Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Feb 11, 2015 8:36 pm Building with Statesman Homes in Myponga, SA View our thread here: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75840&view=unread#unread Re: Lisa and Shaun's Statesman Cumberland Alfresco Build Myp 3Feb 14, 2015 7:25 am Building with Statesman Homes in Myponga, SA View our thread here: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75840&view=unread#unread Re: Lisa and Shaun's Statesman Cumberland Alfresco Build Myp 4Feb 17, 2015 11:19 am It took about 6-7 weeks to get a soil report back, but during this time the office was closed for 3 weeks over the xmas break. I just booked us in for our colour selections this morning. Our appt is on the 10th of March so the next few Sundays will be spent at display homes and suppliers finalising colours of cupboards and benches etc. It's very daunting! Hopefully it all goes to plan. Re: Lisa and Shaun's Statesman Cumberland Alfresco Build Myp 5Feb 20, 2015 12:40 pm Ah ok thanks..it's good to just get an idea how long things actually take - not how long we are told they will take. Exciting! Let mme know how you go Building with Statesman Homes in Myponga, SA View our thread here: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75840&view=unread#unread Re: Lisa and Shaun's Statesman Cumberland Alfresco Build Myp 6Mar 05, 2015 4:02 pm We will be building with Statesman too in Sheidow Park (if we ever get council approval!) Our land was supposed to be ready in August 2014, but titles were only just issued 2 weeks ago! We have been waiting since then for council approval, some of the houses in the area seem to be getting approved so maybe it won't be too long. We had our first selections appointment after we received the footings report. (fortunately the salesman had allowed way too much so we get a nice credit) The selections appointment for us was basically spent taking down a list of the price of anything we might want to upgrade (as no prices are in the selections booklet), I think we also spent 1 1/2 hours looking at the electrical plan! We now need to book in for another appointment to actually lock it all in. Re: Lisa and Shaun's Statesman Cumberland Alfresco Build Myp 7Mar 05, 2015 7:15 pm ☺ Building with Statesman Homes in Myponga, SA View our thread here: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75840&view=unread#unread Re: Lisa and Shaun's Statesman Cumberland Alfresco Build Myp 8Mar 05, 2015 7:20 pm Hi ajansen, Oh cool, we looked at land in Sheidow Park - nice area! Oh wow, sorry that you've been waiting for so long...that's crazy! seems to be the theme with building! Were your footings on par with your quote? That's what I'm most nervous about! What house are you building? We finally had some movement on the block over the weekend: pegs for where the road will be are in and the old structures have been demolished! It's gunny how you can get so excited about something so little! Building with Statesman Homes in Myponga, SA View our thread here: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75840&view=unread#unread Re: Lisa and Shaun's Statesman Cumberland Alfresco Build Myp 9Mar 06, 2015 8:52 am Yes, I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for the land to be ready when they say it will be, you would have to be lucky! How much did they allow for your footings? Ours were as expected (big sigh of relief), so I wouldn't worry too much. We are building a custom design - as the block is a bit of an odd shape, they used the Adelaide MKII for our cost base. Re: Lisa and Shaun's Statesman Cumberland Alfresco Build Myp 10Mar 08, 2015 7:40 am They allowed $32,000 for footings. Oh cool, sounds good! We went in to have a look at the colour centre yesterday. Quite a relief to finally get an idea of how much things will cost. Building with Statesman Homes in Myponga, SA View our thread here: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75840&view=unread#unread Re: Lisa and Shaun's Statesman Cumberland Alfresco Build Myp 11Mar 13, 2015 2:13 pm Our footings are around $25,000, that is for a house of 285 square metres on flat land. I think you should be fine with the $32,000, I would be very surprised if it was more. Re: Lisa and Shaun's Statesman Cumberland Alfresco Build Myp 12Mar 14, 2015 9:42 pm ocker23 It took about 6-7 weeks to get a soil report back, but during this time the office was closed for 3 weeks over the xmas break. I just booked us in for our colour