Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Oct 16, 2017 2:12 pm All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: Building the Twin Waters 330 in Bray Park (G.J Gardner) 2Oct 19, 2017 8:21 am All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: Building the Twin Waters 330 in Bray Park (G.J Gardner) 4Oct 19, 2017 1:33 pm All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: Building the Twin Waters 330 in Bray Park (G.J Gardner) 6Oct 20, 2017 8:43 am Got conformation that our land has settled! It was nice that I got a call from the bank congratulating us too. Have an appointment today to go over the build loan details, so we get to see the budget we are working with. All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: Building the Twin Waters 330 in Bray Park (G.J Gardner) 7Oct 20, 2017 11:58 am Good news everyone! Chat with the bank results are favourable Capacity to budget within our means, so everything we have pre-decided on seems to be affordable I guess the next step is chatting with the sales team again to get the plans into draft. All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: Building the Twin Waters 330 in Bray Park (G.J Gardner) 8Oct 20, 2017 12:02 pm All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: Building the Twin Waters 330 in Bray Park (G.J Gardner) 9Oct 23, 2017 3:18 pm Future post All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: Building the Twin Waters 330 in Bray Park (G.J Gardner) 10Oct 26, 2017 5:38 pm UPDATE: Paid the initial deposit to start soil tests and what not So now the waiting game..... Meanwhile :- Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Timber look tiles! All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: Building the Twin Waters 330 in Bray Park (G.J Gardner) 11Nov 02, 2017 8:57 am Well - it seems I have changed my mind on the style of house I want to build... Yep... No longer building the Twin Waters 330 - but now the Iluka (modified) Single storey, still a largish house. The gloss has worn off - well after spending over 20 hours sitting down with now 2 different builders and 4 plans..... Allison seems really happy with this design, I still get everything I want, and she get everything she wants in a house that hopefully will be 70 - 100k less. Just waiting on a final price from G J Gardner to move forward, All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: Building the Iluka in Bray Park (G.J Gardner) 12Nov 08, 2017 9:07 am Sat down with Blake and worked out a final quote - very happy with the final number. A saving of 100k off our original price and we get even more stuff - upgrades than originally planned. Now its a waiting game.... this is the hardest part so far, just waiting...I know there will be lots more waiting to come. Anyway, we have been looking at tiles and what not to pass the time. All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: Building the Iluka in Bray Park (G.J Gardner) 13Nov 14, 2017 3:48 pm Looking forward to following along the Illuka was one we looked at too. Re: Building the Iluka in Bray Park (G.J Gardner) 14Nov 14, 2017 3:55 pm I’ll pop up the plan once it comes back from the draftsman All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: Building the Iluka in Bray Park (G.J Gardner) 15Nov 15, 2017 11:20 am Seems things are progressing in the background.. Had a call from MBCC to get a mailing address as they can't send stuff to a vacant lot I'm keen to follow the neighbours build who bought the vacant lot next to us. They are building with Stroud. I know it's going to be single level which is good. The only thing I'm worried about is the builders using my land as a dumping ground for rubbish and what not while they build. I'll be doing regular trips past it and have a spy on the payroll to keep an eye on things... No update on the plans just yet, but responding to Marz - we did change the layout a fair bit from the Iluka. Hoping to have the plans/drawings back in a week or so. Thanks for checking out my thread, All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: Building the Iluka in Bray Park (G.J Gardner) 16Nov 16, 2017 7:27 pm Hopefully the couple weeks goes quick and you've got your plans Re: Building the Iluka in Bray Park (G.J Gardner) 17Nov 27, 2017 2:05 pm Update - .... Nothing... lol. Still waiting on the drawings from G J G office. We were told they may be finished by the 20th of November.. Starting to chase up Blake for answers, but still haven't heard back as yet. I understand its all processing and waiting, so I'm not going to stress just yet. Cheers B&A All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: Building the Iluka in Bray Park (G.J Gardner) 18Nov 29, 2017 1:31 pm So a recent email from the sales guy is that we are still waiting on drafting. He explained that conformation had to be sought from council for the 4.5m front relaxation. Fair enough, it still doesn't explain the ZERO communication we had since giving them $1500.... I'd rather a weekly update on the no progress than not hearing anything at all. We ended up ringing the head office to get an update, no clue from them and was advised to chase up the sales guy. So another week and we should get something back. Cheers B&A All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: Building the Iluka in Bray Park (G.J Gardner) 19Dec 05, 2017 11:09 pm We dealt with Blake at GJG North Brisbane earlier this year. All I can say is that I hope your experience goes better than ours. I won't elaborate too much here, but document every verbal conversation you have with him - or even better, stipulate that all communication between them and you is to be in writing/email. After wasting months of time with them we ended up forfeiting our $1.5k deposit and signing a contract with another builder. Re: Building the Iluka in Bray Park (G.J Gardner) 20Dec 06, 2017 7:05 am Sorry to hear. Yeah, I’m struggling with the lack of communication from him now. We have another builder in reserve with a plan that we like, so if they continue to delay, I’ll have no worries in leaving them. Who did you end up building with? And how is it all going? Thanks for checking out my thread. Brent&Allison All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Hi Everyone I learned something this week that I thought would be worth sharing. In NSW a lot of developers of subdivisions put covenants on the land which normally… 0 6580 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 13259 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 17618 |