Building the Metricon Doulton

We paid over $6000 for our balustrade. Looks amazing by the way.


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Beautiful stairs stanus 😍

thanks D777 / shokel1975
I have said it before - the curved staircase of the Doulton is the showpiece of the houses design.

Very true. We thought the same thing. I can’t remember if you said your getting the same chandelier?


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not the same one as the display.
Couple of pages back I had a pic of a chandelier I really liked.
Will make up my mind after handover.

Some questions about demolition:
1. I know we need to abolish Gas and electricity service. How about water and telephone/NBN?

2. Do you organise the underground electricity pit by yourself or Metricon do it?

3. Do you need to extend your vehicle crossing?

Thanks.

1. I know we need to abolish Gas and electricity service. How about water and telephone/NBN?

Do not abolish water is it is needed during demolition and construction.
I only had telephone/foxtel in my case so I enquired with Telstra and foxtel if they could do it. they said I will
need to call a telecommunication installer. When I talked to the demo company they said they will take care of it.
And they just cut the cables. Simple and did not have to pay for another person to do the same.

2. Do you organise the underground electricity pit by yourself or Metricon do it?

Metricon did it for me and even though the electricity pole is in front of the house it was quite expensive

3. Do you need to extend your vehicle crossing?

No as your crossover is dictated by the council. You cannot arbitrarily make it bigger yourself. However before demolition
you will need to get a asset protection from the council for damage to council assets i.e. footpaths and crossovers.

This is the reason why NBN doesn't work properly, people cutting cables and leaking NBN out all over the ground everywhere!

we had a small delay that cost us a week with some of the internal doors not turning up.
Had to also reselect my kitchen sink as it had been discontinued. Selected the Smeg UM4545.

These following pictures are from the previous week.


front lounge room looking to the doorway niche


staircase


staircase niche


downstairs powder room


laundry


living room opposite kitchen


dining room looking to front


Master Bathroom


Upstairs Living room looking from Master


Staircase from upstairs


Upstairs Powder


Ceiling of front portico downstairs


Alfresco ceiling


looking west from a bathroom window (I just liked the sky, pity about the dirty window)

Absolutely beautiful stanus 😍

thanks shokel1975

Love all the little details. Can't wait to see the finished product.

Last week and leading into this week the floor/wall tiles and some bench tops were done.
Had to reselect my bathtub as the one at selections has been discontinued.
(this is the fourth time I have had to reselect items as they had gone out of stock.
I did not mind though as I upgraded the bath tub to more deluxe model.)
It is still work in progress as some tiling remains.

Some images are dark as there is no lighting and I am using a camera phone.


Hallway


front lounge looking out


Study


Downstairs Powder room (note the brick bond tiling like the display upstairs powder room)




Laundry


Butlers Pantry


Kitchen island bench (work in progress)


Rumpus ( i.e. storage area)


Kitchen/lounge plus hallway


Lounge room


Master ensuite


Bath Step up (note the tile reveal on the window surround-special thanks to Vuster for alerting me to them
as I would not have noticed them in the Bordeaux Display)


Master Ensuite shower/toilet


Powder room Upstairs


Ensuite 2


Ensuite 3








Ensuite 4


Plenty of work still to be done as fixing stage is been completed and completion is the next stage.

Status your house is going to look awesome when it's completed.

Your study, rumpus and lounge looks different as you can only the frame of the opening window.

Beautiful Stanus! Loving those tiles.... but gee, I’d hate to see your tile bill!!!!

Thanks Renman, a lot of the ideas I got was reading your posts and vusters which opened up my eyes to what can be done.

thanks Shokel1975

last time I calculated it was in the mid 90's.

Oh my gosh!!

What is your total build cost?

Renman it is 1.1m. No wardrobes no carpeting and no landscaping in that, as I will do that after.