Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Our new build - Perth NOR 2Jul 19, 2013 2:12 pm My Building Thread https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=66087 Re: Our new build - Perth NOR 4Jul 19, 2013 2:51 pm My Building Thread https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=66087 Re: Our new build - Perth NOR - please look at my plan? 8Jul 20, 2013 11:45 am My Building Thread https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=66087 Re: Our new build - Perth NOR - please look at my plan? 9Jul 21, 2013 2:25 pm My Building Thread https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=66087 Re: Our new build - Perth NOR - please look at my plan? 12Jul 22, 2013 9:30 pm My Building Thread https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=66087 Re: Our new build - Perth NOR - please look at my plan? 15Jul 23, 2013 9:44 am thanks Jason - I've sent you a PM. AKB - Sorry, its about38-39 squares. (So i've been told!) Cheers Darcy My Building Thread https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=66087 Re: Our new build - Gemmill. 16Jul 26, 2013 9:38 am Well - we are into the waiting time, for drawings and contracts. And we got a freebie - Gemmill gave us a lovely iPad mini, so that we can follow our build on their tracker program. Not that anything is happening yet! And with a household of a Mac, a laptop, iPad, 2 x Ipods, and 2 x iPads, another screen isn't what we need - funnily enough, the kids are already fighting over it. Driving myself a little nutty with the plan. I've decided that our robes in the master are too small, and still not sure about the door at that end of the house, as it has made the kids rooms a little smaller than I wanted them to be. But I just can't see a way around it, and any changes I make now will cost both time and money, so making myself live with it. I keep telling myself that they are all bigger than what we have now! Also busy getting quotes to put in with our finance application. Our Mortgage broker has said that we can apply for additional things to be added to the loan, as long as we have quotes. So we are putting in for floor coverings, pool, fencing and solar panels. Not sure if it will all get through. Does anyone know anyone who has had a Modular Wall installed? Or done a fully rendered wall with slats at the top? I've just had a fairly large quote done for the modular wall, and want to compare the price with having brick and rendering. Darcy My Building Thread https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=66087 Re: Our new build - Gemmill. 17Aug 24, 2013 4:01 pm Hi Darcy, we probably signed up at about the same time! (26 June for us!) it will be interesting to see how things go, I'm the same as you read through a lot of threads and all the trials and tribulations everyone was having, we decided for the size of the house and ( hopefully) the quality the price just couldn't be matched. I'll look forward to following your thread Our build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=66620 Re: Our new build (Gemmill) - Almost at slab! 18May 15, 2014 9:47 am Hi Everyone, It's been a long time coming, but we are finally ready to go. House was demolished in January, swimming pool is in, and the site was compacted this week. Footings were meant to go in yesterday, but didn't happen, so hopefully today - then slab, and bricks, and on we go! We've had some issues with a wall between us and the neighbours which is causing some stress. (Long thread here if you are interested...http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=70691&p=1174185&e=1174185) but that is with lawyers now, and doesn't seem to be holding up the build. So we will just have to see how it pans out. That has / is the most stressful thing of the whole build at the moment, but I'm hoping it will be sorted soon, without court! The pre start and other experiences with Gemmill have been pretty good so far. Prestart lady was wonderful, but there were some issues with our sales guy - who left, after promising us a lot of things that we shouldn't have been promised - after we signed with them, of course. Anyway, Gemmill were good at sorting most of it out - in our favour - other than an issue with the garage that cost us an additional $10 000. Overall, we are still pretty happy. No regrets. I hope it continues. Like Speedwaychick68, we are building a house that is not a display, so I still have no real idea what it is going to look like. I'm calling it "the barn", as I'm worried the roof is going to look like a big tin shed. Ah well, no turning back now, since we are pretty much homeless after demolishing our house. We are in a nice rental though. (Nicer than the original home was!) Looking forward to spending more time here again, now that we've started!!!! Cheers Darcy My Building Thread https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=66087 Re: Our new build - Gemmill. 19May 15, 2014 3:20 pm Wow, your wall has been an ordeal!! So excited for you that you have finally reached construction. Re: Our KDR - Gemmill....... Almost a slab 20May 15, 2014 7:21 pm Congrats! I'm doing a KDR too, which demo company did you go with, and did you salvage anything from the old place? Thanks mate. Yeah good points! Leaning towards Option 3 to get a bit extra space in the cabinets but not going too crazy high (and expensive). Would require a mini… 13 39707 I was quoting framing timber sizes from Australian Standard AS1684.4 Table A13 for 2700mm wall heights Tile Roof, single storey. This Australian Standard doesn't refer to… 8 7331 We were lucky in that our old house was so small (86 square metres) compared to the new house, they were able to take enough readings around the old backyard house before… 8 37142 |