Browse Forums Building A New House Re: First Home - Plantation Homes: Marlo 4 | Gold Coast 21Apr 07, 2014 10:51 am I'm dealing with Coomera too, paid the first deposit 2 weeks ago and no word on our soil test either, we have a soil test clause in our contract which expires tomorrow, went in on Sat & was told they would check on the test and get back to us today. Re: First Home - Plantation Homes: Marlo 4 | Gold Coast 22Apr 09, 2014 4:50 pm We couldn't get a selections appointment with our builder for 6 weeks, I thought at the time it was way too long but it ended up giving me lots of time to be really prepared which made it a bit less stressful on the day. Very jealous of your sold sign! I've been waiting for a block sign with a sold sticker since November last year, i'm starting to wonder if we'll ever get one. Building a Sierra on the Gold Coast https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=68899 Full timeline on Pg 1 Settlement: 13/05/14 Retaining Walls: 20/06/14 Site Start: 02/07/14 Re: First Home - Plantation Homes: Marlo 4 | Gold Coast 23Apr 09, 2014 6:05 pm Yep, I feel prepared even now for our colour and electrical appointments, which won't be happening until like end of May/June I'd imagine based on current timelines. Sold signs are exciting. Makes it just that little bit more real. Well, here's to hoping you get a sold sign too! In other news, yesterday we received formal approval for the land loan. So at least that part is still moving along nicely. Re: First Home - Plantation Homes: Marlo 4 | Gold Coast 24Apr 11, 2014 5:46 am Welcome! We are about to complete our build with Henley down here in Victoria! It seems they are quite different as the colour rooms down here are open for anyone to come in at anytime they want and as often as they want to go through to view colour and product range Nice looking floorplan are you going for the standard facade or upgrading it? We upgraded ours and are glad we did! Looks amazing! Re: First Home - Plantation Homes: Marlo 4 | Gold Coast 25Apr 12, 2014 3:03 pm It is quite amazing how different Henley and Plantation Homes are stayxtrue. At present, we just have the standard facade, but have asked for our tender presentation for pricing of a raised portico like the classique one. So totally cost dependent. This morning we had our Information Session at Cosham Studios, and it was great. Not so much the showing of what is standard vs upgrade, but the time with quite few people with the dedicated stylists there ready to assist. We had a lovely stylist who gave me information on displays homes and then pulled out all the samples together to give me a good look on two looks, warm vs more dark brown. I think we prefer the darker brown look over the warmer look. Also gave suggestions on alternatives as some of the display homes do use the upgraded versions, but she gave us options of included that were very similar. Especially helpful with the tiles (though our choices are standard they will incur an extra laying fee). So if you are with Plantation Homes, and in very early stages, I'd recommend booking into an Information Session just for the greater ability of assistance. Re: First Home - Plantation Homes: Marlo 4 | Gold Coast 26Apr 24, 2014 8:49 pm Just a small update. Our land was officially titled today, so yay. Means our bank can continue processing the loan (they had it on hold until the titles were released). Re: First Home - Plantation Homes: Marlo 4 | Gold Coast 27Apr 24, 2014 11:21 pm Congrats! That's great progress. Building a Sierra on the Gold Coast https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=68899 Full timeline on Pg 1 Settlement: 13/05/14 Retaining Walls: 20/06/14 Site Start: 02/07/14 Re: First Home - Plantation Homes: Marlo 4 | Gold Coast 28Apr 26, 2014 11:54 am Awesome! Now it can all start! Can't wait to see the progress of it all Re: First Home - Plantation Homes: Marlo 4 | Gold Coast 29May 01, 2014 3:34 pm I wish it could start. lol. Solicitor expects settlement to be July 7th, and we are still waiting for our New Home Proposal meeting, May 14th, so two weeks to go for that. Everything seems so long and dragged out, and I'm so keen to start. Re: First Home - Plantation Homes: Marlo 4 | Gold Coast 30May 01, 2014 3:40 pm And then my phone buzzed with a message from the bank saying they are ready to settle and to contact solicitor for a settlement date. I hate being a first home buyer (well, not really). I'm so confused. lol. Time to phone and talk directly I think. Re: First Home - Plantation Homes: Marlo 4 | Gold Coast 31May 02, 2014 8:43 am TiredHalo And then my phone buzzed with a message from the bank saying they are ready to settle and to contact solicitor for a settlement date. I hate being a first home buyer (well, not really). I'm so confused. lol. Time to phone and talk directly I think. I know the feeling, we were first home buyers as well, we just went through a mortgage broker who was superb through out the whole process and extremely approachable. We had so many bumps in our road and everyone from the developer, Henley and councils were very accommodating and assisted in us getting our first home! As long as your conveyancer is ontop of it all, as ours was all over the place and gave us a few head aches! All should be good, I look forward to more updates and to see how plantation homes are up there Re: Plantation Homes: Marlo 4 | Gold Coast 32May 14, 2014 8:31 pm So today we had our new home proposal with Plantation. Our tender presenter was lovely and very helpful. Had to make deletions/modifications to get it back under budget (whoops!). However, now we've had more time to look it all over, we have major concerns over their proposed siting. Even stranger, even though they had the contour survey, they didn't use that for the siting. So they're may be variation, but how they have it now, especially with the retaining wall on three sides is very concerning to us. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Our land, when visually looked at, has very little slope, and we figured maybe one side would need a retaining as the block to our right is higher up. Has anyone ever seen such a thing before? Is there another way we can propose to the builder to do it, to avoid the retaining and rendering a lot of our minimal space quite redundant. Thanks! Re: Plantation Homes: Marlo 4 | Gold Coast - Tender prices. 33May 18, 2014 8:28 pm Guess no one has any ideas. Nevermind. Might have to talk in depth with our admin more about it. Thought I might post some prices we got at our tender presentation, to help those who are looking to go with Plantation Homes. Obviously these prices may not be 100% correct for your own circumstances, as prices can change (and house size dependent), but at least it is an idea. Some of the below we had to chop out due to budget.
Re: Plantation Homes: Marlo 4 | Gold Coast - Tender prices 35May 18, 2014 8:42 pm Yep, very strange. Which is why I'll probably talk to her in regards to seeing a more up to date siting prior to our contract meeting.
Re: Plantation Homes: Marlo 4 | Gold Coast - Tender prices 37May 20, 2014 6:20 am No, we didn't sign the tender but we did pay another deposit to keep things moving forward. Re: Plantation Homes: Marlo 4 | Gold Coast - Colour Selectio 38Jun 08, 2014 5:39 pm Hi all, we had our Contract Signing and Colour Selection this Friday just gone (6th). Below our some of our selections. Colour Selection External Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅
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Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Plantation Homes: Marlo 4 | Gold Coast - Colour Selectio 39Jun 08, 2014 7:02 pm Nice selections. We have the tobacco lappato as our bathroom tile. I think it's quite beautiful. Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65085 at most it will have a short lintel which could be moved up just below the ceiling or even above. Above means you need to patch the cornice and might need to deal with… 2 61371 Anybody know any good and reasonably priced Air conditioning contractors/companies that could install a ducted air conditioning system in the Central Coast NSW for a small… 0 8992 Yeah I don't know why I came to a forum. Place is full of wierdos/pedos thought internet may help but I suppose I'll try my luck with someone in person. Cheers. I tried… 0 6438 |