come from around the Ressy suburbs. Just a heads up lot 53 are starting any day now as Cindy the owner expected a start last week but am assuming the rain has held her builder up, we are lot 52 we currently have a slab but the builder is now wanting the retaining wall between us and lot 51 before they can continue still trying to get that organised contractors don't hurry themselves with quotes. Patience is certainly needed in this builds. Re: Is anyone building at Mawson Green, Meadows SA? 570Nov 08, 2015 10:41 am Shell01 Hi Rhonda, we are down the road at lot 70, still waiting patiently for building to commence. I love your floor plan, it actually reminds me of our layout with the kitchen on the side. We had so much that I wanted done in the build, but the cost add up so quickly, we had to have a split put in our house = saying goodbye to the reverse cycle air conditioning. I'm sure we will freeze to death in winter, so we might look at gas hearing until the budget can allow for r/c. Thanks, Shel We are only 11m wide at the street, with one boundary being quite diagonal, which means that we had up to 12m only for the width of the front of the house. ALL the pre-designed houses of that frontage are narrow plans with long hallways and living spaces right at the back designed for those long skinny urban blocks... and I absolutely hate long hallways! I had to get creative chopping bits and pieces out of different plans that I liked, and giving our sales rep a list of what I definitely wanted in the house. I'm hoping it works out as good in person as on paper, because we haven't been able to walk through a display home that's the same all the way through. So we'll see. Vogue Hi again Rhonda It is interesting a lot of us have come from around the Ressy suburbs. Just a heads up lot 53 are starting any day now as Cindy the owner expected a start last week but am assuming the rain has held her builder up, we are lot 52 we currently have a slab but the builder is now wanting the retaining wall between us and lot 51 before they can continue still trying to get that organised contractors don't hurry themselves with quotes. Patience is certainly needed in this builds. Thanks for the heads up, Vogue. We've been wondering when we'd see action on Lot 53. We were there on Friday shifting some of our builder's rubbish off their block... builders are so messy! And thanks for your earlier feedback on the rainwater tanks, too. We've been keeping an eye on your build, as it's about 2 weeks ahead of ours and we can see across to it really easily. Your slab is HUGE! If anyone sees us on-site, or driving by in a light blue Getz then pop over and say hi! Re: Is anyone building at Mawson Green, Meadows SA? 571Nov 08, 2015 1:37 pm Hi Rhonda, Yes our slab looks big but there is a triple garage and once you take that out it is not as big but you have done a good job of designing your house for such a narrow frontage as like you I can't understand these long narrow hallways as they are such a waste of space. We are looking forward to meeting you and all the others on this forum but as our house won't be finished until June it will just rely on who we run into when ever we are at the block. Re: Is anyone building at Mawson Green, Meadows SA? 572Nov 08, 2015 10:49 pm Hi Rhonda! Great plan! I like it! We moved in to ours a week ago (lot 57), slowly getting unpacked. Our driveway is being done tomorrow and Tuesday. He was going to pave around the house too but as the retaining walls haven't been done he cant-I'm so disappointed! I need these walls up so the fence can go up so I can send my girls outside to play! It's driving me crazy having them inside all the time AND we get our new puppy in 3 weeks so we have a time frame-those fences HAVE to be up by the end of the month! So, sorry if anyone hears me yelling-the girls are fighting almost constantly! It's so hard getting quotes! We have had quite a few people out to quote and only one has followed through with a quote! It was a very reasonable quote too (he is doing our driveway) so he will have another look tomorrow now we have a little more info and he will break down the costs for us. I'm excited to have the driveway and paths go in as I am dying to get started on the yard! I am doing a cottage garden and have been collecting plants for a while now-still need lots more but it's a start. With the rainwater, nothing was mentioned to us when the council came to do an audit. We have a fire outlet on the front tank which is easily accessible and at the moment the rear tank is isolated with 5000l in there. We need the plumber out again as we don't have some valve between the pump and the house that the council want-so remember that one! it was $300 for the plumber to connect the water so probably that again given the call out fee is high being out here. We also got a letter from the council saying they haven't received some certificate of completion from our builder and we have until Thursday to get this form filled out by ourselves and our builder and get it back to them or we get a $400 fine?! For anyone starting a build soon, if you want to keep leftover materials, hide them on the block or taken them home asap as people are in here daily loading up trailers and utes with wood, bricks etc-last week 2 guys took 2 pallets of leftover bricks from a house. Bit weird living up here alone! Mahalia and umm forgot the username but lot 55 shouldn't be far off handover now Re: Is anyone building at Mawson Green, Meadows SA? 573Nov 09, 2015 3:06 pm Hi Jakki, saw your pod out the front the other week so thought you had moved in and I wouldn't worry too much about yelling at the girls I don't think it will bother anyone and by the time Mahalia and lot 55 get handover your fences shouldn't be far off then the girls will be outside playing (in the dirt enjoy the washing lol). Do you know anything about the callout to CFS last Fri afternoon for a house fire in Aurora Cct, it was late afternoon. Regard