Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Our First Home with My Homes WA, Perth 3Jun 22, 2019 2:54 pm Hi chekii and welcome. It's always nice to follow a WA build. We've just finished a build on a very similar block to yours. Ours was a touch wider at 10m but was 43 long. It's a struggle getting single storey designs that tick all the boxes. Yours looks to be a nice design. Our front (garage, study and entry) is exactly the same as yours. We needed 4 bedrooms so we took a different tack after that. I look forward to following your build. Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Our First Home with My Homes WA, Perth 4Jun 22, 2019 3:10 pm chippy Hi chekii and welcome. It's always nice to follow a WA build. We've just finished a build on a very similar block to yours. Ours was a touch wider at 10m but was 43 long. It's a struggle getting single storey designs that tick all the boxes. Yours looks to be a nice design. Our front (garage, study and entry) is exactly the same as yours. We needed 4 bedrooms so we took a different tack after that. I look forward to following your build. Thanks 😊 Hope you are enjoying your new home. Re: Our First Home with My Homes WA, Perth 5Jun 22, 2019 6:26 pm SELECTIONS FACE BRICK Midland Brick Menora Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ RENDER Dune Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ ROOF Monument Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ MAIN TILES Belligen White Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ WET TILES Belligen Charcoal Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ WALL PAINT Snowy Mountain White Half Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Our First Home with My Homes WA, Perth 6Jul 03, 2019 10:43 am Pre Start has now been done and final selections have been chosen. Biggest costly upgrades were: Front door to Corinthian Blonde Oak AWO 5vg in 920. It will be stained Black to match our window frames and we love the dark wood look (as oppose to our current house which is all light coloured). Wish we went 1200 size but ah well, would of cost even more. Funny though how the builder's price is more than Rrp ? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ We also opt for waterfall edges which I think will look beautiful on our kitchen island bench. It will make the ends look tidy and also give a 'wow' impact when walking into the kitchen. It will be in the standard Q Stone Bianco Antico that we also have in the scullery and bathrooms. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ We upgraded our bathroom and ensuite sinks to Caroma Sculptural Inset Round Basin. I initially wanted above the counter but I think it takes too much room. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ We also changed the study to have translucent glass and the laundry to have half size translucent glass. Trying to let as much light through to the long hallway. We also want to install a cat door to the laundry for the cats to use their litter but also so we can close the door. At the moment we leave it open and it's not a good look haha. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ . Now waiting for all the drawings to be finalized and signed off so we can start building! Re: Our First Home with My Homes WA, Perth 10Aug 31, 2019 7:26 pm Hey Chekii, How did you go about removing the RHS fence and putting up temp fencing? Our builder has told us we need to arrange to have the firbro boundary fence removed where our garage will be going as it is on the boundary. Have tried raising this with the neighbour but not sure he’s on board :/ Re: Our First Home with My Homes WA, Perth 11Aug 31, 2019 7:31 pm [quote="TaylorAshlee":3btax4a6][quote="chekii":3btax4a6]We have a slab 🥳🥳 [img:3btax4a6]https://forum.homeone.com.au/u/88159_1566627210.jpg[/img:3btax4a6][/quote:3btax4a6] Hey Chekii, How did you go about removing the RHS fence and putting up temp fencing? Our builder has told us we need to arrange to have the firbro boundary fence removed where our garage will be going as it is on the boundary. Have tried raising this with the neighbour but not sure he’s on board :/[/quote:3btax4a6] Our builder has done this for us. As we are building on the boundary line we had to get our neighbours approval first (letters were sent from our builder for neighbours signatures). Temporary fencing and removal of fences was part of our site costs. Sorry can't be of more help. Re: Our First Home with My Homes WA, Perth 12Aug 31, 2019 7:36 pm chekii TaylorAshlee Hey Chekii, How did you go about removing the RHS fence and putting up temp fencing? Our builder has told us we need to arrange to have the firbro boundary fence removed where our garage will be going as it is on the boundary. Have tried raising this with the neighbour but not sure he’s on board :/ Our builder has done this for us. As we are building on the boundary line we had to get our neighbours approval first (letters were sent from our builder for neighbours signatutes). Temporary fencing and removal of fences was part of our site costs. Sorry can't be of more help. Ah bugger. That’s unfortunate for us. We only need like 10m of fence removed at the front of the block. I guess I could ask the builder if they could draft a similar letter for us so I can submit it to the neighbour? I’m not really sure where we stand if he says no. :/ During the site survey we also found that the boundary fence actually encroaches onto our block the further it goes to the back fence so we might need it completely removed in the long run. Re: Our First Home with My Homes WA, Perth 13Aug 31, 2019 7:44 pm Oh no, that's annoying that the boundary fence is going into your block. Our builder mentioned to us that we needed to get the neighbours approval otherwise they may be fines? It's probably best to get everything in writing. Re: Our First Home with My Homes WA, Perth 14Aug 31, 2019 8:31 pm chekii Oh no, that's annoying that the boundary fence