Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Oct 05, 2020 3:45 pm Hi all, I've learned a lot from this forum and would like to share our building journey and hopefully it'll be helpful for someone one day We decided to go with Clarendon because Rawson couldn't give us a detailed breakdown cost and Balmoral has a long stairs which is not so easy to carry kids up and down. Overall, the customer services experience is very pleasant with all the staffs that we have dealt with Clarendon. It did take us 8 months!!!! before the construction commenced, due to Covid and our stormwater pipe connection issues with Council and neighbor. Our plan is a modified Boston 34 + Rumpus + Alfresco, facade is Oxford, butler pantry added, closed the door to the laundry, added a toilet to the laundry and opened the door to the hallway and garage door opened to hallway as well. Upstairs - Master bedroom to the front. We tried to keep the changes minimum as my cousin told me, you never know what it'll turn out to be unless you can see it first. If you like the design at the display home, keep it that way. We'll be doing the flooring after handover, thinking about porcelain tiles downstairs and solid timber upstairs, but haven't decided yet. In terms of cost, $508k+color appointment $74k. The main upgrades are: - Rumpus/Alfresco - $28k - Ground floor ceiling raise to 2.75m, first floor to 2.6m - $6.6k+$2.8k - Brick upgrade to Austral Metallix Blackstone - $11.5k - All brick in lieu of cladding - $4.8k - Stairs - $12.7k - Kitchen - $17.1k - Electrical - $7.7k - Security - $4.1k If your council requires section 94 contribution, keep the price down for the contract price and add whatever you like at the color appointment, it'll save you some $$. Timeline 28/12/2019 - Deposit 19/02/2020 - Tender 27/02/2020 - Contract 19/03/2020 - Color 26/05/2020 - Demolition by Democorp, I would recommend James and his team. 22/05/2020 - CDC lodged 24/06/2020 - CDC approved 17/08/2020 - Excavation 27/08/2020 - Slab pour 09/09/2020 - Frame KDR - Boston 34 with Clarendon in Sydney Re: KDR - Clarendon Boston 34 Sydney 2Oct 05, 2020 3:50 pm It's very excited to see the house finally being built! We did the frame inspection with SS and everything seems fine, thinking of getting Houspect to do the pre-lining and hangover inspections. Anyone has other recommendation? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ KDR - Boston 34 with Clarendon in Sydney Re: KDR - Clarendon Boston 34 Sydney 3Oct 09, 2020 12:58 pm Hello..Thanks for your post.. we are planning to build Boston 34 as well.. I have few questions if you could please answer. -- Are you building Grand alfresco? -- How tall the ceilings? -- did you build rumpus as well? --- How many sq m is the house? --- Where about in sydney are you building.. we are in Blacktown area. --- What changes you did to the original plane? If you could share your plan, will be great. Thank you. am gonna follow your build closely as it gonna help me alot as its my first build and am quite stressed. Thanks again Re: KDR - Clarendon Boston 34 Sydney 5Oct 12, 2020 11:37 am Sunny 14 Hello..Thanks for your post.. we are planning to build Boston 34 as well.. I have few questions if you could please answer. -- Are you building Grand alfresco? -- How tall the ceilings? -- did you build rumpus as well? --- How many sq m is the house? --- Where about in sydney are you building.. we are in Blacktown area. --- What changes you did to the original plane? If you could share your plan, will be great. Thank you. am gonna follow your build closely as it gonna help me alot as its my first build and am quite stressed. Thanks again Most of your questions were mentioned in the original post. -- Are you building Grand alfresco? > No, just Alfesco -- How tall the ceilings? > 2.75 & 2.6 -- did you build rumpus as well? > Yes --- How many sq m is the house? > 34+Rumpus+Alfresco --- Where about in sydney are you building.. we are in Blacktown area. > Inner west --- What changes you did to the original plane? If you could share your plan, will be great. > Not much, refer to the original post KDR - Boston 34 with Clarendon in Sydney Re: KDR - Clarendon Boston 34 Sydney 7Oct 12, 2020 6:01 pm wekin Sunny 14 Hello..Thanks for your post.. we are planning to build Boston 34 as well.. I have few questions if you could please answer. -- Are you building Grand alfresco? -- How tall the ceilings? -- did you build rumpus as well? --- How many sq m is the house? --- Where about in sydney are you building.. we are in Blacktown area. --- What changes you did to the original plane? If you could share your plan, will be great. Thank you. am gonna follow your build closely as it gonna help me alot as its my first build and am quite stressed. Thanks again Most of your questions were mentioned in the original post. -- Are you building Grand alfresco? > No, just Alfesco -- How tall the ceilings? > 2.75 & 2.6 -- did you build rumpus as well? > Yes --- How many sq m is the house? > 34+Rumpus+Alfresco --- Where about in sydney are you building.. we are in Blacktown area. > Inner west --- What changes you did to the original plane? If you could share your plan, will be great. > Not much, refer to the original post Thank you. Appreciate your response. Re: KDR - Clarendon Boston 34 Sydney 8Jun 19, 2021 9:40 am hi wekin, thanks for your post . we are researching clarendon homes and looking at stamford and boston choosing between these 2. we went to display homes and the sale consultant indicated about 450k and 10% off (current promotion ) for the house we only really want grandalfresco and butley pantry . these add about 26k and 6k. then site cost for about 70-80k. all up is about 510-520k wondering if you can thoughts on this? does it sound realistic? referring to the cost your have noted, 508k ( does it refer to house design cost include upgrades and site cost?) 74k color studio- what is this referring to ? you have chosen to upgrade bricks $11500. were standard bricks from clarendon not suited you preference? thanks Re: KDR - Clarendon Boston 34 Sydney 9Jun 19, 2021 3:16 pm anthony C hi wekin, thanks for your post . we are researching clarendon homes and looking at stamford and boston choosing between these 2. we