Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Oct 14, 2016 5:22 pm Our Trinity Lux Q1 with Plantation Homes: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=85254&view=undread#unread Insta: @newhomedream Re: Our build journey - Trinity Lux Q1 - Plantation Homes 2Oct 14, 2016 6:03 pm Our Trinity Lux Q1 with Plantation Homes: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=85254&view=undread#unread Insta: @newhomedream Re: Our build journey - Trinity Lux Q1 - Plantation Homes 4Oct 14, 2016 10:23 pm Stilettos & Bricks -our Building Journey Blog https://stilettosbricks.com viewtopic.php?f=31&t=85183&hilit=secret+harbour Re: Our build journey - Trinity Lux Q1 - Plantation Homes 7Oct 15, 2016 8:48 am lp77 Excited to find someone else building trinity lux q1. We're building south gc. Sales signed April tender June contract July. Building permits issued finance sorted, PCv signed. Now final drawings.... We've extended rumpus and alfresco made study into guest room, added shower to powder and flipped master to rear. Removed a few windows, increased height of others. Changed from timber stackers to aluminium and increased height.. Doing ac ourselves, and flooring after handover. Just impatient to get things finalised n start building.. Yay! Another trinity builder, I'm really keen to see how yours looks with the master added to the rear, did you just do the standard change from the booklet or a few more alterations? How has your journey gone do far? I saw on another post you had some issues with PCV? Hope that has cleared up for you now. It's such a long process isn't it?! Re: Our build journey - Trinity Lux Q1 - Plantation Homes 8Oct 15, 2016 6:58 pm Given that we are still waiting for our land to register and settle, I'm using the time to research research research and plan every last detail. Today I procrastinated from doing uni work by creating some mood boards, haha.
Kitchen inspiration: http://i1361.photobucket.com/albums/r672/mec06/Mobile%20Uploads/69FDA75C-F9C5-4751-A49D-A6FBFFFD638C_zpspagopm8l.jpg http://i1361.photobucket.com/albums/r672/mec06/Mobile%20Uploads/62A860D4-B70B-4E90-8403-9A74D6D935BB_zpsnjbteioj.jpg Ensuite inspiration and tapware choices: http://i1361.photobucket.com/albums/r672/mec06/Mobile%20Uploads/4AE0CE46-43CF-4941-AF95-FCE1C1492C15_zpsbeiqfevu.jpg http://i1361.photobucket.com/albums/r672/mec06/Mobile%20Uploads/E361CFE0-F203-42FF-8C1E-E219D092E163_zpsqgpfcdaj.jpg Exterior inspiration: http://i1361.photobucket.com/albums/r672/mec06/Mobile%20Uploads/E97688E6-AD1D-4272-A291-543E20991687_zpsaflczk5a.jpg Main bedroom inspiration: http://i1361.photobucket.com/albums/r672/mec06/Mobile%20Uploads/1349D2BF-E63A-4448-8C7E-545778016FC1_zpsau8inup3.jpg Living areas inspiration: http://i1361.photobucket.com/albums/r672/mec06/Mobile%20Uploads/93682036-1EBE-4DFB-9ED3-3EAA52E2067D_zps8qy4oats.jpg Overall we are aiming for a hamptons-esk contemporary feel. We have no intention to sell this house in any foreseeable future so we are basically creating it to be completely ours ???... this is an exciting prospect as our previous house never felt like it was 'ours', we were always too afraid to make any changes or personalise as we always had it in our head that we'd be selling it... Re: Our build journey - Trinity Lux Q1 - Plantation Homes 9Oct 15, 2016 7:14 pm Great moodboards, your selections and style will look fabulous. I really love the black tap ware. Stilettos & Bricks, our Building Journey Blog https://stilettosbricks.wordpress.com/ Building thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=85183&hilit=secret+harbour Stilettos & Bricks -our Building Journey Blog https://stilettosbricks.com viewtopic.php?f=31&t=85183&hilit=secret+harbour Re: Our build journey - Trinity Lux Q1 - Plantation Homes 10Oct 22, 2016 10:09 pm We are really struggling with splashback choices at the moment... we really really wanted a Carrara Herringbone tile.. http://i1361.photobucket.com/albums/r672/mec06/Mobile%20Uploads/0B5C6624-0697-49A7-8C43-872652B14951_zpsxqnicb2i.jpg It's so beautiful and would suit the style we want perfectly. The price was $1800 for the kitchen only and that's with nearly a full window splashback, so the tile is only a small amount on the side and up the top - I've attached a picture from the Display home so it's easy to see how much is covered. I was intially ok with this but then I realised the price was only for the kitchen and not the butlers pantry.. now I know I don't have to have the same for both but given the layout and the fact you can see into the butlers pantry from the kitchen and some surrounding rooms I want to have continuity and I'm not sure I can stomach around $3K for a splashback that's got barely any coverage... http://i1361.photobucket.com/albums/r672/mec06/Mobile%20Uploads/EFDBDA85-5B5B-4621-A367-F4D25B130F9C_zpsagbdscd6.jpg http://i1361.photobucket.com/albums/r672/mec06/Mobile%20Uploads/C6DB13B6-0C88-4FBC-B4AD-22E641FCF3FF_zpsxt7sl3eo.jpg So today my husband went to Cosham Studios and got about 20 Glass splashback samples so I could try and decide if maybe we should just go for the included option for the moment and I can always change it later if I really decide I can't live without the Carrara Herringbone.. Out of my bazillion samples, I've narrowed it down to a couple which I think are ok and two which I like, including one silvery glittery beauty which is not usually my taste for a home but I do love a bit of glitter, haha. The splashback is in the middle and I've included with