Alkira Homes Elyse 15 Sydney Northern Beaches

sydneyalkirabuild · Sep 27, 2014 8:54 am

Hi,

We're building with Alkira and have chosen the Elyse 15. We thought you might want to track our progress, read our thoughts and tips and share any views on our blog...

http://sydneyalkira.blogspot.com/

Enjoy the read. I'll keep an eye out for comments and questions, and provide any information about the build, the builder or the process.

Cheers.

sydneyalkirabuild · Sep 28, 2014 6:58 pm

Hi all. Here's our latest post. Worrying development this week following some storm damage. Alkira is trying to throw some costs our way without much of an explanation.... grateful for any thoughts on how we best deal with this should their response be an issue. Will keep you posted in any case via the updates.

Pretty average week of progress despite some glorious weather!

http://sydneyalkira.blogspot.com/2014/0 ... -2014.html

kach · Oct 01, 2014 6:03 pm

Hi sab,
Glad to see you've joined the forum, we've been keeping a close eye on "Forg" posts but he's due to finish very soon. We are building the Elyse 15 in hornsby council area and are at week 14 of a 41 week contract. So far all has gone smoothly since the build began with the exception of a 1 month delay due to bad weather, but that's mother nature for you. We seem to be back on track with the ground floor bricks completed and the scaffolding erected this week.
We look forward to reading more of your posts and blog updates as it gives us insight into what to expect in the coming months.

sydneyalkirabuild · Oct 06, 2014 4:46 pm

Hi,

The blog has been updated. This week we've posted a couple of new pics as the exterior of the house is almost complete. Our general tips page has been updated following a bit of disappointment linked to our alfresco stacker door height.

http://sydneyalkira.blogspot.com/2014/1 ... er-14.html

Kach, good luck with your build. Happy to share notes as we progress.

Cheers.

raina · Oct 08, 2014 12:55 pm

If you don't mind me asking, how many squares is the house..am trying to visualise how wide our home is going to be ..we are building a 37.8 elyse

sydneyalkirabuild · Oct 08, 2014 1:29 pm

hi Raina. our build is 12.4m wide and the plot of land is around 17m wide. I think it's around 44sq in total. hope that helps!

raina · Oct 10, 2014 12:48 pm

sydneyalkirabuild

hi Raina. our build is 12.4m wide and the plot of land is around 17m wide. I think it's around 44sq in total. hope that helps!

Thank you.

DG85 · Oct 18, 2014 10:59 am

sydneyalkirabuild

Hi,

We're building with Alkira and have chosen the Elyse 15. We thought you might want to track our progress, read our thoughts and tips and share any views on our blog...

http://sydneyalkira.blogspot.com/

Enjoy the read. I'll keep an eye out for comments and questions, and provide any information about the build, the builder or the process.

Cheers.

Great blog! House looks fab. What colour bricks are they?

sydneyalkirabuild · Oct 18, 2014 3:30 pm

Hi, thanks for the question. Had a few people ask various questions, so I've updated the blog with all the info...

http://sydneyalkira.blogspot.com/2014/1 ... ation.html

The bricks are austral urban one silver.

Cheers

sydneyalkirabuild · Oct 19, 2014 5:51 pm

Hi all. An update covering the last few weeks. Not too much on there... a few pics of the completed front though.

http://sydneyalkira.blogspot.com/2014/1 ... er-14.html

deluded · Oct 19, 2014 10:47 pm

looking good! .. just read your latest blog posting. It's exciting to be able to see the shell completed as that is the most visual part of noticing any sort of progress. I guess once the build moves to internal there's no way to know unless you walk inside daily ...

DG85 · Oct 20, 2014 11:35 am

sydneyalkirabuild

Hi all. An update covering the last few weeks. Not too much on there... a few pics of the completed front though.

http://sydneyalkira.blogspot.com/2014/1 ... er-14.html

Ur house looks beautiful. Great colours

sydneyalkirabuild · Oct 22, 2014 5:24 pm

Hi Deluded & DG85. Thanks for the comments! yes, we're really pleased with the way the colours came together. We were a bit uncertain during the selection phase, but thankfully it worked out!

