Hi all
I am a long time stalker of this forum as we are building a house in Perth with 101 Residential at the moment. We owned an older house on a larger block which we originally wanted to renovate and extend, but then changed our minds and decided to subdivide and build our dream home on the rear block. We completed the subdivision on the land and then sold the front house. Our block size is about 570sq including our driveway. It’s a nice square block.
We had a look at a lot of display homes, and like most of you probably looked at every single house plan that every company had to offer, but we kept coming back to the Mont Blanc through 101 Residential. Although we wanted to make a few mods to the floor plan it was pretty spot on to what we wanted. We got rid of the theatre room and changed up the garage so hubby could have a 2 car workshop in front of the 2 car garage.
Went a bit over board at pre start and paid extra for quite a few things that weren’t in their standard range, but we figured we may as well do it right so we are in love with the final product!
Things like:
- We went with a free standing bath in the main bathroom and upgraded all the bathroom sinks to those above counter ones.
- We got 101 Residential to credit us for the stairs and the balustrade because I didn’t really like any of the ones they had in their standard and premium ranges. I wanted more of a classic timber look. So we got a few external quotes and ended up going with a place in Perth called Stallion Products, and I must say it was a very pleasant experience. They were a pleasure to deal with and have done an amazing job.
- I also paid extra for shaker style kitchen cabinets as 101 only had plain stuff in their standard range. We also extended the island bench out to 3m, upgraded to an under mount sink and nicer taps etc.
We were really hoping to be in by Christmas but a few frustrating things have now made that look to be not possible. I am still keeping my fingers crossed though.
TIMELINE:
20th Feb 2014 – almost completed block Subdivision so decided to Start looking for a Builder!
22nd Feb 2014 – got 101 residential to do us some plans
18th April 2014 - paid our deposit with 101 Residential
30th June 2014 - Working drawings completed
21st Aug 2014 - Interior Design Consult
22nd Aug 2014 – Prestart and signed building contracts!
31st Oct 2014 – Final Plans Received
07th Nov 2014 – Received our building permit
24th Dec 2014 – received finance final approval
09th Jan 2015 – finished pre construction phase and moved to Construction phase.
02nd Feb 2015 – site works start
05th Mar 2015 – Slab Laid
10th Mar 2015– soak wells etc put in
20th Apr 2015 – Bricks started getting laid (finally)
11th May 2015 – plate height reached
03th Aug 2015 – roof carpenter starts
03rd Sept 2015 – Roof completed
23rd Sept 2015 – LOCK UP!.
09th Oct 2015 – staircase installed
28th Oct 2015 – concrete in garage laid, plastering finished, ceilings painted, tilers started, cabinetry started
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