Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Apr 13, 2015 3:55 pm I've been following a number of builds in this forum and decided it was time to document my own build journey. We are building with Home Group WA in the Calleya estate SOR. We started this process in February 2014 with the purchase of a 601m2 block. We purchased this block with a Dale Alcock design in mind but in the end, after looking at other builders, designs and inclusions, we decided on a version of The Mediterranean with HGWA. With the help of our sales guy, we tweaked it a bit to come up with our own version. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Floor Plan Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Elevation We finally got the footings this weekend and hopefully slab today. It has been a long, long, long process so far just on admin alone. Im hoping the build will go smoothly. I'd love to hear from any other people building with HGWA and compare experiences Re: Our First Build - Calleya - HGWA 2Apr 13, 2015 7:05 pm Hey chadwyn, Oh my goodness, I know exactly how you feel! We're the same.. It was raining all last week and we hopefully have a slab this week! It's been a long journey for us too! Damn delayed titles! But at least it's all happening now.. Loving your house! Ours is similar but smaller! Looking forward to your build thread Building: The Maxum Builder: New Generation Homes Estate: Springtime Estate, Xavier ____________________________ Our build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=73924 Re: Our First Build - Calleya - HGWA 3Apr 13, 2015 7:27 pm Love your design! So big! Good luck with the slab! I was told i was going to have to wait until today to get mine because of the rain, but turns out they poured on Friday Was pretty stoked! Hope you get yours soon! Re: Our First Build - Calleya - HGWA 8Apr 15, 2015 11:46 am chadtyn I'd love to hear from any other people building with HGWA and compare experiences Hey chadtyn, Personally my experience with HGWA has been very good. Oh ok this may appear to be a sad and biased response hehe. Just letting you know that I've subscribed to your build. Please feel free to contact me via a private message on here or FB if you ever need help getting in touch with the right folks @ HGWA throughout the journey. Conslabulations and have a great day! Ethan Re: Our First Build - Calleya - HGWA 9Apr 15, 2015 7:29 pm So I went back to visit our slab today, as you do, and what do I find when I get there?......... The builder next door running a hose from our water pipe, across our lot and onto their site! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ He tried telling me it was because they didn't have a tap connection on their site, but as I pointed out to him, our water pipe doesn't have a tap either. Re: Our First Build - Calleya - HGWA 10Apr 15, 2015 7:51 pm Uh oh! I hope you have called/are planning to call the company building the house! Re: Our First Build - Calleya - HGWA 13Apr 22, 2015 7:50 am chadtyn So I went back to visit our slab today, as you do, and what do I find when I get there?......... The builder next door running a hose from our water pipe, across our lot and onto their site! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ He tried telling me it was because they didn't have a tap connection on their site, but as I pointed out to him, our water pipe doesn't have a tap either. That's so cheeky! I would never have imagined someone would so blatantly rip another person off! Just gobsmacked!! Re: Our First Build - Calleya - HGWA 14Apr 22, 2015 9:06 pm jlo1990 Uh oh! I hope you have called/are planning to call the company building the house! I told him I was going to call the building company and he was very apologetic. I might still contact them but I don't want him to lose his job over it which is what people keep telling me will happen. Re: Our First Build - Calleya - HGWA 15Apr 23, 2015 11:09 pm Re: Our First Build - Calleya - HGWA 16May 03, 2015 10:28 pm [img][IMG]http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05/03/4c9cce9657e6fa6eb13b4bc31f961c4b.jpg[/img][/IMG] So our bricks arrived on Wednesday and I'm so excited to see something start but I noticed a few cracks in our slab and some of our pipes have been broken. Is that normal? I know they have to get the bricks on the slab but are they always so rough? Re: Our First Build - Calleya - HGWA 17May 06, 2015 9:03 pm Plan and house looks great Chadtyn, I hope it goes up really quickly from now on My Home Group build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=77067 Re: Our First Build - Calleya - HGWA 19May 17, 2015 4:07 pm YAY Bricks are complete! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Doesn't look like much from the outside but I'm really happy with the quality of work. From nothing to plate high in 8 working days. Hopefully the rest of the build will keep that pace. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Our First Build - Calleya - HGWA 20May 17, 2015 6:47 pm Congrats chadty! Building: The Maxum Builder: New Generation Homes Estate: Springtime Estate, Xavier ____________________________ Our build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=73924 hi guys. Please be nice. First time home builder in Qld. 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