We’re building the Madison 35 with Clarendon Homes in Brisbane. After reading seemingly every building thread on homeone I decided it was about time to start one of our own!
My goal with this thread is to chart our building adventure from start to finish, along with hopefully providing useful information to anyone else embarking on their own building project.
This first post will have the milestones progressively updated, next will come a summary of our process up to tender, and the build info will follow.
TIMELINE
Quotes
- June 2018 – Started looking through display homes at Rochedale, as well as sifting through available land in SEQ
- 24 July 2018 – obtain first quote from Clarendon for Paddington City 30 on H&L package in Rochedale
- 27 August 2018 – $1,000 holding deposit on land in Thornlands. Contacted broker to arrange finance
- 01 September 2018 – Received land contract. Sign and forward to solicitor
- 12 September 2018 – Obtain quote from Plantation
- 13 September 2018 – Quote generated by OMNI homes, however not provided without face to face meeting
- 16 September 2018 – Obtain second quote from Clarendon for Madison 39 in Thornlands. Paid initial deposit of $2,000 to lock in promotion (also required to pay this to order PBA).
- 19 September 2018 – Obtain third quote from Clarendon, changing to Madison 35.
- 27 September 2018 – Receive final quote from Clarendon. Signed quote and ordered Preliminary Building Agreement (including soil testing).
Tender
- 3 October 2018 – Pay balance of land deposit, as required by contract. Solicitor negotiated with developer to push settlement back to get closer to build start (so we didn’t have to pay interest on land while we wait for builder).
- 5 October 2018 – Settlement extended to 9 December 2018.
- 10 October 2018 – Finance approval. Land contract unconditional.
- 10 October 2018 – Soil test received (H1 slab required, no piering expected).
- 13 October 2018 – Preliminary Building Agreement received.
- 16 October 2018 – Variations made to Preliminary Building Agreement
- 20 October 2018 – Signed and returned PBA, paying $1000 to order contract.
Contract
- 3 November 2018 – Building Agreement (contract) received.
- 8 November 2018 – Building Agreement signed. Balance of 5% deposit paid.
Selections
- 17 November 2018 – Tile selection appointment at Beaumont
- 29 November 2018 – Council pre-approval
- 6 December 2018 – Colour Selection Appointment (including A/C and security screen meetings)
- 12 December 2018 – Full building approval
- 19 December 2018 – Covenant approval (notified us on 7/1/19)
- 31 December 2018 – Letter of Commencement issued by bank
- 7 January 2019 – File forwarded to Drafting & Estimating
- 18 January 2019 – Electrical appointment. Final plans completed and file passed to construction
START
- 21 January 2019 – Welcome to Construction letter received
Base Stage
- 25 January 2019 – Site excavation
- 1 February 2019 – Underground drains & electrical installed. Bricks delivered.
- 6 February 2019 – Formwork , pods and steel installed
- 7 February 2019 – Slab poured
Frame/Enclosed stage
- 14 February 2019 – Frame started
- 26 February 2019 – Frame and roof truss complete
- 27 February 2019 – Upper and lower fascia and gutters installed
- 4 March 2019 – Upper roof installed
- 8 March 2019 – Windows delivered on site
- 11 March 2019 – Windows and lower roof installed
- 15 March 2019 – House wrapped in sarking. Gas lines fitted. Plasterboard delivered.
- 19 March 2019 – Plumbing and air con rough in
- 20 March 2019 – Electrical rough in
- 27 March 2019 – Smart home rough in
- 4 April 2019 – Bricks started
- 10 April 2019 – acoustic and thermal insulation
- 13 April 2019 – wall and ceiling plaster
- 17 April 2019 – ground floor bricks completed
- 18 April 2019 – cornices fitted
- 26 April 2019 – scaffold installed
- 3 May 2019 – bricks completed
- 9 May 2019 – bricks rendered
- 17 May 2019 – Top cladding, downpipes, eaves finished. Brick clean, top painted.
Fixing stage & practical completion
- 4 May 2019 – stairs installed
- 10 May 2019 – Waterproofing to wet areas
- 11 May 2019 – Skirting and architraves installed. Internal doors hung
- 17 May 2019 – Lock up. Kitchen and vanities installed. Plaster finished. Cavity sliders hung. Balusters fitted to stairs
- 22 May 2019 – Scaffold stripped from exterior
- 24 May 2019 – Kitchen/laundry splashback and bathroom tiling started
- 30 May 2019 – Wet area/wall tiles installed
- 7 June 2019 – Internals prepared for painting
- 14 June 2019 – External painting complete
- 21 June 2019 – Internal painting complete
- 28 June 2019 – Garage door installed
- 29 June 2019 – Main floor tiles installed
- 5 July 2019 – Plumbing and electrical fit off completed
- 12 July 2019 – Hot water system installed
- 25 July 2019 – Carpets installed
- 26 July 2019 – Practical Completion Inspection
- 8 August 2019 – Handover
FINISH
Post Handover
- 8 August 2019 – Security screens installed
- 9 August 2019 – Walk in Robe fiited
- 12 August 2019 – Standard hot water system exchanged for Solar hot water. Excavation and formwork for concrete driveway and path around house
- 13 August 2019 – Sides and back path concreted. Formwork completed for driveway and front path. Top tier of retaining wall cleared of weeds and debris
- 14 August 2019 – Driveway and front path concrete poured and washed
- 15 August 2019 – Dishwasher installed. Electrical upgrades started
- 22 August 2019 – Letterbox
- 27 August 2019 – Additional Laundry cabinets installed. Electrical finished. Bins delivered
- 29 August 2019 – NBN connected. Pre-pack at old house
- 30 August 2019 – Move into new house
- 4 September 2019 – Theatre speakers wired and installed
- 6 September 2019 – Additional fencing complete. Acid wash all concrete. Exposed aggregate sealed
- 8 September 2019 – Initial curtains/blinds installed
- 11 September 2019 – Covercrete applied to alfresco and side path concrete
- 19 September 2019 – 10m3 underturf delivered
- 24 September 2019 – 9m3 underturf delivered
- 1 October 2019 – Soil finished and levelled. Garden edging started
- 2 October 2019 – Garden edging finished. Yard turfed and irrigation installed
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