selections this morning. Our appt is on the 10th of March so the next few Sundays will be spent at display homes and suppliers finalising colours of cupboards and benches etc. It's very daunting! Hopefully it all goes to plan. How did you go at your colour selections ocker23? Re: Lisa and Shaun's Statesman Cumberland Alfresco Build Myp 13Mar 14, 2015 9:44 pm ajansen Our footings are around $25,000, that is for a house of 285 square metres on flat land. I think you should be fine with the $32,000, I would be very surprised if it was more. Ah ok cool. fingers crossed! Re: Lisa and Shaun's Statesman Cumberland Alfresco Build Myp 14Mar 16, 2015 10:56 am lishaun ocker23 It took about 6-7 weeks to get a soil report back, but during this time the office was closed for 3 weeks over the xmas break. I just booked us in for our colour selections this morning. Our appt is on the 10th of March so the next few Sundays will be spent at display homes and suppliers finalising colours of cupboards and benches etc. It's very daunting! Hopefully it all goes to plan. How did you go at your colour selections ocker23? Selections wasn't too bad, it took us about 2.5 hrs. Some of the pricing is criminal though if you are looking to upgrade a few things. We knew this would be the case though. They quoted us $189 per L.E.D downlight. We've got 38 in the house, so obviously we'll be doing that after handover for around $80-$100 a light. They wanted to charge us $3,900 to tile up to the ceiling in our ensuite and bathroom, so i'm gonna see if the tiler can do a cashy for me on that one, if not i'll get someone in to finish it off after. All in all the upgrades ended up costing around about what i budgeted for. Re: Lisa and Shaun's Statesman Cumberland Alfresco Build Myp 15Mar 18, 2015 6:58 pm ocker23 lishaun ocker23 It took about 6-7 weeks to get a soil report back, but during this time the office was closed for 3 weeks over the xmas break. I just booked us in for our colour selections this morning. Our appt is on the 10th of March so the next few Sundays will be spent at display homes and suppliers finalising colours of cupboards and benches etc. It's very daunting! Hopefully it all goes to plan. How did you go at your colour selections ocker23? Selections wasn't too bad, it took us about 2.5 hrs. Some of the pricing is criminal though if you are looking to upgrade a few things. We knew this would be the case though. They quoted us $189 per L.E.D downlight. We've got 38 in the house, so obviously we'll be doing that after handover for around $80-$100 a light. They wanted to charge us $3,900 to tile up to the ceiling in our ensuite and bathroom, so i'm gonna see if the tiler can do a cashy for me on that one, if not i'll get someone in to finish it off after. All in all the upgrades ended up costing around about what i budgeted for. That's insane! We went in the other weekend just to find out some prices and were shocked at the cost of some things! But i guess we knew it would be overpriced....very exciting that your selections are in! Re: Lisa and Shaun's Statesman Cumberland Alfresco Build Myp 16Mar 23, 2015 8:34 pm Building with Statesman Homes in Myponga, SA View our thread here: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75840&view=unread#unread Re: Lisa and Shaun's Statesman Cumberland Alfresco Build Myp 17Mar 23, 2015 8:38 pm Building with Statesman Homes in Myponga, SA View our thread here: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75840&view=unread#unread Re: Lisa and Shaun's Statesman Cumberland Alfresco Build Myp 18Mar 23, 2015 8:48 pm . Building with Statesman Homes in Myponga, SA View our thread here: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75840&view=unread#unread Re: Lisa and Shaun's Statesman Cumberland Alfresco Build Myp 19Mar 23, 2015 8:48 pm . Building with Statesman Homes in Myponga, SA View our thread here: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75840&view=unread#unread Re: Lisa and Shaun's Statesman Cumberland Alfresco Build Myp 20Mar 23, 2015 8:50 pm Building with Statesman Homes in Myponga, SA View our thread here: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75840&view=unread#unread Thank you so much everyone. This all makes a lot of sense. I guess when you talk to a builder who butters up everything to look very polished, you get to start believing… 7 18988 3 51199 Ask for references and speak to them. If they are defensive or try to avoid the request, walk. 1 77328 |