went to display homes and the sale consultant indicated about 450k and 10% off (current promotion ) for the house we only really want grandalfresco and butley pantry . these add about 26k and 6k. then site cost for about 70-80k. all up is about 510-520k wondering if you can thoughts on this? does it sound realistic? referring to the cost your have noted, 508k ( does it refer to house design cost include upgrades and site cost?) 74k color studio- what is this referring to ? you have chosen to upgrade bricks $11500. were standard bricks from clarendon not suited you preference? thanks Hey Anthony, I can’t remember the design of Stamford but Boston has a very good design that suit our land size and lifestyle the most after almost every home in Homeworld! The grand alfresco seems reasonable to me and I think our butler panty is about 5k. Yea, the 508k include site costs and provision allowance, we did get back 7k provision back that didn’t use. Base price was a bit lower than now, at the time we had 30k off promotion. So 10% off is definitely better! $74k color appointment included those major upgrades I have listed. Basically, any upgrades you want to make your home fancier, range from small thing like tape ware to staircase (I till think that cost a fortune!). Clarendon has two brick suppliers and I have gone through them all, visited some home that used the particular brick and read the reviews. We really like the black brick, but because it’s painted, the builder range inclusion one chipped very easily. We actually built a granny flat with the cheaper one and god I’m so glad we didn’t use it for the front house! It all comes down of what color you want to pick. Hope it helps you. Our build is completed, but waiting for landscape before moving in. We are very happy with quality of the house so far. KDR - Boston 34 with Clarendon in Sydney Re: KDR - Clarendon Boston 34 Sydney 10Jun 19, 2021 11:39 pm wekin anthony C hi wekin, thanks for your post . we are researching clarendon homes and looking at stamford and boston choosing between these 2. we went to display homes and the sale consultant indicated about 450k and 10% off (current promotion ) for the house we only really want grandalfresco and butley pantry . these add about 26k and 6k. then site cost for about 70-80k. all up is about 510-520k wondering if you can thoughts on this? does it sound realistic? referring to the cost your have noted, 508k ( does it refer to house design cost include upgrades and site cost?) 74k color studio- what is this referring to ? you have chosen to upgrade bricks $11500. were standard bricks from clarendon not suited you preference? thanks Hey Anthony, I can’t remember the design of Stamford but Boston has a very good design that suit our land size and lifestyle the most after almost every home in Homeworld! The grand alfresco seems reasonable to me and I think our butler panty is about 5k. Yea, the 508k include site costs and provision allowance, we did get back 7k provision back that didn’t use. Base price was a bit lower than now, at the time we had 30k off promotion. So 10% off is definitely better! $74k color appointment included those major upgrades I have listed. Basically, any upgrades you want to make your home fancier, range from small thing like tape ware to staircase (I till think that cost a fortune!). Clarendon has two brick suppliers and I have gone through them all, visited some home that used the particular brick and read the reviews. We really like the black brick, but because it’s painted, the builder range inclusion one chipped very easily. We actually built a granny flat with the cheaper one and god I’m so glad we didn’t use it for the front house! It all comes down of what color you want to pick. Hope it helps you. Our build is completed, but waiting for landscape before moving in. We are very happy with quality of the house so far. thank you for your tips wekin. do yo mind pm me the sale consultant you have dealt with and if you would recommend? Re: KDR - Clarendon Boston 34 Sydney 11Oct 28, 2021 11:01 pm Hi Wekin, Thanks for providing the list of upgrades, this is really helpful. I'm also planning on building the Boston 34 + Rumpus + Alfresco. Do you have any pictures of the finished house you are willing to share (internal and external)? I'm also curious about your experience with Clarendon's Lifestyle Studio. I've heard the selections can be quite limited even with the upgrades - did you find this to be true? Re: KDR - Clarendon Boston 34 Sydney 12Oct 29, 2021 7:23 am EP1 Hi Wekin, Thanks for providing the list of upgrades, this is really helpful. I'm also planning on building the Boston 34 + Rumpus + Alfresco. Do you have any pictures of the finished house you are willing to share (internal and external)? I'm also curious about your experience with Clarendon's Lifestyle Studio. I've heard the selections can be quite limited even with the upgrades - did you find this to be true? It’ll be probably better to check on Clarendon website Boston 34 for their visual tour so you have better idea what it looks like (but we got rid of the wall between Rumpus and Family), we have the exact design as the display home at Marsden Park NSW if you have a chance to visit. In regards to selections, for us it’s fine since we did the flooring after handover. And we went with black & white design so everything was simple. The only thing I regret the most is the splashback, we just pick the builder selection at the time when we had the tile appointment on zoom. I’d want a big tile without grout instead of small tile. KDR - Boston 34 with Clarendon in Sydney Re: KDR - Clarendon Boston 34 Sydney 13Nov 01, 2021 9:56 am Is the date wrong? How did you start demolition before CDC/DA? Re: KDR - Clarendon Boston 34 Sydney 14Nov 01, 2021 10:05 am Infinite-Justice Is the date wrong? How did you start demolition before CDC/DA? We did start before the construction CDC approved due to collapsed of partial of the building. You obtain a different CDC for demolition. KDR - Boston 34 with Clarendon in Sydney It is Genneral stairs, but they won't deal with anyone off the street. They will only work with clients of project home builders. I tried to but some of these exact… 3 10315 5 7806 |