Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Metricon Merricks 42 Clarion - Melbourne 31Feb 15, 2019 12:48 pm 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Metricon Merricks 42 Clarion - Melbourne 34Dec 06, 2019 8:21 pm Unfortunately no matter who was nice, the only person who counts is the planner who appraised your plans. Any advice needs to be in writing to hold water. I went through the same thing. The timeframes for decisions is on their website and usually will be at the end of that time. Re: Metricon Merricks 42 Clarion - Melbourne 35Jan 26, 2020 10:33 pm Just Wondering roughly how much all of those extra/changes cost to the standard Price Thanks r_13 Let's start over: Hi everyone, We have changed to the Merricks 42 and tried to upgrade everything to match the designer range that we had chosen with the Vantage. Our floor plan is Metricon Merricks 42, and we've chosen the Clarion façade and rendered Hebel construction, as it is very nice and also suitable for the area in which we're building. The area is subject to planning overlays that govern the 'neighbourhood character', and the council initially advised against submitting plans that include brick veneer. Since then we've had further discussions with the Council based on documents we found on their website, and they told us they hadn't even seen them and they are very old fashioned regulations(!). Our land had a moderate slope, and after first soil tests we spent about $25k on excavation to level the build area and prepare the site access and add water and electrical services to the block. The second soil tests came back nevertheless with a P class result and consequently M have upgraded the slab to include piering under filled areas at a $30k upgrade cost. From the standard floorplan we included some standard options: shower to Powder, large Laundry, and workshop extension to Garage. Also, we increased the kitchen island to maximum size, and moved the microwave provision to the Pantry to make space for a bin drawer in the island. See my sketch below: Updated floor plans showing variations to Merricks 42 standard layout Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Our options/upgrades:
Re: Metricon Merricks 42 Clarion - Melbourne 36Jan 30, 2020 4:53 pm loren Just Wondering roughly how much all of those extra/changes cost to the standard Price Thanks Hi loren Our total project cost comes close to 1.7 times the base price, including selections and site costs. That list of upgrades was our starting point, prior to Studio M selections: our original estimate of upgrades on a Vantage 48 came to about 60k. For Merricks 42, we added 240k in upgrades and site costs:
Cheers, r_13 Re: Metricon Merricks 42 Clarion - Melbourne 37Feb 03, 2020 4:06 pm Merrick is a great design. I really like the flow from garage to WIP and kitchen and outdoor room. It's a good price too and you have wir for each bed room. What is the reason you selected timber stackers instead of aluminium ones? Re: Metricon Merricks 42 Clarion - Melbourne 38Feb 04, 2020 10:02 pm Thanks macher ! We selected the timber stackers because we wanted to include retractable flyscreens (BRIO) which weren't available on the aluminium stackers. At the time we discussed with the windows/doors selection person and they reasoned that to get stacker flywire doors on top of stacker aluminium doors would have been more expensive. For interest sake, our timber stackers with screens and double-glazing came to about 4k apiece. Re: Metricon Merricks 42 Clarion - Melbourne 39Feb 05, 2020 9:41 am Hi Guys, We are currently building the Bentleigh 45, which was a promo version of the Merricks without any upgrades, or any flooring. Just thought you might like to see our changes from the original which include the following:
We have made no upgrades to joinery as I am a cabinet maker and will be replacing the kitchen before we move in, also will be doing the pantry (where we have added a window and water points) Laundry, Mud room, Robes. Will also be doing Banquette Seating on the bottom side of the dining room that the kitchen will butt into, I'm not sure how this picture will turn out, I can add individual ones if needed. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Metricon Merricks 42 Clarion - Melbourne 40Feb 10, 2020 9:01 am Thanks for sharing your plans juddy29 It's interesting to compare the original and final versions. Your changes look great, creating the entry to garage and understair storage, plus a 5th bedroom and a huge laundry. Look forward to seeing it come to life! Hi, First of all, thank you to this community for sharing your thoughts and opinions. We are in early days of our pre-contract stage for Metricon Doulton and we are… 0 3841 Hello All 🙂 We are planning to start our journey of construction our first home. We zeroed down on Metricon and henley homes based on design suitable for our lot and… 0 1099 We don’t live in VIC so want to know the exterior colours of Lumiere display so we can see it at the paint shop. Not building with Metricon so my request went… 0 1276 |