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We are a few months out from settling our land so its about time to start our own thread. About Us - Making the move to the country - Give our kids the lifestyle we once had (backyard, plenty of room, suburbia feel.. ) About Our Land - A 'close to flat' rectangular 1050sqm (21m x 50m) north facing block of land - Our street frontage is to the south About Our Estate - A recent subdivision of the farmlands which were part of the historic Retford Park Estate in Bowral - The funds from the subdivision went into a perpetual maintenance fund to preserve Retford Park which was gifted to the NSW National trust by the late James Fairfax. - More information can be found here if you're interested --> http://retfordparkestate.com/ About Our Blog - Hoping to share our journey with others and especially those who are also thinking of moving to the country - Give back to this community and share our experiences About Our Plans - Builder is GJ Gardner Southern Highlands which is a franchisee. They are known as New Vision Homes. - Working on a modified version of "The Mandalay 286 (Nowra Design)" Here is the current working plan which we are 90% happy with Timeline 20/02/2018 - Land Registered 08/02/2018 - Land Settled 08/02/2018 - AHIPS process still ongoing Re: GJ Gardner Mandalay 320 - Southern Highlands - [planning 3Apr 15, 2017 4:10 pm Woohoo your own thread I love your master design Following along with excitement for you!! GJ Gardner Modified Coolum 277 http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=83643 Re: GJ Gardner Mandalay 320 - Southern Highlands - [planning 4Apr 17, 2017 12:02 pm kimbl0 Oh I loved the design of the Mandalay at Twin Waters. Keen to see what you do with the design We were originally shown the standard mandalay plans but when we visited the nearest display (nowra) we really liked the little changes they put in. Re: GJ Gardner Mandalay 320 - Southern Highlands - [planning 5Apr 17, 2017 12:03 pm charlibear Woohoo your own thread I love your master design Following along with excitement for you!! GJ Gardner Modified Coolum 277 http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=83643 Thanks CB! Re: GJ Gardner Mandalay 320 - Southern Highlands - [planning 7Apr 18, 2017 5:48 pm Hi, new to all this, we are also building the Mandalay with southern highlands GJ Gardner (Claire) and building in Bundanoon, plans currently in with council. Will follow with interest! Re: GJ Gardner Mandalay 320 - Southern Highlands - [planning 8Apr 18, 2017 9:15 pm fiat10 About time!!! Now where's your selections Cannot wait to follow your build! hehehe, still haven't sent through my selections as i'm not completely happy with the floorplan + facade. We don't want to get caugh up in all the bells and whistles until we know our floorplan is right. Plus we're finding it so tough to make decisions on things. When we do make our selections, i'll post them As our designs are similar do you see any issues with our floorplan? Maybe from a functional point of view too Re: GJ Gardner Mandalay 320 - Southern Highlands - [planning 9Apr 18, 2017 9:19 pm dillongl Hi, new to all this, we are also building the Mandalay with southern highlands GJ Gardner (Claire) and building in Bundanoon, plans currently in with council. Will follow with interest! Hi dillongl, Oh you must make a thread and we do this journey together!!! Which floorplan/layout/size are you building? Same here, we were with Claire however she sent me a message today that she is moving on from GJs . How has your experience been with them so far? Re: GJ Gardner Mandalay 320 - Southern Highlands - [planning 10Apr 19, 2017 6:31 am gummz fiat10 About time!!! Now where's your selections Cannot wait to follow your build! hehehe, still haven't sent through my selections as i'm not completely happy with the floorplan + facade. We don't want to get caugh up in all the bells and whistles until we know our floorplan is right. Plus we're finding it so tough to make decisions on things. When we do make our selections, i'll post them As our designs are similar do you see any issues with our floorplan? Maybe from a functional point of view too I can't see your plans anymore! I remember thinking the position of the laundry was brilliant - and clever positioning of the 3 bedrooms at the front. I'll need to look again to see what other changes you've made. Re: GJ Gardner Mandalay 320 - Southern Highlands - [p 11Apr 19, 2017 9:06 pm Hi Gummz We got the plans from the Nowra display 282 back in August last year and have modified only slightly to fit our slight sloping block and make the guest/mpr room bigger and a few tweaks, they still call it the 282. We hadnt heard that Claire was leaving, that's a shame. Our plans were submitted 4th march, the say it takes 6-8 weeks so hoping to hear something soon. I can only suggest you check EVERYING ten times! We had a few issues with plans reverting back to "original" state due to a glitch in their system and we presumed all was ok only to find out windows were missing and a few other things and had to be added as a variation later, not our fault as you would presume once a change is made it is locked in and you shouldn't have to go back over every single change each time you visit. All exciting and at times frustrating.....good luck! Re: GJ Gardner Mandalay 320 - Southern Highlands - [p 12Apr 20, 2017 9:00 am dillongl Hi Gummz We got the plans from the Nowra display 282 back in August last year and have modified only slightly to fit our slight sloping block and make the guest/mpr room bigger and a few tweaks, they still call it the 282. We hadnt heard that Claire was leaving, that's a shame. Our plans were submitted 4th march, the say it takes 6-8 weeks so hoping to hear something soon. I can only suggest you check EVERYING ten times! We had a few issues with plans reverting back to "original" state due to a glitch in their system and we presumed all was ok only