Building with Ventura in Bushmead, WA

Rheezy · Apr 29, 2017 7:03 pm

Very excited to start posting as our house will hopefully be getting started soon. I have been reading a lot of posts on here and it's been great to follow other people's building experiences. We have never built before so this was quite daunting for us! Can't see anyone on here building in the same estate and not too many Ventura posts so we're hoping everything works out.
We completed our pre-start on March 1st and just waiting for our unconditional finance from the bank and the land to title. Will post up some of our colour options and our floorplan

Slab Down 23/08
Bricks Completed 09/10
First Building Inspection 09/10
Roof Timber Started 18/10
Roof Timber Finished 20/10
Fascia Installed 20/10
Roof Tiles Started 02/11
Roof Tiles Finished 03/11
Render Float Complete 08/11
Ceilings and Cornices up 15/11
Windows and Most Doors in 23/11
Wardrobe Shelf Rail and Pantry in 23/11
Cabinets in 29/11

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Rheezy · Apr 29, 2017 7:25 pm

Our exterior colours. Bottom left is our garage colour and bottom right is our render colour

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SilentBoB · Apr 29, 2017 8:39 pm

Nice layout. House looks huge.

We are building with Ventura's sister company Smart Homes and have been happy so far

Rheezy · Apr 29, 2017 11:56 pm

SilentBoB

Nice layout. House looks huge.

We are building with Ventura's sister company Smart Homes and have been happy so far

Thanks a lot

happy to hear some good feedback!
Hope everything works out with your build.

m0llss · Apr 30, 2017 1:19 am

Hi! Love the layout! Your alfresco is huge!

following your build.

Rheezy · Apr 30, 2017 3:31 am

m0llss

Hi! Love the layout! Your alfresco is huge!

following your build.

Thank you! Hopefully will have some exciting pictures to put up soon

Rheezy · Apr 30, 2017 11:38 am

Here are a few of the choices we made with taps/tiles/cupboards

Flooring
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Flooring again. Looks so different in difference lighting!
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Essastone
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Madora Dreamer · Apr 30, 2017 4:44 pm

Following your build too. Fingers crossed for a dry winter so we can get up and running. I am supposed to be signing my contract on Friday then settle the land the following week.

Rheezy · Apr 30, 2017 4:46 pm

Madora Dreamer

Following your build too. Fingers crossed for a dry winter so we can get up and running. I am supposed to be signing my contract on Friday then settle the land the following week.

Very exciting! We have just received our final contracts in the mail and have to sign them and send them off (for the second time). Exciting times ahead

Madora Dreamer · Apr 30, 2017 4:50 pm

Have you had your prestart yet? I don't even have a final draft of the plan to look at. I rang Friday and was promised a return phone call about signing the contract and my prestart however it never came. Will chase up on Monday. I need to finalise my land the following week so hopefully they will come through on time.

Rheezy · Apr 30, 2017 4:55 pm

Madora Dreamer

Have you had your prestart yet? I don't even have a final draft of the plan to look at. I rang Friday and was promised a return phone call about signing the contract and my prestart however it never came. Will chase up on Monday. I need to finalise my land the following week so hopefully they will come through on time.

Yep, had our pre-start on March 1. Received our final plans in the mail about 2 weeks ago and noticed a few things that needed to be changed so sent it back with a list. Received the new final plans on Friday.
I found we had to chase up a little bit to get some info before pre-start but our consultant has been really good and kept us in the loop. We had a pretty easy pre-start because we wanted costings of everything before we signed our contract. Our bill came to about 25k but we had a 9k allowance from Ventura and managed to get it down to 14k.

Madora Dreamer · Apr 30, 2017 5:02 pm

I have changed some things too. My biggest upgrade has been the tiles which came in at $12000 laid. I upgraded my kitchen by $10000 and put $10000 aside for smart wiring. The only upgrades now will be the shower head in the ensuite, skirting boards, kitchen sink mixer, power points and light fittings I hope. If I have enough room I may upgrade the carpet. My head says control the budget, my heart says get everything you want, it is that last time you are going to to this. My kids keep telling me to go for it as I have worked so hard to get to this point...but they are not footing the bill lol. Plus I am going for an almost total refurbish as well!

Rheezy · Apr 30, 2017 5:09 pm

Haha yes it is easy to want all the upgrades until you get the bill! We found some things were a bit outrageous in price and others we were happy with. So many little things you don't realise will add up. This forum has definitely helped us with some things we never would have thought about!
Our shower head in the ensuite has cost us so much

but it's due to us wanting a rainfall shower head from he ceiling so it will be worth it (fingers crossed).
Just one tip that may be common knowledge but we didn't know until a family member (electrician) told us - get conduits put in! It adds up but will be worth it in the end if you want to make any electrics changes down the track.

Rheezy · May 01, 2017 1:55 pm

Our estate/street
Can't wait until the estate is finished and open. Hopefully not too much longer

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jshaw88 · May 02, 2017 4:44 pm

We are building in Bushmead too Rheezy, so nice to see some photos of the estate... Just wondering did you walk down and take them or did you arrange a visit with Cedar Woods? Hubby and I drove down last night and were going to walk in but decided against it as there was still a few people around. Look forward to following your build.

Rheezy · May 02, 2017 4:56 pm

jshaw88

We are building in Bushmead too Rheezy, so nice to see some photos of the estate... Just wondering did you walk down and take them or did you arrange a visit with Cedar Woods? Hubby and I drove down last night and were going to walk in but decided against it as there was still a few people around. Look forward to following your build.

Wow very exciting to meet someone else who is building in Bushmead!
Can I ask what street you are on? We are on Fairmile

we just walked down the road (not sure if we were allowed to??)
Who are you building with?
I'll post some more photos below although I'm not sure I captured anything too exciting.
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jshaw88 · May 02, 2017 5:24 pm

Thanks for that, its looking great!!! I was told last week that it should be ready to go by the 8th so fingers crossed.
We are building with Homegroup WA only just starting to go through the whole admin process though so will be a little behind I think, hopefully everything moves through quite quickly.

We are on Greenslope Drive not too far from you.

Rheezy · May 02, 2017 5:33 pm

Great, exciting to meet a new neighbour. I'm sure we will see you around at some point. We head off overseas for a month on 12th May so I'm excited to see the estate and the progress when we get back!

jshaw88 · May 02, 2017 6:53 pm

Lucky you going overseas.... hopefully there is a fair bit of progress between now and then.

You haven't had your site surveyed yet by any chance? I'm stressing that the amount that our builder has allocated for siteworks isn't going to be enough and wont do a survey until the estate is fully complete although they can arrange to do it through cedar woods. Just curious to know if others have been surveyed yet?

Kzee · May 06, 2017 5:20 pm

Not up to survey point yet. Preliminary contract our builder has allowed $18k in Bushmead.