Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Mar 15, 2016 8:07 am Hi, My Husband and I are building a new home at Waterford County Estate Chisholm NSW, in the beautiful Hunter Valley. Our block is a 750m2 and a rare shape which has allowed us to create a ranch style design. This forum has come in very handy to us when choosing selections, and I hope that our thread will do the same for others too. Welcome to our journey! Building Timeline... 20/03/2015: Sold home 19/04/2015: Put a deposit on a block of land 06/05/2015: Moved into a rental 11/08/2015: Land Settlement 28/09/2015: Signed building contract & paid 10% deposit 12/10/2015: Pre colour selections 09/12/2015: Council approval 22/01/2016: Final colour selections 17/02/2016: Construction certificate approved 09/03/2016: Authority to commence construction letter released from bank 12/04/2016: Site cut 19/04/2016: Plumbing & electrical box 11/05/2016: Piers 16/05/2016: Slab 09/06/2016: Frame 29/06/2016: Roof Commenced 06/07/2016: Roof Completed 08/07/2016: Wall Wrap Installed 12/07/2016: Bricks Delivered 16/07/2016: Bricks Commenced 20/07/2016: Hardwood Posts & Eaves in 01/08/2016: Electrical 05/08/2016: Plumbing 26/08/2016: Gyprock 08/09/2016: Garage door installed & kitchen delivered. 09/09/2016: Cabinetry installed 18/09/2016: Shutters ordered 23/09/2016: NO PROGRESS MADE THIS WEEK [img=16x16]https://www.facebook.com/images/emoji.php/v5/fcb/1/16/1f641.png[/img]:( 01/10/2016: Tiling 07/10/2016: Stone Benchtops 22/10/2016: Painting commenced and site fence down 09/11/2016: Shower screens, wardrobes & mirrors 14/11/2016: Electrical Fit Off 05/12/2016: Handover INTERNAL SELECTIONS... Wall Colour: Dulux Terrace White Skirting Colour Dulux Vivid White Main Flooring: Platino Oak + Autumn Retreat Main Bathroom Tile: Livingstone Grey Main Bathroom Vanity Benchtop: Walnut Heights Cabinetry: Smokey Shimmer Ensuite Tile: Livingstone Black Ensuite Vanity Benchtop: Smartstone Pearl Silver Kitchen Lower Cabinets & Scullery: Ebony Kitchen Overhead Wall Cabinets: Pearl Silver Kitchen Splashback: White Gloss 100x300 (brick stack with white mortar) Kitchen & Scullery Benchtop: Marengo Smartone Island Benchtop: Athena AL SELECTIONS... Bricks: PGH Wood Chip, Off White Mortar, Ironed. Roof: Colorbond Windspray Gutters: Clolorbond Windspray Fascia: Surfmist Garage: Surfmist Window Frames: Gloss White Downpipes: Baton UD (brown to match bricks) Posts: Vivid White Water Tank: Autumn Brown Front Door: Hume Nex 40, Vivid White My Homeone Thread - Re: Building at Chisholm NSW in The Hunter Valley - Selectio 2Mar 15, 2016 8:16 am Block: Plans: Selections: Kitchen Visual: Ensuite Visual (standard tiling, not to roof): Bathroom Visual (standard tiling, not to roof): Flooring: External Selections: My Homeone Thread - Re: Building at Chisholm NSW in The Hunter Valley - Selectio 3Mar 15, 2016 9:09 am Love your selections!! Looking forward to following your build! _________________________ Building the Noosa 26 with Coral Homes https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=80794 Re: Building at Chisholm NSW in The Hunter Valley - Selectio 4Mar 15, 2016 1:29 pm How did u get your kitchen and bathroom visuals? Thats awesome Re: Building at Chisholm NSW in The Hunter Valley - Selectio 5Mar 15, 2016 4:22 pm Thanks Ryalls, I look forward to sharing it with you Noelle I searched far and wide to find a good visualiser. It`s call digital decorator -it` awesome! You have to sign up but I just put in fake details (email ect) as I don`t like giving out my details online. Here`s the link: http://www.digitaldecorator.com.au/ My Homeone Thread - Re: Building at Chisholm NSW in The Hunter Valley - Selectio 7Mar 16, 2016 3:55 pm Pink86 That's a pretty awesome visualiser. Can't wait to see your progress pics 😉 You and I both Pink lol. Not too much longer My Homeone Thread - Re: Building at Chisholm NSW in The Hunter Valley - Selectio 8Mar 21, 2016 6:56 pm How are u traveling any news on a start date Re: Building at Chisholm NSW in The Hunter Valley - Selectio 9Mar 22, 2016 5:21 am Noelle1986 How are u traveling any news on a start date Still a sitting duck Noelle. Hubby has been calling for the past 2 weeks but no one will talk to him or return his calls. They are always about to go into a meeting Hopefully not too much longer. How are you going? My Homeone Thread - Re: Building at Chisholm