Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jul 08, 2018 11:38 am Hi All, Figured it time to start a topic on our 2nd build with Henley. 9 years ago we built the Henley Cooper. We unfortunately outgrew our 590sqm block. My husband and I could not find another established house we liked so were very lucky to snap up a 1739sqm block in Whittlesea in July last year. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ After looking at many builders I still loved the Monterey and it's wide frontage because we have a nearly 26m wide block. We paid our first deposit to Henley in December 2017 to build the Monterey 34 - Pavillion Facade and we have added the leisure option, triple garage and custom grand alfresco. We upgraded our caesartone to 40mm throughout the whole house, put downlights everywhere except minor bedrooms, added eaves to whole house, increase ceiling height to 9 foot, cornerless bifold windows to alfresco in aluminium, changed all windows to aluminium and awning and double glazed, pot draws to kitchen and oven tower. We sourced all our own Bosch appliances from E&S trading and will be installing them post handover. Floorplan - Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Facade - Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Below are our colour selections. The photo shows the wrong feature tile top left (they couldn't find a sample of the one we wanted) and the wrong splashback - our splashback will be Bronze mirror of which they didn't have a sample. See pic below with correct feature tile. Our carpet and laminate are in this picture and are sourced from floorworld not Henley. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Timeline 1st deposit - December 2017 2nd Deposit - January 2018 Colour Selection Appt - 26th February 2018 Tender - 6th April 2018 Contract - 14th May 2018 Water meter tap installed - 18th May 2018 Building permit - 13th June 2018 Site Scrape - 17th July 2018 2nd build here we come in Whittlesea! https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=92617 1st Build - Henley - Cooper in Doreen! (2009) https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=17354 Re: Henley Monterey 34 with Mods - VIC - Site start 17/7/18 2Jul 24, 2018 3:16 pm Well the last week has seen our site start. Very excited to finally have some movement at the block. Tuesday 17th - Site Cut and all the other bits Bits and bobs on siteLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Site CutLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Friday 20th - Piers poured Piers just been pouredLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Monday 23rd - We have power and pile of rocks for plumbers hopefully tomorrow Power!Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Power and rocks for plumbingLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 2nd build here we come in Whittlesea! https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=92617 1st Build - Henley - Cooper in Doreen! (2009) https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=17354 Hi, If you give a set of criteria as to what means 'good' to you, it'll give others prompts to respond. We considered Henley early on but there were two factors that… 1 10514 I have posted this before: We hired Darbecca to do every stage inspection, and I strongly recommend them to anyone that asks me. They were amazing. Thorough reports… 2 4517 I am not sure whether Perth has its own way of doing things in regards to this. Most of Perth has class A (sandy soil), except for some areas near rivers or hills. 2 13103 |