Browse Forums Building A New House Re: GJ Gardner - Mandalay 298 - QLD 4Apr 29, 2016 7:40 pm Thanks Nelope. We were looking for 1/2 to an acre - hence why we thought we'd need to buy existing to stay in town. We feel pretty lucky to have secured the last decent block in the area (most sold 4+ years ago).
Below is a photo of our land - left fence (aged timber) is 99m long and right fence (fresh timber) is 76m long. Block is 28m wide. We're coming in 3-3.5m from the left, which should leave approx 10m on the right. Standard 6m set-back (in line with the other houses). We do have a tree covenant at the rear of the block - most trees are basically on the rear fence line. Quite a few of the shrubs and a few other trees outside of the covenant will be cleared to make way for the shed, etc. And here is a layout image of the proposed plan to scale on the land. Including the fire pit at the rear! 3x6m garden shed behind main shed plus water tank sometime in the future. Re: GJ Gardner - Mandalay 298 - QLD 5Apr 29, 2016 7:44 pm Hey Hazza! Nice choice on the house, we are building with GJ also but we are building the Stillwater 231 (Modified). Waiting for our final plans to come through and then we will start our own build thread! Look forward to following your build! - Ads Re: GJ Gardner - Mandalay 298 - QLD 6Apr 29, 2016 7:53 pm townsvillebuyer Loving this design, wish we had the cash to complete something like this. The WIR's to the bedrooms is a great idea. Can't wait to follow your progress. I am doing a GJ 249sqm design in Townsville, Iv just started my thread. Thanks townsvillebuyer, I was reading your build thread earlier today - looks like you're on to a fantastic property too. ads87 Hey Hazza! Nice choice on the house, we are building with GJ also but we are building the Stillwater 231 (Modified). Waiting for our final plans to come through and then we will start our own build thread! Look forward to following your build! - Ads Awesome Ads. Best of luck with your build. I'll be keeping an eye on other builds to get a perspective of what to expect ourselves, along the way. As well as pick-up some handy tips, as it's our first (and possibly last) build. Edit: just checked out your blog, in your signature - the Stillwater is a similar design to the Mandalay (central courtyard) - looking forward to seeing your build unfold. Re: GJ Gardner - Mandalay 298 - QLD 7Apr 30, 2016 12:26 pm That's an excellent size block! I love the Mandalay design, we are building a modified Coolum 277 design with GJ Gardner Grafton Office on acreage later this year. Loving all the GJ builds lately, can't wait to follow Re: GJ Gardner - Mandalay 298 - QLD 9Apr 30, 2016 2:21 pm Posting to follow. We built a custom mandalay on the tweed coast. Its the best floor plan. Really suits our family. No regrets at all. You will love it. Cant wait to see how yours turns out. Re: GJ Gardner - Mandalay 298 - QLD 10Apr 30, 2016 4:46 pm Thanks for the interest guys. livpal - Can you share how you landscaped your courtyard area? Reassuring to hear that your family is happy and without regret. We can't wait! Re: GJ Gardner - Mandalay 298 - QLD 11Apr 30, 2016 7:58 pm Its a work in progress at the moment. Its all grassed for the moment and thats the kids play area. Would love to put a pool in it some day. But we will most likely pave or deck a small part of it as this will be the kids entertainment area leaving the back for the adults. I have a thread i will try and copy and paste the thread. Not sure how to do it. My thread is called Build northern nsw- Landscaping pics Re: GJ Gardner - Mandalay 298 - QLD 12Apr 30, 2016 9:12 pm livpal5 Its a work in progress at the moment. Its all grassed for the moment and thats the kids play area. Would love to put a pool in it some day. But we will most likely pave or deck a small part of it as this will be the kids entertainment area leaving the back for the adults. I have a thread i will try and copy and paste the thread. Not sure how to do it. My thread is called Build northern nsw- Landscaping pics Have just been looking through your build - thanks for sharing. Well done, it looks fantastic. No wonder you're happy. How do find the 2550mm ceiling - does it give a feeling of spaciousness? Re: GJ Gardner - Mandalay 298 - QLD 13Apr 30, 2016 9:46 pm Yeah well that was a last minute change. We ended up upgrading to 2700mm throughout and 2400mm sliding stackers. So glad we upgraded tbh. I felt the standard doors would feel to enclosed and to make them taller we had to upgrade to 2700mm ceilings which def wasnt a bad thing. Re: GJ Gardner - Mandalay 298 - QLD 14Apr 30, 2016 11:44 pm Its great to see some more GJ threads coming in. I love your block, so much room to do things. ~Shellby~ GJ Bridgewater 203 11/3/2016 - Site Work Started 29/9/2016 - Handover 142 Work Days 6 Work Days Over https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=80174 Re: GJ Gardner - Mandalay 298 - QLD 15May 07, 2016 9:09 am One step closer - moved in to rental property. Now to clean our sold house in preparation for settlement on Monday, 16 May. Construction : Waiting for update plans and quotes. Contract shouldn't be far away. Land: signed finance docs on Friday. To settle on 30 May. Re: GJ Gardner - Mandalay 298 - QLD 17May 08, 2016 7:31 am Our plan is to concrete slab 600mm from each house wall and timber look stencil-crete the slab. Rock around the edges with plants evenly spaced. Along the driveway will be a long hedge and plants within. A water feature is planned in the top corner with wide pavers from courtyard to alfresco. I have some photos on the computer, however, still waiting for phone/internet connection. The mud plan in my second post above gives a birds-eye view. Re: GJ Gardner - Mandalay 298 - QLD 18May 08, 2016 9:28 am Wow you are super organised with your landscape ideas and plans. Good on you. It will look fantastic. We only did grass in our courtyard because we dont have much backyard but u have plenty of room for grass. Wish we a tiny bit more backyad so we can turn our courtyard into a feature like yours. Will you use it as another entertainment area? I love the idea of a water feature...if i cant get my pool that may be my next option. Yours will look awesome. Cant wait to pave ours and we are going to put some sort of roof over the paved part. Will post pics when we have finished. Cant wait to see your update plans. Re: GJ Gardner - Mandalay 298 - QLD 19May 08, 2016 10:29 am I like how you kept yours grass with your kids... they'd use it all the time, being right there from the house. Gives you time to plan what you'd like to do down the track. Our block is big, we hope the kids look past the pool to use it. The long driveway will be handy for them too. With our block's aspect we thought the courtayd will be a nice place to relax as well as be a bit of a feature when looking/walking through the house. Hopefully it all comes to plan but a long way to go yet. Re: GJ Gardner - Mandalay 298 - QLD 20May 08, 2016 2:47 pm It will be perfect im sure. This 1st part was the worst with our build because it took so long. But once you get past admin and planning it flies. And never thought i would say it but the finished product is worth all the painstaking planning and waiting. Im sure yours will be worth it too. 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 13251 Hi all. Anyone know when the $11,000 limit was set in legislation for renovations in QLD? Ive been renovating for 5 years now and this was the limit back then. 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