it out cabinetry colours, bench stone, paint choices and flooring Cabinets on the bottom: Polar White Cabinets up top: Burnished Wood Bench stone: Luna White Flooring: Karndean LVP - Dover http://i1361.photobucket.com/albums/r672/mec06/Mobile%20Uploads/73AC7375-4A63-4520-A956-AD1C5C756942_zps0zcfi5d8.jpg http://i1361.photobucket.com/albums/r672/mec06/Mobile%20Uploads/901DA671-AA36-4185-9B02-9D19F294180B_zps845sbxsv.jpg http://i1361.photobucket.com/albums/r672/mec06/Mobile%20Uploads/7C852C00-49A6-496A-8DDC-BB656EE90462_zpst03lkvrn.jpg Thoughts??? I'm feeling a little lost in colour right now. Not even sure what looks good right now. Our Trinity Lux Q1 with Plantation Homes: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=85254&view=undread#unread Insta: @newhomedream Re: Our build journey - Trinity Lux Q1 - Plantation Homes 11Oct 23, 2016 12:38 am Sorry to hear about your tiles. With regards to your selections, all 3 look beautiful, my personal preference is choice number 2. Your colour choice for the cabinets and benchtops are fabulous. I prefer to stick with neutral and add splashes of colour with decor choices, even though I have a huge love of anything bling. My friend sent me this yesterday asking if I was planning on using it for our splash back Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Good luck with your decision. Stilettos & Bricks, our Building Journey Blog - https://stilettosbricks.com Building thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=85183&hilit=secret+harbour Stilettos & Bricks -our Building Journey Blog https://stilettosbricks.com viewtopic.php?f=31&t=85183&hilit=secret+harbour Re: Our build journey - Trinity Lux Q1 - Plantation Homes 12Oct 23, 2016 9:48 pm Haha, oh my I didn't even know Glitter grout was a thing!! ?? Such a hard choice, I'm leaning towards the 2nd one as it's more classic and won't date necessarily the same one the silver will.. I'm just so disappointed about the Carrara Herringbone, it's one of those things where we can afford to have it put in, but it seems like a wasteful spend when I consider the coverage and how much of the splashback you'll actually see, ergh! ?? Our Trinity Lux Q1 with Plantation Homes: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=85254&view=undread#unread Insta: @newhomedream Re: Our build journey - Trinity Lux Q1 - Plantation Homes 13Oct 23, 2016 11:39 pm I had never seen the Glitter grout before either. It is so frustrating with regards to your splash back, and I totally get what you mean about prioritising the costs for such a small space. Did you query the price from your builder? I did with one of our quotes and they actually came back and said they had over charged us by $2, 800. Again, No 2 pic looks gorgeous. Stilettos & Bricks, our Building Journey blog - http://stilettosbricks.com Our Build Thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=85183 Stilettos & Bricks -our Building Journey Blog https://stilettosbricks.com viewtopic.php?f=31&t=85183&hilit=secret+harbour Re: Our build journey - Trinity Lux Q1 - Plantation Homes 14Oct 24, 2016 9:20 pm Mec06 lp77 Excited to find someone else building trinity lux q1. We're building south gc. Sales signed April tender June contract July. Building permits issued finance sorted, PCv signed. Now final drawings.... We've extended rumpus and alfresco made study into guest room, added shower to powder and flipped master to rear. Removed a few windows, increased height of others. Changed from timber stackers to aluminium and increased height.. Doing ac ourselves, and flooring after handover. Just impatient to get things finalised n start building.. Yay! Another trinity builder, I'm really keen to see how yours looks with the master added to the rear, did you just do the standard change from the booklet or a few more alterations? How has your journey gone do far? I saw on another post you had some issues with PCV? Hope that has cleared up for you now. It's such a long process isn't it?! We added in shower downstairs and made study a bedroom. Upstairs as is, altered and removed some windows. Miller facade with axon cladding. Full brick front.. At PCv stage our site costs increased (we had missed the fact it shd have been fixed site costs.. Doh!!!) and a few things not right some added or removed... The. Drawings our drawings didn't match our tiling extension.... Here's hoping the build process smoother.. Not sure how to upload a picture... Re: Our build journey - Trinity Lux Q1 - Plantation Homes 15Oct 24, 2016 10:09 pm ms_prez I had never seen the Glitter grout before either. It is so frustrating with regards to your splash back, and I totally get what you mean about prioritising the costs for such a small space. Did you query the price from your builder? I did with one of our quotes and they actually came back and said they had over charged us by $2, 800. Again, No 2 pic looks gorgeous. Stilettos & Bricks, our Building Journey blog - http://stilettosbricks.com Our Build Thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=85183 Good tip - I'll query the cost, you never know - fingers crossed! Re: Our build journey - Trinity Lux Q1 - Plantation Homes 16Oct 24, 2016 10:11 pm lp77 Mec06 lp77 Excited to find someone else building trinity lux q1. We're building south gc. Sales signed April tender June contract July. Building permits issued finance sorted, PCv signed. Now final drawings.... We've extended rumpus and alfresco made study into guest room, added shower to powder and flipped master