I've been a long time lurker of this site, now it's time for our own build thread. We are knock-down rebuilding in Sydney, building a modified Coral Homes Noosa 279.
This build has been a long time in starting for us, we originally started with another builder then pulled out of that and sat and considered our options for some months before finally settling with Coral. I think we have seen literally every display home in and around Sydney, and looked through almost all the designs available from all builders. Throughout that process we had a good idea of what we were after but looked around to ensure we'd taken in all available floor plan ideas, building styles and finishes etc. At the end of all of that I'm very happy with our decision to stop our first build early, with what house we are building now and with building with Coral.
It must be said, some of the time taken in getting our house started with Coral was due our own delays. Settling on our design modifications took us some months, and due to a certifier issue we had to restart the DA for the old house demolition just as we got the new house certified and ready to go - that alone cost us 6 weeks. Throughout it all though, the communication with Coral has been excellent and they've always been willing to help.
I'll edit this first post to track the build as it continues.
Notable Dates
06/09/10 - Paid deposit to first builder
12/10/10 - Purchase settles on house
23/02/11 - Pulled out of first build
25/09/11 - Started discussions with Coral on custom Noosa layout
25/01/12 - First Tender received
30/04/12 - Signed contract
20/10/12 - Old house demolition finished.
24/10/12 - Soil test performed. P site, H2 soil.
10/11/12 - Contour survey performed. Our 2nd with Coral.
12/11/12 - Initial peg out of site, Portaloo appears.
13/11/12 - Official Start date, met our Site Supervisor on site to go over tender and anything else.
14/11/12 - Site is benched
16/11/12 - Piers go down. Site is fenced.
19/11/12 - Initial site plumbing
20/11/12 - Met electrician on site
21/11/12 - Power pole appears with conduits to edge of future slab
22/11/12 - Termite collars put on plumbing. Pieces of form work appear.
23/11/12 - Form work starts in earnest.
24/11/12 - Form work finished (on a Saturday).
29/11/12 - Slab poured and meter box wired in.
30/11/12 - Water tank delivered.
03/12/12 - Frames delivered.
04/12/12 - Framing started.
14/12/12 - Frame finished.
17/12/12 to 21/12/12 - Brick and roof preparation (we almost had a roof).
21/12/12 to 08/01/13 - Christmas shutdown.
09/01/13 - Bricks started
22/01/13 - Bricks finished. Realistically - 9 days effort due to weather.
23/01/13 - Roof started
24/01/13 - Roof finished - effectively a 1 day job, they didn't do a lot on the 23rd.
25/01/13 - Solar installed.
25/01/13 to 30/01/13 - Plumbing rough in
30/01/13 to 02/02/13 - Electrical rough in
30/01/13 - Down pipes
01/02/13 - Air conditioning first install (rough in?)
02/02/13 - Data cabling (by myself)
05/02/13 - Frame inspection by H and K Ryan
05/02/13 - Bricks acid wash
05/02/13 - More cabling and wall ducts (me)
06/02/13 to 07/02/13 - Wall and some ceiling insulation (mostly done)
06/02/13 - Rear eaves
11/02/13 - Brick sills repaired/replaced
11/02/13 - Front eaves
12/02/13 - Plasterboard started. Most ceilings done.
13/02/13 - Plasterboard. Ceilings finished, most walls done.
14/02/13 - Plasterboard. Wet areas done. Filling and sanding of joins and screws.
<various other things - list hasn't been updated for a while
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31/05/13 - Hand over