Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Our first Home :) the Sahara Q1 24Jul 18, 2013 6:52 am Avsharma Rangi83 We brought our land 12 months ago and have hummm and arred about what house to build. We nearly went through the whole process of building with mainvue but pulled out last min. the cost was huge for what we wanted. But we took some months off and came across a Henley design that we fell in love with and are so happy we looked around more. Everything we want we are getting in the inclusions. And it has worked out a lot cheaper and we will have a bigger house. Just more for me to clean We are building the Sahara Q1. With the Piermont Façade. We have our colour selection appointment coming up and our tender signing too. We went down to cosham last month and loved looking through everything and tryed to make some decisions before our appointment comes along as on the day of our selections its sure to be crazy. (We are lucky we did a colour appointment with mainvue before we pulled out so we kind of know what we already want) Not sure of anyone will follow but I will keep updates Hi Rangi How much extra did you pay for the Piermont facade? Hi Avsharma, We have to have part render as per our estate guild lines so we are paying $18500. It's a beautiful facade and I love the balcony Re: Our first Home :) the Sahara Q1 25Jul 18, 2013 6:57 am Ok so our tender went through without any hiccups. We added a door under the stairs and doors on theater and ensuit. We are happy with everything. We went a bit over our budget but we are still happy. Will up date photo off plans on blog in the next couple of days. Looking forward to the contract and getting it all started. Henley have been so great and helpful. Re: Our first Home :) the Sahara Q1 26Jul 18, 2013 7:56 am Hi rangi, Good to hear that your on your way to the building stages very soon!! We had our colour appointment last night and i think we're fairly happy with what was decided. Took the whole 4hrs though and need to sleep on a few items before tender.. Guna hassle our administrator for an earlier tender appointment. Fingers cross! Re: Our first Home :) the Sahara Q1 28Jul 18, 2013 5:37 pm Going for a very modern look. Semi white kitchen with snow white caeserstone benches, white gloss overhead cabinet, licorice laminate underbench cabinet and clear splashback (partner wanted the red desert one but i couldnt bring myself to say yes). Similar concept throughout the house. Latte/choco floor tiles and white wall tiles. We initially wanted a blue stone deco strip in the tiles but our designer tina at cosham (whom was great) told us it would date easily so we went with bold contrast colours instead. Our bricks are the austral fawn cat 2. We upgradef alot of the accessories and appliances. Fingers cross we wont go over too much of our budget! Re: Our first Home :) the Sahara Q1 29Jul 18, 2013 11:20 pm Rangi83 Avsharma Rangi83 We brought our land 12 months ago and have hummm and arred about what house to build. We nearly went through the whole process of building with mainvue but pulled out last min. the cost was huge for what we wanted. But we took some months off and came across a Henley design that we fell in love with and are so happy we looked around more. Everything we want we are getting in the inclusions. And it has worked out a lot cheaper and we will have a bigger house. Just more for me to clean We are building the Sahara Q1. With the Piermont Façade. We have our colour selection appointment coming up and our tender signing too. We went down to cosham last month and loved looking through everything and tryed to make some decisions before our appointment comes along as on the day of our selections its sure to be crazy. (We are lucky we did a colour appointment with mainvue before we pulled out so we kind of know what we already want) Not sure of anyone will follow but I will keep updates Hi Rangi How much extra did you pay for the Piermont facade? Hi Avsharma, We have to have part render as per our estate guild lines so we are paying $18500. It's a beautiful facade and I love the balcony Hi Rangi We have the same estate guidelines and I like the belmont & Boston facades but they are very expensive. Did you get any discounts on anyone of the upgrades ? Re: Our first Home :) the Sahara Q1 31Jul 20, 2013 11:30 am Suey Going for a very modern look. Semi white kitchen with snow white caeserstone benches, white gloss overhead cabinet, licorice laminate underbench cabinet and clear splashback (partner wanted the red desert one but i couldnt bring myself to say yes). Similar concept throughout the house. Latte/choco floor tiles and white wall tiles. We initially wanted a blue stone deco strip in the tiles but our designer tina at cosham (whom was great) told us it would date easily so we went with bold contrast colours instead. Our bricks are the austral fawn cat 2. We upgradef alot of the accessories and appliances. Fingers cross we wont go over too much of our budget! Hi Suey, cant wait to see the pics of your colours and accessories its so exciting. Re: Our first Home :) the Sahara Q1 32Jul 20, 2013 4:47 pm Rangi83 Suey Going for a very modern look. Semi white kitchen with snow white caeserstone benches, white gloss overhead cabinet, licorice laminate underbench cabinet and clear splashback (partner wanted the red desert one but i couldnt bring myself to say yes). Similar concept throughout the house. Latte/choco floor tiles and white wall tiles. We initially wanted a blue stone deco strip in the tiles but our designer tina at cosham (whom was great) told us it would date easily so we went with bold contrast colours instead. Our bricks are the austral fawn cat 2. We upgradef alot