is going into your block. Our builder mentioned to us that we needed to get the neighbours approval otherwise they may be fines? It's probably best to get everything in writing. Ah okay. Well I’ve just emailed my builder asking for a letter from them explaining what we need. Hopefully that will be enough to get the neighbour to agree :/ not confident tho Re: Our First Home with My Homes WA, Perth 15Aug 31, 2019 9:39 pm Good luck with the fence. We had so much drama from one neighbour when we had to remove the fence and replace it with temporary fence whilst our garage was built. It turned into an absolute nightmare. It was honestly the most stressful part of our entire build. We also had to organise to have the old super 6 fence removed and disposed of where our garage was going on the boundary (the builder specifically had it as an exclusion). We used Temp Fence WA. They removed the old one and disposed of it and then put up temporary fencing before our garage went on the boundary. Was about $400 for the removal and then hire of the fence for up to 3 months. Re: Our First Home with My Homes WA, Perth 16Aug 31, 2019 10:22 pm thme Good luck with the fence. We had so much drama from one neighbour when we had to remove the fence and replace it with temporary fence whilst our garage was built. It turned into an absolute nightmare. It was honestly the most stressful part of our entire build. We also had to organise to have the old super 6 fence removed and disposed of where our garage was going on the boundary (the builder specifically had it as an exclusion). We used Temp Fence WA. They removed the old one and disposed of it and then put up temporary fencing before our garage went on the boundary. Was about $400 for the removal and then hire of the fence for up to 3 months. Thme, thanks so much for that info! That’s so much less than I was expecting to pay. The neighbour is renovating at the moment and I had been told my our real estate that they were willing to go halves in replacing the fibro fencing with colourbond. That’s why I’m confused why it’s an issue. The part we need to remove is only in their front yard and doesn’t encroach past their side gate that closes of the back yard. I believe they have a brick wall beside the fence tho so I’m hoping if they agree to remove it, the wall won’t be an issue if it’s completely on their block? Re: Our First Home with My Homes WA, Perth 17Aug 31, 2019 10:29 pm We replaced 2 of our 3 fences with a new colorbond one. We never asked for any money from the neighbours, because we had changed the levels of our land it was easier to change the fence and put a plinth in the bottom, rather than build a retaining wall. You need to look up and read the dividing fences act. There’s a document online from one of the government departments that covers all sorts of questions. We notified the neighbours that we were changing the fence and they were mostly fine, except for the one neighbour where our garage went on the boundary. They wanted us to put a new fence on their side of the garage.... we didn’t do it, because the garage wall effectively is their fence. Re: Our First Home with My Homes WA, Perth 18Aug 31, 2019 11:08 pm thme We replaced 2 of our 3 fences with a new colorbond one. We never asked for any money from the neighbours, because we had changed the levels of our land it was easier to change the fence and put a plinth in the bottom, rather than build a retaining wall. You need to look up and read the dividing fences act. There’s a document online from one of the government departments that covers all sorts of questions. We notified the neighbours that we were changing the fence and they were mostly fine, except for the one neighbour where our garage went on the boundary. They wanted us to put a new fence on their side of the garage.... we didn’t do it, because the garage wall effectively is their fence. Yeah ours will be the same situation. Our garage wall will be their fence. We will replace the rest of it with colourbond from the garage back eventually but that’s going to be another whole awkward conversation as the current fence is actually crooked and cuts into our land by about 40cm by the back fence. They have build up right to the fence line so I doubt we will ever get that land back :/ Re: Our First Home with My Homes WA, Perth 19Sep 01, 2019 2:21 pm thme We replaced 2 of our 3 fences with a new colorbond one. We never asked for any money from the neighbours, because we had changed the levels of our land it was easier to change the fence and put a plinth in the bottom, rather than build a retaining wall. You need to look up and read the dividing fences act. There’s a document online from one of the government departments that covers all sorts of questions. We notified the neighbours that we were changing the fence and they were mostly fine, except for the one neighbour where our garage went on the boundary. They wanted us to put a new fence on their side of the garage.... we didn’t do it, because the garage wall effectively is their fence. Just got a quote back from the people you suggested. They advised they don’t remove existing fencing but will hire a temp fence for us for $350. Re: Our First Home with My Homes WA, Perth 20Sep 07, 2019 3:09 pm Progress pics. We have some walls! Living/Kitchen Stacker doorLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Kitchen Window Splash back and Scullery WindowFrom the outsideLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Master Bedroom and WIRLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Kitchen Window Splash BackFrom the insideLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 11 41672 So it looks like we finally have some movement on site! Definitely later than expected, but I'll take any progress at this point. I'll drop by over the weekend to get… 5 27739 of course there are legal avenues. You've already mentioned it. 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