Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Apr 01, 2013 3:46 pm Building with Dale Alcock Homes in Aveley Our thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=63880 And yes, my pants are indeed fancy. Re: First home build with Dale Alcock in Aveley 3Apr 02, 2013 12:45 pm Building with Dale Alcock Homes in Aveley Our thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=63880 And yes, my pants are indeed fancy. Re: First home build with Dale Alcock in Aveley 7Apr 02, 2013 8:10 pm Building with Dale Alcock Homes in Aveley Our thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=63880 And yes, my pants are indeed fancy. Re: First home build with Dale Alcock in Aveley 10Apr 03, 2013 3:36 pm Dale Alcock Homes. We love building. T: 08 9242 9200 Mon – Fri 8am-5pm Sat - 10-4 thedacrew@dalealcock.com.au http://www.dalealcock.com.au http://www.facebook.com/dalealcockhomes Re: First home build with Dale Alcock in Aveley 11Apr 03, 2013 9:46 pm The DA Crew Hi FancyPants. I'm subscribing to your thread. Looking forward to following your journey with us! If you need anything at any point please do not hesitate to get in touch with me - I'm usually lurking on here most days... Best regards, Jemima. Thanks Jemima, we're really looking forward to the journey too! Building with Dale Alcock Homes in Aveley Our thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=63880 And yes, my pants are indeed fancy. Re: First home build with Dale Alcock in Aveley 12Apr 03, 2013 9:58 pm So this is where we're currently at with our design - Upgrades we’ve made (after reading all of your threads): • Widened the house so the living area, main bedroom and theatre are bigger. • Brought the garage slightly forward so there is room for storage/shelves along the back wall, moved the door between garage and house to accommodate this. • Put a small roller door from the garage to the backyard. • Changed the one big sliding window in the theatre for three separate awning windows. • Added an extra highlight window to the east wall of the theatre (this will be my studio, need lots of light). • Put a door on the walk-in wardrobe and the bathroom (want both to be 180° for ease of use). • Added a double vanity to the ensuite. • Added double showerheads to the ensuite. • Added double glass doors to the office and a single glass door to the laundry. • Took out the linen cupboard in the laundry and converted to a bench with cupboards underneath. • Added a microwave hub under the kitchen bench, overhead cupboards either side of the hob and cupboards over the fridge recess. • Upgraded kitchen benches to caesarstone. • Changed the web hub to a walk-in linen closet (with broom cupboard) and a wardrobe for bedroom 4 (removed the original wardrobe). • Made the alfresco significantly larger. • Added a planter box in front of the theatre windows to meet design guidelines. Upgrades that have been suggested to us: • Adding a waterfall edge to the island bench and increasing the depth to 1200mm for island bench (deep enough to read a newspaper on). • Adding a sliding bin drawer under island bench. • Changing kitchen sink to an undermount bowl. • Adding nib walls to showers to eliminate dust-gathering gaps. • Extending bedroom robes all the way to the entry doors for extra space. Things we’ve been told to leave until after handover: • Interior wall painting. • Wood floors and carpeting. • Skirting boards. • Roman blinds and curtains. • Shelving to robes. • Liquid limestone for driveway, path and alfresco. Would love to hear any further suggestions you might have, or any feedback on what has been suggested to us so far. Building with Dale Alcock Homes in Aveley Our thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=63880 And yes, my pants are indeed fancy. Re: First home build with Dale Alcock in Aveley 13Apr 03, 2013 10:14 pm Love the plan!! Have you considered a sliding door to the WIR? Also have you considered the location of the sink on the island? We made our island bench 1m wide. Particularly if it's long you want the width to not be disproportionate to the length. Waterfall edges look great! Wish we'd asked about the cost.... Maybe next time Re: First home build with Dale Alcock in Aveley 14Apr 03, 2013 11:27 pm This plan works. It's a simple design that you can't go wrong with. Good idea to extend the garage. The only thing is wherever you have walk in rooms, the walk in area is wasted space. Sure the WIR should be doored off but is there a way to make the WIL along a wall, maybe in the laundry so the access area to the linen shelves is used an another way as well? Re: First home build with Dale Alcock in Aveley 15Apr 05, 2013 1:56 pm fmac Love the plan!! Have you considered a sliding door to the WIR? Also have you considered the location of the sink on the island? We made our island bench 1m wide. Particularly if it's long you want the width to not be disproportionate to the length. Waterfall edges look great! Wish we'd asked about the cost.... Maybe next time I've had bad experiences with rattling sliding doors in the past - almost drove me insane! But they do save space, which is always a good thing. I think a 1m wide island bench might be a sensible compromise. With the sink smack-bang in the centre? I just assumed that would be where it was located, especially if we upgrade to an undermount bowl. Building with Dale Alcock Homes in Aveley Our thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=63880 And yes, my pants are indeed fancy. Re: First home build with Dale Alcock in Aveley 16Apr 05, 2013 2:05 pm rex777 This plan works. It's a simple design that you can't go wrong with. Good idea to extend the garage. The only thing is wherever you have walk in rooms, the walk in area is wasted space. Sure the WIR should be doored off but is there a way to make the WIL along a wall, maybe in the laundry so the access area to the linen shelves is used an another way as well? The linen cupboard was in the laundry, but that meant no bench space or cupboards at all which I wasn't really happy about. The result was to convert the web hub in to a WIL, which is far more useful to us. You're right about the wasted space, but I can't really see another way around it. It might just have to be one those 'compromises' people keep talking about! Building with Dale Alcock Homes in Aveley Our thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=63880 And yes, my pants are indeed fancy. Re: First home build with Dale Alcock in Aveley 17Apr 05, 2013 5:49 pm We've actually out our sink to one end of the island, about 50cm from one end so you can still put dishes next to it as required. Then you get a nice large section of bench space on the other side of it. I have noticed builders tend to centre everything in the kitchen but it often leaves not very much usable bench space. I see the island as the main food prep area so have the sink to one side and I think we end up with about 1.5m of uninterrupted bench space. But it does depend how you use you kitchen Re: First home build with Dale Alcock in Aveley 18Apr 05, 2013 6:57 pm fmac We've actually out our sink to one end of the island, about 50cm from one end so you can still put dishes next to it as required. Then you get a nice large section of bench space on the other side of it. I have noticed builders tend to centre everything in the kitchen but it often leaves not very much usable bench space. I see the island as the main food prep area so have the sink to one side and I think we end up with about 1.5m of uninterrupted bench space. But it does depend how you use you kitchen ^^ This is why I love this forum! Thanks for the input, fmac. Building with Dale Alcock Homes in Aveley Our thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=63880 And yes, my pants are indeed fancy. Re: First home build with Dale Alcock in Aveley 19Apr 05, 2013 7:46 pm That's what we did a well with the sink. When it was centered there was little space for a breakfast area for the kids. Now with the sink to one side there is adequate open space. Re: First home build with Dale Alcock in Aveley 20Apr 05, 2013 8:17 pm It is personal preferance but something to consider. We have the set of draws before the sink, then the sink then dishwasher recess and 750 wide pot draws. I have wondered if we should have just had it right on the edge but we thought it might make doing any pot washing etc difficult. But we won't know if it was the right decision of about 6 months We also have our oven/cooktop off centre so we have a long section of bench to one side. Hopefully it will lead to a kitchen that is practical to use. 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