Browse Forums Building A New House Re: First Home Build - Sekisui Sydney - Luzia 7Aug 06, 2015 10:02 am That's a good way to do it EPaul. If you manage to sort out something with council before the main house slab is poured, you can always see if Sekisui will add it in at that stage. Otherwise, continue discussions and do it after handover. BTW, I think you have made some really good alterations to the base Luzia design. A couple of things to consider: - Have you double-checked the height under the stairs as you come in from the garage? Not just for head height, but in case you want to carry something largish in? - Maybe add a door from the garage to the laundry? Just gives you the option of coming in much closer to the WIP with groceries. If you find you would rather have the wall space in the laundry, then you simply lock the door off and don't use it (it just becomes a wall with a handle). Just ideas - you know how your family operates, so whatever works for you Seksui KDR in Sydney (2015-2016) Links --> | H1 thread | Final plans | Timing of works updated 9/3/16 | Re: First Home Build - Sekisui Sydney - Luzia 8Aug 06, 2015 2:50 pm Thanks clintdb. We are pushing to do it with SH as it would be a lot expensive doing afterwards plus time to manage it. However, its really difficult when something is out of our control. So we'll see. Goood ideas, we haven't thought of those! We just assumed that the door under the stairs will be ok in terms of height due to ceiling height of 2.590 but didn't consider if it can accommodate large stuff. We'll check in cad later. I like the idea of another door in the laundry, I'll suggest to hubby and if agreed will add as PCV. Thanks! Re: First Home Build - Sekisui Sydney - Luzia 9Aug 06, 2015 5:52 pm No problems EPaul. The other thing you could consider is maybe a door from the garage into the study nook area. Again, it may be closed (not used) most of the time, but it provides a more "straight line" access from garage into the house as opposed to the right-angle you have to walk through under the stair. You might want to wheel a bike through, or maybe carry a viola etc - much easier in a straight line than round a corner For your under-stair access, to give you an idea of relative heights, here's some photos of our stair. We too have a 2,590mm ceiling, so even though it is differently shaped, the number of treads and slope should be almost identical. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Using both photos, you can count the number treads to where your doorway will open into. You can then use the second photo to approximate the actual height visually available. Seksui KDR in Sydney (2015-2016) Links --> | H1 thread | Final plans | Timing of works updated 9/3/16 | Re: First Home Build - Sekisui Sydney - Luzia 10Aug 06, 2015 10:12 pm Thanks clintdb for a detailed advise, much appreciated. Hubby like the idea of additonal door to laundry so we will request as pcv. We have been so thorough into the changes we made but missed this one. Its always a good thing for someone to look from a fresh eye! We decided to change the door opening of the under the stair door to the other side (meaning opening on the garage side), so stairs will not be an issue. Although from looking at your photo it seems to be alright. Thanks to you otherwise we will not be looking these doors again! Re: First Home Build - Sekisui Sydney - Luzia 11Aug 12, 2015 12:55 pm Guys, has anyone heard of the contract needs to be signed in the presence of someone (salesman) from SH and not receiving the hardcopies prior to signing? We requested that we get the hardcopies prior to signing, I said it will save us time on the actual signing day, because we still need to check it. They are reluctant and said that we have been issued a pdf prior. I've been dealing with contracts on a daily basis and there were occassions when pdf's doesn't match the hardcopies. So I just want to ensure this won't happen to us. Can't see any reason of us not having it prior to actual signing. Re: First Home Build - Sekisui Sydney - Luzia 12Aug 13, 2015 10:14 am Hi Epaul, 1) It doesn't HAVE to be signed in the presence of the salesperson, but that can be quite a useful way to do it as any changes (additional variations etc) can be added by them onto a separate piece of paper and included with the contract. 