Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Nov 02, 2016 1:34 pm So I thought it was time I started on our new build.. A little background. In 2014 we put a deposit on a 623m2 flat block of land in a lovely estate at the base of the Gold Coast hinterland minutes from where we had been living for the previous 8 years. Long delays with registration of that block meant we didn't start building until May 2015 and we had handover of our lovely Sheridan 38 on October 1st 2015. Took us just a few months to decide we wanted more space for our 3 ever growing boys and quickly put a deposit down on a 1220m2 block of land in the next stage of the same estate. This time with bush surrounds, stunning views and only one neighbour. We put our beloved Sheridan on the market and waited 3 loooong months to get a sale. Fast forward to now and we are still waiting on registration of our new land which hopefully won't be far off with survey plans being in council for plan sealing now for over 7 weeks. A few weeks ago we signed a contract to build with Clarendon again with the World of Luxury Promotion (Qld) This time we are building a Fairmont 38 with the contemporary facade. Although we have a big block of land we were restricted by a bush fire asset protection zone which we were unable to build our house outside of so we were still limited to what would fit on the block. Fairmont fitted perfectly to the strange triangular building pad. Electrical, tiles and colour appointments were all done in this last week. So just waiting on land registration and we will be on our way to our new home. Will attach some plans and colour selections below. Building our Clarendon Fairmont 38 on the Gold Coast 2Nov 02, 2016 1:42 pm Building our Clarendon Fairmont 38 on the Gold Coast 3Nov 02, 2016 1:44 pm Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Fairmont 38 in QLD https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=85493&p=1634400&hilit=clarendon#p1634400 Re: Building our Clarendon Fairmont 38 on the Gold Coast 5Nov 02, 2016 1:55 pm Exterior Colours Roof - Bristle Magnum Fasia - Colorbond Monument Gutters - Colorbond Monument Brick - PGH Eclipse with off white ironed mortar Cladding - Taubmans Flotsam Render - Taubmans Tombstone Windows - Colorbond Monument Garage - Colorbond Monument Front door - 1200mm BAL 40 rated Madison with clear glazing in colorbond Monument Interior Colours Floors - Parador Trendtime 6 Oak Castel limed Carpet - Smartstrand Classic Overcast Kitchen Lower cabinets - Polytec Createc New Ultra White Overheads - Polytec Createc New Ultra White Bench top - QQ Luna White Open Shelf - Polytec Prime Oak Woodmatt Backsplash - Matt white penny rounds with white grout Laundry Lower cabinets - Createc New Ultra White Bench - QQ Luna White overhead cabinets and hang rail - Polytec Prime Oak Woodmatt Broom cupboard - Polytec Createc New Ultra White Splash back - Matt white penny rounds with white grout Powder room Cabinet - Polytec Prime Oak Woodmatt Bench top - QQ Luna white Floor and skirts - 300x600 Eclipse Linen with Magellan grout Niche wall - 100x300 satin white in brick bond lay Side shower walls - 300x600 Eclipse Linen with Magellan grout Main Bathroom Cabinet - Polytec Prime Oak Woodmatt Bench top - QQ Graphite Matte Floor and skirts - 300x600 Eclipse Linen with Magellan grout Bath hob - 100x300 Satin Smoke Grey stacked bond with white grout Walls - 250x400mm Uni Gloss White stack bond with white grout Ensuite Cabinet - Polytec Black Wenge Ravine Bench top - QQ Storm Floor and skirts - 300x600 Eclipse Linen with Magellan grout Niche wall - 300x600 Eclipse Night with charred ash grout Side shower walls - 300x600 Eclipse Linen with Magellan grout Walls - Taubmans Marble Mist Doors and trims - To match Dulux White on White Fairmont 38 in QLD https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=85493&p=1634400&hilit=clarendon#p1634400 Re: Building our Clarendon Fairmont 38 on the Gold Coast 6Nov 14, 2016 8:23 pm Howdy my long lost neighbour Love your plan, that kitchen will be so fancy and the colours you have selected are perfect, suit the home so well. Have you got your final construction drawings yet? So excited for you, you all deserve a beautiful home. Miss my neighbour though Re: Building our Clarendon Fairmont 38 on the Gold Coast 7Nov 21, 2016 2:52 pm Oops my bad.. just saw this. No no final construction drawings yet.. I'm guessing I'm not going to see any more until after building approval. Gosh I hope the colours work out ok. I went a little oak happy hahaha. Hopefully its spread out enough not to look too much. Im excited also although we miss you guys incredibly Re: Building our Clarendon Fairmont 38 on the Gold Coast 8Nov 25, 2016 12:31 pm Council have sealed the plans and its finally at titles for registration... cross fingers it goes quickly!! Re: Building our Clarendon Fairmont 38 on the Gold Coast 9Dec 14, 2016 8:12 am 2 1/2 weeks at titles office and it hasn't even been touched yet. Crossing fingers for rego before xmas but not holding my breath anymore. Re: Building our Clarendon Fairmont 38 on the Gold Coast 10Jan 03, 2017 10:36 am Land was registered 21/12 and settles tomorrow. Plumbing plans were lodged with council on 21/12 also but being Christmas and New Years I highly doubt its even been touched. Either way.. we are one step closer to starting our new house. Super excited Re: Building our Clarendon Fairmont 38 on the Gold Coast 11Jan 06, 2017 9:43 am Land settled Wednesday afternoon but then found out Thursday that Clarendon weren't able to lodge our plumbing and setback relaxation with council prior to xmas because the certifiers had already gone on holidays....grrrr.. We basically just lost a potential 2 1/2 weeks in council. They won't return until Monday 9th so nothing will happen until then now Re: Building our Clarendon Fairmont 38 on the Gold Coast 13Jan 24, 2017 12:15 pm Tick tock tick tock.. Clocks ticking. We have plumbing approval but still waiting on our boundary setback relaxation approval.. Come on GCCC...hurry up..!! Re: Building our Clarendon Fairmont 38 on the Gold Coast 14Feb 11, 2017 9:27 am So after 4 weeks we found out council had lost our application. Finally its all been approved and our plans have been sent to final drafting. Slowly getting there now! Re: Building our Clarendon Fairmont 38 on the Gold Coast 16Mar 04, 2017 4:59 pm Released to construction last Tuesday morning. Awaiting our site start. Hopefully early this week!! Re: Building our Clarendon Fairmont 38 on the Gold Coast 17Mar 17, 2017 6:12 pm Site cut happened Wednesday despite the heavy downpour of rain earlier that morning. Surveyor pegged out the house today and sand has been delivered ready for plumbing to start Monday. So excited. It had felt like forever to get to this point. Loving my little patch of dirt . Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Mandatory photo of the dunny.... Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Building our Clarendon Fairmont 38 on the Gold Coast 20Mar 18, 2017 4:15 pm Votes needed on my flooring. I was going to have the oak castel limed that we used in our last house but now considering the lumberjack oak instead. Mainly because it's different from what I have had before and I like that is a warmer colour. Will show some photos below and give me your opinions.... the stair balustrades? There is nothing special about these and I imagine literally every stair installer will be able to do this. 1 6726 The two 15mm holes are obviously not compliant. The Dept of Fair Trading would love to see this one! Do the gutters pool water after it stops raining? Although it's… 4 7847 Anybody know any good and reasonably priced Air conditioning contractors/companies that could install a ducted air conditioning system in the Central Coast NSW for a small… 0 8994 |