Browse Forums Building A New House Re: First Home - Fairmont Custom - Seaford Meadows 2Mar 05, 2016 7:37 pm Building with Statesman Homes in Myponga, SA View our thread here: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75840&view=unread#unread Re: First Home - Fairmont Custom - Seaford Meadows 3Mar 05, 2016 9:13 pm Building a Fairmont Custom in Seaford Meadows Our Build Thread Re: First Home - Fairmont Custom - Seaford Meadows 8Mar 08, 2016 11:29 pm Building a Fairmont Custom in Seaford Meadows Our Build Thread Re: First Home - Fairmont Custom - Seaford Meadows 10Mar 20, 2016 10:19 am Building a Fairmont Custom in Seaford Meadows Our Build Thread Re: First Home - Fairmont Custom - Seaford Meadows 13Mar 22, 2016 1:27 am Building a Fairmont Custom in Seaford Meadows Our Build Thread Re: First Home - Fairmont Custom - Seaford Meadows 15Mar 22, 2016 8:40 pm We can't do selections until after the footings stuff comes back from the builder. As soon as that happens we will be booking the next available time for selections. Building a Fairmont Custom in Seaford Meadows Our Build Thread Re: First Home - Fairmont Custom - Seaford Meadows 16Mar 22, 2016 8:44 pm Hi Cook2091, All the developer said, via Maurice Jones, was that it could have been anything... something about the council not being happy with something, or Etsa difficulties, or anything. Apparently they only found out end of last week. First I heard was when I rang my conveyancer Monday, to find out why we hadn't any info yet! Realty SA said they were sending out letters to all affected parties, although typically, no-one did anything in a timely way! So it's good, and I'm delighted in one way, but now we may have to miss my brother-in-law's wedding in the UK if we are still building when that rolls around... MJT.. how much slope is on your block? Will it need much retaining, do you think? I haven't looked at all the other lots, yet. I'm thinking of making some large-ish artificial rocks for the front yard now... saw some interesting techniques on youtube... hate that site, always giving me ideas!!! Re: First Home - Fairmont Custom - Seaford Meadows 17Mar 22, 2016 9:16 pm We have a pretty big slope on our block. A total of 2m fall from back to front. About 1m on the actual build area. We will likely need some retaining, but judging by the neighbour on a similar slope they haven't even done anything just left it bare. If it's under 1m, I will be doing it myself. The plan is to wait for our final level of the build, and then talk to our neighbours as soon as possible and try and make sure we can come to a good arrangement. Nothing worse than people on either side of the fence deciding on the levels and making them both lose an extra backyard space, and silly fences. Building a Fairmont Custom in Seaford Meadows Our Build Thread Re: First Home - Fairmont Custom - Seaford Meadows 18Mar 24, 2016 9:35 pm Wow MJT, that's quite a slope... although not big enough to cost you an extra 30,000 smackers like a friend of ours in the hills had. That's so wise of you to wait and talk to the neighbours... who wants to buy trouble with fencing etc if you can avoid it? I feel lucky that mine is only 20cm across the whole block. Good idea about modelling the sun's path - my Mum's current house in Seaford Rise has the same orientation that our new house will have, so I didn't really have to think about it, luckily. I can just wade right in and plan the garden now. Say what you like about project homes like we are both building, they are so nice to look at with all the different façades etc. We have just been to look at one that an acquaintance is building with an architect, ($$$$$ just to get a piddly drawing!), it has a butterfly roof so all the junk collects in the 'v' over the centre of the house, and it's clad in some sort of small pattern corrugated cladding in charcoal grey... looks like a surf life saving club toilet block to me! And I thought, well, I won't be paying anyone to clean off my roof every 3 months. Uuurrgggghhh...Architect schmarchitect! Not that there aren't great ones but you have to sell your firstborn to afford those! Have you gone with a classic or colonial façade, with that lovely bay window in front? Or some other style? Have you been to any more selections recently, or are you lined up for any? Re: First Home - Fairmont Custom - Seaford Meadows 19Mar 24, 2016 9:52 pm Hi Jaya, I suppose if you don't mind the waiting game then that's not really much of a problem. Do have photos of your plans that you've drawn up? I had a look on your thread but I couldn't find them. Sounds like your putting a fair bit of work into your garden area. I hope all the planning works out well. How big is your land? Our plot is pretty much all house so there will be very little in the way of landscaping! Re: First Home - Fairmont Custom - Seaford Meadows 20Mar 24, 2016 10:12 pm Hi Cook, Our land is 540, I think, and the house comes in around 330 in toto, so it's mostly house... we end up with about 4m of backyard and a bit in the front. I'll put a small man-cave for myself in the back, so less yard again. Lucky my husband has no interest in power tools, so I get the house and the man-cave... I'm so lucky! He gets the outdoor kitchen, though. The idea was to fill it up with house and have trifling bits of easy care garden, so I'm going to have mostly the pebble dash style concrete around as paths and the drive, (allergic to weeding between pavers!), and the small garden beds between full of cactus, succulents and scoria. Sort of semi Spanish/South American flavour garden. Purely because of the difficult climate. I want to think out every little detail beforehand so it's less stress at the time, and I can get on with it straight away... at least if I can't have something I want at the last minute, I'll have thought about alternatives already. I've had drama after drama here, with both work, (1 left, 2 seriously ill, manager pregnant!), and my Grandfather having strokes, so I haven't taken pics of the plans to upload... I will do that as soon as I get a couple hours to myself and figure out how to do it! Hopefully I'll have time on Sunday... working from dawn 'til dusk on Saturday never a dull moment! Need to remove glass panel out of concrete without wrecking the glass to get the spa room in, any recommendations on how to do that. Thank you 0 39024 We are at the stage on our build in Kilcoy, Queensland where we need to get our fencing installed but we cant get any contact details for our neighbours to give them… 0 6142 Ask for references and speak to them. If they are defensive or try to avoid the request, walk. 1 74688 |