Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Our first home build in Calleya with Summit homes 29May 27, 2015 8:57 pm Yeah we had the weather gods on our side, slab down on a sunny but not hot day, next day overcast but no rain, then rain for 2/3 days! I do have a thread its in my signature, here is the link anyway: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75023&start=0 Cheers Re: Our first home build in Calleya with Summit homes 31May 28, 2015 2:28 pm Prestart meeting: We were very prepared for our prestart meeting. Visiting display homes and watching renovation shows helped us with a lot of ideas and colour selections. I also copied and pasted the things you forget summary onto a word document and changed it to suit our needs then took it to the prestart meeting to ensure that we had included everything. I also made notes on the actual plans and ticked them off one by one during the prestart meeting. The prestart meeting went smoothly as we had already visited the summit showroom and had a walkthrough so we knew what to expect and had already made our selections from the prestart guide they gave us when we signed the PPA. We had already done the tile and cupboard selections at Crosby tiles and we had already chosen and upgraded our carpets at carpet call so we just had to confirm those selections. It took us 4 hrs to complete the prestart meeting. Our CA was very impressed with how organised we were . When it came to the electrical changes, she just made a copy of the plan we had marked up with all our additions and changes. Prestart variations: Extra Double power points Waterproof power points 2 way switches 3 way switches Extra Plugbase to kitchen/dining Fan plugbase for alfresco Waterproof light points Intelligent home upgrade confirmed Carpets (upgraded directly with carpet call) Laundry set up changed to delete the sliding door and have hinged glass door with a window next to it and extend the benchtop to the wall Laundry trough Laundry mixer tap Laundry pull out hamper drawer Laundry exhaust fan Conduit for second AC controller in master bedroom Upgraded entrance door handle to omni trilock Make pantry door translucent Increase bathroom tiling above bath to line up with above vanity tiling Low tiled shower seat in ensuite Ensuite rain shower & caroma quatro adjustable shower Tasman 11 rail shower for bathroom Soap dishes credit Dorf enix glass shelf for ensuite Soft closing toilet seats Inrease ensuite vanity cabinet and added drawers Kitchen tiles either side of rangehood Credit for glass splashback (was happy with the tiles and would rather spend the money elsewhere) Added a second colour and upgraded to silk finish for kitchen cupboards Bin drawer with low sides (will install the bins after handover) Increase kitchen bench and fridge recess depth to 650mm Relocated alfresco paving to dead side of the house (will install decking after handover) Add mitred tile edges throughout Added door to bedroom passage Integrated microwave Upgraded dishwasher (thanks to our sales consultant he had given us the dishwasher for free Deleted entry niche wall and activity nib wall Deleted shelf and rail for WIR (will use lifestyle wardrobes after handover) Stacking door Extended kitchen island overhang to 300mm - this is the one thing I had forgotten to add during prestart but managed to add it in with no variation fee when our plans came back with errors Deleted driveway and crossover paving (will install exposed aggregate after handover) I will post the selections later Re: Our first home build in Calleya with Summit homes 32May 28, 2015 3:03 pm Quick post to follow your build, so far, so good! Plans look lovely Our building journey: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=76935 Re: Our first home build in Calleya with Summit homes 34May 28, 2015 9:04 pm Congrats on your build!!! Love your plan and variations/upgrades!! Will look amazing once finished, looking forward to following Re: Our first home build in Calleya with Summit homes 35May 28, 2015 9:12 pm Thanks jelbell it's hard to visualise when it's on paper and using the small samples but I am sure it will come together nicely Re: Our first home build in Calleya with Summit homes 36May 28, 2015 10:25 pm Our tap moment! Who knew that we would be so excited to have a tap. Hahaha the joys of building a house you get so excited about every little thing. We even got excited when we saw the sold sign on our block! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ viewtopic.php?f=31&t=77582 Re: Our first home build in Calleya with Summit homes 37May 29, 2015 10:32 am Following! Looks amazing can't wait to see it come together for you My build thread viewtopic.php?t=77170 Re: Our first home build in Calleya with Summit homes 38May 29, 2015 11:12 am congrats on your build!! plans look lovely and great upgrades. looking forward to follow your build. Re: Our first home build in Calleya with Summit homes 39May 29, 2015 11:28 am OurMansion your house plans look great!!! We are also building in Calleya - We are probably 2 weeks away from lockup. We are building with celebration homes! Looking forward to following your building journey! Congrats and welcome to this roller coaster journey of building Building with Celebration homes SOR Perth [color=#BF00BF] Re: Our first home build in Calleya with Summit homes 40May 29, 2015 8:49 pm Thanks all it's an exciting journey. And we're finally moving forward! Trenches and plumbing in, should hopefully see a slab any day now. 9 33427 We already paid for somfy motors for the blinds. The quote above was purely for “pre-wiring” so the blinds company can install the motors and blinds. That’s why we… 5 17396 So it seems like they just take on a lot of projects to get the cashflow for their own builds. COULDN'T AGREE MORE 14 44854 |