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me and my partner have bought a land in alarah estate in cranbourne west and it is going to be titled only in jan 2015. we are building s4.2 with 8 homes and our site is going to start in feb 2015. we felt 8 homes has got some beautiful layouts with reasonable price for which we decided to go with them.since this is our first home we pretty much have less ideas about the build. I could understand it is not going to be a hassle free process reading all the stories and blogs. has anyone already built with 8 homes? how are they in building process? Re: our first build with 8 homes-s4.2 2Nov 22, 2014 12:31 am we had our colour appointment on 19th nov. we had a very long day playing with the colours and finally decided to go with the following colours. external: roof: sambuca bricks: ironstone windows: monument gutter: monument facade: cb dune entry door: upgraded to timber and stain rosewood garage door: slimline and manor red colour. flooring: coffe oak manhattan timber laminate flooring wet areas: nero milano gloss ( upgrade) kitchen: we have upgraded from reconstituted stone to ceaserstone with 40mn edge and 1200mm width and chose wild rice bottom cabinet: upgraded to glossy called malt sheen overhead cabinet: marni lini sheen splashback: mocha magic upgraded kitchen sink to double bowl undermount sink bathroom benchtop: linen 20mm ceaserstone cabiets: cavia lini sheen( upgrade) we did not add any feature tiles but added a niche in the shower, wall: grey pebble half internal doors: grey pebble quarter we have also added locks to all the rooms and bathroom. but now am concern about the facade being too light in colour . and the flooring and ceasertone kitchen being a bit darker has anyone gone through with similair shades any suggestions please. Re: our first build with 8 homes-s4.2 5Nov 23, 2014 12:06 am From right top is my roof colour - sambuca Brick- ironstone Windows, gutter and pipes- monument Garage door- manor red colour Bottom right- facade rendering colour- cb dune Middle underneath- floorboard- coffee oak On top of floor baoard is kitchen bench top- wild rice ceaserstone On top of ceaserstone is glass splashback- mocha magic And the two light coloured ones are lower and overhead cabinet Left bottom is bathroom tile- neromilano gloss On top of it is bathroom benchtop - linen ceaserstone The smaller on the tiles is bathroom cabinet- cavia lini sheen And the carpet is karoke This is the only picture ive got from my colour selection. Sorry to be confusing. Re: our first build with 8 homes-s4.2 6Nov 23, 2014 12:09 am Thank you jillibug. Even I thought of the same thing as u said but now am in a dilemma to go for a malay grey for the facade rendering or stick with cb dune.
Re: our first build with 8 homes-s4.2 7Nov 23, 2014 12:10 am Hi jang25 Welcome to H1.. Iam in Alarah also.. we build with Simonds Homes and have been living in our new house for 3months now. I see you have purchased land at new stage of alarah... nice!! Iam on the same street as where the Alarah land sales office and the ex display homes were.. just pass the the first rounda bout. We are the 3rd last to build on that street. We love it here ) Anyway.... love your colour choices! We went with Sambuca roof tiles aswell with black (night sky) gutters and windows, Surfmist fasias. Bricks are Austral Fawn (cat2) and cladding in Haymes Imagine. We done the same with going light and dark colours scheme. Looking forward to following ur build... Re: our first build with 8 homes-s4.2 8Nov 23, 2014 12:22 am Nice to hear from u justheart. Happy to know someone in alarah. Ive been there few times to that sales office. I also live close by to alarah . Good to hear that u like the estate which gives me confidence that we have bought a land in a good estate. How are they in getting titled? Mine is getting titled only in jan. I love your colour choices too. Have u got a picture of your house? Re: our first build with 8 homes-s4.2 9Nov 23, 2014 1:33 am Our land was already titled when we purchased it. So was a smooth process. Was subject to finance. After we got bank approval settlement happend in 3weeks. from what i can see around me and other ppls builds in alarah, once you settle n have titles it's go go from there...! I have made a few friends here n neighbors are all fab.. my cousin and hubby"s co worker also build here just around the corner from us. We would meet up for coffee n go for walks after work.. !!! I dont have a recent pic of our house but heres one just before handover.. We