Browse Forums Building A New House 1 May 13, 2015 8:53 pm Building a Metricon Barkly 29 in North Brisbane - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=77396 Re: Our Brisbane Barkly Build 2May 13, 2015 9:11 pm Building a Metricon Barkly 29 in North Brisbane - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=77396 Re: Our Brisbane Barkly Build 5May 14, 2015 6:58 am Building a Metricon Barkly 29 in North Brisbane - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=77396 Re: Our Brisbane Barkly Build 6May 14, 2015 7:51 am Great looking plan and nice that you have a park around the corner Looking forward to following your build! Jen (& Dave) Plantation Bronte, Ormeau Ridge, Gold Coast QLD 12/03/2015 - Commencement... 26/08/2015 - Handover! viewtopic.php?f=31&t=76446 Re: Our Brisbane Barkly Build 7May 14, 2015 10:37 pm oooohh your land looks huge and nice..congrats chaton. nice selections and great house plan. . Re: Our Brisbane Barkly Build 8May 15, 2015 10:19 am Here's the siting - as you can see the house appears to take up most of our block but in reality it is under 60%. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Here's another version with all the measurements and cut and fill details removed, I am going to use this version for landscaping plan. I'd like to put a paved area in the back for a table and chairs (BBQ and a couple of wicker chairs will go in the outdoor room - not sure its big enough for a full table and chairs), and probably fence off much of the right/East side of the house for a chook pen (won't my neighbours love me? will have to bribe them with eggs!). Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Our crazy estate covenants require us to have the following in the front yard alone!
That's a total of 83 plants! How am I going to fit all of that in?! We are going to go with mostly edibles where possible, or plants with lovely smelling flowers to attract bees and that we can cut and use in the house. Building a Metricon Barkly 29 in North Brisbane - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=77396 Re: Our Brisbane Barkly Build 9May 15, 2015 6:16 pm Hi Chaton It will be nice to watch someone else build the same house for once, as ours is nearly over. Re: Our Brisbane Barkly Build 11May 19, 2015 4:24 pm We had chooks at our current place until recently. Just two but they gave us plenty of fresh eggs. Sadly both girls died suddenly in the night a couple of months ago and we've decided to wait until after our build to get more - it will be hard enough finding a rental with a cat and a dog! Our Sales bloke emailed us today, after a lengthy period of radio silence, to say that our final contracts are ready. I've asked for a copy of the final contract and pricing, which wasn't included on the email, but I have a feeling they'll play coy with it. They did provide the deposit amount ( ) and the final plans - on which there was a huge glaring error! The change in the wall of the study hasn't been reflected in the plans. Not sure how it was overlooked as it was in the plans at our Studio M appointment and our initial $1500 deposit contract. Building a Metricon Barkly 29 in North Brisbane - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=77396 Re: Our Brisbane Barkly Build 12May 19, 2015 8:42 pm Oh god yes trying to get a rental with chooks would be interesting. Good idea to get them once your in your kiddies can help them settle in. Oh now that is exciting you have you contract. If you want to know your contract value times your 5% deposit amount by 2 to get 10% then times by 10 to get 100% which will be your contract value. Yeap things that have been added seem to vanish we had the same thing happen, just make sure you get it fixed early on and it won't cause a delay later on. Re: Our Brisbane Barkly Build 13May 20, 2015 6:38 am Yes, I already worked out the contract value, and its actually a lot lower than I'd anticipated, which makes me wonder if there are some things left out - so that's why I want to see it. I worked the amount out by dividing the 5% amount by 5 then x 100. I already found a second problem with the plan too - the walk-behind wardrobe hasn't got the second opening. Building a Metricon Barkly 29 in North Brisbane - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=77396 Re: Our Brisbane Barkly Build 14May 20, 2015 7:44 am Awesome it's lower than you thought but I agree regarding why?? When do you get your contracts to triple check everything. I would of been working out the cost asap too That's frustrating they missed the opening, is the study wall and wir opening the only problems? If so that's pretty good. Re: Our Brisbane Barkly Build 15May 20, 2015 8:44 am They wanted to book in our contracts appointment, but I've asked if they can send me the contract to go over before then. I get the feeling they don't want to give it to me to read through in advance but want to do it at the appointment. I'm going to go all lawyer on them if they don't give me the opportunity to review it myself. How did you do it, Tribe7? Did they send it to you before your appointment? Building a Metricon Barkly 29 in North Brisbane - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=77396 Re: Our Brisbane Barkly Build 17May 24, 2015 9:48 am Some friendly advise Chaton...do NOT threaten the builder, regardless being Metricon or who ever. This is the key. Be nice and kindly say Hey this is wrong, and this can this be fixed yada yada. We got to look over our contract before the fact and on the day of signing there were some issues which our sales lady noted and got sorted out. Just one thing I will advise is ask them very very very nicely ask them not to do post contract variations. Especially before your first draw down as this will cause issues. They are rectifiable but believe me will cause you a headache in the meantime. But yeah take our advise do not threaten them calmly sit down and sort out all the issues you have. Re: Our Brisbane Barkly Build 18May 24, 2015 7:58 pm Thanks RichandShez, I didn't mean that I was going to threaten, but I certainly won't be pushed around. I've made it clear we won't be signing on the spot, we'll take it home and review it. Went by our block yesterday and saw that Metricon have put a sign up Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ There's 5 other signs in the little estate, 2 from one builder and 3 from another, but they're all house and land builds with the land purchased by the builder. One has started construction and another has had the scrape done. Exciting stuff! Building a Metricon Barkly 29 in North Brisbane - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=77396 Re: Our Brisbane Barkly Build 19May 25, 2015 5:50 pm Chaton They wanted to book in our contracts appointment, but I've asked if they can send me the contract to go over before then. I get the feeling they don't want to give it to me to read through in advance but want to do it at the appointment. I'm going to go all lawyer on them if they don't give me the opportunity to review it myself. How did you do it, Tribe7? Did they send it to you before your appointment? Grats on the Barkly build Chaton. I told Metricon that I want to read the contract myself before signing. They gave me both copies and I have had them for the last 3 weeks. Im also building the barkly on the gold coast. Re: Our Brisbane Barkly Build 20May 25, 2015 7:41 pm Jese Norriss Grats on the Barkly build Chaton. I told Metricon that I want to read the contract myself before signing. They gave me both copies and I have had them for the last 3 weeks. Im also building the barkly on the gold coast. Heya Jese Norriss, I was wondering how your build was going! So they gave you the contracts to take home - you haven't signed a copy yet? Trying to make a couple of last minute changes, like looking at changing to a hinged laundry door for ease of putting a pet door in it so our pooch can sleep indoors at night, and having the bathroom exhaust vent to the eaves not the roof space, perhaps changing sarking to anticon or removing it altogether. Building a Metricon Barkly 29 in North Brisbane - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=77396 It seems very clear to me that your contract states that a security account does NOT need to be established so the answer to the builder is NO. 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