Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Oct 31, 2013 6:12 pm Hi, I figure that after months of lurking it’s probably about time that I share my building journey with any of you who are interested. It is our first home and after years of renting (we have a really really good deal going with some family friends) it was a rather nerve wrecking decision to make but now that we have taken the leap I am really getting excited about the prospect of owning my own home
I am building with my sister because neither of us can afford to build on our own, but because of that we weren’t eligible for Keystart, because we aren't a ‘couple’, and together earn’t about $3000 over the ‘single’ application limit (stupid government regulations). But anyway it did narrow our financing options to 1 so it was decided and we are building a ‘Flute’ home with Homebuyers Centre in Baldivis ‘Mode’. I must say that so far everything has gone pretty smoothly we now have a slab I only hope that the rest of the build goes as smoothly. It was a couple of months after we started the process that I discovered this forum and I have been a daily lurker ever since, it is exciting to see the progress on everyone’s homes and I have learnt so much as well. ~~Lethe~~ Timeline: 16/3/13 – Signed PWC with Homebuyers Centre (Paid deposit for house) 23/3/13 – Paid deposit for land 26/3/13 – Appointment with Resolve Finance (Bluebay) 24/4/13 – Loan Application Signed 27/4/13 – Received Prestart File 16/5/13 – Loan Approved 11/6/13 – Loan Settlement 12/7/13 – Titles Received 23/07/13 – Prestart Appointment 9/8/13 – Received plans & addenda for review (had a few minor things to fix, position of electrical sockets & feature tiles etc) 15/8/13 – Corrected plans received and signed / Received a proper site plan 19/8/13 – Added paving variation to site plan 9/9/13 – Received Building Permit 23/9/13 – Contacted by Client Liaison 27/9/13 – Tap 1/10/13 – Site works started 14/10/13 – Soil Compaction Test 17/10/13 – Footings Poured 18/10/13 – SLAB!!! 22/10/13 – Soakwells delivered 30/10/13 – Soakwells installed 1/11/13 – Window frames delivered 5/11/13 – Bricks delivered 11/11/13 - Brickwork started 29/11/13 - Brickwork completed 11/12/13 - Roof Frame started 13/12/13 - Roof Frame Completed 6/01/14 - Plumber & Electrician laid cabling and pipes, water connected to house. 17/01/14 - Roof Completed - Colorbond 22/01/14 - Internal Render Started 28/01/14 - Internal Render Completed & External Render Started 31/01/14 - External Render completed 31/01/14 - Ceilings installed 5/02/14 - Cornices installed 7/02/14 - Plaster / White Set started 14/02/14 - Plastering Completed 20/02/14 - Windows installed 21/02/14 - Lockup 25/02/14 - Kitchen & Bathroom cupboards installed 27/02/14 - Ceasarstone Benchtop and kitchen sink & bath installed 4/03/14 - Tiles delivered / preparation for tiling begun 6/03/14 - Ceilings, doors, door frames & gutters painted / mirrored BIR doors installed 7/03/14 - Carport concrete poured 10/03/14 - Floor tiles done!! 13/03/14 - Downpipes fitted, paving & paving sand delivered 15/03/14 - Tiling Completed 17/03/14 -Rangehood installed 19/03/14 - Gas stove & hot water system installed 19/03/14 - Internal Plumbing Completed 20/03/14 - Electrical Done 26/03/14 - External Painting Completed 28/03/14 - Cleaning was done 30/03/14 - Blinds installed 31/03/14 - Timber Laminate Flooring installed 1/04/14 - Flyscreens & Door handles installed 2/04/14 - Carpets installed 4/04/14 - Carport door installed 10/04/14 - Paving started & PCI date set 11/04/14 - Paving completed 22/04/14 - PCI 7/05/15 - Handover Re: Lethe's House - Baldivis, Homebuyers Centre - Flute 2Oct 31, 2013 7:12 pm Ooo Where in baldivis ? Congrats on starting your fist home! I will following your build! Do you have a plan ! I am hungry for info Lol Re: Lethe's House - Baldivis, Homebuyers Centre - Flute 3Oct 31, 2013 7:24 pm Here goes my first attempt at adding photos... House Plans Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Electrical Plans (because our Father is an electrician ) Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Elevation Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ As you can see it is a very small cottage block, but it is fine for the two of us despite our Mum having conniptions over the size of the kitchen My Baldivis Build: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=67953 Re: Lethe's House - Baldivis, Homebuyers Centre - Flute 4Oct 31, 2013 7:26 pm Yay it worked this time We are building in The Mode (the development behind Masters) we have a nice view overlooking the shopping centre It is actually the perfect location for us which I would love to say that we had planned it all but we pretty much lucked into it. My Baldivis Build: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=67953 Re: Lethe's House - Baldivis, Homebuyers Centre - Flute 5Oct 31, 2013 7:48 pm Ok now for our external selections: Roof: Colorbond - Shale Grey Bricks: Austral - Collie (The only exposed brick in our entire house is the pillars of the carport) Paving: Boral MasterPave - Charcol Main Render: Solver Surfmist Secondary Render: Solver Charcoal Gutters: Shale Grey Fascia & Downpipes: Surfmist Window Frames: Pearl White Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ My Baldivis Build: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=67953 Re: Lethe's House - Baldivis, Homebuyers Centre - Flute 6Oct 31, 2013 8:11 pm Our Internal Selections Flooring Living Areas & Kitchen: Timber Laminate - Spirit Oak Bedrooms: Carpet - Kazakh Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Tiles Floors: 200x200 Rocell - Carbon Walls & Kitchen Splaskback: 200x400 Lanka - Gloss White Feature tiles (which run horizontally down our showers and vertically in our kitchen splashback) 600x100 Botanica - Winter. I love this tile it was the first thing that I chose for my house and we basically chose our whole colour scheme based on it. