Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jul 03, 2016 3:21 pm Hi everyone , It's great to be part of this forum. We have learned a lot and got many tips and trick from everyone so a bit THANK YOU goes to everyone. It's our first home. There are just two of us at the moment so we are building a relative small house. The built has started a month ago and I thought to share our progress and experience here . We look forward hear your comment , feedback or suggestions. Here is a big information about our journey Aug 2015: signed land contract Aug 2015: decided to go with Metricon Agar design. With luxe facade. Sep 2015: Studio M appointment Oct 2015: signed contract , paid 5 % deposite. Feb 2016: land titled Last week of May 2016 , build starts 3 month after land titles . In the pre build stage , we had so much drama with M from land titles to they start the build but that's all history now we just look forward Metricon keep the good speed and finish our house in Sep 2016. I will upload some photos of our floor plan, interior selections ,and some progress update . Thanks again ! Re: Building Agar 26 with Metricon, Melb SE suburb 2Jul 03, 2016 3:59 pm Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Here is our floor plan. We didn't make many structural changes . Only difference compare with the standard is * rear bedroom window has been relocated to back of the house instead of side. * changed rumpus window to stacker door and the width has been increased to max that's allowed under the same engineer plan. * changed from carpet to tile in the study area. * double opening door to master bedroom. *increase length of vanity in ensuite from wall to wall instead of 90cm. *increase ceiling height to 2.55m Re: Building Agar 26 with Metricon, Melb SE suburb 3Jul 03, 2016 4:05 pm Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ This is the facade we chose. It's called luxe . This is the photo on the freedom home brochure . We only found out during contract signing that the darker brown pillar and to the left of this pillar will not be rendered like the picture . Metricon brochure is a bit deceptive if I can say that. Re: Building Agar 26 with Metricon, Melb SE suburb 4Jul 03, 2016 4:21 pm Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Selections on brick, window and door frame, entry door and facade pillar rendering colour. These are not exactly the colour I wanted . Metricon will not do any colour darker due to warranty reasons . Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Tile selection for wet areas and living areas. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Kitchen splashback Re: Building Agar 26 with Metricon, Melb SE suburb 8Jul 03, 2016 8:15 pm Emmz70 Looks great Sun so you should definitely be in by xmas I hope! Emma. I hope they can start brick soon. Meeting SM next Friday . Re: Building Agar 26 with Metricon, Melb SE suburb 10Jul 15, 2016 12:24 am We are also building the Agar. Very interested to follow your build as we are still a couple of weeks off construction starting. Re: Building Agar 26 with Metricon, Melb SE suburb 11Jul 16, 2016 5:29 pm Good luck Sun! Will follow your thread. Build thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=83484 Our Glendale 39, SA Re: Building Agar 26 with Metricon, Melb SE suburb 12Jul 16, 2016 8:23 pm Emmz70 Oh that's great news and it will be interesting to know how they would brick that side of garage Emma , they have to do the brick from inside . The building manager told me that they have to pay extra to the bricky because it is not easy to do. Re: Building Agar 26 with Metricon, Melb SE suburb 13Jul 16, 2016 8:23 pm melissabeard We are also building the Agar. Very interested to follow your build as we are still a couple of weeks off construction starting. Hi Melissa , where are you building ? Re: Building Agar 26 with Metricon, Melb SE suburb 15Jul 16, 2016 8:50 pm We went to check today . Insulation was in , brick work started, it's half done on the left and rear side . SM told me they will finish by next Thursday. Heating ducts are also installed , half hanging on the ceiling . Plaster sheets are delivered . It's in the middle of the house. I am not very happy with the mortar colour . Didn't think off white is going to like dark grey? There is nothing much we can do now. Just hope after the acid wash it will look better . The rear side Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The left side Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Building Agar 26 with Metricon, Melb SE suburb 17Jul 16, 2016 10:06 pm Emmz70 Looking fantastic Sun. A lot of progress there. What colour bricks do you have again? It's called goldfield haze . It's under the freedom range. Re: Building Agar 26 with Metricon, Melb SE suburb 18Jul 16, 2016 10:17 pm Very nice indeed. I think your off white will come up quite nicely with your blend of greys. I thought it was the Glenfern because I chose off white I didn't want the White to stand out. Hope we both made the right choice of mortar Might have to render later haha Re: Building Agar 26 with Metricon, Melb SE suburb 19Jul 17, 2016 12:06 am Thanks Emma. You make me feel better. Re: Building Agar 26 with Metricon, Melb SE suburb 20Jul 17, 2016 9:15 am dont be alarmed, the off white morter is just wet which is why it looks grey, give it time to dry and it will look great! 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 12793 Hello All 🙂 We are planning to start our journey of construction our first home. 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