Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Feb 07, 2017 1:19 pm Hi all, We just had our Tender Appointment with Henley yesterday. We will be building the Emperor 48 which was previously known as the Emperor Belle Q1. Is anyone else building with Henley in the Cranbourne East area. We will be building in Livingston Estate. anyone else close by? Re: Building Emperor 48 2Feb 07, 2017 8:07 pm JPSEmperor48 Hi all, We just had our Tender Appointment with Henley yesterday. We will be building the Emperor 48 which was previously known as the Emperor Belle Q1. Is anyone else building with Henley in the Cranbourne East area. We will be building in Livingston Estate. anyone else close by? Hi JPSEmperor48, That will be one impressive house! We're building with Henley Reserve (formerly MainVue), had 2nd tender last week. Will be up the road in Clyde North, just waiting for land to title in May/June. Do you have a floor plan to share? Our MainVue Aegean 430 viewtopic.php?t=83375 Re: Building Emperor 48 3Feb 07, 2017 10:18 pm Hi Aegean430,
Nice to know you will be building around that area. We may end up getting the same Site Supervisor for both our builds. Below is a standard floor plan of the Emperor 48. Our one will have the added Rumpus on the ground floor and we added a Guest bedroom with Ensuite and WIR in lieu of the library. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Building Emperor 48 4Feb 08, 2017 9:41 am Aegean430 JPSEmperor48 Hi all, We just had our Tender Appointment with Henley yesterday. We will be building the Emperor 48 which was previously known as the Emperor Belle Q1. Is anyone else building with Henley in the Cranbourne East area. We will be building in Livingston Estate. anyone else close by? Hi JPSEmperor48, That will be one impressive house! We're building with Henley Reserve (formerly MainVue), had 2nd tender last week. Will be up the road in Clyde North, just waiting for land to title in May/June. Do you have a floor plan to share? Our MainVue Aegean 430 viewtopic.php?t=83375 Hi Aegean430, Please see the above post. photo of the standard floor plan. Looking at your colour selection, we picked very similar colours to you. will post my customised floor plan and colours very soon. The Aegean - is that the house on display in Sommerfiled in Keysborough? That's a really lovely house too Building Emperor 48 5Feb 08, 2017 2:36 pm Yes the Aegean is at keysborough. I've changed so many things since my original colour appointment, even since my 2nd colour appt for that matter I'm sure my admin hates the sight of my name when emails pop up, but what can you do? Your floor plan looks great, nice & big. I love the grand staircase from the entry, this was the only thing the Aegean didn't have but the rest of it suits us perfectly. Our MainVue Aegean 430 viewtopic.php?t=83375 Re: Building Emperor 48 7Jun 03, 2017 8:00 pm HI newhome1,
apologies for the extreme late delays. i haven't been on here for a while as nothing much was happening. The administration took very long but in the mean time we go to make some minor changes that we missed or overlooked. Our Tender came to $473k. We upgraded a few things - Add on refrigerated cooling (20k) including upgrade to 5 star heating - alternate kitchen with windows splashback - Upgraded flooring to CAT2A (4.7k) - Caesarstone 70mm to Island Bench - Smeg appliances - Added Rumpus room (14k) - Upgraded to Glass Balustrades (5k) - Upgraded to Pivot door - Upgraded to Samsung biometric door lock - Guest with Ensuite (5k) - Upgraded to Cat 3 tiles & Floor to Ceiling wall tiles for power room 1, Ensuite and bathroom - Upgraded Taps Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Building Emperor 48 8Jun 04, 2017 10:45 am newhome1 Hey glad to hear you are building emperor too. We are building q2 How much was your total cost as you have been to tender already? What was included? Hi newhome1, The tender came back at $473k. how much did yours come to? once again sorry for the extremely late reply. Re: Building Emperor 48 9Jun 10, 2017 9:30 pm Hi all, Just wanted to post some photos of our colour selections First we picked the dark grey tile for the bathrooms and ensuite but we later decided to go with the lighter one as above pic. We hope it looks ok. did not choose a feature tile. definitely should have but too late now. Re: Building Emperor 48 10Jun 10, 2017 9:32 pm The slab will be laid on Wednesday this coming week. I cannot wait, I'm so excited. Re: Building Emperor 48 11Jun 13, 2017 11:57 pm Hi All, So