have now Exposed Agg driveway but no landscaping yet.... too busy... grrrhhhhh Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Hubby DIY front decking to porch Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: our first build with 8 homes-s4.2 10Nov 23, 2014 2:17 am wow what a beautiful house u have. u really have good choice of colours. I love ur facade which is just stunning. and the decking is awesome as well. even we are planning to do it ourselves. how much did it cost you do that? Re: our first build with 8 homes-s4.2 12Nov 23, 2014 11:02 am jang25 wow what a beautiful house u have. u really have good choice of colours. I love ur facade which is just stunning. and the decking is awesome as well. even we are planning to do it ourselves. how much did it cost you do that? Total for DIY decking $450 compared to $1000 from decking guy. Hubby had no idea aswell.. he watched a few you tube channels and headed out to masters and came back with the woods and materials.. i was suprised he pulled it off. Looks amazing. Re: our first build with 8 homes-s4.2 13Nov 24, 2014 5:45 am hi justheart yesterday I drove past your house the picture doesnt do justice to your actual house. you have really got a beautiful house I love it. and the decking , your husband has done a great job for reasonable price. as you mentioned I liked the estate and the atmosphere, nice and calm. Re: our first build with 8 homes-s4.2 14Nov 24, 2014 5:51 am yay.. had a chance to view my block of land for the first time. was very happy couldnt stop imagining how beautifully my house is going to sit on that block of land. Re: our first build with 8 homes-s4.2 15Nov 24, 2014 5:56 am can anyone tell me how much would it cost me to upgrade from a normal 40mm edge ceaserstone benchtop to waterfall benchtop. after looking at so many kitchen pictures in this forum I couldnt resist my liking towards it Re: our first build with 8 homes-s4.2 16Nov 25, 2014 8:57 pm Welcome jang25 your colour selections look great. I wonder how close you will be to us there are a couple of blocks they are preparing behind us for the alarah estate. I liked the thicker bench top look as well but I couldn't justify paying extra just for the end part to look bigger when the whole stone isnt that big. Whatever you choose will look great Re: our first build with 8 homes-s4.2 17Nov 25, 2014 11:31 pm Hi sapphire thankx. I think so I am close by bcoz last time we went through casiana grove to have a look at our block. It is the only way we can go at the moment. I jus had a quick look at ur thread. U ve got a really nice and big house. Awsome colour selection. My fav is ur bathroom tiles and ur carpet. Looks like ur gonna move in soon. Wish u gud luck. Re: our first build with 8 homes-s4.2 18Nov 26, 2014 9:27 am Thanks jang, did you drive down to the round about and the land entrance is the gate? Aw thank you we are so happy everything goes well together its hard to picture in colour selection and then wait 6 months to see what it all looks like together lol. Yes hopefully move in early December. Our pci is today . Will be watching your thread to see how your build goes, good luck and hopefully you wont have to many hiccups Re: our first build with 8 homes-s4.2 19Nov 26, 2014 10:37 am Nice color selections jang25, with your flooring selection we also have manhattan floors and wished we had upgraded to a better one! If you spill any water on it wipe it up straight away otherwise it'll wrap your flooring! Someone's always spilling water near the kitchen area and some of the boards feels like it's lifting up when you walk on it... but apart from that good luck with your build and post photos when you get a chance! Second Build, this time with Carlisle 2016, can't wait! Beckham: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=67280 Canterbury: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=81175 Re: our first build with 8 homes-s4.2 20Nov 26, 2014 7:35 pm Wow good news to hear. Hope everything goes well.Yes sapphire we drove down the round about and the land entrance is the gate.my block is jus next to third house from roundabout. Am very happy to know few neighbors even before building. Hi there, We’ve recently had plans approved to add a 1st storey addition to our existing house for a growing family in Sydney. With the current cost of building… 0 1024 Yes, I have. But, I haven't paid yet. They know they did not do proper jobs and I sent the email re: final payment, I cannot pay. They said, we will do 2nd PCI. 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