Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Oct 08, 2015 11:58 pm Ive been addicted to this forum for a while and now that our home is at building stage, I thought I might start my own thread.
We are building our new family home. Its our second home but its the first one we are building. We wanted a large family home with a big back yard for a pool. Only way to get this was to build a 2 storey home. We purchase our block in Southern River in August 2013 due to be titled July 2014... After many delays, we finally settled in May 2015. We signed up with Next Residential for the Chapman design http://nextresidential.com.au/plan/the-chapman/ After many modifications, we signed on this plan. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Our Slab went down today so we are super extcited. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Purchase Block 30/8/13 Settle on Block 12/5/15 Sign Contract 12/7//15 Pre start 13/7/15 Building permit 15/9/15 Site work started 25/9/15 Slab 8/10/15 Soak well delivered 12/10/15 Soak well installed, waste and tap 13/10/15 Window frames delivered 14/10/2015 Bricks Delivered 16/10/15 Bricks and frame work start 19/10/15 Ground floor bricks finish 25/10/15 Plate high inspection 4/11/15 Form work started 5/11/15 Suspended slab 23/11/15 Scaffolds up 30/11/15 1st Floor Bricks and Frames delivered 10/12/15 1st Floor plate high 04/01/2016 Roof Started 08/01/2016 Intelligent Homes Wiring 15/01/2016 Upper Roof Colorbond 26/01/2016 Upper Floor Render inside and out 30/01/2016 - 31/01/2016 Upper Floor Ceiling and Cornice 10/02/2016 Upper Floor windows installed 13/02/2016 Upper Floor White Plaster 15/02/2016 - 19/02/2016 Upper Floor Exterior Paint 26/02/2016 - 29/02/2016 Lower Roof Frames 16/03/2016 Plumbing and Electrical 17/03/2016 Lower Roof Colorbond 31/03/2016 Render 1/04/2016 - 2/04/2016 Ceiling 12/04/2016 - 19/04/2016 White Plaster 22/04/2016 - 27/04/2016 Lock up 28/04/2016 Doors Kitchen Laundry and Bathroom Cabinets installed 28/04/2016 Ceiling and cornice painted 05/05/2016 Kitchen and Bathroom sink installed 9/05/2016 Front and internal doors painted 11/05/2016 Tile meeting and Tiling started 27/05/2016 Appliance Delivered 01/06/2016 Plumbing and Electrical install 02/06/2016 Stair lights installed 07/06/2016 Intelligent homes on site installing NBN alarm and intercom 08/06/2016 Screen wall built 12/06/2016 Exterior texture wall started 13/06/2016 Mirrors and shower screen installed 13/06/2016 Hot water system install 27/06/2016 Insulation 27/06/2016 Grano pour 30/06/2016 fly screen 05/07/2016 Aircon 13/07/2016 Paving 20/07/2016 Re: Chapman (Next Residential) 3Oct 12, 2015 2:28 pm Great plan, following Our build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70984 Re: Chapman (Next Residential) 7Oct 12, 2015 10:26 pm Interested to watch this build. Looked very closely at next res last time for two story, chose another builder, not for any reason that reflects badly on the level of care provided by next res, just went with a builder we were more familiar with, looking at land again at present, so keen to see the your journey. May you have a smooth pleasant ride Timeline Aug 08-Land Mar 09-Demo/Titles Sept 10-Handover No1 Sept 11-Handover No2 April 12-Sold No2 Aug 14-Land/Demo Jan 15-Slabs viewtopic.php?f=31&t=25736 Re: Chapman (Next Residential) 2 Storey Southern River 11Oct 19, 2015 9:51 pm Day 1 bricks and frames Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Kitchen windows Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Master's left WIR window Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Living area windows Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Theater and Master room Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Chapman (Next Residential) 2 Storey Southern River 12Nov 03, 2015 3:46 pm Brickies have been working really hard. We reach ground floor plate high last Wednesday 28/10 Front Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Back Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Loving the size of our main living area. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ We have our first inspection with the site supervisor tomorrow Re: Chapman (Next Residential) 2 Storey Southern River 13Nov 03, 2015 9:47 pm It looks wonderful Ask any questions if you have concerns even if they seem dumb and take your plans to double check. Re: Chapman (Next Residential) 2 Storey Southern River 14Nov 04, 2015 2:17 pm Thanks Petad. We have our own private building inspector for piece of mind. Everything went well today. Was told plumbing and electrical work will commence this week. Slab pour towards end of the month then everything will slow down heading towards xmas. Re: Chapman (Next Residential) 2 Storey Southern River 15Nov 05, 2015 2:24 am Congrats on plate height! Bring on the upper floor! Re: Chapman (Next Residential) 2 Storey Southern River 17Nov 10, 2015 12:34 am mamakan Thanks mandy+steve. Hopefully soon It really is a lovely design you've decided on Re: Chapman (Next Residential) 2 Storey Southern River 20Nov 24, 2015 8:22 pm suspended slab Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Stairs Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ bedrooms and activity room Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ front view Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Caught one of the tradies from next door using our water Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I ran into trouble finding a lock that would fit my particular door, like your situation with your pivot door. I wanted a safe lock that couldn't be messed with easily. 4 25685 1 3400 Surrey Hills, Vic 3127 Garage is being built with metal, 3m distance away from my cover deck. 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