Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Stellabella's second build! First plans! 101Apr 16, 2014 9:45 am Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=66299 Slab: 16/6/14 Frame: 4/7/14 Roof: 22/7/14 Lock Up: 20/8/14 Fixing: 26/8/14 PCI: 9/10/14 Handover: 20/10/14 Re: Stellabella's second build! First plans! 102Apr 16, 2014 11:32 am 1st build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=59376 *New*-2nd build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70324&p=1154282#p1154282 Re: Stellabella's second build! First plans! 104Apr 16, 2014 12:27 pm ______________________________________________________________________ Signed up Jan 2013........Almost done! My thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65763 Re: Stellabella's second build! First plans! 105Apr 16, 2014 12:28 pm ______________________________________________________________________ Signed up Jan 2013........Almost done! My thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65763 Re: Stellabella's second build! First plans! 106Apr 29, 2014 1:09 pm 1st build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=59376 *New*-2nd build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70324&p=1154282#p1154282 Re: Stellabella's second build...probably not going ahead :( 107Apr 29, 2014 1:30 pm Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65085 Re: Stellabella's second build! First plans! 108Apr 29, 2014 1:36 pm BLOG: http://www.ourphoenix38.blogspot.com.au H1 THREAD: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70454 Re: Stellabella's second build...probably not going ahead :( 109Apr 29, 2014 2:13 pm 1st build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=59376 *New*-2nd build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70324&p=1154282#p1154282 Re: Stellabella's second build...probably not going ahead :( 110Apr 29, 2014 3:06 pm Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65085 Re: Stellabella's second build...probably not going ahead :( 111Jan 17, 2015 4:22 pm 1st build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=59376 *New*-2nd build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70324&p=1154282#p1154282 Re: Stellabella's second build...I'm back! 112Jan 17, 2015 4:43 pm Just thought i'd throw it out there for thinking about when you get back around to it all. If this house is the house you (if you are having kids) are having kids in, having the bedrooms so very far away…well, i wouldn't recommend it all. Just a thought & each to their own. Imagine every 2hrs every night lol Anyway best of luck with it all Re: Stellabella's second build...I'm back! 114Jan 17, 2015 6:45 pm Hi again Stellabella, following again! Melsie68 Yay your back . will you be working with the same plan though . You have got lovely taste so I can't wait to see more picks . Omg Iv been on here since your first house . Lol Same same Melsie!! Re: Stellabella's second build...I'm back! 115Jan 17, 2015 9:40 pm YAY! Great to see you ______________________________________________________________________ Signed up Jan 2013........Almost done! My thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65763 Re: Stellabella's second build...I'm back! 116Jan 17, 2015 11:07 pm Haha thanks everyone! We are a little sad to leave this house (DH more than me), but we have *outgrown* it - we do have two cats now, after all haha. We are just too close to the neighbours and just lots of little things we want to change. The plan we were working on is just going to cost too much. We have to reduce the cost of the house by around $40k (yikes), so if we work on $1000/sqm, that's 40sqm we'd have to reduce, and the plan is just a bit awkward so I don't think we can do it. There's still a lot of aspects from that plan I want to use, which is making it really hard for me to find something I like. I think we're going to have to just play around with the bits we like and fill in the blanks another way. Au$mar have a few plans that I like, but no matter how much I play around with them, I just can't get them quite right. My biggest issue is the WIR size for the main bedroom. I want it to be HUGE! I'm intrigued by the Manhattan by Pl@ntation...I haven't seen a plan with measurements, but I don't think the WIR or alfresco area will be big enough - keeping in mind the alfresco needs to fit an outdoor kitchen, dining area and lounge area! Also Pl@ntation don't build in our area, so we'd have to change the plans enough that we could use them through another builder...I just don't understand how the price shown on the website is so cheap! From $228k?? And when I clicked 'inclusions', there seemed to be a lot of stuff there! We think we may build with the same company again, so I might take the plan in there and the list of inclusions, make a few changes and see what they can do...but I'm not doing that til we have a really good idea of the land we want, because I don't want to waste anyone's time PS does anyone following here have a Manhattan floor plan showing measurements? I'm about to go and scour the forums.... 1st build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=59376 *New*-2nd build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70324&p=1154282#p1154282 Re: Stellabella's second build...I'm back! 118Jan 18, 2015 9:50 am Thanks Melzie, I'm hoping for an actual plan with measurements so I can see each room exactly- e.g. I can't see how big the WIR is. DH is pretty keen one this plan too, so we just need to figure out if we can do something similar in our budget! 1st build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=59376 *New*-2nd build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70324&p=1154282#p1154282 Re: Stellabella's second build...I'm back! 119Jan 20, 2015 11:39 am Ok so we have ANOTHER plan we are interested in...a member of the forum has already built this house, and I think we love it. I'm just waiting on a copy of the plan with measurements, I think the original will be too big for us, but there were a couple of changes we wanted to make anyway. I'll post an update once I've played around with it for a bit. Again, we are not going to even think about seeing a builder until we have a block of land...we don't want to start building until early/mid next year anyway, so I'm not going to waste anyone's time yet. We are going to save as much as we can in that time, but we definitely aren't going to get close to a 20% deposit for the total house/land/pool loan - we are aiming for ten, but it might be slightly under. We know we'll have to pay mortgage/lenders insurance, but there is absolutely no way we'll be able to get to 20%, so we've already accepted that fact! Our house is starting to look very empty... the three spare bedrooms are all empty, the living room is empty. Alfresco area is empty. The phone/internet is being switched to my parents' place on Friday, we are having some people over on Saturday for a swim, because it will be the last time! Eeek! Was too hot this weekend anyway, I got in Saturday after moving some stuff and the water was hotter than the air outside of it! 1st build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=59376 *New*-2nd build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70324&p=1154282#p1154282 Re: Stellabella's second build...WHY AM I SO POOR? 120Jan 21, 2015 6:46 pm Went for a drive this afternoon to see another block I'd found on the internet, which was, as usual, a disappointment. I did, however, drive past a new estate that I hadn't even heard of...and it was BEAUTIFUL! Amazing views, huge blocks (starting at an acre and a half), and level! Why haven't I heard of these? A quick internet search finds they START at $60k over my budget...and go up from there even if we took the pool out, they are still too expensive... I'm going to go over the budget again tonight and see if there is ANYTHING we can do, apart from making the house smaller...here are some pics (one I took, and one from the website) - amazing, right?! 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