to council and having to pay for water connection when do they want that payment, is after handover or before? Re: Is anyone building at Mawson Green, Meadows SA? 575Nov 09, 2015 3:23 pm Haha thanks! Yes- the washing-I already have Mt washmore without them playing in the dirt heheand it takes me an hour to sweep and mop my floors-did them last night and already today they are dirty and dusty! I need a robot vac then I just need to mop. I do-I'll inbox you-everyone is ok though! YAY Shell01 thats exciting!!! Re: Is anyone building at Mawson Green, Meadows SA? 576Nov 09, 2015 3:26 pm Hey JakkiT congrats on moving in. I've been following this thread for a while as there doesn't seem to be anyone on here building where we are so the Meadows thing is probably the closest to a Myponga thread! How long did it take them from slab to moving in? I'm just trying to get a rough idea of when to expect ours to be done. Our frames have just gone up. We are building with Statesman. Would love to see some photos of what you have done! viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75840&view=unread#unread Building with Statesman Homes in Myponga, SA View our thread here: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75840&view=unread#unread Re: Is anyone building at Mawson Green, Meadows SA? 577Nov 09, 2015 5:22 pm Hi lishaun, Thanks-all very exciting! Ours was 16 weeks from slab pour until handover. Frames went up 4 weels after slab pour, so you might be looking at about 12 weeks although a trade we had told me on average it's 12 weeks from slab-we had delays because of the massive amount of rain in July and August. oh there was a few things we didn't get them to do which may have made it a little faster: carpets and hard flooring (we used city discount carpets to lay the carpet and we laid the vinyl planks ourselves), kitchen splashback (still isnt done lol) as they didn't have tiles that suited the look I want and we didn't get the bathroom accessories but they would have only been an hours work anyway. Sure! I'll post some pics as soon as I can! I have followed your thread too! Re: Is anyone building at Mawson Green, Meadows SA? 578Nov 09, 2015 9:21 pm Wow 16 weeks!! That's pretty amazing - even with the crazy weather we had! Are you pretty happy with the job Statesman gas done? Yeh we are getting flooring, driveway, aircon and fencing done after handover. Just works out so much cheaper doesn't it! Must have been so exciting to move in!! Awesome! Look forward to seeing them! viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75840&view=unread#unread Building with Statesman Homes in Myponga, SA View our thread here: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75840&view=unread#unread Re: Is anyone building at Mawson Green, Meadows SA? 579Nov 10, 2015 8:19 am Yes, it was very fast! So glad though as we moved in with my parents a week before the slab went down. Yes, mostly. Some messy painting and sanding of the plaster in spots and just a few other small issues that will get fixed. Mostly I'm REALLY annoyed about all the spots where the guy touched up the walls with SEMI GLOSS paint! I will be making them fix that too. We have those long skinny windows in the lounge and main bedroom and a couple are a bit out of whack I think as when you unlock them they spring up! The locks are already wearing down and the metal is shaving off, main bathroom shower door catches and the external laundry door is not long enough so I have asked for the doors and windows to be fixed now. I don't want a snake creeping in under that door! Who is your Site Supervisor? I thin that makes all the difference. What flooring are you going with? Our carpets are darker than I thought they would be but I'll get used to them. LOVE our vinyl planks! They are almost scratch proof! We tested them with forks lol-takes alot of force to scratch them. They are Karndean ones. Our driveway is being done today. I have a very good and very honest landscaper so happy to pass his number on. He came highly recommended and they were right. We bought our pavers from playford pavers direct-made in Adelaide - the ones we were getting originally we found out they were made in Vietnam and they use some not so nice chemicals. Definitely cheaper! We have the fence being delivered tomorrow and hubby will put that up himself. We went through stratco-good price and good customer service. Yes it was! Today my aim is to get the inside completely finished as I have a stall at the Lollipop Markets this Sunday so I need to make lots of stock and be completely prepared for that. We are also going to the Pageant on Saturday Re: Is anyone building at Mawson Green, Meadows SA? 580Nov 10, 2015 11:55 am Wow JakkiT, 16 weeks! We were told it will be up to 24weeks from slab pour, but that their average is far less. Of course, we're expecting there to be no work happening through December... would be nice to work in an industry where everything closes down over Christmas!
Can I get the details of your driveway man? We have some quotes and are going to go the dark coloured concrete... we had that picked out pretty much from the start, and since seeing some other places up there with the dark concrete we know that's definitely what we want. We haven't even thought about fences yet... I think I'm in a bit of denial over them. I keep telling myself that I'll have to talk to the neighbours about that so I'll cross that bridge when I get there. I'm on holidays, so going to do an extra visit up to the block today. Not sure if anything would have changed since Friday but at least it's a nice drive Wish you all the best. Once you signed the contract, they will find millions excuses to charge you. And have seen their sites unfinished for a long time. 4 24834 As title suggests, looking at using the interlocking Pentablock stacked stone products to replace failing timber retaining… 0 17880 I am building in claymore NSW and this is shown in the building envelope plan. … 0 10039 |