Who is building or built a Parkhill by Clarendon?

Roomeat · Jun 19, 2015 11:04 am

Just wondering who else has built or is building a Parkhill by Clarendon Homes?
I think they must be a rare breed as I only know of DesertDwellers and myself lol.

DG85 · Jun 19, 2015 12:09 pm

Roomeat · Jun 19, 2015 1:34 pm

Hey DG, what version are you building?
I hope ours moves along a little quicker than what i have read about yours lol.

Desertdwellers · Jun 20, 2015 8:42 am

Seems to be not many of us lol. Hi DG85 where abouts are you building? We are 5 weeks in and just had upper roof finished yesterday. Looking forward to the house being wrapped and bricked (due mid July)

Love to know your blog to keep up to date

Roomeat · Jun 20, 2015 11:18 am

I found this one.. that was built last year lol
https://firsthomebuilder.wordpress.com/

DG85 · Jun 24, 2015 1:18 pm

We are building in Sydney. Park hill 32 with upgrades incl alfresco and media room. Unfortunately I've nothing positive to say about Clarendon and the build process.

Roomeat · Jun 26, 2015 7:40 pm

DG85

We are building in Sydney. Park hill 32 with upgrades incl alfresco and media room. Unfortunately I've nothing positive to say about Clarendon and the build process.

It's disheartening to read posts like this. I hope things progress with a more positive result. Very sad considering they have some truly beautiful homes

DG85 · Jun 26, 2015 7:47 pm

Yes, when ur spending big bucks u certainly don't want to feel let down and disappointed. Again this week we achieved no progress on the house, despite 5 days of good weather.. Of course Site supervisor told us things would be done and they weren't. Furthermore, we had tossed up between Metricon and Clarendon. Am kicking myself now as the Metricon house built in our suburb started bricks the same time we did and the owner tells me they are due for handover In July.......and there house is bigger than ours.

Roomeat · Jul 05, 2015 8:09 am

DG85

Furthermore, we had tossed up between Metricon and Clarendon

We looked at a mountain of different designs / builders but Metricon was one of those that we just never got around to checking out. From what I have read in other build threads seems most are happy with them.

We have obviously selected a design that has not been very popular with others for some reason?
Not sure why as I love it. Will love it even more once it's bloody built lol.

DG85 · Jul 05, 2015 2:01 pm

I'm also surprised it's not a 'common' home. I Just assumed most people had wider blocks of land then i.

Desertdwellers · Jul 11, 2015 10:02 am

DG85

I'm also surprised it's not a 'common' home. I Just assumed most people had wider blocks of land then i.

I agree...cant believe there are not more people building a parkhill. i might be a tad bias but think its a great layout. we orginally wanted the armadale 42 (qld) but due to the small width of our block couldnt have it. the parkhill has been a great compromise for us. We finally got to have a walk through last week as we flew up to QLD and were surprised at how large the rooms felt (ecspecially the study) gyprocking and bricks due to start shortly so we are looking forward to it looking more like a home.

DG85 · Jul 11, 2015 11:06 am

Our gyprock started today.
I see ur garage is on the opposite side to us. Did u change that? Is ur master bedroom at the back f the house?
We also extended the alfresco and added the media room. Did u?

Desertdwellers

DG85

I'm also surprised it's not a 'common' home. I Just assumed most people had wider blocks of land then i.

I agree...cant believe there are not more people building a parkhill. i might be a tad bias but think its a great layout. we orginally wanted the armadale 42 (qld) but due to the small width of our block couldnt have it. the parkhill has been a great compromise for us. We finally got to have a walk through last week as we flew up to QLD and were surprised at how large the rooms felt (ecspecially the study) gyprocking and bricks due to start shortly so we are looking forward to it looking more like a home.

Roomeat · Jul 11, 2015 4:03 pm

DG85

Our gyprock started today.
I see ur garage is on the opposite side to us. Did u change that? Is ur master bedroom at the back f the house?
We also extended the alfresco and added the media room. Did u?

Desertdwellers

DG85

I'm also surprised it's not a 'common' home. I Just assumed most people had wider blocks of land then i.

I agree...cant believe there are not more people building a parkhill. i might be a tad bias but think its a great layout. we orginally wanted the armadale 42 (qld) but due to the small width of our block couldnt have it. the parkhill has been a great compromise for us. We finally got to have a walk through last week as we flew up to QLD and were surprised at how large the rooms felt (ecspecially the study) gyprocking and bricks due to start shortly so we are looking forward to it looking more like a home.

