Browse Forums Building A New House Re: {Dawn} SE Melb Custom Build - Ever After :) 2698Nov 18, 2017 1:09 pm Sorry for photo spam XD But I'm in love!!! My landscaping is now FINISHED!!!! Just need grass to grow and thicken, and plants to grow . Did some weeding, mowing, etc this morning, so its all finished off and purdy looking. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Front garen. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Front of house. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Cat run all tidied up. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Backyard Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ New side gate went up today. This will hopefully keep everyone off the cat netting and means I can get a puppy XDD (latch to be finished still XD) Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ So all up, jobs completed: - Side gate to front $1,379 for materials, installed by us - Side gate to back $250 for materials, installed by us - Turf front and back,plus soil, sand, etc approx $800 for turf, $400 for soil, sand, etc, installed by us - Planted garden beds at front, including feature tree Japanese Weeping Maple $700 for plants, plants by us - Garden edging done out the front $40, installed by us - Mail box numbers - Painted front porch $40 for paint, painted by us - Paved set of steps up to porch $800 for pavers, installed by us - Boundary fencing $2,450 supplied and installed - Front fencing, rendered brick pillars with aluminum slat infills $8,930, rendered brick fencing installed by builder, infills installed by us - Plants and trees to back $300 planted by us (some free plants from mum ) - Pots/planters to back and side garden $250 - Cat run netting $400, installed by us - Outdoor setting $129 - Cat run bench $50 - Decorative screen $180, installed by us - Synthetic turf $119 - Concreting to back and sides of house $3,500 installed by builder - Pebbles for side garden and pots $40 (paid for by dad DD) - Misc, e.g. fertilizers, pest spray, garden tools $300 Approx $20k all up, once you take out what the builder did (fence, concreting) drops to $9000. All up, I think we've done okay. Should call out my parents paid for the turf, sand, soil and pavers as part of my housewarming present. So glad everything is done, bring on summer!!! Just want to enjoy now. Re: {Dawn} SE Melb Custom Build - Ever After 😀 2700Nov 18, 2017 3:51 pm Your home is lovely dawn - B A vue of the pines on the Gold Coast forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=87210 I work with owner, he/she is my man on the ground and I instruct them when to visit the site and take photos and I have other tools in the bag. 4 15276 I am in the same situation, would you be able to give some insights in to this? I am in SA 8 17051 Depends what you're current inclusions are, but we're not including wardrobes and will just use second hand ones until we can save later on to get them built. Also have a… 3 11641 |