Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Oct 01, 2017 10:57 am Hey all,
Decided to document our Metricon Merrricks 42 build process. Im Carol, mum of 2 (4.5 and 2 year old) and wifey to Fili. We bought our block in February 2017 and it settles in November. So so anxious and counting down the weeks. We are currently in the process of choosing our colours, we have our electrical appointment tomorrow, so we are really excited that things are moving along. We had first decided to build the 38 Merricks but then after seeing the 42 on display, I loved how much open it was, and the extra huge linen cupboard upstairs. We made some structural changes which have not been put on the plans as yet. Hes what we are doing.... I hope you enjoy our process........... Re: Merricks 42 Build - Beveridge VIC 2Oct 01, 2017 11:21 am and this what our current plan has changed to....
We flipped the front end of the house around (We didn't really like the garage entry to the pantry) this resulted in the pantry and linen cupboard becoming a tad smaller, the fridge now not in the pantry but in the kitchen, and the laundry slightly larger. We have also opted to open the wall between the study and the living. Our plan is to have a billiards table in there so its now a living/rumpus. ( have been told this change is 'a couple of hundred dollars' for design change, but got credited back $400 for the removal of the wall. Up stairs the front also had to be flipped, but that didnt make any difference to the measurements of rooms. Overall, the house will be a smidgen smaller. Re: Merricks 42 Build - Beveridge VIC 3Oct 01, 2017 8:30 pm Interesting idea on the flip of the front like that. I'm looking at the Bentleigh (which is a copy of the Merrick with minor changes) and aren't overly happy with the entrance from the garage via the pantry. Did you look at the Bentleigh when you were looking at your Merrick, as the current sale make it 20k+ cheaper and only slightly different. Good luck with the build. Re: Merricks 42 Build - Beveridge VIC 4Oct 01, 2017 9:18 pm Well we are also doing Merricks with few changes. We made it similar to Glendale by adding Rumpus and alfresco. Mine has been a long journey. Merricks to Glendale and back to Merricks. Since it was a long journey I did quite a bit of research on different things and pricing...few tips on saving few dollars as well.. Re: Merricks 42 Build - Beveridge VIC 5Oct 01, 2017 9:45 pm OH my goodness tell me about, the more I look at plans, the more changes I can find to make... and then start looking at other designs. Its very frustrating. What i loved about the merricks was the walk-in robes in all rooms, the huge linen cupboard upstairs, and the his and her WIR. Re: Merricks 42 Build - Beveridge VIC 7Oct 01, 2017 10:20 pm rum_home Interesting idea on the flip of the front like that. I'm looking at the Bentleigh (which is a copy of the Merrick with minor changes) and aren't overly happy with the entrance from the garage via the pantry. Did you look at the Bentleigh when you were looking at your Merrick, as the current sale make it 20k+ cheaper and only slightly different. Good luck with the build. Hi rum_home Never looked at the Bentleigh, doesnt seem to be online either, but I did find a promo page on it on the metricon site. Am liking what I see. You wouldnt happen to know the base prices for them? 42 or 45?? I like the promos for it....especially the 'any choice of facade' https://www.metricon.com.au/cmspages/ge ... 72eb9841aa hmmm will definitely be asking our SC to price this house for us. Thanks for the tip! Re: Merricks 42 Build - Beveridge VIC 10Oct 02, 2017 12:51 pm Love the flip; we looked at the smaller Merricks but I also hated the entry in the pantry. Re: Merricks 42 Build - Beveridge VIC 12Oct 02, 2017 1:20 pm Oninon But that can always be relocated to foyer. .which we did. Oh we had other reasons as well for going with the Winchester. It was just one of those plan oddities that we werent keen on. Re: Merricks 42 Build - Beveridge VIC 13Oct 04, 2017 12:03 am Love the idea of moving the access door for the garage out of the pantry. We are going with Bentleigh (34 or 38 sq.. still deciding) which looks like Merricks with small changes. They were in promo when we locked the price and our SC will do it as a house and land package (even though we secured the land prior) so any further delays with our current land title date (which is in seot 2018) is not a problem and does not need to pay penalties I'm excited but nervous of the process since it's our 1st time to build and we still live in Sydney. My land is in Wollert, Victoria. 😁😁😁 Good luck! I'll monitor this thread. 😊😊😊 Re: Merricks 42 Build - Beveridge VIC 15Oct 25, 2017 9:02 am ronaldtanael Love the idea of moving the access door for the garage out of the pantry. We are going with Bentleigh (34 or 38 sq.. still deciding) which looks like Merricks with small changes. They were in promo when we locked the price and our SC will do it as a house and land package (even though we secured the land prior) so any further delays with our current land title date (which is in seot 2018) is not a problem and does not need to pay penalties I'm excited but nervous of the process since it's our 1st time to build and we still live in Sydney. My land is in Wollert, Victoria. 😁😁😁 Good luck! I'll monitor this thread. 😊😊😊 Morning, How exciting! Beveridge is only another 10 min up the rd. I look forward seeing your updates. So, we actually went back with the original plan of having the garage door in the pantry. I didn't want to lose Pantry space.The Merricks 42 pantry is such an awesome size. However, we did keep the open plan study/living. Hubby wants a billiards table, and that was the only place we could fit it, and still have a lil formal area as one section. I have emailed out SC asking if there was a chance at all to change to the Bentleigh 42 (promo amount). You wouldn't have the floorplans at hand? (SC said plans cant be emailed as the promo has ended- **MASSIVE EYE ROLL**) SC was going to ask her manager if we could still get the promo price. I've got everything crossed. There are only slight differences that I can live with, and with the price of nearly 20k less than the Merricks 42 I'm really hoping they will allow us to have the promo. So wish me luck. If they could honour that promo price, we will definitely; as a goodwill gesture, add a few more upgrades. We are currently about 15k over budget, so this promo will definitely help us out HEAPS! Re: Merricks 42 Build - Beveridge VIC 16Nov 03, 2017 11:08 am Oninon I should also tell about titled land discount. If your land is titled or soon to be titled you could get a discount up to a max of around $10k. And Bentley prices I should have. . So, we were able to have them open up the Bentleigh promo for us... we were hoping that wed go for the 42 for 289k and keep the current freedom promos we had selected for the merricks ( we would have saved about 15k)...that was a complete fail. The bentleigh have their own promos and we couldnt use what we had for the merricks promo. So in the end... it would have only been almost a couple of hundred dollars difference. What a shame. I was really hoping for a few thousand dollars in savings.. (but that was definitely wishful thinking.) Sooooo we are back with Merricks 42. However still requesting quotes from other builders to see if we can get a lil more for out $$ 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 4410 Thank you so much everyone. This all makes a lot of sense. I guess when you talk to a builder who butters up everything to look very polished, you get to start believing… 7 17198 thank you! do we need to get this or our builder before we commence new build on the block? 2 10261 |