Garage is on the same side as ours. Just mirror reversed the plan :-)

Desertdwellers · Jul 13, 2015 1:01 pm

DG85

Our gyprock started today.
I see ur garage is on the opposite side to us. Did u change that? Is ur master bedroom at the back f the house?
We also extended the alfresco and added the media room. Did u?

Desertdwellers

DG85

I'm also surprised it's not a 'common' home. I Just assumed most people had wider blocks of land then i.

I agree...cant believe there are not more people building a parkhill. i might be a tad bias but think its a great layout. we orginally wanted the armadale 42 (qld) but due to the small width of our block couldnt have it. the parkhill has been a great compromise for us. We finally got to have a walk through last week as we flew up to QLD and were surprised at how large the rooms felt (ecspecially the study) gyprocking and bricks due to start shortly so we are looking forward to it looking more like a home.

Yep, garage is on the other side and master is at the rear. we turned the front living into a media room, extended the alfresco, turned the WIP to a butlers pantry and adjusted some window sizes/locations other than that everything else is pretty standard. our place is being "reverse built" so cant wait for all of the internal fitout to start, we have had alot accomplished since starting 2.5 months ago, hopefully the pace stays steady and we can get in well before christmas

DG85 · Jul 22, 2015 8:03 am

Dessert dwellers we turned the front living into a gym and also made the WIP a butlers pantry.
We now have gyprock and architraves done

Desertdwellers · Jul 24, 2015 4:24 pm

DG85

Dessert dwellers we turned the front living into a gym and also made the WIP a butlers pantry.
We now have gyprock and architraves done

Great idea with the gym!

our bricks and lower roof are almost done and gyprock is due to start next week super excited!

FirstHomeBuilder2015 · Sep 02, 2015 10:01 pm

Hi Guys,

My wife and I are considering the Parkhill 32 as we also have a 12.5m block. This isn't the first time I'm getting this sort of comments for Clarendon, is it so bad that we should rule it out?? We had a family friend say his neighbours experienced what I'm reading here regarding delays.. but they also had Quality problems which is MORE worrying. I rather they take time and do it well! We also are considering Wisdom homes and Rawson.

For the Parkhill, can I ask how much more did they charge for the Media at the back and extended Alfresco? I really like that option at the display home.

FirstHomeBuilder2015

mp1 · Sep 11, 2015 2:32 pm

FirstHomeBuilder2015

Hi Guys,

My wife and I are considering the Parkhill 32 as we also have a 12.5m block. This isn't the first time I'm getting this sort of comments for Clarendon, is it so bad that we should rule it out?? We had a family friend say his neighbours experienced what I'm reading here regarding delays.. but they also had Quality problems which is MORE worrying. I rather they take time and do it well! We also are considering Wisdom homes and Rawson.

For the Parkhill, can I ask how much more did they charge for the Media at the back and extended Alfresco? I really like that option at the display home.

FirstHomeBuilder2015

We are just starting to build the Parkhill 29, limited changes to the layout but a fair number of upgrades have pushed up the price a bit. The parkhill is a great design for the base price.

Although the paperwork and approvals have been slow, I would still recommend Clarendon (we are building with Clarendon QLD); they have good attention to detail and the customer service has been good.

Roomeat · Sep 17, 2015 10:50 am

FirstHomeBuilder2015

Hi Guys,

My wife and I are considering the Parkhill 32 as we also have a 12.5m block. This isn't the first time I'm getting this sort of comments for Clarendon, is it so bad that we should rule it out?? We had a family friend say his neighbours experienced what I'm reading here regarding delays.. but they also had Quality problems which is MORE worrying. I rather they take time and do it well! We also are considering Wisdom homes and Rawson.

For the Parkhill, can I ask how much more did they charge for the Media at the back and extended Alfresco? I really like that option at the display home.

FirstHomeBuilder2015

The display home is what "sold" us. We love the design.
We have had a pretty turbulent time with them so far but I blame a lot of that on myself for being so fussy.
If i didn't come from a building background it would have more than likely gone a little smoother.
I will have costs and upgrades up soon.

scillian2001 · Sep 30, 2015 11:05 am

Hi Everyone...
Could anyone please be able to give me the approximate costs of Clarendon facades for Madison or Creatmead 40 Home...I like the Gallery Façade on Madison 39 at Mango Hill...in BRisbane
Thanks