to rear. Removed a few windows, increased height of others. Changed from timber stackers to aluminium and increased height.. Doing ac ourselves, and flooring after handover. Just impatient to get things finalised n start building.. Yay! Another trinity builder, I'm really keen to see how yours looks with the master added to the rear, did you just do the standard change from the booklet or a few more alterations? How has your journey gone do far? I saw on another post you had some issues with PCV? Hope that has cleared up for you now. It's such a long process isn't it?! We added in shower downstairs and made study a bedroom. Upstairs as is, altered and removed some windows. Miller facade with axon cladding. Full brick front.. At PCv stage our site costs increased (we had missed the fact it shd have been fixed site costs.. Doh!!!) and a few things not right some added or removed... The. Drawings our drawings didn't match our tiling extension.... Here's hoping the build process smoother.. Not sure how to upload a picture... Fingers crossed for a smoother build for you! I use the Photobucket app and the image copy button to paste the photo code to upload images, there are a few how to threads but that's the easiest way I found for it ? Re: Our build journey - Trinity Lux Q1 - Plantation Homes 17Oct 29, 2016 9:59 am Yesterday I provided the land sales consultant with forms for our future neighbours to sign regarding our zero lot garage and relaxation request to council for the road boundary, hopefully there will be no issues with those and we can get them back soon for Plantation to add to our file. They have been great and I like that they've been proactive with getting these things pre-ready now so it's a little smoother (hopefully) later on. Still waiting to get tender 2 back, I have a few adjustments that need to be added as we finally decided that we should forego the timber stackers and get the aluminium due to the screening issue, the tender consultant told us we'd get a credit back so that's one positive I suppose. We also ordered some foxtail palms and cordyline seedlings online from a nursery @ a bargain price and we've received them now - so we have potted those up with fertiliser so they can spend the next year growing while the house is being built. Might be a bit smaller when they go in the ground but we spent $170 giving us a savings of over $1000 doing it this way instead of getting slightly more mature plants from Bunnings. So the cost for all plants (8x foxtail palms and 10x corylines) was only $5 more than 1 foxtail palm at Bunnings ??? Flooring quotes have come back and happy with both our no carpet in bedrooms quote and carpet in bedrooms quote.. not sure whether we want to have carpet in the house, it's such a pain to clean! Decisions, decisions! ??? Our Trinity Lux Q1 with Plantation Homes: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=85254&view=undread#unread Insta: @newhomedream Re: Our build journey - Trinity Lux Q1 - Plantation Homes 18Oct 30, 2016 12:05 am What a great tip for plants. Definitely will be doing this as well, thanks Stilettos & Bricks, our Building Journey blog - http://stilettosbricks.com Our Build Thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=85183 Stilettos & Bricks -our Building Journey Blog https://stilettosbricks.com viewtopic.php?f=31&t=85183&hilit=secret+harbour Re: Our build journey - Trinity Lux Q1 - Plantation Homes 19Nov 04, 2016 10:23 am Love the colours, agree that a more neutral splashback won't date the house and you can jazz it up with decor items. There is lots of marble look items around at the moment, maybe you can deck out the kitchen in your favourite look that way for now Re: Our build journey - Trinity Lux Q1 - Plantation Homes 20Nov 08, 2016 11:11 am Yes, we've decided to go with the white glass splashback, we visited a Metricon Display home and they had the white and we loved how crisp it looked @Mrs Prez, check our Daley's Nursery, they courier to you and their prices were great. Also I'm loving your blog Good News! We received information today that our Land should be registered and titles issues in the next 3 weeks, then settlement! We received back Tender 2 and Plans, it was exciting to see everything, a few errors with door heights and some things which needed to be removed and added from the tender. The kitchen bench was also different on the plans than in the display and I was told they were the same, so querying this as well. Getting a couple of quotes on some additional extras, so fingers crossed tender 3 doesn't look too horrendous! We visited Beaumont's on the week-end to try and finalise exactly what we want for all our wet area's.. I had my heart set on the Carrara Novona Ice Fan as a feature in the ensuite for covering the Spa and the niche, but we worked out its the MOST expensive of any of the Carrara options they had per m2, ergh, so I decided on a few back ups just in case I decide I can't stomach the price Looking at either the Carrara Subway tile, Herringbone or Diamond possibly in its place. My husband reckons we should just go with the fan regardless of the price, because we like it the most... he might not say that once it blows our colour budget! Our Trinity Lux Q1 with Plantation Homes: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=85254&view=undread#unread Insta: @newhomedream Hi all. Anyone know when the $11,000 limit was set in legislation for renovations in QLD? 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