to find out windows were missing and a few other things and had to be added as a variation later, not our fault as you would presume once a change is made it is locked in and you shouldn't have to go back over every single change each time you visit. All exciting and at times frustrating.....good luck! We are like twins. The base of my plan is the nowra 282 and all i wanted was a few things shifted... but the drafting team tried to re-create the original and then adjust it but made mistakes along the way . Their first attempt was completely off and we have been trying to fix the basic parts ever since. The funny thing is when they gave me my second revision it had weird comments like mandalay 282 bundanoon... and we were like...hmmmm I guess they were doing ours both at the same time... from the same template. We started working on a plan since early April last year (yes i know...so long....) haha yes things going missing, changes not included, things going missing from plan, basic things not being centered....list goes on... i thought it was just my plans they keep stuffing up. Re: GJ Gardner Mandalay 320 - Southern Highlands - [planning 13Apr 20, 2017 9:01 am fiat10 gummz fiat10 About time!!! Now where's your selections Cannot wait to follow your build! hehehe, still haven't sent through my selections as i'm not completely happy with the floorplan + facade. We don't want to get caugh up in all the bells and whistles until we know our floorplan is right. Plus we're finding it so tough to make decisions on things. When we do make our selections, i'll post them As our designs are similar do you see any issues with our floorplan? Maybe from a functional point of view too I can't see your plans anymore! I remember thinking the position of the laundry was brilliant - and clever positioning of the 3 bedrooms at the front. I'll need to look again to see what other changes you've made. Hey fiat, I took it down for a bit, going to ask Gj for the OK so i don't get into any trouble hehe Re: GJ Gardner Mandalay 320 - Southern Highlands - [planning 14Apr 23, 2017 4:52 pm Hi can't wait to see your plans. Im 90% sure we are going to build with GJ in Goulburn. Re: GJ Gardner Mandalay 320 - Southern Highlands - [planning 15Apr 23, 2017 9:51 pm marz1983 Hi can't wait to see your plans. Im 90% sure we are going to build with GJ in Goulburn. Hi marz, It's the same owner, goulburn and SH. I'd be interested in hearing your experience too. Couldn't find many reviews on them. Have you customised the floorplan of the mountain view much? Re: GJ Gardner Mandalay 320 - Southern Highlands - [planning 16Apr 24, 2017 8:32 am Thats interesting that you say its the same owners because there is a $5000 base price difference, I'll have to ask about that. We aren't going to change to too much trying to rework the master to have a double sided hollywood robe. We are still waiting on land registration which they think should be end of June so not too far away. Re: GJ Gardner Mandalay 320 - Southern Highlands - [planning 17Jul 03, 2017 9:34 pm gummz Hello All~ We are a few months out from settling our land so its about time to start our own thread. About Us - Making the move to the country - Give our kids the lifestyle we once had (backyard, plenty of room, suburbia feel.. ) About Our Land - A 'close to flat' rectangular 1050sqm (21m x 50m) north facing block of land - Our street frontage is to the south About Our Estate - A recent subdivision of the farmlands which were part of the historic Retford Park Estate in Bowral - The funds from the subdivision went into a perpetual maintenance fund to preserve Retford Park which was gifted to the NSW National trust by the late James Fairfax. - More information can be found here if you're interested --> http://retfordparkestate.com/ About Our Blog - Hoping to share our journey with others and especially those who are also thinking of moving to the country - Give back to this community and share our experiences About Our Plans - Builder is GJ Gardner Southern Highlands which is a franchisee. They are known as New Vision Homes. - Working on a modified version of "The Mandalay 286 (Nowra Design)" Here is the current working plan which we are 90% happy with Timeline DD/MM/YYYY - UPDATE We are looking into doing the same. Would live to follow your blog if you've started it. Re: GJ Gardner Mandalay 320 - Southern Highlands - [planning 19Jul 04, 2017 4:25 pm Hi Gummz, Yes we are in Sydney. We are seriously looking to move to the Southern Highlands and have started taking steps to make it happen (school enrolments, work arrangements, etc). I have been looking at a few properties in the Retford Park Estate area. I am keen to build as I feel this will allow us to get the most of this move in the long term. I find this area very attractive. But...baby steps. Thanks for getting back to me. Re: GJ Gardner Mandalay 320 - Southern Highlands - [planning 20Jul 04, 2017 6:16 pm We should have probably taken baby steps but we just went for it.. bang... deposit on land... we'll figure out the rest.... hehe we'll see how it goes. There's a facebook group with all the owners. Its an exciting time with stage 1 settling by the end of the month. Alot of families with kids Definitely keep an eye out as a few lots have come up. Just beware that there are design guidelines for the build so building costs will be slightly higher... but it all makes up the quality of the estate. Feel free to PM me any questions~ In Qld it is a requirement that a builder must have a cost breakdown, for building a home to the same specification, with the same inclusions and the same finish. So ask… 1 1693 May I ask why you chose not to use GJ Gardiner? I'm actually meeting with one of the sales guys tomorrow for an appointment. Definitely not signing anything yet… 3 13208 Give Jonathan a call. Tell him you know me. He is in my opinion the best surveyor I have ever worked with. His number is 0425 285 622 All the best Simeon 3 12290 |