NSW in The Hunter Valley - Selectio 10Mar 24, 2016 10:49 pm Hi DreamHome2point0 That IS a great visualizer... thanks for posting the link! My build is delayed by the settlement date taking longer... plenty of time to play with that visualizer... it will help my husband so much, because he can never 'see' what I'm describing! Thanks and good luck with it all... Re: Building at Chisholm NSW in The Hunter Valley - Selectio 11Mar 25, 2016 6:04 am JayaJaya Hi DreamHome2point0 That IS a great visualizer... thanks for posting the link! My build is delayed by the settlement date taking longer... plenty of time to play with that visualizer... it will help my husband so much, because he can never 'see' what I'm describing! Thanks and good luck with it all... You`re welcome Jayajaya The visualiser came in very handy for me. It`s good to play around with different ideas in your head and see what they will look like. I changed my mind so many times with the tiling and kitchen colour scheme lol. Happy with what I`ve chosen now, can`t wait to see it all come together Good luck with your build! My Homeone Thread - Re: Building at Chisholm NSW in The Hunter Valley - Selectio 12Mar 29, 2016 8:02 pm Any updates on your end dreamhome2point0 Re: Building at Chisholm NSW in The Hunter Valley - Selectio 13Mar 30, 2016 5:17 am Hi Noelle, Hubby called them yesterday afternoon, but again no one would take our call. Still waiting... When is your block due to be cut? Did you have a good birthday/Easter? My Homeone Thread - Re: Building at Chisholm NSW in The Hunter Valley - Selectio 14Mar 30, 2016 7:08 am Whos your CSO? In the end i only spoke and emailed tiffany shes the operations manager. Unfortunately shes on leave till mid April at the moment. Birthday was lovely we spent the weekend t caves beach hotel. Re: Building at Chisholm NSW in The Hunter Valley - Selectio 15Mar 31, 2016 5:22 am Oh that would have been lovely. I grew up at pelican, I miss that area. Who is my customer service officer???good questions. First it was Helen then Frank, Lance, Janette (they all left/quit/), Tiffany, Karen then last I heard Jodi had our job. Now we Ask to speak to Tiffany or Karen but none of them take our calls get back to us. My Homeone Thread - Re: Building at Chisholm NSW in The Hunter Valley - Selectio 16Apr 01, 2016 5:06 pm Hey Dreamhome, any news today? Have you been in touch with council to find out if your plans have been approved? The service your receiving is disgusting, I mean we were all treated like this but you should have been given an update by now (weeks ago actually). Have you contacted your solicitor? Re: Building at Chisholm NSW in The Hunter Valley - Selectio 17Apr 05, 2016 1:19 pm Pink86 Hey Dreamhome, any news today? Have you been in touch with council to find out if your plans have been approved? The service your receiving is disgusting, I mean we were all treated like this but you should have been given an update by now (weeks ago actually). Have you contacted your solicitor? I`m positive that I wrote back to this! We had an email from coorangbong office on Friday, advising us that our file should be with our site supervisor mid this week and that he would call us to arrange a meeting onsite. It`s only Tuesday so tomorrow might be the day Everything is happening really quick for you. My Homeone Thread - Re: Building at Chisholm NSW in The Hunter Valley - Selectio 19Apr 06, 2016 8:49 am Pink86 Yay!! Great news Dreamhome so happy it's starting for you now. Today is midweek, so fingers crossed we hear some good news today My Homeone Thread - Re: Building at Chisholm NSW in The Hunter Valley - Selectio 20Apr 06, 2016 12:11 pm DreamHome2point0 Pink86 Yay!! Great news Dreamhome so happy it's starting for you now. Today is midweek, so fingers crossed we hear some good news today We heard from our SS on the Thursday & wanted to see us the next day. It will happen very soon!! Any advice on how to ensure the kit home granny flat that im thinking of buying will get council approval. The kit home companys wont release plans without a deposit and… 0 4074 thanks guys! yes this is how I've exactly raised it with the builder. still awaiting response. 12 4839 It seems very clear to me that your contract states that a security account does NOT need to be established so the answer to the builder is NO. If in doubt find a contract… 1 6355 |