Whilst the contract prohibits you heading on site without supervision, we can see fairly well from just outside the property to see if there's any meaningful change inside. We also intend to arrange regular visits through the site supervisor so hopefully we'll still be able to provide regular updates on the blog & on here, and also get some pics.

blackbeauty · Oct 31, 2014 5:32 pm

Hi,
We are going tobuild a same home too.I have one concern about that void area ,is it bit narrow ?their display home looks all good as it's much wider.

sydneyalkirabuild · Nov 01, 2014 1:47 pm

Hi all, we're now 29 weeks in to the build and the gyprocking and cornicing has largely been completed. We've had a few issues with our fireplace, but continue to make steady progress. Here's a link to our latest blog for more details...

http://sydneyalkira.blogspot.com/2014/1 ... cking.html

Hi Blackbeauty. We're really pleased with the width of the void area. Any wider and we think it'd be a poor use of space. It's around 2.3m wide. At the top there's a small angled section where the roof cuts across (not sure if that's only there due to our modifications or if it's standard on all builds). We're having glass installed in the stairwell and the area between the void and the upstairs hallway so that'll help open it up and let the light flow throughout also. Hope that helps.

kach · Nov 01, 2014 4:57 pm

Hi, checked your blog today looks like everything is moving along smoothly and at a steady pace. Not so for us, our bricklayers started 7 weeks ago today and have only just starting on the first floor. At this rate I'm wondering if we'll have roof tiles on before the Christmas break.

sydneyalkirabuild · Nov 04, 2014 3:01 pm

Hi Kach. Are you building with Alkira also? Out of curiosity, if you are building with them, how long did they advise you that each stage of the build would take?

We have emails from the sales team where they clearly stated it would take 4-5 weeks per stage and that the contract would state a 36 week build time.

We're currently running at a little over 6 weeks per stage, and the contract ended up with a 45 week build time. We provided the head of Alkira homes with copies of the emails the sales staff sent us when we disputed the build time, and he simply said (in so many words) tough luck. He wouldn't budge. His position was of course helped by the fact that we'd paid $15k+ in tender and contract costs at that point in time.

raina · Nov 05, 2014 5:37 am

blackbeauty

Hi,
We are going tobuild a same home too.I have one concern about that void area ,is it bit narrow ?their display home looks all good as it's much wider.

Their display home is also 2.3 m wider and that looks good..we are going with the 38sq elyse and the area is a bit narrow and we had to widen it to 2.3 to get the same size of the display home thereby reducing the size of study and guest bed

blackbeauty · Nov 07, 2014 12:21 pm

Thanks a lot to Raina & Sydneyalkirabuild .
we did not increase the width to 2.3m, it's only 1.8m! we are going to get some kind of special ceiling light to solve the problem.

Our building contract just started, SS said the slab could be done before Xmas.

kach · Nov 07, 2014 6:59 pm

sydneyalkirabuild

Hi Kach. Are you building with Alkira also? Out of curiosity, if you are building with them, how long did they advise you that each stage of the build would take?

We have emails from the sales team where they clearly stated it would take 4-5 weeks per stage and that the contract would state a 36 week build time.

We're currently running at a little over 6 weeks per stage, and the contract ended up with a 45 week build time. We provided the head of Alkira homes with copies of the emails the sales staff sent us when we disputed the build time, and he simply said (in so many words) tough luck. He wouldn't budge. His position was of course helped by the fact that we'd paid $15k+ in tender and contract costs at that point in time.

Yes we are building with Alkira, however no one ever advised us of the length of time each stage would take to complete. We have read plenty of blogs to know that 4 to 6 weeks would be considered reasonable. We are just disappointed that no information is forth coming, we ended up asking the bricklayers for a time frame and they gave us a week. That would have ment that they finished today but I drove past this afternoon and they're still not done.