Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Our Build- Lexington Belle Q1 22Aug 10, 2016 10:49 pm belle_v2g Congratulations 1HB! Your house looks beautiful. Do you mind posting the finished product? How did you go with the bank valuation with all those upgrades? We had our colour selection last 29/6/16. The girls at Cosham have been really helpful. I chose few upgrades and we are now waiting for the tender this 29th of July. Our electrical appointment will be on the same day. The land has already been titled too last June 5 which is good. I might add few more items after the tender. Hi again, how did you manage to get your Electrical appointment the same day as the Tender? I was told it had to be 4 weeks after Contract signed. Was also told we have Contract signing same day as tender, but we are reluctant as we want to check everything is right first. Love to hear how you managed to get that date for your electricals Re: Our Build- Lexington Belle Q1 23Aug 10, 2016 10:58 pm 1HB It was not long back when we decided to have a house of our own, which we could call Home. So, we shopped around for a block of land which would tick all the boxes for us. It took around two months till we found the place we liked best. It was the new estate Harpley by lend Lease.We settled buying a regular 560 sqm of land (17.5m x 32m). We still had enough time for the land to be titled. It was now time to think about the house. We always wanted a single storey house and something that would utilize the width. And we loved the Lexington belle q1 in our first visit to the Henley display home in Williams landing. We also liked other houses from other builders but our first love won the battle in all aspects. We managed to get the loan, colours, tender, contract etc. done well within our time frame. The land settlement took place in mid-November 2015 and the site start followed in December 15. The festive break helped us relax till the show started again in early January 2016. As I begin to write this thread, we have reached the stage when the frame is being put up. We have not done many structural changes in the house but have gone with a few upgrades. 1. Extended the garage by 1.6 m to have a roller door at the back and a window to the front facade so that it looks as if it is a part of the house 2. Upgraded to 5 star heating with 4 zones 3. Free upgrade to double glazed windows 4. Lehmann facade with part render and vertical window option 5. Luxury electrical pack and a few extra points here and there 6. Timber laminate flooring to full house 7. Extended laundry bench top 8. 40 mm stone bench top to island bench 9. Upgraded all kitchen appliances to Bosch 10. water point for refrigerator 11. Provision for putting a ceiling fan in the alfresco 12. Opticomm fiber optic pack for data needs 13. Brick upgrade to Cat 4 with off white mortar 14. Colorbond Roof 15. Added décor tiles to bath and ensuite 16. Insulation upgraded to R2.0 External and Common walls and R5.0 Ceiling 17. Front Entry Door size increased to 1020 x 2040 18. Mirrored sliding double doors to robes 19. Aluminium Flyscreens with Fibreglass Mesh to all windows 20. Duct range hood through the roof 21. Upgraded to cat 2 wall tiles to all tiled areas 22. Upgraded all taps Hi 1HB, do you know how much it cost to have double glazed windows? And what was the cost to converted to mirrored sliding doors to robes please? Our Build- Lexington Belle Q1 24Aug 11, 2016 4:26 am spice girl belle_v2g Congratulations 1HB! Your house looks beautiful. Do you mind posting the finished product? How did you go with the bank valuation with all those upgrades? We had our colour selection last 29/6/16. The girls at Cosham have been really helpful. I chose few upgrades and we are now waiting for the tender this 29th of July. Our electrical appointment will be on the same day. The land has already been titled too last June 5 which is good. I might add few more items after the tender. Hi again, how did you manage to get your Electrical appointment the same day as the Tender? I was told it had to be 4 weeks after Contract signed. Was also told we have Contract signing same day as tender, but we are reluctant as we want to check everything is right first. Love to hear how you managed to get that date for your electricals Hi spice girl We didn't manage to have our electricals the same day as the colour selection as suggested by one of the girls at cosham. Just wondering how to add them(in case we decided to get more items during the appointment) to our loan application so I really don't get it why it has to be done after the tender and contracts were already signed. I should have done the same as you, contract signing on another day coz there are times when i still question some of my choices. Could it be a money making strategy coz if we do post contract variations, we will have to pay for the changes. Re: Our Build- Lexington Belle Q1 25Aug 11, 2016 5:02 am spice girl 1HB It was not long back when we decided to have a house of our own, which we could call Home. So, we shopped around for a block of land which would tick all the boxes for us. It took around two months till we found the place we liked best. It was the new estate Harpley by lend Lease.We settled buying a regular 560 sqm of land (17.5m x 32m). We still had enough time for the land to be titled. It was now time to think about the house. We always wanted a single storey house and something that would utilize the width. And we loved the Lexington belle q1 in our first visit to the Henley display home in Williams landing. We also liked other houses from other builders but our first love won the battle in all aspects. We managed to get the loan, colours, tender, contract etc. done well within our time frame. The land settlement took place in mid-November 2015 and the site start followed in December 15. The festive break helped us relax till the show started again in early January 2016. As I begin to write this thread, we have reached the stage when the frame is being put up. We have not done many structural changes in the house but have gone with a few upgrades. 1. Extended the garage by 1.6 m to have a roller door at the back and a window to the front facade so that it looks as if it is a part of the house 2. Upgraded to 5 star heating with 4 zones 3. Free upgrade to double glazed windows 4. Lehmann facade with part render and vertical window option 5. Luxury electrical pack and a few extra points here and there 6. Timber laminate flooring to full house 7. Extended laundry bench top 8. 40 mm stone bench top to island bench 9. Upgraded all kitchen appliances to Bosch 10. water point for refrigerator 11. Provision for putting a ceiling fan in the alfresco 12. Opticomm fiber optic pack for data needs 13. Brick upgrade to Cat 4 with off white mortar 14. Colorbond Roof 15. Added décor tiles to bath and ensuite 16. Insulation upgraded to R2.0 External and Common walls and R5.0 Ceiling 17. Front Entry Door size increased to 1020 x 2040 18. Mirrored sliding double doors to robes 19. Aluminium Flyscreens with Fibreglass Mesh to all windows 20. Duct range hood through the roof 21. Upgraded to cat 2 wall tiles to all tiled areas 22. Upgraded all taps Hi 1HB, do you know how much it cost to have double glazed windows? And what was the cost to converted to mirrored sliding doors to robes please? Hi spice girl, Double glazed is around $1700 for single storey house. Re: Our Build- Lexington Belle Q1 26Feb 10, 2017 11:29 am Hi belle, how are you doing? 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