of the accessories and appliances. Fingers cross we wont go over too much of our budget! Hi Suey, cant wait to see the pics of your colours and accessories its so exciting. im guna update my blog after this post. Just looked at your updated blog. laughing about the theatre/man cave - coz thats what my partner is calling it too. Re: Our first Home :) the Sahara Q1 33Aug 20, 2013 5:33 pm Rangi How u going with henley?? I just finished my tender appointment... Long 4hrs! Had a few changes and alot of mistakes to be fixed from the estimating department!! Contract signing is booked for 4wks later.. Fingers cross it all goes well. Re: Our first Home :) the Sahara Q1 34Aug 28, 2013 10:38 pm Suey Rangi How u going with henley?? I just finished my tender appointment... Long 4hrs! Had a few changes and alot of mistakes to be fixed from the estimating department!! Contract signing is booked for 4wks later.. Fingers cross it all goes well. Hey Suey, Wow sorry i have been off the radar the last couple of weeks (been on holidays) All going really well. We signed the contract and should be starting on the next couple of weeks. I havent heard from henley since we signed so just waiting to get a call from someone. We are so happy how it is all going and cant wait for it to start. What did you end up deleting?? Re: Our first Home :) the Sahara Q1 35Aug 30, 2013 1:07 pm Ohhh how exciting! How was your holiday? Cant wait to see ur house in progress!! We decided to go with henley driveway, not do floorings with them, square set corners for the whole house, got rid of front rendering and stuck with face brick but with feature tiles on our piers, went with double glazing windows, expanded our laudry roo benches and cupboard.. Evrything came into budget so thankgod. Site cost is probision at 8k so im happy. The banks conditionally approved of the refinanced so im happy and just waiting till contract signing now... Re: Our first Home :) the Sahara Q1 36Oct 12, 2013 1:51 pm Suey Going for a very modern look. Semi white kitchen with snow white caeserstone benches, white gloss overhead cabinet, licorice laminate underbench cabinet and clear splashback (partner wanted the red desert one but i couldnt bring myself to say yes). Similar concept throughout the house. Latte/choco floor tiles and white wall tiles. We initially wanted a blue stone deco strip in the tiles but our designer tina at cosham (whom was great) told us it would date easily so we went with bold contrast colours instead. Our bricks are the austral fawn cat 2. We upgradef alot of the accessories and appliances. Fingers cross we wont go over too much of our budget! Hey suey, We just had our color appointment yesterday and we also had Tina as our consultant. She was great! Had a few issues with matching colors but she helped us out and her suggestion was great and wasnt pushy on us to upgrade this and that (althou she asked as a formality). I read through everything she typed and quite happy with what she gave us. No typos, no mistakes exactly what we said we wanted. Really happy! The red splash back would have looked great. My friend's got it in her place and it just stands out and gives an extra wow to the place Re: Our first Home :) the Sahara Q1 37Oct 12, 2013 3:33 pm Hey guys I have been meaning to comment in a while but haven't gotten around to it yet. From tender to contract signing it has been almost 4 months many issues and a requested change to administrator helped. In case you can still make changes I would suggest a cavity sliding door to the laundry I was suggested to me by another builder who said it will give us extra room in the laundry. Just thought I'd mention it we hope to start building in about 3 weeks. Ohh and if you think 28k for site costs is a lot ours is just over 30. The entire house is going to be built on bored piers. 4 Re: Our first Home :) the Sahara Q1 38Nov 04, 2013 12:48 am I am very likely to build with Henley (plantation homes they are called in Brisbane). Could anyone tell me what their contract process is? Initial Deposit $1500 --> they give u all the drawings and electrical plans ---> make any changes to house layout --> cosham studio for color selection --> TENDER (price to build with all change and colors upgrades ) ---> SIGN final contract ---> BUILD. Am i right? or I am missing any payment at a certain stage? I didn't ask the Sales at the office....hoping someone can give me some hints. Thanks Re: Our first Home :) the Sahara Q1 39Nov 04, 2013 12:51 am by the way...i will likely be building the mirage Q1. I dont see many people are going with Mirage. Originally liked Sahara Lux Q1....but will go for Mirage as it's slightly bigger~~ Could you guys share what your tendering comes to with all your upgrades and design changes? I know it differs case by case....but a figure would give me an idea what to expect and what budget I am looking at. Re: Our first Home :) the Sahara Q1 40Nov 15, 2013 7:48 pm Hi everyone. Sorry haven't been giving updates but everything back on track now so anyone that is following I will update now And update photos on my blog So far we are just waiting for bricks to arrive. House is wrapped and cables are all in. I second taking your plans elsewhere. They're yours (unless you ended up in one of those cheaper arrangements where you don't own the rights and the build will be tendered… 2 802 Sadly no movement on site since soak wells went in. There are also missing/wrong storm water drains which need to be sorted, along with a broken pipe. Plumbing has been… 14 38133 Cant give recommendations in general with that builder, but during the colour selection, this is honestly personal preference. Depends on the style you want. Do you want… 1 1164 |