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Benchtops & Cupboards Our Kitchen bench is Ceasarstone in Jet Black and Our cupboards are Laminex - Blackened Linewood The bench in the bathroom & ensuite is Laminex Squareform - Basalt with the cupboards also being Blackened Linewood Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ ~~Lethe~~ My Baldivis Build: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=67953 Re: Lethe's House - Baldivis, Homebuyers Centre - Flute 7Oct 31, 2013 8:45 pm You are going to have a great place to call home! I like the look of the front of the house Re: Lethe's House - Baldivis, Homebuyers Centre - Flute 8Oct 31, 2013 8:57 pm Looks great! The flute designs actually make great use of a small block! Re: Lethe's House - Baldivis, Homebuyers Centre - Flute 9Nov 08, 2013 2:20 am Thanks guys Building Update: I went away for a couple of days and the bricks got delivered Our Timeline so far: 16/3/13 – Signed PWC with Homebuyers Centre (Paid deposit for house) 23/3/13 – Paid deposit for land 26/3/13 – Appointment with Resolve Finance (Bluebay) 24/4/13 – Loan Application Signed 27/4/13 – Received Prestart File 16/5/13 – Loan Approved 11/6/13 – Loan Settlement 12/7/13 – Titles Received 23/07/13 – Prestart Appointment 9/8/13 – Received plans & addenda for review (had a few minor things to fix, position of electrical sockets & feature tiles etc) 15/8/13 – Corrected plans received and signed / Received a proper site plan 19/8/13 – Added paving variation to site plan 9/9/13 – Received Building Permit 23/9/13 – Contacted by Client Liaison 27/9/13 – Tap 1/10/13 – Site works started 14/10/13 – Soil Compaction Test 17/10/13 – Footings Poured 18/10/13 – SLAB!!! 22/10/13 – Soakwells delivered 30/10/13 – Soakwells installed 1/11/13 – Window frames delivered 5/11/13 – Bricks delivered My Baldivis Build: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=67953 Re: Lethe's House - Baldivis, Homebuyers Centre - Flute 10Nov 08, 2013 2:38 am Our building journey so far in pictures First there was a hill Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ And the hill had a peg Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Then one day the hill was turned into this... Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ My little sis standing in front of our gate Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ ~~Lethe~~ My Baldivis Build: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=67953 Re: Lethe's House - Baldivis, Homebuyers Centre - Flute 11Nov 08, 2013 2:44 am The most precious tap Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Site works have begun Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Preparation for the footings Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Footings Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ We have a SLAB!!! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ ~~Lethe~~ My Baldivis Build: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=67953 Re: Lethe's House - Baldivis, Homebuyers Centre - Flute 12Nov 08, 2013 2:54 am Some Deliveries Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ And the most exciting delivery of all Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Now to patiently wait for the brickies to start ~~Lethe~~ My Baldivis Build: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=67953 Re: Lethe's House - Baldivis, Homebuyers Centre - Flute 13Nov 08, 2013 7:42 pm Cool you have bricks! With the good weather your house should be up in a week! Re: Lethe's House - Baldivis, Homebuyers Centre - Flute 14Nov 11, 2013 12:12 pm From your mouth to God's ears My problem it that I drive past my block on my way to and from work (it's on my way) and I know that there is no one there today . I also have seen other houses in the area have their bricks 3-4 weeks before the brickies start. I think I should probably find a another route and only drive past once a week but I know my curiosity will always get the better of me ~~Lethe~~ My Baldivis Build: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=67953 Re: Lethe's House - Baldivis, Homebuyers Centre - Flute 16Nov 12, 2013 1:53 am Thanks nully Exciting news!!!! While i was expecting to have to wait a week or two before the brickies started especially as we don't have a power-box yet. They surprised me by starting today with a single course of bricks around the perimeter of the slab, I am so happy right now Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ My Baldivis Build: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=67953 Re: Lethe's House - Baldivis, Homebuyers Centre - Flute 17Nov 12, 2013 9:10 am Things are going to go fast now!! Re: Lethe's House - Baldivis, Homebuyers Centre - Flute 18Nov 12, 2013 11:45 am Drove past this morning on my way to work and there are people there building me a wall I will take pics tonight on my way home. ~~Lethe~~ My Baldivis Build: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=67953 Re: Lethe's House - Baldivis, Homebuyers Centre - Flute 19Nov 12, 2013 10:44 pm Day 2 of brick work and I think that things didn't go quite to plan... This is the wall that I saw them building this morning Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Only the corner is left standing http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae298/Lethe_K/Facebook/My%20Baldivis%20Build/14172_10201797245945689_468228999_n.jpg I hope that tomorrow is a better day for the brickies My Baldivis Build: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=67953 Re: Lethe's House - Baldivis, Homebuyers Centre - Flute 20Nov 14, 2013 1:33 pm Yesterday's progress... nothing fell down http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae298/Lethe_K/Facebook/My%20Baldivis%20Build/544148_10201802779604027_489152383_n.jpg Inside lil sis' room http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae298/Lethe_K/Facebook/My%20Baldivis%20Build/1395369_10201802778003987_1971661309_n.jpg Doorway and Meter Box (although the doorframe has been put in back to front ) http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae298/Lethe_K/Facebook/My%20Baldivis%20Build/1394048_10201802778043988_960013346_n.jpg Cleanup from the day before's oops http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae298/Lethe_K/Facebook/My%20Baldivis%20Build/1472004_10201802778123990_1601901466_n.jpg Very happy that everything is still standing and that they are hard a work again today ~~Lethe~~ My Baldivis Build: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=67953 I havent, and i havent looked to much into it, but on face value its not the saviour its trying to make out to be. 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