Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Deleray Clyde North Villawood 31Jul 24, 2015 5:05 pm Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ This is our plan now. We did more structural changes that would cost a fortune to do in the future, additional windows, replaced doors with cavity ones to create room etc...thought we'd raise ceiling on bottom floor as well Surprisingly everything was in budget, and everything we added we got credited back any difference in price. Something's are ridiculous eg: replacing 2 awning windows with a stacker door in our ensuite we had a savings of 500 on this, they charged us 250 only, so I can only imagine what the cost of the windows were. This is what prompted us to see what else in the house we can trade for a bargain lol Re: Deleray Clyde North Villawood 32Jul 25, 2015 7:48 am Your floor plan is brilliant. I really like it. Hadn't thought about changes to be honest. I love it the way it is. We added in an extra door to the alfresco like yours. That was about $480 though I would have thought it would be cheaper than a window. And are going to ask how much to extend the alfresco out, but it'll probably be cheaper to do ourselves later. Still can't beleive we have 3 lounge rooms haha. Our current house is about 14 sq but we have 2 lounge rooms. One we never use haha but this house is huge for us. The rumpus will be the toy room. I like that it can be accessed from the hallway so the kids don't have to come through the rest of the house to get to it. (we have an almost 1 year old boy) the formal lounge will probably be the lounge that never gets used. We might put a pool table in there. I'm so excited. But I'm worried I'll be so over it once we actually get the keys that it won't be as exciting haha We went to some displays yesterday and got more ideas. Definitely going the white kitchen and have decided on the white splash back. The floors really make the area though. The bathrooms I'm struggling with. The white laminate tops looked good but the ceaser stone looked even better. But it's $1200 to add for both bathrooms. I think we will add it as first choice but will probably be one of the first things we take off come tender if we are pushing the budget. Saw a house with tiles that look like floorboards, they look amazing!! Going to see how much that would cost as well. Though the floorboards we picked are from category one surprisingly! I want to add sliding door to the hallway and rumpus room but the doorways are really high and open and I think they will end up making them normal sized if we do. Did you have a problem with that? Re: Deleray Clyde North Villawood 34Jul 25, 2015 9:12 am Good morning NikNak About the sliding doors they do whatever you ask if its within limits. Usually it is standard though and we pay additional costs of them adding extra plaster etc to cater for them both. They usually do the jobs based on height of ceiling. But no harm in asking if they could go higher you never know:-) I see what you want to achieve though I would have done the same hah I love the way the openings are now and I'd wish they just put up the damn sliding door as is lol "if only" Deleray Clyde North Villawood 35Jul 25, 2015 9:23 am Oh and your light render people say be careful with lighter render because mould and dirt are easily seen on them so cleaning is often but I heard they have a sealant for rendered walls that prevents this from happening often I'll enquire about it too. I hear you on bathroom stone though, but days thinking lol we decided to do Caesar stone on bathrooms. (So much easier to clean) and yes it is pricey glad the kitchen standard was Caesar stone. Ensuite cat 1 stone = 690 Bathroom Cat 1 = 276 being smaller. Check because bathroom is always cheaper then ensuite due to size. If 40mm too expensive 20mm is cheaper that's what we decided in. I could live with that price because it's long lasting. It's the damn tiles that make us cringe haha Re: Deleray Clyde North Villawood 36Jul 26, 2015 7:54 am Yes I was thinking that about the lighter render, even some of the display homes you could already see the dirt etc on them. I think we might look at what doors we could put on after. This is one of the doorways, I don't want to make it smaller. I'll see what they can do though. The sales guy said it would become a standard door size, but I'll ask someone else. Sending off a list of questions today so hopefully I get a reply with everything I want to hear haha Deleray Clyde North Villawood 37Jul 26, 2015 10:19 pm I see what you mean on the doorway looks perfect to me I wouldn't want to change it either surely they have a door that caters that. So best of luck. Yes ask many questions for sure If you don't get a reply turn up instead hah Hope they reply though it's very annoying. We were emailed our new customer coordinators name for our build. Good idea of Metricon we can now view online the progress of our whole build experience, payments we've made, appointments for the future and the stages we're at. This is great, now we don't need to harass them as much lol Hope it's good news you receive:-) Re: Deleray Clyde North Villawood 38Aug 17, 2015 10:35 am Emma, we will be close by! We are at Park edge next to casey filed . We was going to get the deleted but couldn't wait till next year !! Re: Deleray Clyde North Villawood 40Aug 17, 2015 10:46 am sunxiaoxuan23926 Emma, we will be close by! We are at Park edge next to casey filed . We was going to get the deleted but couldn't wait till next year !! Not far I see Delaray titles June unfortunately:-(. So long wait The warning is on the sticker on the door too. Second the aluminium powdercoat 6 18758 Hi, can anyone recommend a custom home builder who can build in north east area? Looking to build a custom 4-br energy-efficient home with a max budget of 750k. If they… 0 23396 May I ask why you chose not to use GJ Gardiner? I'm actually meeting with one of the sales guys tomorrow for an appointment. Definitely not signing anything yet… 3 13824 |