2) Technically they should be able to get you a hardcopy to look over like you want to. On a practical level, it's easier to just email you the PDF. Do what we did - go through the PDF and then sign the contract at your meeting with the salesperson. If, after signing, you have an issue with any discrepancies, you have a paper (email) trail showing what you thought you were signing vs the "big document that of course we couldn't read on the spot" that you actually signed. My experience with Sekisui thus far is that they are not out to try and trick you or rip you off and that any issues (and there have been a few) have been the result of pencil-pushing incompetence that was fixed when brought to the attention of someone higher up the chain. Seksui KDR in Sydney (2015-2016) Links --> | H1 thread | Final plans | Timing of works updated 9/3/16 | Re: First Home Build - Sekisui Sydney - Luzia 13Aug 13, 2015 4:12 pm Thanks clintb. Its reassuring to know, based on what you said, that SH wont intentionally trick their clients. We tend to agree as so far at this stage, the mistakes we found previously are merely carelessness / pure errors. Just received confirmation that the sales guy will not be sending us the hardcopies, so we'll check what we can on the day. Re: First Home Build - Sekisui Sydney - Luzia 14Aug 13, 2015 11:17 pm Yea I second clint. We read the pdf and saved it on our drives then just flicked through the hard copy on the day checking important things like costs, dates, etc. We haven't had a problem with them trying to trick us. There have been mistakes but like clint said just human errors, nothing we've noticed yet seems on purpose. Our build: http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=70584 Re: First Home Build - Sekisui Sydney - Luzia 15Aug 14, 2015 7:26 am Thanks cat_dunc, it seems there's nothing for me to be worried about then. Re: First Home Build - Sekisui Sydney - Luzia 16Aug 20, 2015 8:02 am Found your thread! Your signature isn't a link when I look on Tapatalk. (I know I can't talk as my signature isn't even available on Tapatalk!) I really liked the luzia as well. But it was too many rooms for us (two humans and two dogs!) Have you considered a bathtub in the ensuite? Looks like you have some space and I personally would want one if it for a proper sized one... You have a mini kitchen in you wip . Have a think how you will use the study as a door may be useful for conference calls or study. There is a shower in the downstairs bathroom... Is anyone going to live downstairs or is it just a future proofing option? Just that it looks tight in the plans... One thing I didn't think about is where to put brooms and vacuum cleaner type stuff. Have a think about that type of stuff while you can. Looking forward to seeing it come to fruition! Re: First Home Build - Sekisui Sydney - Luzia 17Aug 20, 2015 9:37 am yvonneh One thing I didn't think about is where to put brooms and vacuum cleaner type stuff. Have a think about that type of stuff while you can. After we worked out where we were putting that sort of thing, we added a power point to the main linen cupboard as that's where the re-chargeable "hand" vacuum will live. Seksui KDR in Sydney (2015-2016) Links --> | H1 thread | Final plans | Timing of works updated 9/3/16 | Re: First Home Build - Sekisui Sydney - Luzia 18Aug 20, 2015 3:45 pm yeah our vacuum cleaner currently lives in the cloak cupboard!! (not my ideal choice) Re: First Home Build - Sekisui Sydney - Luzia 19Aug 20, 2015 4:09 pm yvonneh Found your thread! Your signature isn't a link when I look on Tapatalk. (I know I can't talk as my signature isn't even available on Tapatalk!) I know! I have edited it but who knows when it will work. Our original choice was Regent, but due to restriction at the back we need a shorter depth of house, hence ww went to Luzia. I love it now esp with the alterations we made. Have you considered a bathtub in the ensuite? Looks like you have some space and I personally would want one if it for a proper sized one... I did, during the early nhp's, but I had to back off it. $4,500.00 just to add a free standing bath is way over my calculations. Especially I have seen exactly the same bath in Masters for $1,200.00. You have a mini kitchen in you wip . Yep, that's one of my favourite area of the house. Have a think how you will use the study as a door may be useful for conference calls or study. There is a shower in the downstairs bathroom... Is anyone going to live downstairs or is it just a future proofing option? Just that it looks tight in the plans... Shower is just for future really, like if we ever think of having a pool at the back (ample of space), hopefully council will allow as its not flammable. One thing I didn't think about is where to put brooms and vacuum cleaner type stuff. Have a think about that type of stuff while you can. Brilliant idea! Never thought of that, I'll start checking a possible spot. Thanks! Looking forward to seeing it come to fruition! Me too...fingerscrossed all goes well with tolerable stress! Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=79163 Re: First Home Build - Sekisui Sydney - Luzia 20Aug 20, 2015 4:11 pm Ok I don't what I did there but my responses on Yvonneh weren't shown separate to the original message. Gosh I'm hopeless on this. Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=79163 So it looks like we finally have some movement on site! Definitely later than expected, but I'll take any progress at this point. I'll drop by over the weekend to get… 5 29154 hi guys. Please be nice. First time home builder in Qld. I would like some feedback please on whether I should build my granny flat first before my main house at the… 0 4758 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 18288 |