today Darbecca attended the site to do the Slab pre pour inspection. I must say i am quite happy as there was only 4 items for the builder to rectify which was done as the inspector found the defects. Tomorrow morning the slab will be laid. it's finally becoming a reality, after a very long and draining admin process now the construction team is flying through it which i l knew would be the case, hence why Darbecca was engaged to keep the builder in check. money well spent! Re: Building Emperor 48 12Jun 14, 2017 12:18 am I thought I'd share my plans which has been modified lightly. Added the Rumpus room, converted the library to a guest with ensuite and also did the alternate kitchen. This means the stove gets shifted from being behind the island bench and gets moved to the other side, leaving me with a splash back window. Re: Building Emperor 48 14Jul 03, 2017 3:28 pm Re: Building Emperor 48 15Jul 09, 2017 10:24 am Hi Everyone, I thought i share some photos of the progress. construction is flying through, - Pre slab pour inspection was conducted on the 13th of June (Darbecca only picked up four minor items which was rectified on the spot by the concreters) - Slab was laid on the 14th of June - Framing started on the 24th of June. - Slab and frame inspection booked for the 11th of July Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ So Far i'm very happy and impressed with the people who have been involved in the construction stage. Admin process could have been better. There were a few issues but all have been sorted. Re: Building Emperor 48 16Jul 24, 2017 5:51 pm Hi JPSEmperor48, I'm looking forward to seeing your progress! We too are building the Emperor 48 - such a great floorplan May I ask what time frame they have given you to complete the build? Exciting times ahead! Re: Building Emperor 48 17Jul 24, 2017 8:54 pm Hi Round2HenleyBuild, It is indeed an awesome floorplan, even nicer with the added rumpus room and guest with ensuite. makes it complete. As per our Site Supervisor, we should be in by Christmas. the build is going really quick though i know they tend to slow down after lockup. The roof is up. Heating / Cooling ducts are in. they have started to run the pipes for water and gas. Electrical will start next Monday Henley has been very good so far. you still need to be on your toes with everything. there has been a few hiccups but nothing they haven't been able to fix. so please go over your contract / tender and electrical plans several times. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Good luck with your build. Re: Building Emperor 48 18Jul 27, 2017 10:59 am Fingers crossed you will be able to enjoy Christmas in your new home Can I ask what you chose for the staircase? I do like the one in the display but all that space under the staircase seems like such a waste to not have as more storage... Oh the joys of having choices lol Re: Building Emperor 48 19Jul 27, 2017 11:23 am Round2HenleyBuild Fingers crossed you will be able to enjoy Christmas in your new home Can I ask what you chose for the staircase? I do like the one in the display but all that space under the staircase seems like such a waste to not have as more storage... Oh the joys of having choices lol We chose the glass ballustrades with the timber staircase. Cost was just under 5k for the glass balustrade. I hope it will be ready by Christmas. It sure does look like they are ahead of schedule. Re: Building Emperor 48 20Jul 30, 2017 8:13 pm Hi Everyone, Looks like they will start the brickwork very soon. I had an issue there the Gas point that was meant to go in the Alfresco area but somehow between tender and contract, the drawings got updated and the little G on the drawings got moved to the wrong spot. The plumber who came to do the rough ins obviously followed the Drawings and when i rocked up to the site to have a look, I was not impressed. A Call to the site manager and all got resolved. he got the plumber to remove t=the gas point that was going to the wrong spot and moved it to the correct one. Electrical rough ins have also started, however i got a call from Argus on Friday and they would like me to attend the site on Monday morning, so his Electrician can meet up with me to go over the Data runs and the main distribution point. I'm very glad i received this call as i was nervous this whole time knowing that something will go wrong. They seem to know this job is more on the complex side compared to other jobs. 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