Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Alex's first home build: 3D design 6Jan 02, 2015 8:27 pm Follow my build here: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=74975 Re: Alex's first home build: 3D design 9Jan 02, 2015 11:33 pm Hey Alex. Love the plan, is there a display? I feel as though I've been through it haha. That 3 model looks awesome, good work they all the colour choices you made at prestart? Welcome to H1 Re: Alex's first home build: 3D design 10Jan 03, 2015 1:49 am Ah i get what you mean now. I just played with the 3D modelling - its awesome. Images to come!! Re: Alex's first home build: 3D design 11Jan 03, 2015 10:48 am dacurt Did you model the house in 3d yourself? Has it been useful? Yep, did it myself using roomsketcher.com which is really easy to pick up (and there is a free version). I tried Google Sketchup, and even with a bit of a CAD background, the program was too complicated for what I wanted to do. It was really useful. One example I can think of is the ensuite. We extended the shower to make it a double shower which meant we used up the only bit of wall space for a towel rack. In the model I put them on the walls leading into the ensuite. The floor in this area was going to be carpeted, which doesnt work with wet feet, so we extended the tiling in the ensuite to come up to the bedroom and decided we preferred it that way (whether the towel rails go there or not). Its also really useful to drop furniture in to see what size the rooms are going to be. ToriMatt8132 Hey Alex. Love the plan, is there a display? I feel as though I've been through it haha. That 3 model looks awesome, good work they all the colour choices you made at prestart? Welcome to H1 There is no display, the design was a custom one (although I believe they have sold the same plan a few times since). The builder took a promo home of theirs and moved rooms, added walls etc to the point where the design is no longer recognisable (see original design below). This meant the PPA was a list of about 20 changes (ie. "Alter Kitchen as per plan", "Alter Master as per plan")... The colour choices were just playing around before pre-start. Unfortunately one of the downsides of Roomsketcher is the limited colours / wood patterns etc. We are going for a "greyish" wood look floor, light bricks and roof with scales of grey in the tiles / render. Sounds a bit "blergh" calling it all grey, but I think it will work (I will track down some photos of colour selection bits and pieces and post them up). Thanks for the welcome everyone. Original floor plan - completely unrecognisable when you put them side by side. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Follow my build here: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=74975 Re: Alex's first home build: 3D design 12Jan 03, 2015 12:05 pm I just put some pictures up from Room Sketcher Pretty cool!! Re: Alex's first home build: 3D design 13Jan 03, 2015 2:42 pm Great 3D design. Looking forward to watching this build progress. Re: Alex's first home build: 3D design 14Jan 03, 2015 10:19 pm Nice house and renders Alex. I drew our first custom design up with Chief Architect/Home Designer. I upgraded it a month ago and cant get 3D views now Thanks for posting the NBN pics. Which state are you in? Re: Alex's first home build: 3D design 15Jan 03, 2015 10:25 pm I'm in WA. The NBN pics were no problems, just found them on the net, but have seen similar at a few houses locally. Roomsketcher has some other features I'd like to try, but can't justify the upgrade price. My first home progress: viewtopic.php?t=74975 Follow my build here: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=74975 Re: Alex's first home build: 3D design 16Jan 06, 2015 7:04 pm Managed to find some spare time (procrastinating until its home time really) so thought I would share some colour choices. Flooring in the main living areas with kitchen bench top (black) and kitchen cupboards (looks white in the photo, but has an element of cream to it): Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Bedroom Carpet: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ With 3 kids under 10 we wanted to go for something which would hide some stains. Wet area tiles: Dark grey 30x30 floor tiles Light grey 20x40 wall tiles White feature 20x40 tiles in the showers Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Splashback tiling (They grey, not the white one behind it): Follow my build here: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=74975 Re: Alex's first home build: 3D design 17Jan 06, 2015 9:58 pm I like the tones and choices. Is the flooring laminate or wood? Re: Alex's first home build: 3D design 18Jan 06, 2015 10:01 pm Follow my build here: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=74975 Re: Alex's first home build: 3D design 19Jan 06, 2015 10:02 pm Cool. I got something similar but its called timbernate Re: Alex's first home build: 3D design 20Jan 06, 2015 10:11 pm Love your colors and texture choices Alex! I had a few white limed pieces of furniture and travertine in my current house. Just sanded back and stacined dark for the new home. But I still love white/creamy timber. And best thing is its a bit different, not a trend We've got vinyl 'marble' tiles in our kitchen. Been down 14 years and still good with dogs running over every day. Good choice there. So it looks like we finally have some movement on site! Definitely later than expected, but I'll take any progress at this point. I'll drop by over the weekend to get… 5 27694 hi guys. Please be nice. First time home builder in Qld. I would like some feedback please on whether I should build my granny flat first before my main house at the… 0 4587 Thank you so much everyone. This all makes a lot of sense. 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