Browse Forums Building A New House Building with Homes by CMA - Ascot 260 22Dec 29, 2016 12:44 pm Building in Stone Ridge with CMA - Follow my build: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=85842 Re: Building with Homes by CMA - Ascot 260 24Jan 03, 2017 12:48 pm Building in Stone Ridge with CMA - Follow my build: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=85842 Re: Building with Homes by CMA - Ascot 260 26Jan 10, 2017 6:27 pm Building in Stone Ridge with CMA - Follow my build: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=85842 Re: Building with Homes by CMA - Ascot 260 28Jan 11, 2017 9:12 am Building in Stone Ridge with CMA - Follow my build: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=85842 Re: Building with Homes by CMA - Ascot 260 30Jan 11, 2017 1:35 pm Building in Stone Ridge with CMA - Follow my build: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=85842 Re: Building with Homes by CMA - Ascot 260 32Jan 11, 2017 2:25 pm Building in Stone Ridge with CMA - Follow my build: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=85842 Re: Building with Homes by CMA - Ascot 260 33Jan 15, 2017 3:07 pm Building in Stone Ridge with CMA - Follow my build: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=85842 Re: Building with Homes by CMA - Ascot 260 35Jan 16, 2017 11:28 am Building in Stone Ridge with CMA - Follow my build: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=85842 Re: Building with Homes by CMA - Ascot 260 36Jan 16, 2017 12:32 pm 1sttimer_stoneridge scubabe Oh noooooo RE the argument! Oops! hahaha which one of you was being stubborn? Good idea re the samples, they look so much different on an A5 sheet than they do on a postage-stamp sized sampler. It's so funny, I think I found a house in North Harbour estate with the exact same external paint colours as mine! I tiptoed onto their driveway and held up my larger colour samples to their pillars and it's not a 100% exact match but gosh it's close! He is not much of a decisions man and I am trying to make him. The heat doesn't help with brain function and decision making and how much poking he can take. ha ha. I think we have pretty much got it sorted but it escalated at the point of "should eaves be the same colour as the gutters or as the facia" ha ha. Its very hard to visualise off a small bit of paper and it looks different on the computer to what it does on the postage stamp sample. How long did it take for your samples to arrive in the mail? I did order a sample of the English Castle to see the colouring. I also ordered monument and dundee. We are having Wallaby roof and garage door so I don't know if we will go more brown to tie in with the 1200mm merbau front door or darker or more grey to match the wallaby. How hard is it to paint over render later if you decide its horrible? Quote: It's also a great idea to pop down to National Tiles at Strathpine and ask to speak to Simon, he will show you all of the tiles that CMA have in their range and you can see them in different sizes and tones and finishes. Going there cemented in my mind that the tile I *had* chosen for my showers, I really didn't like it (they have a wall tiled in the same tile so you can get a better feel for it in a wall rather than on one tile on its own) and so I got to change my mind I was going to go to National Tiles to check it out but didn't even think of asking about the CMA range, excellent suggestion. I was just going to wing it and hope the ones I liked were included. So the flooring is the same throughout yes (wet areas and rest of house excl bedrooms)? Or do you get to choose a different floor tile for wet areas? I'm intrigued to see what tile options they have for the niches. Quote: VERY good idea to do this before you go to colour-picking day, because once you sign the colours doc, it says in huge letters "any changes will involve an admin fee" or something like that. I'm now waiting to see if there's going to be an admin fee charged due to me changing my mind about tiles... Usually once I have made up my mind, its made up. But I'm also a forward planner so everything is spreadsheeted and worked out well in advance. Hopefully your admin charge isn't too excessive. Just make sure you are clear with CMA what tiles are included. We initially were looking at CMA but it got to the point where we were upgrading too much stuff as their standard ranges were not what we were after. If I recall correctly, we only had one tile for the main living areas available to us, anything else would be an added upgrade that added thousands to the overall cost. Re: Building with Homes by CMA - Ascot 260 37Jan 18, 2017 1:57 pm 1sttimer_stoneridge How hard is it to paint over render later if you decide its horrible? Really simple I imagine! That was my theory too - if I don't like the pillar colour, that will be one of the simplest things in the world to fix! I wouldn't want to have to repaint the entire external of the house, but pillars - meh. An hour or two, tops I reckon! 1sttimer_stoneridge So the flooring is the same throughout yes (wet areas and rest of house excl bedrooms)? Or do you get to choose a different floor tile for wet areas? I'm intrigued to see what tile options they have for the niches. Yes, one tile for floors of whole house. Then you choose wet area tiles for the walls & splashbacks in bathroom and the splashbacks for the kitchen and laundry. At least, that's how it was for me, but I'm not willing to pay extra for tiles. I was a "standard range only" kinda girl Re: Building with Homes by CMA - Ascot 260 38Jan 24, 2017 2:57 pm New and updated house plans have been received! Everything looks great except some very minor details (at first glance). Watch this space Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Building in Stone Ridge with CMA - Follow my build: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=85842 Re: Building with Homes by CMA - Ascot 260 39Jan 24, 2017 3:04 pm Yay!!!!! I do love your floorplan, all the bedrooms down one side, the huge open living area, the butlers pantry, the separate laundry... The kind of house I'd be building if it wasn't both my first home, and solely me paying the mortgage Looking good! Have you decided on colour picking and HIA contract day? Re: Building with Homes by CMA - Ascot 260 40Jan 24, 2017 4:20 pm scubabe the butlers pantry I think this is what I am most excited about! This and the media room! We do really love the entire floor plan! Again, we absolutely don't need this much room but the alfresco, the kitchen space and the additional rooms for media, study and laundry really sold it to us. If we had chose a smaller floor plan and added on extra alfresco space, I'm sure it would have worked out almost as much! Quote: Have you decided on colour picking and HIA contract day? There are some super minor changes on this one - Drawing in the fence, centring the window in the laundry, change the direction that the window opens in the pantry. Still have to discuss with hubby to make sure there isn't anything he thinks needs changing/adding. Once we get these things fixed, we will sort HIA. I'm going to try and get in before this for colours because I think we are pretty much sorted. Going to see Simon @ National tiles on Saturday because he was on holidays last week and the girl we spoke to wasn't very sure on their range. The only drama I have is that the show room is only open during MON-FRI business hours and we both work these hours. I need to save all my days off and annual leave days because i have to fit 11 weeks of placement this year into the 7 weeks of LSL that i have available (Fingers crossed the boss decides he likes me the day he has to approve all of those!) I did sent you a PM Scubabe but i don't know if it worked. It keeps throwing out errors - Either that or you got 6 of the same one again! ha ha Building in Stone Ridge with CMA - Follow my build: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=85842 Ask for references and speak to them. If they are defensive or try to avoid the request, walk. 1 47355 I would never build with Fowler homes. I built with them in 2021 and till date maintenance issues are pending. 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