Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Byford Build! 9Feb 12, 2018 5:38 pm nicolac34 Yes that's right. So you'll do pre-start and then they'll send off to the Council for 'Council Approval' that takes 2 weeks, then once they have that back they'll apply to the Council for a 'Building Permit' that takes another 2 weeks. So you need Building Permit and Unconditional Finance approval, then you'll be good to go! Uh i see! really hope it all flows through, thanks! cant wait till i can upload more ! Re: Byford Build! 11Feb 13, 2018 8:23 pm Best of luck KD1sthome, we went through Keystart and they were really good on their turn arounds. The critical path that we found was getting the final plans and contract signed for Keystart to review for final finance approval. Once you have finance approval, and the building permit, every thing seems to fly through from our experience. Re: Byford Build! 12Feb 15, 2018 10:45 am Mathew_Nikki Best of luck KD1sthome, we went through Keystart and they were really good on their turn arounds. The critical path that we found was getting the final plans and contract signed for Keystart to review for final finance approval. Once you have finance approval, and the building permit, every thing seems to fly through from our experience. thanking you! oh i love hearing that! fingers crossed ours is too! the building contract and final plans? what company did you build with ?:) Re: Byford Build! 13Feb 15, 2018 6:10 pm finally had our pre start and we couldnt be happier! got all the things we want and still came in under budget! we had to change quite a few things in regards to colours though but in the end we are still very happy! exterior paint colours are: main render- Dune Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ this shows the new flooring, new zinc benchtops and also the new laundry and kitchen splash back! :)Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ framing- monument roof, gutters, contract render: Basalt garage: cosmopolitan style & Basalt We ended up having to change our flooring because when we went into trevors carpets we were told the wrong selection! i cant remeber the new name of the boards but ill attach a photo We also changed: kitchen bench top from crystallite to "zinc" & laundry benchtop from crystallite to laminate polar white & the kitchen/laundry splash back from vento white , we changed to a shinier back cant remember name but ill upload a photo. Changed/upgraded - Stone cladding to front elevation ($961.00)\ - Upgrade electric meter box to have a lock with viewing point ($76) - hiline window to theatre in lieu of 25cx1410 window - Delete 11c x7.5 window to family - add 25c x 2410 window to family - upgrade to double rebated timber frame to front door ($29) - upgrade front door to PMAD104 ($505) - provide zanda mace door handles throughout in lieu of standard ($255) - provide gold foam underlay to theatre & master room ($150) - add additional tiling to kitchen splashback to underside of overhead and returns ($26) - change standard mixer in kitchen to vito bertoni ($109) - relocate washing machine taps to inside laundry cabinet - provide 2x zoe kyra insert basins to ensuite ($170) - provide x2vito bertoni rainfall shower heads to ensuite ($974) - provide additional feature strip to ensuite ($76) - provide semi framless shower screen to ensuite ($392) - provide soft closing doors throughout Re: Byford Build! 14Feb 16, 2018 9:10 pm Hi! Welcome to the forum Do you happen to have a copy of your floor plan that has been finalised for contracts yet? I'm curious to see how much space has been left around your island bench, as by your sketch plan above, it looks like a bit of a bottle neck for the main thoroughfare. You don't want to be banging your hip on the island bench every time you walk past! Find my build thread here: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=88694&f=31&p=1729530#p1729530 Re: Byford Build! 16Feb 19, 2018 11:04 am Honestly, if it were me, I would be reducing the size of the games room and adding a bit more into the Family which in turn gets you a bit more clearance around that island bench. 900mm is not a lot of room at all. Does that Games room serve some other purpose or is it just purely another living area? 4.26m is not a lot of depth for a Living room if you have anything bigger than a 2 seater sofa. Find my build thread here: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=88694&f=31&p=1729530#p1729530 Re: Byford Build! 17Feb 19, 2018 11:33 am just_a_draftee Honestly, if it were me, I would be reducing the size of the games room and adding a bit more into the Family which in turn gets you a bit more clearance around that island bench. 900mm is not a lot of room at all. Does that Games room serve some other purpose or is it just purely another living area? 4.26m is not a lot of depth for a Living room if you have anything bigger than a 2 seater sofa. Yeah the games room we have purposely made larger so that it can be the "man cave/pool room" so it needed to be larger to fit a pool table and possibly a bar so i had to give up some of the family space which i didn't mind as i didn't think we would utilise it much due to having the theatre room too. Re: Byford Build! 18Feb 19, 2018 2:47 pm Fair enough! Up to you in the end Find my build thread here: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=88694&f=31&p=1729530#p1729530 Re: Byford Build! 19Feb 28, 2018 12:58 pm Bit late on the reply here so might be too late for you! But a couple of thoughts from my experience: - didn't check the depth of our wardrobes so the standard IKEA wire baskets won't fit (by 5mm). So work out if there any off-the-shelf type products you want to use in wardrobes/cupboards/rooms and make sure the dimensions work. We put in IKEA Pax wardrobes into our master WIR and luckily it JUST fits, so well that it looks custom. Luck not good planning! - same as above in the kitchen. there are so many cool drawer inserts / baskets etc but the dimensions of my cupboards don't work - double check the location of light switches, making sure there are two/three way switches where need be - we added a little extra width to our garage but no extra length. bit annoying with my massive car (3 kids!!). - can't see the orientation of your house, but we added a highlight window on the side of our corner kids bedroom, and it adds a heap of extra natural light. The room originally had just a small window. Our builder didn't charge any extra for a window instead of bricks. Good luck! Re: Byford Build! 20Feb 28, 2018 1:22 pm Hi there, welcome to the forum! We went through Keystart, their turnaround was great. Submitted for pre-approval and was told the next day we were pre-approved. Can't remember how long the wait for official approval was but it wasn't long. Their turnaround was fantastic despite the negative reviews. Haven't had any issues with them thus far and we are about to have PCI and send off for Keystart to make the final payment (hopefully their turnaround in this respect is still quick) I can't see clearly what it says on your plan, but if you have large 4WD's or SUV's I would suggest if possible changing the garage height to 28c instead of 25c (we did this prior to prestart though and got it included in the contract) Also depending on how much room you have from your boundary to the right hand side of the garage, if you have any large items needing to go from the garage out to the back I suggest getting a wide manual roller door instead of a standard 820 door (may mean extending your garage width wise also). We managed to fit in a 1100 wide roller door instead of a 820 normal door so is possible without changing width of garage. We wish we had more room to make it even wider though. Make sure you have enough powerpoints in each room, better to have extra than not enough. 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